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Angle grinder, padlock: What officer bought after alleged murders

Police and a town truck remove a dinghy from a dam.

Police have also clarified that a triple-zero call was made from Luke Davies’ phone four minutes after Beau Lamarre-Condon’s police-issued gun was fired.

A timeline of Beau Lamarre-Condon’s alleged movements

Police say they are piecing together the movements of the senior constable charged over the murders of Sydney couple Jesse Baird and Luke Davies.

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Lattouf files second legal case against ABC over dismissal

Sacked radio host Antoinette Lattouf alleges the broadcaster breached its own workplace agreement.

Push to deny visa for Palestinian hijacker who praised Hamas terrorists

Push to deny visa for Palestinian hijacker who praised Hamas terrorists

Leila Khaled, who appears holding an AK-47 in famous murals in the West Bank, is a member of a hard-line Marxist group that shocked the world with airline hijackings and bombings.

Seven more Australian kids abducted as Japan debates custody changes

Australian father Daniel White and his child Yui.

The number of Australian children abducted in Japan has jumped by almost 10 per cent in the past year.

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Woman on sea lion tour attacked by shark in WA

The woman in her 40s has been airlifted to Royal Perth Hospital after being bitten while in waist deep water off Sandland Island.

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Sobbing Newington old boys drown out those with real skin in this game

Second-generation graduate of Newington College Tony Retsos participated in the protest.

Inconsolable about the end of male sovereignty at Newington, ageing alumni want to “save” the school. But for “new” parents like me, other considerations spring to mind.

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Students’ confidential details revealed in email blunder at Sydney school

Sydney Secondary College at Blackwattle Bay.

A dossier of highly personal information about numerous students, including health conditions, was sent to parents.

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ICAC acted outside powers in issuing Berejiklian report, court told

Former NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian wants an appeal court to strike down corruption findings made against her.

Why Politis’ vision for the NRL includes Perth, not PNG

Nick Politis has a vision for the future of rugby league.

From inside the swanky Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Los Angeles, the Roosters supremo has outlined his controversial vision for the sport.

Boring and trapped by pedantic rules: Why it’s time rugby joined the entertainment game

The game is going backwards economically because it’s become lousy entertainment. Here’s how to fix it.

John Wylie
Lydia Williams presents Pink and her daughter Willow with the first retail versions of the Matildas’ goalkeeping kit which will go on sale on Tuesday.

Tickled Pink: Nike bows to demand, sells Matildas’ goalkeeper jerseys

Pink and her daughter, Willow, were the first people in the world to get their hands on a shirt that was impossible to buy last year.

Self Raised Snack Shoppe in Bexley North.

You can now get Sydney’s most in-demand baked goods from this walk-up window

From pizza by the slice to raspberry pistachio donuts, this is what you can expect from Snack Shoppe’s new menu of house-baked pastries and sandwiches.

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Weeknight winners: 14 Adam Liaw recipes you’ll immediately want to put on high rotation

Stir-fried beef and asparagus.

Quick, easy and budget-friendly – these simple throw-together pastas, salads and stir-fries will make cooking this week a breeze.

The world’s green juggernaut will become unstoppable this year

It is the greatest economic growth story since the industrial revolution, and it has just passed a critical threshold.

Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
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India

Neglected palace is now a leading world hotel

This 19th-century palace is still owned by the royal family of Jaipur.

If you love vibrant design, a bit of pomp, exemplary service and the sense of a storied stay, then this may just be the hotel of your dreams – it was mine.

Buyer splashes nearly $5m on designer home he’d only seen on FaceTime

80 Mintaro Avenue, Strathfield

Four parties registered to bid but the winner had only done a video inspection moments before the auction began.

Record temperatures cause new Great Barrier Reef bleaching

Scientists say coral bleaching in the Great Barrier Reef will worsen in coming weeks.

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Fare’s fair? How a Swiftie surge turned a taxi rank into The Hunger Games

Between middle fingers and near bashings, the taxi rank outside Central’s Grand Concourse was not exactly a love story following Friday’s Taylor Swift concert.

Taylor Swift fans snap a selfie outside Accor Stadium.

How Swifties sucked up 15,000 hours of video data

Telstra says it has been grappling with unprecedented demand from Taylor Swift fans as the telco prepares to announce new network features at Mobile World Congress this week.

Sydney

Jesse Baird spoke of ‘shadowy figure in bedroom’ at night
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Jesse Baird spoke of ‘shadowy figure in bedroom’ at night

Investigators are also speaking to Baird’s friends about any other interactions or events that went unreported in the lead-up to their disappearance on Monday.

Alex Hawke survives expulsion as Dutton dodges NSW Liberal council

Former minister Alex Hawke.

The former immigration minister survived an attempt to expel him from the party over his alleged role in delayed preselections before the last federal election.

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Healthcare

‘Years my kids didn’t have’: Boost to Australian gene therapy development

Megan Maack (centre) and her children Isla, 14 (right) , and Jude, 12.

When Megan Maack’s two children were diagnosed with childhood dementia, it took years for a drug that could help to be available.

Adoptions plummet despite reforms making it easier for carers to adopt

Deborra-lee Furness at the Sydney premiere of Force of Nature: The Dry 2 in January.

Actor and adoption advocate Deborra-lee Furness has called for a refocus on permanency while the NSW government says a backlog in adoption applications has been cleared.

Dunny lanes of Sydney: Hidden chance to address housing crisis

David Langton-Jones’ house is small and built on a back lane in Redfern.

The city’s back lanes may look messy, but an architect has shown how a laneway block can double density.

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Kogan.com founder and CEO Ruslan Kogan.

‘Difficult decision’: Kogan.com bumps up prices on loyalty members despite triple profit

Kogan.com founder Ruslan Kogan has increased the price of its subscription program made up of its most loyal and repeat customers despite the e-commerce company’s profit of $10.2 million in the first half of the financial year.

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Nick Politis has a vision for the future of rugby league.

Why Politis’ two-conference vision for the NRL includes Perth, not PNG

From inside the swanky Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Los Angeles, the Roosters supremo has outlined his controversial vision for the sport.

Some of the posters promoting the Denver Test in 2018.
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NRL 2024

What the NRL must do to avoid a repeat of the Denver debacle

Empty seats and unpaid players marred rugby league’s last visit to America. This is what the NRL must do to ensure there is no repeat in Las Vegas.

Cooney-Cross in action during the Matildas’ 3-0 Olympic-qualifying win over Uzbekistan in Tashkent.

Nomadic childhood prepared Matildas’ Cooney-Cross for life at the top of football

From the Sunshine Coast to Alice Springs and Ballarat, Torquay, Sydney, Melbourne, Sweden and England, Australia’s midfield dynamo is nothing if not adaptable.

Ethan O’Neill is poked in the eye on Saturday
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‘My eye was on fire’: Son of Queensland legend suffers facial fracture

A photo of a Broncos forward getting poked in the eye over the weekend has gone viral. It resulted in a fractured eye-socket and an 18-hour drive home.

Michael Clarke consoles Nathan Lyon after the 2011 Hobart loss to New Zealand.

The pain behind Lyon’s call to end two-Test series

Nathan Lyon has implored cricket authorities to mandate a minimum of three-match Test series, fuelled by the unresolved pain of his very first meeting with New Zealand.

Lydia Williams presents Pink and her daughter Willow with the first retail versions of the Matildas’ goalkeeping kit which will go on sale on Tuesday.

Tickled Pink: Bowing to public demand, Nike is finally selling Matildas goalkeeper jerseys

Pink and her daughter, Willow, were the first people in the world to get their hands on a shirt that was impossible to buy last year.

Australia’s mens eight ahead of the World Championships in 2023

Are Australia about to go all-in to hunt Olympic rowing’s white whale?

In over 120 years, Australia’s best result in the blue riband coxed eights event is a pair of silver medals. Rowing chiefs are considering a plan to go one better in Paris.

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