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‘Serious threat’: intel report says Qantas targeted by organised crime groups

A classified federal law enforcement intelligence operation code-named Project Brunello has determined that a “significant” number of Qantas staff are linked to criminality.

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The cartel of Mr Bigs responsible for $1.5 billion drug imports

The cartel of Mr Bigs responsible for $1.5 billion drug imports

Nine men drawn from bikie gangs, Asian triads and Middle Eastern crime syndicates make up what criminal intelligence authorities have called the ‘Aussie Cartel’.

NSW should receive its ‘fair share of the vaccine’, says Gladys Berejiklian

NSW should receive its ‘fair share of the vaccine’, says Gladys Berejiklian

The NSW Premier says states should be receiving vaccinations based on their population, in response to the federal government’s decision to give Victoria an additional 100,000 Pfizer doses.

‘COVID is being used as an excuse’: Uni students are losing patience with online learning

UTS students, (L-R) Luca Pearce, Ellie Woodward, Holly Hayne, Cate Wheadon, and Melodie Grafton, at a protest about funding cuts and staff losses at the university in Sydney. 19th May 2021 Photo: Janie Barrett

Lecturers are recycling recorded material and students largely stuck at home say they’re not getting value for increased fees.

‘Won’t affect NSW supply’: Victoria to get more than 300,000 extra doses

The federal government will provide extra vaccine doses to Victorians, but maintains supplies to other Australians will not be affected.

The Queen with Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, Prince Harry, Prince Harry and Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge on the balcony of Buckingham Palace.

Meghan and Harry welcome baby girl and name her after the Queen and Diana

Meghan gave birth to the couple’s second child at California’s Santa Barbara College Hospital, a statement said, with a social media post by the couple saying “she is more than we could have ever imagined”.

The Sydney and Melbourne suburbs where every house sells for $1 million plus

Far flung suburbs have joined the list of suburbs where every house sells for more than $1 million.

There are 156 suburbs in Sydney and 15 in Melbourne where every house sold this year has changed hands for more than $1 million.

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Tolling giant signals appetite for reform on Sydney motorways

Motorway giant Transurban has signalled it is open to working with the NSW government to reform Sydney’s huge toll road system.

Guard changes from Savill to Symond in Paddington

Art lover, John Symond.

Aussie Home Loans founder John Symond has paid $5.3 million for Paddington’s Savill Galleries.

Wintry weather to soak and freeze south-eastern Australia

The first big cold front of winter will whip up dust, dump hail and snow, and send the mercury tumbling before developing into a rain band that may flood parts of south-eastern Australia.

Colleen at her Sydney home.

How Colleen lost $175,000 to an investment scam

The consumer watchdog says Australians lost $851 million due to scams last year, up 34 per cent on 2019. They fear the real total is higher.

Chammas on Monday
NRL 2021

Sterlo reveals the trait that has Cleary on course to match legends

Nathan Cleary, Cooper Cronk, Andrew Johns and Johnathan Thurston.

Nathan Cleary has played more games, scored more tries and kicked more goals than three legends of the sport at the same time in their respective careers. There’s still one box to tick.

Williams loses to player from  Kazakhstan at French Open

Williams loses to player from  Kazakhstan at French Open

Williams was beaten by a 21-year-old who is ranked 22nd - and wasn’t even born when the American made her tournament debut.

Richie Porte warms up for Tour with Dauphine win

Australian Richie Porte has won the Criterium du Dauphine, the last major warm-up race before the Tour de France.

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NRL 2021

Wing men: NSW flyers Josh Addo-Carr and Brian To’o.

NSW ratchet up Origin mind games as mystery surrounds wingers

Brian To’o was considered a certain starter on NSW’s right side for his Origin debut, but he spent the entire training session on Sunday on the left.

NSW Blues head coach Brad Fittler at State of Origin training.

Fittler wants Origin referees meeting after ‘pedantic’ NRL penalties

The Blues coach has been a big supporters of the NRL’s mid-season crackdown, but even he was concerned with what he saw on the weekend.

Sydney

Georges River councillors Vince Badalati and Con Hindi say there is a vendetta against them.

‘An ethical albatross’: Sydney council could fold over ICAC probe

A top silk has warned that two Sydney councillors under investigation by the corruption watchdog could plunge their council into administration.

‘The people retiring were older men, and they were replaced by women’

Young obstetricians, Kaushi Arulpragasam, left, and Stephanie Sii, right, with 4 day old Richie Hicks, at the Royal Hospital for Women in Randwick, Sydney. Women are taking up obstetrics in greater numbers than men now. 4th June 2021 Photo: Janie Barrett

Once dominated by men, obstetrics is increasingly a specialisation practiced by women.

Who is Chris Minns? NSW Labor’s new leader wants to be the next Keating

Who is Chris Minns? NSW Labor’s new leader wants to be the next Keating

With 21 months until the next state election, the 41-year-old faces a battle to give Labor a fighting chance against Gladys Berejiklian.

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Fertility

Woman turns to poster campaign to find egg donor

Emma Sweeney (not her real name) is searching for an egg donor who has similar colouring to herself after splitting with her partner.

In the past few weeks, Emma Sweeney has put up 60 posters in the inner west, but she says she is “just getting started”.

Bush medicines: Traditional remedies find support

Pitjantjatjara woman Ngoi Ngoi Donald is a dialysis patient who visits Purple House for treatment.  She also uses the Bush Rubs, made to a traditonal recipe. for her arthritis. The bush rubs are made as a social enterprise, providing income to families that pick the leaves of the plants, jobs to those who now make it in a new commercial kitchen, and free rubs for patients.

They’ve been used for millennia for everything from snake bites to contraception. Now bush medicines are providing jobs and income.

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Vehicles queue for petrol in North Carolina following the decision by Colonial Pipeline to shut its infrastructure following a ransomware attack.

‘Millions impacted’: Industry super group faces ransomware attack lawsuit

IFM has been hit with a class action that alleges millions of consumers, from large businesses to regular motorists, paid higher prices for fuel when the pipeline was closed following a ransomware attack.

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These are the only 11 neighbourhoods where house prices aren't rising

These are the only 11 neighbourhoods where house prices aren't rising

The handful of neighbourhoods escaping soaring house prices have been revealed, with fewer than a dozen areas recording price falls in recent months.

House with no kitchen or toilet sells for $4.705m at big auction weekend

House with no kitchen or toilet sells for $4.705m at big auction weekend

The uninhabitable home in Kensington in Sydney's south-eastern suburbs also had no water or power connected to it, but it didn't put buyers off.

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Nathan Cleary, Cooper Cronk, Andrew Johns and Johnathan Thurston.
Chammas on Monday
NRL 2021

Sterlo reveals the trait that has Cleary on course to match legends

Nathan Cleary has played more games, scored more tries and kicked more goals than three legends of the sport at the same time in their respective careers. There’s still one box to tick.

NSW Blues head coach Brad Fittler at State of Origin training.

Fittler wants Origin referees meeting after ‘pedantic’ NRL penalties

The NSW Blues coach has been one of the biggest supporters of the NRL’s mid-season crackdown - but even he was concerned with what he saw on the weekend.

Serena Williams.

Serena Williams loses fourth round at French Open

Serena Williams’ wait for a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam singles title goes on after the American was beaten by a 21-year-old.

Jona Nareki scores another for the Highlanders in their rout of the Waratahs.
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Super Rugby

The flaw that makes the Waratahs less than the sum of their parts

Not only are NSW conceding plenty of tries, poor restarts are also ensuring that they immediately put themselves under pressure again.

Teams have scored tries for fun against the Waratahs.

NSW concede 56 points a game. It’s the most in Super Rugby history

The Waratahs’ defensive record in Super Rugby Trans-Tasman puts the team below the Southern Kings and Sunwolves, and highlights the need for a defensive fix.

The Eels celebrate Haze Dunster’s try during the big win over Newcastle.
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‘I don’t think it’s too bad’: Eels sweat on Mahoney after return to form

The Eels led 34-0 with 13 minutes to play when hooker Reed Mahoney stretched out to make a tackle on new Knights playmaker Jake Clifford.

Wing men: NSW flyers Josh Addo-Carr and Brian To’o.

NSW ratchet up Origin mind games as mystery surrounds wingers

Brian To’o was considered a certain starter on NSW’s right side for his Origin debut, but he spent the entire training session on Sunday on the left.

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