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Jordan Baker

@JordsBaker

Chief reporter at the Sydney Morning Herald. Views are my own. [email protected]

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Joined December 2010
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Brittany Higgins’ texts leaked, simple truth emerges news.com.au/national/simple-… via @newscomauHQ
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Take a few minutes and read this by @AgeInvestigates It’s worth it. ‘The rich and influential cheer squad who backed a war criminal’ smh.com.au/national/the-rich…
The rich and influential cheer squad who backed a war criminal

The rich and influential cheer squad who backed a war criminal

The document in Kerry Stokes’ hand cast a shadow over Ben Roberts-Smith. Precisely what the media mogul hoped to achieve by approaching one of Australia’s most influential military men in 2017 is...

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Here's tomorrow’s front page of the Herald bit.ly/SMHsub
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Three levels of argument that are often conflated: 1. Is child exposure to porn harmful? 2. Are certain genres of porn harmful? 3. Is porn intrinsically bad/harmful? On the evidence, we have to conclude that the answer to the first two questions is yes. smh.com.au/national/i-was-13…
‘I was 13. I thought that’s what was expected of me’

‘I was 13. I thought that’s what was expected of me’

Young teenagers are increasingly committing – and being subjected to – extreme sexual acts. And unfettered access to violent porn is at the heart of the problem.

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Another selective school - bad idea. Politicians gift them to marginal seats. Parents in that electorate think it'll make it easier for their kid to get in. It doesn't - there are no catchment zones. Bad policy. smh.com.au/national/nsw/perr…
Perrottet will open a new selective school at Westmead. It’s a terrible idea

Perrottet will open a new selective school at Westmead. It’s a terrible idea

By announcing yet another selective school in Westmead, the government has doubled down on a system that has eroded the quality of education in NSW.

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Beneath Sydney, one of the world’s largest metro rail projects faces crunch. Great read smh.com.au/national/nsw/bene…
Beneath Sydney, one of the world’s largest metro rail projects faces crunch

Beneath Sydney, one of the world’s largest metro rail projects faces crunch

Arguably the most transformative piece of transport since the Harbour Bridge, a new rail line under the heart of the city faces some major tests before it opens.

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Take a moment to read this moving piece
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This one's personal... smh.com.au/environment/clima…
I have spent the year covering floods. Then the water came to my own door

I have spent the year covering floods. Then the water came to my own door

I have reported on floods before, but none of it prepared me for this moment, standing in the wreckage of my own home.

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The saddest, most beautiful piece I think we’ve ever published. @robdelaney⁩ on losing his son, Henry thetimes.co.uk/article/09dae…
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New from me: The fight to save Australia’s oldest ice skating rink smh.com.au/national/nsw/the-…
The aircraft hangar, the ice skaters and the fight to save 51 years of history

The aircraft hangar, the ice skaters and the fight to save 51 years of history

A Sydney community is fighting to save the longest running Olympic-sized ice rink in Australia.

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My grandmother saved the newspaper when George VI died. I’ll be doing the same with tomorrow’s @smh. No pressure @BevanShields
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For the first time, an Australian teenager has spoken about the systems that failed to protect students like her against sexual assault by others at the schools they attend every day. WARNING: This story contains details that may be triggering for other survivors. #TheProjectTV

Sexual Assault Survivor Says School System Fails To Protect Students

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Love this on the Queen, from Gerard Baker.
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Love @niltiac's defense of Book Week ... smh.com.au/culture/books/if-…
If you hate Book Week, you’re probably doing it wrong

If you hate Book Week, you’re probably doing it wrong

The birthright of every Australian child, Book Week captures imaginations and makes books the topic of conversation between kids. It doesn’t need to be competitive or stressful.

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An estimated $2 billion in outstanding child support that is "akin to stealing from children". This is such an important, under-reported issue - read this from @swrighteconomy smh.com.au/politics/federal/…
Tighten tax system to target child support avoidance: single parents

Tighten tax system to target child support avoidance: single parents

Thousands of parents in child support arrangements are avoiding lodging tax returns. Cracking down on it could help children in poverty and the budget bottom line.

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Vale ONJ. A beautiful voice. A kind soul. Queen of my childhood.
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If you read one thing today, make it this: They’ve straddled landmarks, stolen fish and charmed residents – this is the glorious story of the harbour city’s seals. smh.com.au/interactive/2022/… via @smh @angus_dalton

The return of Sydney's seals

They've straddled landmarks, stolen fish and charmed residents - this is the glorious story of the harbour city's seals.

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When you separate waste into red and yellow bins and watch them dumped into the same truck smh.com.au/national/nsw/coun…
Council’s trucks have mixed recycling with rubbish for ‘more than a decade’

Council’s trucks have mixed recycling with rubbish for ‘more than a decade’

A Sydney council blamed narrow streets after furious residents filmed workers emptying red-bin waste and yellow-bin recycling into the same truck.

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Prize-winning high-rise faces wrecking ball after ‘administrative error’ smh.com.au/national/nsw/priz…
Prize-winning high-rise faces wrecking ball after ‘administrative error’

Prize-winning high-rise faces wrecking ball after ‘administrative error’

Architects and heritage groups are calling on the NSW government to reinstate the heritage listing of the MLC Building, one of the city’s first high-rise office buildings.

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Sydney team determined to raise the wreck of a desperate Mediterranean journey

Sydney team determined to raise the wreck of a desperate Mediterranean journey

Amid deep grief and anger over the deaths at sea of dozens fleeing poverty in Lebanon, two Sydney men hope to find the wreck and bury the dead as a mark of respect.

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I’m looking to speak to someone who lost someone close during the NSW lockdown last year and was unable to say goodbye … please get in touch [email protected]
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