The nine-week-old Australian Sea Lion pup made her public debut on Wednesday.

Endangered Australian sea lion pup makes splash in first public appearance

The nine-week-old pup required gentle maternal encouragement before diving into the water at Taronga Zoo.

  • Daniel Lo Surdo

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Some of the fun activities in the April school holiday guide for Sydney.

Things to do this school holidays in Sydney

From the visual arts to a beloved musical,live music and comedy,here’s how to keep the kids busy these school holidays.

  • Nicole Elphick
The 14 kilogram pup is learning to swim and hold its breath.

Endangered Australian sea lion pup born at Taronga

The birth of one of Australia’s rarest marine predators has injected critical genetic diversity into the zoo’s captive insurance population.

  • Angus Dalton
A recent service of the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church showing women at the back of the room,men at the front.

Brethren uncomfortable in the spotlight

The Brethren’s new website purports to tell “the truth about our church,contribution,values and way of life”.

  • Stephen Brook andKishor Napier-Raman
Donald Trump in 2017,when he lifted an Obama-era policy that curtailed the financing of coal-fired power plants overseas.

Demise of ‘woke’ would make society poorer

Woke seems to have been a pejorative term for having a social conscience,writes one correspondent.

The lower station for Taronga Zoo’s proposed Sky Safari cable car.

Taronga Zoo wants to revive its cable car. Locals say it will ‘scar’ harbour views

The Mosman zoo wants to build a new “Sky Safari” to replace the original cable car,which was retired last year.

  • Megan Gorrey
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Camilla and Marc vest,shirt and shorts. Tony Bianco shoes. Stylist’s own socks.

Her parents are two of our most famous actors,but Charlotte’s career wasn’t a given

“I was such a shy child and acting was the last thing I thought I would do,” says the 27-year-old daughter of Judy Davis and Colin Friels.

  • Jane Rocca
Delphi the platypus having a check-up before being released back into the Hacking River in the Royal National Park on Saturday night.

‘Words can’t describe’:Puggle magic in Royal National Park after 50 years

Ten platypuses were released into Australia’s oldest national park,just south of Sydney,last May. The animals are thriving and at least one puggle was born last spring.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Penrith has seen the greatest increase in the amount of urban tree canopy,up 6.36% in the last year.

Hands off our trees

In the northern suburbs,residents need to be vigilant and stop illegal tree removals,as councils cannot police illegal tree removal on their own.

The penalty for illegally trafficking native wildlife can be up to 10 years behind bars.

Chocolate boxes,chip tubes and birthday gifts with an illegal animal twist

It might look like an innocent postal package containing a birthday card and a can of potato chips. But inside the tube,stuffed in a sock,is a native Australian lizard.

  • Laura Chung