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Organised crime
King of the camouflage: Money laundering lawyer joins clients behind bars
Sydney lawyer Sevag Chalabian has been sentenced to 12 years in jail over washing $24 million in blackmail money linked to the Plutus Payroll scam.
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Abducted in Japan
Japanese MPs call on Australia to pressure Tokyo on child abductions
Prominent Japanese politicians have labelled the country’s sole custody system an embarrassment.
Labor’s old guard follow Keating into trenches over $368b submarine deal
Former cabinet minister Kim Carr joined Labor colleagues in raising deep concerns about AUKUS.
$50m to private schools for upgrades, new classrooms under Coalition pledge
The funding would be split between private and Catholic schools, which have had an influx of students as parents opt out of public education.
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Liberal Party
Berejiklian tried to woo her; now Hannan looms as a threat to Libs
Four days from polling day, election watchers suggest the independent candidate’s semi-rural electorate could be a “sleeper” seat.
‘Didn’t ask for favours’: Premier denies special ambulance request for wife
Dominic Perrottet said he wasn’t looking for special treatment and doesn’t know if the commissioner ordered an ambulance for his wife to avoid prolonged wait times.
‘We have to let him grow’: Socceroos urge patience with 17-year-old ‘freak’
As Socceroos players have discovered for themselves this week, Nestory Irankunda is not normal.
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NRL 2023
Griffin to reapply for job as Dragons set to begin interviewing for 2024 coach
The St George Illawarra coach has been made aware the club will soon begin looking at alternative options for 2024, but will continue fighting to earn another contract.
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Courts
Father ‘humiliated’ after being dragged from Jetstar flight
A Melbourne father says he “felt like an animal” after being Tasered by police on a flight out of Perth.
Biggest fear for trillion-dollar managers is missing next rally
Some of the world’s biggest investors are looking beyond interest-rate hikes, bank failures and the threat of recession to one of their greatest fears.
‘A bloody scandal’: Secret Chinese data that could have changed the pandemic
“The whole last three years would have been completely different if we had this data,” a viral evolution expert said. “I’m bloody furious about it.”
Video Feature
War
The false promise of the Iraq War and the millions left displaced
The United States was convinced Iraq was in possession of WMDs – and so did other international leaders who helped in the invasion.
Opinion
James Murdoch
Murdoch: Another wife, another twist in succession plan
The billionaire media mogul and his 66-year-old bride-to-be are “looking forward to the second half of our lives together”, but will this alter anything in Murdoch’s empire?
Elizabeth Knight
Business columnist
Indigenous students to reach for the stars with NASA
The United States and Australian space agencies will give five Indigenous Australian university students the opportunity to complete an internship at NASA.
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Title Deeds
When a million-dollar discount isn’t enough: Glamorous apartment seeks new buyer
Sanchia Brahimi’s apartment in Sydney’s Finger Wharf offered a test of how high-end property values are tracking. It hasn’t gone well.
Sebastian Barry confronts the evil stain on Ireland’s soul
The past comes calling at the home of a retired detective in the Booker shortlisted author’s latest novel.
Campaign for vaping without prescription goes up in smoke
Health Minister Mark Butler has told Labor caucus “the tobacco industry has found a new way to develop a generation of nicotine addicts and we will not stand for it”.
NSW election
Labor to scrap Circular Quay revamp, Cahill Expressway ‘high line’
A Minns government would dump a proposed redesign of Circular Quay, and upgrade the wharves and promenade if it wins the election.
Costings cast doubt on Labor’s cashless gambling trial
The PBO says Labor’s plan to trial 500 cashless gaming machines in NSW would make no difference to the budget bottom line.
Sydney
Podcast
Please Explain podcast
Two towns separated by a bridge, a border – and $28 million lost to gambling
Please Explain visits the border between NSW and Victoria, where the legacy of decades of loose regulation of gambling machines is still being felt.
$60,000 in gift bags allegedly delivered to council employee
The former Sydney council worker, Tony Nguyen, said he told a subcontractor to pay him in cash because it’s untraceable.
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Courts
Jarryd Hayne tells court about night of alleged sexual assault
Hours of the former NRL player’s evidence have been played to the jury at his Sydney trial, where he has pleaded not guilty to sexual intercourse without consent.
Man accessory in gangland murder, police allege
A man has been charged with being an accessory to the alleged murder of Rami Iskander in May last year.
Dogs of war: Neighbours battle for greyhound millions
Inner Sydney might have turned its back on greyhound racing, but it’s a different story out west.
GOOD FOOD
Nagi Maehashi is here to keep your cooking on budget
Good Food relaunches with a new website and columns by the RecipeTin Eats founder, plus Adam Liaw, Curtis Stone and MasterChef’s Emelia Jackson.
Air fryers v ovens: Which cooked it best?
How does an air fryer compare to a standard oven? Long-time naysayer Dani Valent puts the benchtop cooker through its paces.
Politics
‘Coin toss’: Reserve Bank puts interest rate pause on its April agenda
Home buyers could get some pre-Easter relief, with the RBA saying it will consider a pause in interest rate increases at its April meeting.
Business
ABC staff cancel strike after winning pay rise, but some rankled by ‘disrespect’
One of the ABC’s media unions has cancelled strike action, but that won’t stop hundreds from walking off the job for two hours on Wednesday.
World
Analysis
US politics
Bracing for impact, US political world waits for Donald Trump indictment
Facing possible charges over alleged hush money paid to an adult film star, Donald Trump has launched a pre-emptive strike to control the narrative, rally supporters, and play the victim.
Opinion
AUKUS is a dud deal. We’re safer on our own
Geraldine Brooks
Author and journalist
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Property
Six first home buyers fight for $1.33 million Alexandria two-bedder
Mindful they can now choose an annual land tax, most of the 20something buyers took their parents along to the auction.
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Title Deeds
Football club co-owner lists Mosman’s Victorian Gothic mansion Allowah
Glenn Duncan is selling what is billed one of Mosman’s oldest homes as Russell Tate lists one of the suburb’s largest apartments.
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Lifestyle
Overcome by grief, Alex ran, until she reached ‘exercise burnout’
Many of us are conditioned to think exercise needs to be a slog to be effective. But we’re better off training to match our mental state.
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Diet
Walk more, eat well: As a health writer, these studies make me sad
Sarah Berry
Lifestyle Health Editor
Culture
Why this season of Australian Survivor will go down in (meme) history
From “underwater torture” to “the best player we’ve ever seen”: past players break down the moments that have made this season so great.
Sport
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NRL 2023
Griffin to reapply for job as Dragons set to begin interviewing for 2024 coach
The St George Illawarra coach has been made aware the club will soon begin looking at alternative options for 2024, but Griffin has agreed to continue fighting to earn another contract.
Warner may miss entire one-day series as he awaits medical clearance
David Warner will need a positive assessment by Australia’s medical staff before he can play in the remaining one-day match against India on Wednesday.
‘Never one to brag’: Cleary’s 400th game catches Panthers by surprise
Ivan Cleary’s second coming at Penrith has been brilliant as he gets set to celebrate 400 games as a coach - a milestone he and the players knew nothing about.
‘I need to pull my finger out’: Perese’s blunt assessment of Waratahs season
Waratahs centre Izaia Perese had a sensational 2022 before injury struck at the wrong time. Now he’s determined to get his below-par season back on track.
‘Toiler, narcissist’: Fighting words, but SBW-Gallen bout won’t happen
Sonny Bill Williams has some choice words for Paul Gallen, but only one of them is prepared to climb back into the ring.
The day John Sattler saved a life on Sydney’s train tracks
Three weeks before playing in the 1970 grand final with a broken jaw, the Rabbitohs legend saved a man from an oncoming train.
‘We have to let him grow’: Socceroos urge patience with 17-year-old ‘freak’
As Socceroos players have discovered for themselves this week, during their first in-person brush with the A-League’s hottest young talent, Nestory Irankunda is not normal.
Have Your Say
‘When the police came, I had no idea I hadn’t paid for my fuel – and no memory of being there’
I’ve suffered between 40 and 50 concussions in my semi-professional rugby league career. Players from grassroots to elite level need saving from themselves – that’s why the NRL’s protocols are needed.
David Sellers
Oberon rugby league player
