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Emergency services arrive at Bondi Junction on Saturday afternoon.
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Reports of stabbings, shots fired at Bondi Junction

Bondi Junction Westfield has been locked down following reports of multiple stabbings and shots being fired on Saturday afternoon.

Family pools resources to buy Concord knockdown for $3.85 million

The buyers plan to live side-by-side, and were not the only ones eyeing the block for its duplex potential.

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Ex-garbo went from renter to owner of $208m prestige property portfolio in four years

Ian Malouf has bought another house.

He already owned two neighbouring houses in Double Bay, but what could be even better? Adding a third.

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Crime

Boy, 16, charged with murder, riot police out in force, after stabbing

Police in Doonside near the location of the fatal stabbing on Saturday morning.

Residents in Sydney’s west can expect a heavy police presence across the next few days as authorities hope to make more arrests following the stabbing.

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Two bodies discovered in shipping container in Central West

NSW Police found two bodies in a shipping container in Gulgong.

Police are investigating after two bodies were found in a shipping container in a small town in the state’s Central West on Saturday.

Albanese has a grand plan for your future, and he’ll dare Dutton to block it

Australian companies welcomed Albanese’s Made in Australia policy this week, but the whole concept is pregnant with failure.

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Cameron Smith avoided the carnage at Augusta.
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US Masters

Australia’s Davis, Smith surge into Masters mix as Tiger breaks another record

Australians Cam Davis and Cameron Smith avoided the carnage at Augusta, as Tiger Woods added to his status as a golfing colossus.

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Casinos

Four ways the cards could fall for Star Sydney

The Star’s flagship casino has been given a six-month deadline to regain its licence or face the possibility of closing.

Star Sydney’s current and former executives are about to be hauled before Adam Bell, SC, for a second time in 18 months – and the stakes are high.

Biden wipes away another $11b in student debt

Millions of Americans still owe their undergraduate and graduate loans, even though they borrowed only about $US5000 initially.

Manuel Rocha during a meeting with  “Miguel”, an FBI undercover employee, in this screenshot provided by the US Justice Department.

Former US ambassador, a double agent for Cuba, jailed for 15 years

Manuel Rocha incriminated himself in a series of secretly recorded video conversations with “Miguel”, an FBI agent posing as a Cuban spy.

It’s likely we’ll all live much longer, and we want those years to be good years.

How to live better now we’re living longer

It’s likely we’ll all live much longer, and we want those years to be good years. Here’s how to make that happen.

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First KISS, next Taylor Swift? Meet the unlikely band opening for the stars

Mulga Bore Rock Band. 

A group of young Central Australian musicians want to inspire the youth of Alice Springs, currently under curfew until Tuesday.

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Parenting

Does banning my child from wearing ‘merch’ make me a bad parent?

My two-year-old has learnt the art of pester power, but I’m digging in my heels, even if it means going up against The Wiggles.

Melissa Singer
Melissa Singer

National fashion editor

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Zac Lomax will leave the Dragons by the end of the season at the latest.
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Zac Lomax set to join Parramatta Eels on four-year, $2.6 million deal

Lomax’s management and the Parramatta Eels are finalising the terms of the deal, which is expected to be worth $2.6 million over the four years of the contract.

Corey Oates celebrates scoring for the Brisbane Broncos against the Dolphins.

Cruel blow rubs salt in wounds: Four things learnt from Battle of Brisbane

A fruitless chase has ultimately cost the Dolphins their most electric talent, while one man proved himself to be a future captain.

Sydney

Lessons have been learned out of The Seagull protest, says executive director Anne Dunn.

‘We could have done better’: STC on Palestinian protest furore

The new chair said the company did not support individual statements being made at curtain calls as it flagged a smaller season for 2025.

Karaoke kid kicked out: Lehrmann ‘evicted’ from Sydney house

Karaoke kid kicked out: Lehrmann ‘evicted’ from Sydney house

The avowed party animal has been given his marching orders from the $4.1 million North Sydney home where he had been staying before complaints from neighbours.

Charles Waterstreet sexually harassed trio of women, tribunal finds

Charles Waterstreet leaves Manly Courthouse in October 2018.

Former barrister showed law student a sex toy during a job interview and played a pornographic film in front of a researcher, a tribunal found.

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Development

Council wanted to save this field from being turned into townhouses. It just lost

The state government has not allowed Ryde Council to compulsorily acquire T.G. Millner Field.

T.G. Millner Field in Sydney’s northern suburbs was the centre of a years-long campaign for green space in the area.

Palm Beach residents call in lawyers over The Joey’s opening hours stoush

Restaurant owners Ben May and Rob Domjen

Special counsel Gary Green confirmed he was acting for concerned residents as Northern Beaches Council reviews its decision to block The Joey from trading in the evening.

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Tyson Pedro was born into the fight game.

‘He made me punch his face for another minute’: The Aussie called Tyson who was born to fight

Tyson Pedro has been fighting all of his life. And now the UFC star believes he can go all the way to the top after making the switch to boxing.

Will Harrison boots the Waratahs to victory over the Crusaders.

Comeback kid breathes new life into Tahs with fairytale finish

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Australians Cam Davis and Cameron Smith avoided the carnage at Augusta, as Tiger Woods added to his status as a golfing colossus.

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James Tedesco after taking a blow to the head.

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Netball captains Kim Ravaillion (Queensland Firebirds) Hannah Petty (Adelaide Thunderbirds), Kate Moloney (Melbourne Vixens), Jo Harten (Giants), Paige Hadley (NSW Swifts), Amy Parmenter (Melbourne Mavericks), Jess Anstiss (West Coast Fever) and Steph Fretwell (Sunshine Coast Lightning) launch the Super Netball Team Girls Cup in Sydney.

Calm after the storm: Super Netball returns after tumultuous off-season

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