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The Star encouraged high rollers to pretend to live outside NSW

Australian casino company Star Entertainment encouraged some of its biggest punters to lie about the fact they lived in Sydney as part of a scheme that denied the NSW government millions in tax revenue.

Prime Minister, step into my son’s heels: Labor MP

Stephen Jones said he supported religious freedom, but the proposed changes would put children like his son at risk, revealing the family is grieving the suicide of his gay nephew.

‘Think about our team’: PM pressures moderates as party backs religious laws

‘Think about our team’: PM pressures moderates as party backs religious laws

Scott Morrison has secured majority party room support, forcing Labor to decide whether to back laws that protect gay students from expulsion but not transgender students.

Steve ‘Turvey’ Mortimer facing a battle to live with dignity

Steve Mortimer

The greatest Bulldog is facing the toughest fight of his life.

Nicole Kidman up for best actress Oscar, Power of the Dog tops nominations list

Nicole Kidman at the Australian premiere of Being The Ricardos at the Hayden Orpheum Picture Palace in Sydney on December 15.

Nicole Kidman will lead the charge for Australia at the Oscars.

Camilla won’t be our queen, but we don’t need a king either

Whatever Camilla is to be called after Charles becomes king is catnip for the royal-watchers. But for the rest of us, it’s another absurdity.

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How one school dumped the traditional 9-3 day

How one school dumped the traditional 9-3 day

St Luke’s Catholic College is open almost 12 hours a day, finishes early on Friday, and allows senior high schoolers to sleep in three days a week.

Deadly black water event triggers mass fish deaths on Parramatta River

And a fish kill warning has been issued for the Darling River, with up to a million native fish at risk of being swamped by floodwaters.

Composite: Eileen Gu holds the Winter Games mascot Bing Dwen Dwen, the mascot.

‘Viral’ Bing Dwen Dwen helps China write the script of the Games

Along with Eileen Gu, it’s the lovable, triumphant face China wants to present to the world.

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Hike taxes or the GST to fix the crisis-stricken aged care system: Seniors

National Seniors says a multi-billion dollar boost to aged care must have bipartisan support.

The Productivity Commission should be tasked with deciding how to find the extra $7 billion to $15 billion a year needed to fix the aged care system, advocates say.

Aged care crisis a clue – we’ll be paying higher taxes, whatever we’re promised

Problems and pressures from the public get so great it means the government has to relent and start spending more.

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Ross Gittins

Economics Editor

What the median price gets you in Australia’s priciest suburbs

A two-bedroom 1950s home in Palm Beach sold for $5.8 million last year.

When it comes to buying a house in some of the nation’s most expensive suburbs, a multimillion-dollar budget may not stretch as far as you’d think.

Donald Trump tells Joe Rogan to ‘stop apologising’ for Spotify controversies

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“How many ways can you say you’re sorry? Joe, just go about what you do so well and don’t let them make you look weak and frightened.”

Unvaccinated Tapine to lead Maoris: ‘I’m not anti-anything’

Taumalolo was prickly when asked about his vaccination stance, but Tapine had no issues opening up about refusing the jab.

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Brendan Kerry on the ice in Beijing.

Kerry carries Australian hopes in star-studded figure skating field

Brendan Kerry will take on the best in the world after gliding his way through a field that included a dual-Olympic gold medallist and a three-time world champion.

Eileen Gu celebrates a stunning gold medal win.

US-born ‘snow princess’ Eileen Gu wins Olympic big air gold for China

Eileen Gu cranked out the first 1620 of her career on her final jump, earning the first of what she hopes will be three gold medals at the Beijing Olympics in women’s freestyle big air on Tuesday.

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More than 150 animals have been released into feral-free zones in the past six months as work continues to prevent them from extinction.
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Behind an electrified fence are thousands of hectares where cats and foxes aren’t welcome

NSW Environment Minister James Griffin visited the Pilliga State Conservation Area on Tuesday and said feral predator-free zone projects were vital to protecting biodiversity.

Nurses vote to strike as Omicron intensifies staff shortages

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The likelihood of a mass strike has edged closer after thousands of nurses and midwives endorsed industrial action in a ballot.

Berejiklian oversaw program to issue grants ‘in the most politically advantageous way’

Berejiklian oversaw program to issue grants ‘in the most politically advantageous way’

The state government’s controversial $252 million council grants program lacked integrity and applied no merit-based assessment in awarding 96 per cent of funds to coalition-held seats.

Escalating costs put pressure on Sydney’s mega transport projects

Premier Dominic Perrottet at Central Station on Tuesday.

With an infrastructure building boom on Australia’s east coast, Premier Dominic Perrottet said it was “OK” if costs increased from estimates at the start of projects.

Soldier harboured doubts about Roberts-Smith’s VC honour, court told

Ben Roberts-Smith outside the Federal Court on Monday.

A serving SAS soldier has denied seeking to throw Ben Roberts-Smith “under the bus” as he gave damaging evidence against him in the Federal Court.

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Renders of the planned Cudgen Connection at the Tweed Valley by Centuria Capital Group and Digital Infratech.

Centuria Capital inks $250m deal for healthcare precinct

Fund management group Centuria Capital has expanded its presence in the fast-growing healthcare and education real estate sector, inking a $250 million partnership with Digital Infratech to develop the Cudgen Connection precinct on the NSW Tweed Coast.

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Arch Staver has had some frank conversations about price guides.

Why your house might not be worth as much as you think

The place down the street sold for a high price last year, and your home must be more valuable than that one, right? Here’s why that logic might be wrong.

A two-bedroom 1950s home in Palm Beach sold for $5.8 million last year.

What the median price gets you in Australia’s priciest suburbs

When it comes to buying a house in some of the nation’s most expensive suburbs, a multimillion-dollar budget may not stretch as far as you’d think.

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Steve ‘Turvey’ Mortimer facing a battle to live with dignity

The greatest Bulldog is facing the toughest fight of his life.

Joe Tapine

‘I’m not anti-anything’: Unvaccinated Tapine to lead Maoris

Jason Taumalolo was prickly when asked about his vaccination stance, but Maori All Stars co-captain Joe Tapine had no issues opening up about refusing the jab.

Pat Cummins and Aaron Finch have been urged to speak about Justin Langer’s departure as coach.

Cummins to address Langer issue, Bailey says greats relying on ‘hearsay’

Test captain Pat Cummins is set to break his silence on Justin Langer’s departure, as selection chair George Bailey told Australia’s golden generation they do not have the full picture on why their close friend was ousted.

Brent Naden is excited about his All Stars debut.

‘I’m proud of who I’ve become’: How Naden bounced back from drugs drama

Shock All Stars inclusion Brent Naden is adamant he will remain “on the straight and narrow” after a drugs drama threatened to derail his NRL career.

Australia celebrate their stunning Ashes domination.

Undefeated: Australia round off Ashes domination

Played 12, won 10, lost zero. Australia’s combined domination of England across the men’s and women’s Ashes series was completed in style on Tuesday.

Nick Phipps feeds a Waratahs scrum in 2016.

Not rugby any more: Less than Super response to uncontested scrums idea

Officials are mulling the option of de-powered scrums in Super Rugby games, if there was a COVID-19 outbreak among front-rowers. But coaches and players aren’t big fans.

Usman Khawaja made an emphatic case to be retained for the fifth Ashes Test in Hobart.

Khawaja could miss birth of child for Pakistan tour

Cricket Australia has named a near full-strength squad for next month’s historic Test series in Pakistan as Pat Cummins’ men aim to conquer the cricketing world.

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