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Politics · 1 October 2026
Sydney’s council replaced a batch of standard road signs with Matt Golding’s whimsical illustrations, turning the morning commute into a guessing game and stretching queues longer than the Harbour Bridge rush hour. O…
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Politics · 1 October 2026
About one per cent of Australian homebuyers now sit in negative equity, prompting the Reserve Bank to warn that a global financial shock could hit harder than a summer heatwave, especially as inflation refuses to cool.
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Politics · 1 October 2026
Sydney’s leading cartoonists have taken a bemused look at local politics, rendering council debates as a series of absurd sketches that expose the art of bureaucratic performance.
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Politics · 30 September 2026
The eSafety chief announced departure, warning that the regulator is still out‑gunned by the tech giants despite a fresh digital duty of care. A new era is promised, but the baton may be handed to someone with a strong…
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Politics · 30 September 2026
Nearly half the Greens partyroom has put forward three contenders – David Shoebridge, Mehreen Faruqi and Sarah Hanson‑Young – for the leadership vote due this week.
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Politics · 30 September 2026
A collection of September’s editorial cartoons highlights the city’s endless queues, fickle weather, and the perpetual drama of local government, proving that a single sketch can say more than a council report.
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Politics · 29 September 2026
OpenAI sent its chief strategy officer to Sydney with a sack of Tim Tams and a public apology for an AI‑driven Medicare breach, only to be handed the reins of a new joint AI oversight committee, much to the delight of…
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Politics · 29 September 2026
A roundup of September 29’s ‘Best of Cartoons’ shows the city’s illustrators turning today’s headlines into mildly amusing sketches, highlighting the absurdity of everyday politics and civic life.
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Politics · 29 September 2026
Veteran MPs Pauline Hanson and James Spender have jointly called for tougher measures against hate‑speaking clergy, a move that arrives on the same day British police announced a foiled terror scheme, prompting a dryly…
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