From the Archives 2001:Lleyton Hewitt wins US Open days before 9/11

From the Archives 2001:Lleyton Hewitt wins US Open days before 9/11

In New York just two days before the 9/11 attacks,Australia’s Lleyton Hewitt had the keys to the city for a night,having beaten Pete Sampras to win the US Open.

  • byMark Riley

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How September 11 ushered in an age of panic
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How September 11 ushered in an age of panic

Zero tolerance,zero emissions,COVID zero – as targets of public policy,these all had their origin at Ground Zero.

  • byTim Lynch
Counter-terrorism strategy will not be enough to counter the Taliban,Tony Blair says

Counter-terrorism strategy will not be enough to counter the Taliban,Tony Blair says

The former British prime minister has warned the West needs to prepare itself for terrorist organisations using bioweapons as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and takeover of Afghanistan by the Taliban.

  • byLatika Bourke
What happened to America?

What happened to America?

When the planes hit the towers they sliced through more than steel. The September 11 attacks shattered the myth of American innocence and invulnerability.

  • byMatthew Knott
Australia’s defences stronger after 20 years of the war on terror:Howard

Australia’s defences stronger after 20 years of the war on terror:Howard

But former prime ministers Kevin Rudd and Tony Abbott have warned about the danger arising from the Taliban’s victory in Afghanistan.

  • byDavid Crowe
‘Eye for eye,tooth for tooth’:9/11 inside Punchbowl Boys’ High
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‘Eye for eye,tooth for tooth’:9/11 inside Punchbowl Boys’ High

Our principal called for compassion. But it was too late – the Lebs of Punchbowl Prison had found themselves among the souls of the suicide bomber.

  • byMichael Mohammed Ahmad
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Spike Lee’s opus celebrates New York City’s joys and tragedies
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Spike Lee’s opus celebrates New York City’s joys and tragedies

The Oscar-winning filmmaker chronicles the lives,loss and resilience of The Big Apple over the past 20 years.

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September 11,2001 as it happened
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September 11,2001 as it happened

The extraordinary footage captured by news networks,eyewitnesses and people on the scene. Video by Tom Compagnoni.

This is no accident:Former PM John Howard on September 11
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This is no accident:Former PM John Howard on September 11

Former PM John Howard was in the United States during the September 11 attacks and recounts his experience. Vision:Sky News

Little did we know,but 9/11 was the start of the West’s economic crisis

Little did we know,but 9/11 was the start of the West’s economic crisis

The economic faultlines 9/11 exposed were just as deep as the geopolitical ones,and it opened the doors to two decades of relative Chinese ascendancy.

  • byJeremy Warner
‘I got questions’:Spike Lee entertains 9/11 conspiracy theories in new doco

‘I got questions’:Spike Lee entertains 9/11 conspiracy theories in new doco

Reintroducing Spike Lee:legendary filmmaker,veteran actor,powerful producer,Oscar-winning screenwriter and – September 11 conspiracy theorist?

  • byChristi Carras