James Robertson

James Robertson is a Reporter for The Sydney Morning Herald.

Sydney drivers get slugged as supermarkets sweep profits

James Robertson Sydney drivers have been pouring petrol money into the coffers of the supermarket giants, with new figures showing that revenues of Woolworths and Coles have skyrocketed since they entered the fuel...

Australian reportedly killed in Syria

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James Robertson An Australian man has reportedly been killed in a rebel assault on a Syrian government base.

Riddle of Australian killed in Syrian fighting

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James Robertson AN AUSTRALIAN man has been killed while he was part of an assault on a military base in Syria, rebel groups claimed.

City farewell for military workhorse more used to flying into danger

A C-130H Hercules

James Robertson FOR nearly 35 years, the C-130H Hercules has been synonymous with Australia's response to crisis.

'Ignorant people are very dangerous things'

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James Robertson The Sumer brothers are not so much close as a single organism. Ask one a question and two others answer on his behalf. Jokes are told in relays that end in harmonised guffaws.

Fairfax dominates Walkley nominations

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James Robertson FAIRFAX journalists have dominated nominations in print and online categories for this year's Walkley Awards, the highest honours in Australian journalism.

'Time stood still, I just knew we had to do something'

Lauren Munro Bali bombing survivor

James Robertson A decade after the Bali bombings, he still needs to escape. Flying has been his therapy as well as his livelihood.

'Time stood still, I just knew we had to do something'

Lauren Munro

James Robertson IT'S perfectly still at the Forbes Aerodrome, but for the flies.

Spirit endures on Bali's sacred ground

'You get chills up your spine' ...Andrew Dobson's children, Natasha and Mathew, at the makeshift shrine in a Kuta car park.

Michael Bachelard, James Robertson For two siblings, visiting Kuta brings them closer to the father who never came home.

Holidaying medics called to the frontline in Kuta

James Robertson A COUPLE of hours before dawn on the first morning of her Bali holiday, Linda Hogg was woken by a phone call from her daughter.

Heartache of letting their daughters go

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James Robertson It was the final Bali memorial service that brought peace to Pauline Whitton and Lynn Muller. The official ceremony had left both women sobbing uncontrollably - but, during a gesture of symbolic...

Raw emotion in Bali tributes

Moved: Julia Gillard pays her respects at the Bali bombings memorial monument.

James Robertson Prime Minister Julia Gillard has laid a wreath at the Bali bombings memorial, capping a 24-hour period in which survivors and families have marked the 10th year since the bombings.

Degrees of difficulty make it easier in long run

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James Robertson STEPHEN SUMMERHAYES has had a circuitous educational career. The 43-year-old came to his job in environmental science after a period of training that spanned four degrees.

Public holiday law an Almighty headache for taxpayers

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James Robertson Godly South Australians always thought Sunday was too far away and helped themselves to 50 more public holidays than the people of NSW. Now it's going to cost Australian taxpayers plenty.

Sport won't be made mandatory in schools

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Andrew Stevenson, James Robertson Sport will not be included as a mandatory element when the new national school curriculum for health and physical education is introduced in 2014.

Release from detention provides small comfort to some asylum seekers

Portrait of Hasan Sahib a refugee from Iraq. He fills in his time by playing with his niece Maryam Hassain 5 as he does not have a job.

Daniel Flitton, James Robertson THOUSANDS of asylum seekers are struggling to live on as little as $31 a day, less money than the dole, camped in hostels and boarding houses across Australia with no access to government language...

Celebrities raise their hands in support of foundation for literacy

Channel 9 newsreader, Peter Overton with wife jessica Rowe.

James Robertson PETER OVERTON and Jessica Rowe have two extra reasons to care about literacy - daughters Allegra and Giselle.

Asylum seeker boat rescued by commercial ship

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James Robertson, Dylan Welch A commercial ship has come to the aid of an ailing boat carrying 27 asylum seekers off the Cocos Islands.

Eye injuries prompt debate on design of surfboards

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James Robertson THIRTY years ago, Andrew Mainsbridge was out in big surf at Newport beach when he was thrown off the lip of a wave. His leg rope snapped the tip of the board back towards him - and then, darkness.

Why Romanians specialise in ATM skimming

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James Robertson Two Romanian men appeared in Balmain Local Court yesterday, charged with offences related to ATM skimming.