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Video shows LGBTQ protesters pleading for help outside Latham event
Footage shows a large group of mostly men confronting about 15 LGBTQ protesters outside St Michael’s Church in Belfield, where Mark Latham was due to speak on Tuesday night.
NSW Ambulance chief organised ambulance for Perrottet’s wife
Dominic Perrottet denied receiving any preferential treatment when his wife suffered an injury, but confirmed he called Brad Hazzard, who happened to be with the NSW Ambulance commissioner.
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State Parliament
COVID-positive people will be able to vote in person
If you test positive for COVID-19 on election day, you are allowed to vote in person, the NSW Electoral Commission says.
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Poker machines
The science of poker machines and how they’re designed to keep you hooked
Ringing bells, flashing lights and the promise of a jackpot. It appears to be a simple game but this sophisticated system is built to draw you in - and keep you there.
High school teacher charged with assault after class brawl
Video footage from inside the classroom shows the moment a teacher appears to snap, allegedly assaulting a student.
Opinion
Investing
Biden strikes back as the war against ‘woke capitalism’ rages
There’s something peculiar in a Democrat president acting to preserve investors’ right to choose while supposedly free-market Republicans want to take those choices away.
Stephen Bartholomeusz
Senior business columnist
Twelve Tribes sect in $6 million property sell-off near Sydney
Almost 20 years after the religious sect settled in Picton, members are moving out, and their property put up for sale.
Dutton proposes Nazi symbol ban; Liberal MP lashes her own party
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton is pushing to introduce a bill in federal parliament to ban Nazi symbols after challenging the government to do so yesterday.
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LoadingGreens consider deal as government refuses to budge on key demand
The Greens founder has accused the Australian Conservation Foundation of being a Labor-backed lobby group.
Opinion
Recycling
Let’s stop pretending we’ll recycle all this plastic
We like the idea of recycled single-use plastics because it takes away the guilt. But most cannot be converted into a useful product at a reasonable cost.
Nick O'Malley
Environment and Climate Editor
Our expert breakdown of NRL Round 4 matches
The round kicks off with a grand final replay, although neither the Eels nor Panthers have lit up the ladder so far this season. And the Battle for Brisbane also doubles as a top-of-the-table clash.
Opinion
Literature
Why it’s not OK you forgot the calendar’s best day
I had hoped you’d notice. The stage was set. But you missed it.
Chris Harrison
Opinion Editor
Bali governor rejects hosting Israel for under-20 World Cup
Football-mad Indonesia is preparing to stage its first major tournament in the sport, but the qualification of the Israeli team is causing problems.
Same, same, but different as Bistro Moncur celebrates 30 years
It’s been three decades since Bistro Moncur opened in Woollahra – so does it still stack up?
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Review
Keanu Reeves’ trigger-happy hero is one of the best roles of his career
John Wick: Chapter 4 is a lively tour of hell, a nearly three-hour epic that is stately, operatic and full of arty flourishes.
Analysis
Phones
The new flip phone giving Samsung a run for its money
Chinese brand Oppo has launched a foldable smartphone in Australia, and it could be the strongest new-school flip phone in the market yet.
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NSW election
‘I haven’t been on time for work in months’: Fury over northern beaches buses
Voters contending with cancelled buses, long queues and stranded schoolchildren are preparing to take their frustration to the polls.
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NSW Votes
Toll costs should not be ‘a state secret’: Labor to lift lid on Sydney’s multibillion-dollar deals
Chris Minns will reveal the details of Sydney’s multibillion-dollar tolling deals if he wins the election, including any potential compensation to motorway giants.
Sydney
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Workplace culture
Legacy president faces 16 harassment complaints, denies allegation of groping
Steve Hopwood has denied any inappropriate conduct or touching, despite 15 of 16 claims against him being substantiated, according to the charity’s CEO.
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.
GOOD FOOD
‘Your weeknight saviour’: RecipeTin Eats’ 20-minute Thai chicken satay curry
Peanut sauce is the best thing about Thai chicken satay skewers. This curry is swimming in it, and will be on the table in 20 minutes flat.
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.
Politics
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Superannuation
Voters want access to their superannuation in emergencies
Australians strongly back the case for people to withdraw their super for medical emergencies but most do not want the funds used to buy a home or pay a mortgage.
Business
Kathmandu, Rip Curl sales boosted by travellers, firming plans for global expansion
Globetrotting holidaymakers are fuelling strong sales momentum, with the group’s boss bullish on bricks-and-mortar expansion plans despite economic uncertainty.
World
Exclusive
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.
Opinion
How we can fight violent extremism after far-right rally
Daniel Aghion
Jewish Community Council of Victoria president
AUKUS is a dud deal. We’re safer on our own
Geraldine Brooks
Author and journalist
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Property
As interest rates rise, a last-resort plan to slash home-loan costs
Mortgage brokers are getting calls from homeowners seeking a bigger change than refinancing or asking for a better deal, but it’s not for everyone.
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Title Deeds
Glamorous Woolloomooloo apartment seeks new buyer
Sanchia Brahimi’s apartment in Sydney’s Finger Wharf offered a test of how high-end property values are tracking.
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Lifestyle
‘Covered up’: This is what a princess bride actually looks like
Kate, Meghan and now Iman are the royal princesses influencing upcoming wedding dresses.
Culture
With Beck, you never quite know what you’re going to get
The multiple Grammy winner is one of popular music’s true chameleons – and in April he’s heading to Australia.
Sport
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NRL 2023
Badge of honour: Souths to wear Sattler’s 1970 strip with torn logo
South Sydney will honour John Sattler by wearing a special jersey with the half rabbit emblem to replicate the strip made famous in the 1970 grand final.
Expert breakdown of NRL Round 4 matches
The round kicks off with a grand final replay, although neither the Eels nor Panthers have lit up the ladder so far this season. And the Battle for Brisbane also doubles as a top-of-the-table clash.
Analysis
NRL 2023
Why the Dragons have made the right call making Griffin reapply for his job
Anyone who has watched the team under Griffin’s stewardship knows why the club needs a back-up plan. If he wins games, the job is his. But relying on that could be dangerous.
Risk of further concussion triggers star Australian surfer’s retirement
Owen Wright will pull the pin on his World Surf League career after next month’s Rip Curl Pro at Bells Beach.
‘Why change what’s working’: World No.2 no fan of proposed rule change
Jon Rahm, a three-time winner on the PGA Tour this year, feels there are other options to make courses more difficult that do not involve changing technology.
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World Rugby
‘Women aren’t just small men’: World Rugby funds landmark study into breast injuries
It’s a widespread and under-researched problem across female contact sport. Now, a landmark Australian study will investigate breast injuries in rugby union - and is poised to have global impact.
‘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.
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
