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Who are the candidates in this year's federal election across the North Shore?

Who are the candidates in this year's federal election across the North Shore?

Our guide to the next federal election, who you can vote for and what they hope to achieve if they are elected.

Melissa Mantle
Food & DrinkFood & Drink
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All of the many, many places you can get bubble tea in Chatswood

All of the many, many places you can get bubble tea in Chatswood

Chatswood is bubbling over with boba tea spots — here’s our ongoing guide to navigating them (and maybe finding your new favourite drink).

McKayla Tan
LifestyleLifestyle
Before Chatswood Chase, there was Lemon Grove. After 45 years, how is it holding up?

Before Chatswood Chase, there was Lemon Grove. After 45 years, how is it holding up?

Chatswood’s once-glitzy shopping centre now hums with lunchtime bustle, loyal locals and quiet echoes of fashion parades past.

Melissa Mantle
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“A bad bet”: Boele calls for parliamentary inquiry into $368 billion AUKUS deal

“A bad bet”: Boele calls for parliamentary inquiry into $368 billion AUKUS deal

Independent candidate for Bradfield says $368 billion defence pact risks Australian values and taxpayer money

Melissa Mantle
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Andy Yin’s break with the Liberal party: A bid for Bradfield on his own terms

Andy Yin’s break with the Liberal party: A bid for Bradfield on his own terms

The former Young Liberal and family restaurant manager says he is disillusioned with the major parties and aims to deliver genuine representation to the electorate.

Melissa Mantle
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What Labor’s $16 billion student debt cut could mean for North Shore graduates

What Labor’s $16 billion student debt cut could mean for North Shore graduates

A proposed 20% reduction in HECS debt could wipe $5000 off the average student loan - but for students in the North Shore, the promise of relief is tangled in election politics and deeper frustrations.

Huw Bradshaw

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Peter Dutton says there’s enough water for nuclear, but a senior frontbencher says it’ll take years to find out

Peter Dutton says there’s enough water for nuclear, but a senior frontbencher says it’ll take years to find out

The Opposition leader said during the ABC Leaders Debate the party was "comfortable" with the analysis done – but Gippsland MP says expert analysis is yet to come.

Brad Esposito
Public school funding, air pollution solutions, electric vehicles: a St Leonards local on the key issues shaping their vote

Public school funding, air pollution solutions, electric vehicles: a St Leonards local on the key issues shaping their vote

The cello teacher spoke in depth about the issues affecting her as a dual-income home-owning mother of two.

Melissa Mantle
PoliticsPolitics
Nearly 1 in 4 Bradfield voters planning to change the way they vote this election

Nearly 1 in 4 Bradfield voters planning to change the way they vote this election

Both independent candidates and minor parties will look to benefit from this shift at the election on May 3

Archie Milligan
Food & DrinkFood & Drink
This West Pymble patisserie is making cake so good people are flying in from across the world to try it

This West Pymble patisserie is making cake so good people are flying in from across the world to try it

Owner embraces the “bizarre” phenomenon after a viral post leads to queues down the street for his twist on a French classic.

Melissa Mantle
GuidesGuides
11 things to do on a budget across the North Shore over Easter - whether you have kids or not

11 things to do on a budget across the North Shore over Easter - whether you have kids or not

Welcome to the Easter long weekend, where everything “hops” and is “egg-citing”.

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"They haven't fully understood": Research finds there's not enough water to run Coalition's nuclear plan

"They haven't fully understood": Research finds there's not enough water to run Coalition's nuclear plan

New research from a former Chief Executive of the Australian Centre of International Agricultural Research claims the Coalition's nuclear energy plan just doesn't add up.

Archie Milligan
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“A bad bet”: Boele calls for parliamentary inquiry into $368 billion AUKUS deal

“A bad bet”: Boele calls for parliamentary inquiry into $368 billion AUKUS deal

Independent candidate for Bradfield says $368 billion defence pact risks Australian values and taxpayer money

Melissa Mantle
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Andy Yin’s break with the Liberal party: A bid for Bradfield on his own terms

Andy Yin’s break with the Liberal party: A bid for Bradfield on his own terms

The former Young Liberal and family restaurant manager says he is disillusioned with the major parties and aims to deliver genuine representation to the electorate.

Melissa Mantle
Election 2025Election 2025
What Labor’s $16 billion student debt cut could mean for North Shore graduates

What Labor’s $16 billion student debt cut could mean for North Shore graduates

A proposed 20% reduction in HECS debt could wipe $5000 off the average student loan - but for students in the North Shore, the promise of relief is tangled in election politics and deeper frustrations.

Huw Bradshaw
GuidesGuides
Swan boats and fairy gardens: Free and low-cost school holiday activities for kids in the North Shore

Swan boats and fairy gardens: Free and low-cost school holiday activities for kids in the North Shore

Here’s your guide to fun (and mostly free) family-friendly events happening across the North Shore these school holidays.

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Ticket to Ryde: Labor's Jerome Laxale campaigns on housing and healthcare in Bennelong

Ticket to Ryde: Labor's Jerome Laxale campaigns on housing and healthcare in Bennelong

The MP chats to the North Shore Lorikeet about his journey in politics, the challenges of holding a marginal seat, and the priorities driving his re-election campaign.

Melissa Mantle
Are we logging the proposed Great Koala National Park while we finalise the details?

Are we logging the proposed Great Koala National Park while we finalise the details?

“I’m not in a position to give you a time frame.”

Archie Milligan
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