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Scams

Fast cars, forgery and a bogus Banksy deal: Australians caught in collapse lose millions

Initially Gharib was feted in trader community chats for delivering on promised returns.

A suspected international scam has dissolved into acrimony and recriminations all played out on social media.

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AFL 2024

‘Prodigious talent’: Former Giants and Dockers player dies

Cam McCarthy has died at the age of 29, and is the third former Docker to die in the past six years before reaching the age of 30.

George Burgess found not guilty of groping woman

Burgess had admitted to telling the woman “be naughty with me” when he visited her Sydney apartment, but denied repeatedly grabbing her bottom.

‘No real winners’: Judge rules on costs of high-stakes Lehrmann case

‘No real winners’: Judge rules on costs of high-stakes Lehrmann case

The judge who presided over Bruce Lehrmann’s multimillion-dollar defamation case has delivered his decision on legal costs.

Without Molly’s Law, more women like my friend will die

Please do not let Molly’s death be just another statistic. Let her name be heard and remembered.

Aidan Clarke
Aidan Clarke

Friend of Molly Ticehurst

Opinion
NRL 2024

Why Bennett loves the game but doesn’t chase the game

He’s into his fifth decade as an elite coach, but Wayne Bennett’s traits suit the way the modern game is played.

Roy Masters
Roy Masters

Sports Columnist

Sydney schools

Who’s bankrolling Sydney’s private school fees? The bank of nan and pop

More parents are missing school payments as they struggle with massive mortgage payments. Cashed-up baby boomers are here to help.

Trump promised a ‘deal’ to Big Oil as he asked for $US1 billion for campaign

Donald Trump enjoys dinner with guests at Mar-a-Lago in 2019.

With his eye on securing a second White House term, Donald Trump told the oil CEOs at dinner at Mar-a-Lago: You are all wealthy enough.

Can Trump survive a Stormy sex scandal? Just ask Bill Clinton

Bill Clinton accustomed the American people to political scandal. Donald Trump may benefit from their consequent ambivalence to politicians behaving badly.

Nick Bryant
Nick Bryant

Journalist and author

Fifteen of Australia’s best places to stay in the wild

Bubbletent Australia: Gaze out across the world’s widest canyon.

From the wild and rugged to comfortable safari-style stays and architectural cabins that cling to cliffs and shorelines.

Sydney has much more to offer than the Opera House, harbour

Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell in Anyone But You.

Recent Hollywood blockbusters focused global attention on the city’s most famous landmarks, but are they missing the real city?

Australia’s unlikely ‘enforcer’ is making enemies

ACCC chair Gina Cass-Gottlieb is working harder than she ever has in her career, and the results are showing on the scoreboard.

Wong labels some university protests antisemitic

Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong travelled to Tuvalu.

Universities have been roiled in recent weeks by pro-Israel and pro-Palestine protests and encampments have been set up on some campuses.

High Court dismisses immigration detention claim in win for Albanese

The High Court dismissed the claim by the bisexual Iranian man who launched a bid for release from immigration detention, claiming he is being unlawfully held.

Marius Gustavson has been jailed for life.
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Courts

‘Eunuch maker’ who broadcast mutilations of men jailed for life

A Norwegian national made more than $500,000 from the website’s 22,841 members who paid to watch videos of his “barbaric” underworld surgeries.

Baked egg, caviar, sweet corn puree.

Good Food Guide editor reveals his go-to spot for a slap-up meal (and it’s Nigella approved)

There’s nothing quite like this caviar-topped dish in Sydney, and there isn’t a restaurant quite like Ester either.

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NRL 2024

Tom Trbojevic limps from the field after suffering a hamstring injury.

‘Devastating for him’: Trbojevic to be sidelined for up to eight weeks

Tom Trbojevic is poised to be ruled out of the entire State of Origin series, with Manly officials expecting the star fullback to be sidelined for up to two months.

Ivan Cleary, Nick Politis, David Fifita
Analysis

‘You know I barrack for Queensland?’ How Roosters won race for Fifita

Fed up with waiting, Roosters supremo Nick Politis was contemplating pulling the four-year, $3.3 million offer on the table to David Fifita. Then his phone rang.

Sydney

Singer Kamahl to face court on stalking charge

Singer Kamahl to face court on stalking charge

Legendary entertainer Kamahl will face a Sydney court on a charge of stalking and intimidating behaviour towards a woman to whom he says he loaned money.

Paradise lost: Homeless spike in tourism hotspots prompts Airbnb crackdown warning

Byron Bay has once again recorded the highest number of homeless people in an annual government count of people sleeping rough. A 25 per cent increase across the state has prompted the Minns government to warn of a crackdown on short-stay rental accommodaiton

The latest NSW homelessness street count has seen the number of people sleeping rough in some coastal areas soar by several hundred per cent.

‘I’m devastated’: Funding row threatens kids’ places at renowned family and domestic violence centre

Mothers Michele and Sarah, not her real name for legal reasons, at Dalwood on Thursday.

Up to 100 children a year face being blocked from accessing one of the state’s most recognised family and domestic violence intervention centres. Parents say the government is abandoning them.

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Crime

Man who allegedly stabbed woman at gym had twice breached AVOs

The man is arrested on Thursday over the alleged stabbing.

Police have charged the alleged attacker, Anthony Monteleone, with wounding with intent to murder and contravening an AVO.

New taxes impeding delivery of 50,000 new homes in Sydney, developers claim

Premier Chris Minns wants to fast-track higher-density development in Sydney.

A new Property Council report says two new taxes and long planning approval times are making housing construction unfeasible.

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Wayne Bennett.
Opinion
NRL 2024

Why Wayne Bennett loves the game, but doesn’t chase the game

He’s into his fifth decade as an elite coach, but Wayne Bennett’s traits suit the way the modern game is played.

Roy Masters
Roy Masters

Sports Columnist

Waratahs and NSW Rugby chief executive Paul Doorn.

‘It’s full-on’: Waratahs boss answers the tough questions after another underwhelming year

Paul Doorn has overseen the Waratahs and NSW Rugby for four years during a turbulent period. Ahead of a must-win clash with the Brumbies, the CEO sits down for a Q&A.

David Fifita and Nick Politis.
Analysis
NRL 2024

‘You know I barrack for Queensland?’ How Roosters won race for Fifita

Fed up with waiting, Roosters supremo Nick Politis was contemplating pulling the four-year, $3.3 million offer on the table to David Fifita. Then his phone rang.

Tom Trbojevic limps from the field after suffering a hamstring injury.

‘Devastating for him’: Trbojevic to be sidelined for up to eight weeks

Tom Trbojevic is poised to be ruled out of the entire State of Origin series, with Manly officials expecting the star fullback to be sidelined for up to two months.

ARLC chairman Peter V’landys and Canterbury Bulldogs supremo Phil Gould.
Opinion
NRL 2024

‘It’s not personal’: V’landys dismisses talk of Gould fallout after NRL breach notice

But the ARL Commission chairman has promised greater scrutiny on club officials who slam the game in their media roles.

Andrew Webster
Andrew Webster

Chief Sports Writer

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 26: Will Harrison of the Waratahs reacts during the round ten Super Rugby Pacific match between NSW Waratahs and Chiefs at Allianz Stadium, on April 26, 2024, in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Mark Kolbe/Getty Images)

Waratahs lose playmaker to Japan as Rebels saga causes chaos

The prospect of the Rebels closing and Wallabies No.10 Carter Gordon moving to NSW was a factor in Will Harrison electing to move offshore.

Long-time Matildas goalkeeper Lydia Williams will retire from international football after the Paris Olympics.

‘I’ve sacrificed everything’: Lydia Williams to retire from Matildas

After two decades, 103 caps, five World Cups and six Asian Cups, the 35-year-old goalkeeper will bid farewell to the national team - after her third Olympics this year in Paris.

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