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Anthony Segaert

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Parramatta bureau chief at the Sydney Morning Herald. I write about the region’s councils, culture and future. anthony.segaert@smh.com.au, or on Signal: 0426034550. powered by flat whites and grace.

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Anthony Segaert @anthonysegaert.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Oh how very Sydney: a buyers agent appears to romanticise driving down… Parramatta Road
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Anthony Segaert @anthonysegaert.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
My maths could be very wrong, but my count at Parramatta pre-poll centre this morning stands at: - 83 corflutes - 38 campaign volunteers - 1 Liberal van with a petrol pump on it #ausvotes
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Anthony Segaert @anthonysegaert.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
From yum cha to a mosque: Dutton sells himself as a multicultural champion www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
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From yum cha to a mosque: Dutton sells himself as a multicultural champion
In his first weekend on the campaign trail Peter Dutton visited a mosque before a church, synagogue or a Hindu temple, inviting voters to take another look at him.
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Anthony Segaert @anthonysegaert.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
“I thought I’d have an official farewell": ABC Radio veteran sprays management on his way out the door www.smh.com.au/business/com...
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‘Not to be’: ABC Radio veteran sprays management on his way out the door
Popular ABC radio presenter Simon Marnie has slammed radio management for wanting its talent and staff to “leave quietly, with their tales between their legs” on his final day with the broadcaster.
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Anthony Segaert @anthonysegaert.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Great story by @carawaters.bsky.social on questions being raised about how Robbie Williams - whose film distributor company’s owner made a $10k donation to the mayor’s election campaign - got the keys to the city www.theage.com.au/national/vic...
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Pop superstar Robbie Williams sparks council review over keys to the city honour
The British singer received the key to Melbourne before a crowd at Federation Square. But a donation to Lord Mayor Nick Reece’s election campaign and the late notice to councillors have raised questio...
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Anthony Segaert @anthonysegaert.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
NEW: Strathfield Council planned to spend up to $70,000 to watch a sports festival put on by its sister city in Korea. Then… www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
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This Sydney council was about to spend $70,000 on a trip to Korea. Until it changed its mind
The mayor, councillors and other staff are set to attend the three-day festival.
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Anthony Segaert @anthonysegaert.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Clover Moore lost her majority on the City of Sydney last election. She made Labor’s Zann Maxwell deputy mayor. Despite a strong anti-Clover campaign, he hasn't spoken out against Moore too much while in office. But he's speaking against her Housing Delivery Authority motion:
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Anthony Segaert @anthonysegaert.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
NEW. Sydney had a 20-year plan for growth. The government is ditching it www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
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Sydney had a 20-year plan for growth. The government is ditching it
A key planning document that talked about Sydney as a region made up of six cities has been quietly deleted by the state government.
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Anthony Segaert @anthonysegaert.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Chances are, you’ve seen these posters on the street. But what is Shen Yun, and who is behind it?
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Anthony Segaert @anthonysegaert.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
“I’ve never seen the level of unity and anger as this” www.smh.com.au/culture/art-...
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‘Hung out to dry’: Australia’s Venice artists show unprecedented support for sacked colleague
Twenty-three artists who have represented Australia at the Venice Biennale have backed sacked artist Khaled Sabsabi amid warnings Venice 2026 is in grave doubt.
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Anthony Segaert @anthonysegaert.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Associated Press sues the White House www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/b...
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Anthony Segaert @anthonysegaert.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
can someone explain how it is that TikTok can do this despite me not allowing any sharing of contacts? is it that the other person has me in their contacts and have allowed contact sharing?
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Anthony Segaert @anthonysegaert.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Its last few eps have been gold. Why Media Watch is still one of the most important shows on TV www.smh.com.au/culture/tv-a...
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Why Media Watch is still one of the most important shows on TV
After more than 35 years on air, and with a new host at the desk, this watchdog still has teeth.
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Anthony Segaert @anthonysegaert.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
well this is great (arrow added)
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Anthony Segaert @anthonysegaert.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
have i ever watched a full episode of Saturday Night Live? no has that stopped me consuming every piece of content about it? also no www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNbv...
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Anthony Segaert @anthonysegaert.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
So many fascinating details in this. The RBA building stacked with asbestos? Ross Garnaut demanding an opinion piece run at a certain time? Biscuits and fruit in the boardroom?
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Gay Alcorn @gayalcorn.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
If true, beyond appalling. Sometimes i loathe parts of my profession. www.theage.com.au/national/nsw...
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‘Deliberate, orchestrated incident’: Daily Telegraph caught up in stunt gone wrong
It’s the oldest adage in journalism: don’t become the story.
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Anthony Segaert @anthonysegaert.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
BREAKING: Former Bayside mayor found guilty of misconduct over development plans www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw...
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Former Bayside mayor found guilty of misconduct over development plans
Former Bayside mayor Bill Saravinovski mysteriously stepped down after four decades on council. A tribunal has now found him guilty of misconduct over a failure to properly disclose his relationship w...
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Anthony Segaert @anthonysegaert.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
is there a more soul-destroying sight in Sydney than the walk from Wynyard to Barangaroo at peak hour?
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Anthony Segaert @anthonysegaert.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
so, this is crazy Sydney Fish Market staring down financial collapse www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
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Sydney Fish Market staring down financial collapse
Sydney Fish Market is due to move to state-of-the-art premises later this year, but a delay in the release of its financial statements has raised concerns that the company may no longer exist.
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Anthony Segaert @anthonysegaert.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
I know we love to hate on Darling Harbour, but the newish ICC and playground have brought a lot of life. Will be interesting to see what happens when the construction on the old Harbourside is complete
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Anthony Segaert @anthonysegaert.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
‘Sack them all’: North Sydney councillors vote for 87 per cent rate rise at rowdy meeting www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
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‘Sack them all’: North Sydney councillors vote for 87 per cent rate rise at rowdy meeting
A hostile crowd of protesters shouted “shame” and “liar” as councillors debated the proposed rates rise at a meeting on Monday night.
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Leo Puglisi @leopuglisi6.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
super thrilled with this relaunch we've been working on - more content, more ways to tune in live and on-demand and plenty more original content so much more to come! to see it first - make sure you subscribe to @6newsau.bsky.social: youtube.com/@6NewsAU
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Anthony Segaert @anthonysegaert.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
NO WAYYYY
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Anthony Segaert @anthonysegaert.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Sometimes when I’m concerned about the power of big tech I open Facebook to find what its powerful algorithm is recommending — and all seems OK
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Ryan Mac 🙃 @rmac.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
the human cost www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/h...
Asanda Zondi received a startling phone call last Thursday, with orders to make her way to a health clinic in Vulindlela, South Africa, where she was participating in a research study that was testing a new device to prevent pregnancy and H.IV. infection.

The trial was shutting down, a nurse told her. The device, a silicone ring inserted into her vagina, needed to be removed right away.

When Ms. Zondi, 22, arrived at the clinic, she learned why: The U.S. Agency for International Development, which funded the study, had withdrawn financial support and had issued a stop-work order to all organizations around the globe that receive its money. The abrupt move followed an executive order by President Trump freezing all foreign aid for at least 90 days. Since then, the Trump administration has taken steps to dismantle the agency entirely.

Ms. Zondi’s trial is one of dozens that have been abruptly frozen, leaving people around the world with experimental drugs and medical products in their bodies, cut off from the researchers who were monitoring them, and generating waves of suspicion and fear.
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Anthony Segaert @anthonysegaert.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
for some reason Parramatta Library is blasting the Macarena in its foyer. do with this information what you will
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Anthony Segaert @anthonysegaert.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
wise words: "I’ve worked hard. Now I’m questioning if I worked too hard. Gave too much, subsumed too much of my identity in what I did rather than who I am." www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
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The ABC dumped me, so I’m rethinking my relationships … with work
I’m still feeling love from listeners who sent thousands of messages of support after my departure from the ABC. Like many of my generation, I’m now questioning what I do next.
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Anthony Segaert @anthonysegaert.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
some fiery letters in today's smh over Ku-ring-gai Council's $20,000 trip to the Hydro Majestic:
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Omar Sakr @omarsakr.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
“Google on Tuesday updated its ethical guidelines around artificial intelligence, removing commitments not to apply the technology to weapons or surveillance.” archive.is/JzVB6
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Anthony Segaert @anthonysegaert.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
NEW: Ku-ring-gai councillors spend $20,000 on two-night workshop at Hydro Majestic www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
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Ku-ring-gai councillors spend $20,000 on two-night workshop at Hydro Majestic
A rate rise is on the agenda as councillors gather to dine and discuss key issues.
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Anthony Segaert @anthonysegaert.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
BREAKING: Full statement of Jo Haylen resignation: “I want to put on the record, I did also take a trip last year with my husband to the Hunter Valley. It was not the same circumstances as on the 25th of January.”
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Philip Oldfield @sustainabletall.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Left: new public toilets in Tokyo Right: new public toilets in Sydney
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Philip Oldfield @sustainabletall.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
I should note, I don’t agree with the sentiment in the article that Paddington deserves something better due to it’s ‘heritage’ I just believe everywhere deserves *good design*, especially in the public realm archive.is/Mbaou
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Anthony Segaert @anthonysegaert.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
🚽 www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
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Anthony Segaert @anthonysegaert.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
When ICE comes to church — harrowing reporting www.christianitytoday.com/2025/01/shou...
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Anthony Segaert @anthonysegaert.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Good advice from the NY Times about how to give good news tips to journalists:
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Anthony Segaert @anthonysegaert.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Hey planning types, can anyone help find that famous clip (not the Parks and Rec one) where a group of people have a midday meeting to protest a playground (I think) and some politician turns up?
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Anthony Segaert @anthonysegaert.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
anyone know of any broken escalators about town atm???
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Anthony Segaert @anthonysegaert.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
"The Trump administration’s actions have been not just voluminous but efficient and effective." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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Anthony Segaert @anthonysegaert.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
👀
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Anthony Segaert @anthonysegaert.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
REVOLT: The multibillion-dollar deal to build a new “mini-city” of 25,000 homes at Rosehill Racecourse is on the edge of collapse www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw...
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Revolt leaves Rosehill Racecourse ‘mini-city’ deal on life support
A dramatic bid to have ATC chairman Peter McGauran removed is threatening a multibillion-dollar deal for 25,000 new homes.
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Nathan McDermott @nathanmcdermott.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Google Maps has updated its satellite imagery of Pacific Palisades post-fire and it's just so grim.
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Anthony Segaert @anthonysegaert.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
I regret to inform you that Parisians have discovered the classic Australian activity of noise complaints
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Anthony Segaert @anthonysegaert.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
On a disgustingly hot day like today, I’m convinced developers would get a lot more community support for their tall buildings if they spoke about “shade” (positive, helpful respite from sun) as opposed to “shadow” (ugly, hiding the sun). Shade can be good!
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Anthony Segaert @anthonysegaert.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
this is so cool @jamesrball.com www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/econom...
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Inside the supply chain: my week on a container ship
Vessels like the Timca are the unnoticed worker ants of our global economy, bringing us the cheap food, clothes and household items we buy every day w...
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Anthony Segaert @anthonysegaert.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
HOW GOOD IS AN EVENING STORM AFFER A SWELTERING DAY, SYDNEY
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Anthony Segaert @anthonysegaert.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Great insight into reporting in the US political climate from outgoing US corro Farrah Tomazin www.smh.com.au/world/north-...
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Hit by a car covering Johnny Depp’s court case, it became emblematic of my time in the US
In her farewell dispatch, outgoing North America correspondent Farrah Tomazin reflects her time covering the United States during a tumultuous three years.
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Anthony Segaert @anthonysegaert.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Back at work for the new year with SMH today, and I’m trying to wind down my time on the other site and invest here properly. 👋 I write about local councils in Sydney, what it’s like to live in the city and the impact of our housing crisis (especially the standards of new developments). Say hi!
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