‘Myths don’t come from nowhere’:Why the Penrith Panther is getting its own show

‘Myths don’t come from nowhere’:Why the Penrith Panther is getting its own show

Real or not,the elusive beast has its claws deep into the collective psyche of the western city. Art gallery director Toby Chapman is no exception.

  • byNick Galvin

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Australia’s great new hike is just 90 minutes from Sydney

Australia’s great new hike is just 90 minutes from Sydney

The beauty of the Grand Cliff Top Walk is that it can be done in bite-size chunks,so hikers can join the walk for as long as they choose.

  • byJulie Miller
New ‘forever chemical’ tests zero in on contamination source
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New ‘forever chemical’ tests zero in on contamination source

Independent tests have linked PFAS contamination in the Blue Mountains to the site of a 1992 petrol tanker crash.

  • byBen Cubby andCarrie Fellner
Singer Cecilia Devine bought warm gloves and a scarf. She was never seen alive again

Singer Cecilia Devine bought warm gloves and a scarf. She was never seen alive again

Police have posted a $500,000 reward for information after a coroner was unable to determine what caused the death of a vivacious musician in the Blue Mountains.

  • byCarrie Fellner
Australia will dramatically cut ‘forever chemicals’ in tap water – but it will mean a big clean-up
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Australia will dramatically cut ‘forever chemicals’ in tap water – but it will mean a big clean-up

The new thresholds are likely to force the clean-up of tap water supplied to hundreds of thousands of people across the country.

  • byCarrie Fellner
‘I had the whole country against me’:Mother breaks silence over daughter’s murder
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‘I had the whole country against me’:Mother breaks silence over daughter’s murder

Kallista Mutten admits to making dreadful decisions but has told 60 Minutes she does not deserve the vitriol she faced over the death of her daughter,Charlise.

  • byDimity Clancey andAnne Worthington
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Dramatic turnaround as state backs widespread water testing for forever chemicals

Dramatic turnaround as state backs widespread water testing for forever chemicals

Hours after the Herald published revelations of high levels of “forever chemicals” at a dam this week,NSW Health moved to get all water utilities to screen for PFAS.

  • byBen Cubby andCarrie Fellner
Dam faces long-term shutdown after ‘forever chemicals’ discovery
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Dam faces long-term shutdown after ‘forever chemicals’ discovery

Medlow Dam in the Blue Mountains may be shut for a long period and water pumped in from Oberon after high levels of cancer-linked chemicals were found in the water.

  • byBen Cubby andCarrie Fellner
‘White hot’:Cancer-linked chemicals flowing into dam at 50 times safe level
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‘White hot’:Cancer-linked chemicals flowing into dam at 50 times safe level

Independent tests near Medlow Dam in the Blue Mountains show contamination at far higher levels than the government has admitted.

  • byBen Cubby andCarrie Fellner
The perfect family portrait. Then the unspeakable horror

The perfect family portrait. Then the unspeakable horror

It was Christmas 2021,and Trish Smith hugged her boys tight as they were photographed on a beach. This week,she was accused of killing them.

  • byJordan Baker
Police await doctors’ clearance to interview mother over death of her two sons
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Police await doctors’ clearance to interview mother over death of her two sons

The woman who police believe stabbed her two young sons to death at their Blue Mountains home has written extensively about her own mental health.

  • byAmber Schultz,Sally Rawsthorne andRiley Walter