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Woolies, Coles could face huge fines after price-gouging probe
Craig Emerson, who led the review, said his recommendations could help secure fairer prices for both farmers and consumers.
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Courts
Seven producer claims model posted ‘intimate image’ as cops probe leak
Taylor Auerbach says Tziporah Malkah posted an “intimate image” of him on Facebook on Christmas Day 2019. Police are now probing claims he leaked naked photos of her.
Panicked missed calls, ‘silly’ demands: New texts expose interview tensions
Spotlight producers thought their interview with Bruce Lehrmann would be “the most amazing thing on Australian TV ever”. But new texts show a different story.
‘They can’t afford the rent’: Teachers demand 25 per cent pay rise
Some are paid $35,000 less than their peers in other schools and interstate.
Bushwalker missing after plunging from national park waterfall
Police are searching for a woman who fell from a waterfall in a national park in the Southern Highlands.
PM, Paterson trade blows after ‘unknown vessel’ arrives in remote WA
A man has been found in remote Western Australia after going missing following his arrival via an unknown vessel.
Analysis
NRL 2024
Inside Souths’ implosion: Bellamy, Bennett targeted as players challenge Latrell
The coach is in the firing line, while club bosses are questioning their star player’s desire to keep playing rugby league. What’s really going on at the Rabbitohs?
NRL yet to determine tribute for Jennings’ 300th milestone
The Roosters veteran is in line to reach the mark this week, only three years after a civil case found he sexually and verbally abused his ex-partner.
Waratahs star devastated as injury threatens another season
Waratahs and Wallabies prop Angus Bell was dejected as he left the field on Saturday night against the Brumbies.
Kerr Neilson lost over $500m in six years. Then he made it all back
The billionaire watched as the performance of the company he once ran tanked.
‘Whole thing gave way’: Oska trapped in a sinkhole after deluge
Thirteen-year-old Oska Stockner had a lucky escape after he found himself stuck in a two-metre-deep sinkhole at Warriewood on Saturday.
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NSW floods
Clean-up begins as flood-hit communities offered disaster payments
Travellers across the city were warned to expect disruptions along transport routes.
How a designer duo turned a historic block from three homes to one
They needed a place that would house a family of seven comfortably. Finding few options, they created their own dream home.
Chinese investment in Australia plunges to record lows
A report warned that as Chinese investment in Australia reached record lows, a more worrying threat was emerging.
Murderers freed to fight Putin’s war, return home and commit horrific crimes
Russian convicts have been the backbone of its success in Ukraine but the strategy is backfiring at home. Those pardoned include murderers, rapists and even a cannibal.
Opinion
JK Rowling
This is how cancel culture ends. Thank you, JK Rowling
When the author dared police to arrest her – if they believed she’d broken new hate-speech laws – she struck a blow for freedom.
Parnell Palme McGuinness
Columnist and communications adviser
Ten experiences that should be on your Africa bucket list
With its rich wildlife, extraterrestrial landscapes and warm hospitality, there’s little wonder as to why this continent is on many a traveller’s hit list.
‘Like the Day of the Triffids’: How a researcher saved her friend’s life from the ‘monster’ among us
When Troy complained on Facebook about something weird in his shoulder, one of his friends who took notice was pandemic-famous epidemiologist Catherine Bennett.
NRL 2024
Updated
‘He’s very lucky’: Latrell facing ban for elbow but stars say it could have been worse
The NRL match review committee has hit Mitchell hard over an ugly elbow on Shaun Johnson.
Exclusive
‘The game does not take the safety of women seriously’: Jennings’ ex-wife slams NRL
Kirra Wilden, the former wife of the controversial Roosters star, is up in arms over the NRL’s decision to allow him to resume his career.
Sydney
The retail concept that could save our shopping centres
Shopping centres seem no longer just a place for us to buy things, they’re supposedly an ‘opportunity for improvement and personal development’.
Sydneysiders are being paid to convert their properties to national parks
Landowners can earn up to $420 per hectare every year for land placed under a conservation agreement in NSW as Australia grapples with an extinction crisis.
Virgin cancelled Elif’s flight, then refused to refund her out-of-pocket expenses
Transport Minister Catherine King say it is clear Australia’s airlines are not delivering what passengers expect, as pressure mounts for greater consumer protections.
The parenting decision that has left Vaucluse Public with more funding than schools in Penrith
Numerous schools in Sydney’s east are bringing in more taxpayer cash per student than some of Sydney’s most disadvantaged pockets, a Sun-Herald analysis can reveal.
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Prisons
‘Once-in-a-generation’ overhaul to program will help ‘missed’ inmates
Prisoners across the state will now have access to treatment for drug and alcohol issues immediately after arrest under a new $2.5 million intervention pilot.
Politics
Husic accuses Israeli government of ‘systematic failure’ over aid worker deaths
The Albanese government’s most senior minister of Muslim faith has delivered a stinging rebuke over the tragic incident.
Business
Exclusive
Tax disputes
ATO in stand-off with US tech giants over software tax grab
The Tax Office is caught up in a battle with the US and tech giants such as Microsoft over plans to tax billions in software transactions for the first time.
Opinion
Ask an expert
My bush property is too big for me to get the pension. What can I do?
Paul Benson
Money contributor
World
Why the US gives billions of dollars of weapons to Israel every year
It was uncontroversial when the Obama administration signed a deal with Israel to provide weapons for a decade. Little thought was paid to how they might one day be used.
Opinion
Inside China
China blocked my visa. I spent three years getting as close as I could
Eryk Bagshaw
North Asia correspondent
Opinion
Tories may throw Sunak overboard, but rearranging deckchairs can’t save this ship
George Brandis
Former high commissioner to the UK and federal attorney-general
So much litigation, so little clarity: The Lehrmann case is a sordid labyrinth
Jacqueline Maley
Columnist and senior journalist
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Property
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Title Deeds
Liam Hemsworth plots $14.6 million designer digs in Byron Bay hinterland
The house won’t be nearly visible from space like his big brother Chris’s place, but including land cost it will set him back more than $20 million.
Young couple with parents in tow nab pint-sized $1.66m Newtown house
After a fierce battle of the first home buyers, the winners picked up a quaint two-bedroom home with period features.
Good Food
Lifestyle
‘An espresso and some peanut slab’: What a chocolate executive eats in a day
For chief operating officer Matt Whittaker, an afternoon energy hit is non-negotiable. He shares his day on a plate.
Culture
The drug that let the imperialists have their way in India and China
The British forced open trade with China by getting the population addicted to opium.
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Analysis
NRL 2024
Inside South Sydney’s implosion: Bellamy, Bennett targeted as players challenge Latrell
The coach is in the firing line, with big names in the mix to replace him, while club bosses are questioning their star player’s desire to keep playing rugby league. What’s really going on at the Rabbitohs?
Raiders youngsters run riot as hapless Eels slip to 14th
The Raiders bounceback with an avalanche of points has left the Eels in real trouble on the NRL ladder after North Queensland survived a late hip-drop drama and revival from the Gold Coast.
NRL yet to determine tribute for Jennings’ 300th milestone
The Roosters veteran is in line to reach the mark this week, only three years after a civil case found he sexually and verbally abused his ex-partner.
Updated
NRL match review
‘He’s very lucky’: Latrell facing ban for elbow but stars say it could have been worse
The NRL match review committee has hit Mitchell hard over an ugly elbow on Shaun Johnson.
Updated
Super Rugby
‘A disgrace’: Drua coach wants culprit banned for life as rugby chiefs investigate alleged racial slur
Fijian Drua star Frank Lomani was left visibly shaken after allegedly being the target of a racial slur by a fan during Friday night’s match against the Rebels in Melbourne.
‘Hugging and crying’: Waratahs star devastated as injury threatens another season
Waratahs and Wallabies prop Angus Bell was dejected as he left the field on Saturday night against the Brumbies.
Analysis
EPL
Why Ange’s Spurs still have a role to play in Premier League ‘title race’
Spurs are in a unique position: they have the chance to severely dent Arsenal’s title hopes, but also need their fiercest rivals to go as deep as possible in Europe for their own sake.
Have Your Say
Please, Teddy, after 10 concussions you need to call it a day
James Tedesco was knocked out again on Friday night. I fear it leaves him in the early stages of what fellow Roosters Jake Friend and Boyd Cordner went through.
Peter FitzSimons
Columnist and author
