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Co-ordinated shoplifters target vulnerable retailers

Retail theft in NSW has increased by 12.6 per cent according to the latest crime data.

Groups of thieves are using encrypted messaging to scope out stores, then use distractions to occupy staff as they strip shelves, Crime Stoppers NSW says.

Bruce Lehrmann and the Toowoomba rape case that puts him back in court

Five years after the Brittany Higgins allegations, Bruce Lehrmann is due to appear in a Toowoomba court on charges of raping a local woman.

“Can you call urgently??? Lehrmann has been charged with rape in Qld.” As rival TV networks battled over the Brittany Higgins story, another case was building.

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Education

Parents ‘blindsided’ after principal and deputies leave north shore school

Families say they are “bewildered” by the sudden change in the public school’s leadership. The NSW Education Department says there is an internal investigation under way.

Dutton needs to emulate a former president named Donald. No, not that one

At first glance, making the Liberal Party more illiberal aligns with the global rise of hard-right parties. Delve deeper and an alternative narrative emerges.

Nick Bryant
Nick Bryant

Journalist and author

Massive offshore wind zone for Illawarra coast gets green light

Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen will announce the creation of the zone on Saturday, but has made changes in response to a polarised community consultation.

NSW Treasurer Daniel Mookhey warns the trade policies of a second Trump presidency would “have a huge effect”.
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NSW budget

Trump is the ‘biggest threat’ to NSW jobs and economy

As Daniel Mookhey prepares to hand down his second budget, the treasurer said NSW would not be immune should Trump follow through on a campaign pledge.

How much it costs to live in the top NSW tree-change towns for wellbeing

Blowhole Point at Kiama – one of the regional council areas that scored the best area for well-being outside of Sydney.

The wellbeing factor of regional suburbs has been measured on indicators such as health, environment, jobs and income. But it comes at a price.

Doing more with less: Mookhey’s battle to bring the budget into the black

Domestic violence, the GST saga and a COVID hangover – the NSW treasurer is presiding over a complicated budget picture.

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Ageing

Mosley’s death reminded me of what an ER doctor once told me

Mosley’s death reminded me of what an ER doctor once told me

The modern truism that 60 is the new 40 ignores the fact that not everyone’s body is going to get the memo.

Deborah Snow
Deborah Snow

Senior writer

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Gadgets

We tried the $2000 baby tech dividing parents

We road-test the controversial Snoo smart bassinet: how much tech is too much for your baby?

‘Not out of the woods’: Kate gives update on cancer treatment

The Princess of Wales said she is making good progress ahead of her first public appearance since surgery revealed the presence of cancer.

Shayna Jack
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Paris 2024

Jack breaks silence on China drugs scandal as positive cases emerge

Shayna Jack, whose two-year drugs ban deprived her of a place at the Olympics in 2021, has responded to the news three Chinese gold medallists from Tokyo tested positive to Clenbuterol in 2016-17.

‘Fun? Is it fun?’ Dean Boxall, the walking paradox coaching Australia’s golden swimmers

Dean Boxall during this week’s Olympic trials at the Brisbane Aquatic Centre.

The man behind Ariarne Titmus and Mollie O’Callaghan is notoriously media-shy, which only adds to the mystique and makes him even more in demand at the Olympic trials.

Is Brodie Grundy the key to unlocking a Swans’ premiership?

He has been hailed as the shrewdest piece of business the Swans have done for years, but can ruck Brodie Grundy deliver a premiership?

‘Russell being Russell’: Brand’s behaviour was ‘tolerated’ by TV bosses, report finds

Russell Brand speaking to the media at the ARIA Awards in Sydney in 2012.

The disgraced comedian and actor reportedly walked around naked in front of colleagues and asking runners to get the phone numbers of women in the audience.

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Title Deeds

Mogul secretly lists Rose Bay trophy home for $75m, buys something better

The $75 million view from Rose Bay’s beachfront house of businessman Frank Geng.

What could be better than this? This trophy homeowner knows, which is why he opened the doors to his digs this week.

What makes Bridgerton so bingeable? It holds men to women’s beauty standards

The one thing we’ve learned over decades of watching actors arrive on the world stage is that the burden of attractiveness rests much more easily on men than it does women.

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Modern Guru

Will colour-coded bookshelves help sell my home?

Grouping books according to their colour is a step too far, writes our Modern Guru – but let’s not overrate the “lived-in” charm factor, either.

“I remember being scared to go under general anaesthetic in case I spoke about maybe finding Madonna hot.”
Dicey Topics

Em Rusciano on her late ADHD, autism diagnoses: ‘I finally make sense to myself’

The stand-up comedian and broadcaster on why she loves “bed-rotting” – and her personal version of hell.

Sydney

Thousands of new units in Sydney will likely put a brake on the speed of a rebound in Australian property prices.
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Planning

NSW’s version of ‘bank of mum and dad’ to help build more homes

The NSW government says a key sticking point in building new homes is finance, and is prepared to step in and help. 

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University

Sydney University orders protest camp to leave

University of Sydney has begun dismantling the Pro Palestinian encampment after emailing student protestors this morning.

The move to disband the encampment comes almost eight weeks after pro-Palestinian protesters took over the university’s iconic quad lawns.

NSW is about to get a new budget. Here’s what we already know

NSW gets a new budget on June 18. Here’s what we know so far.

Amid an unfortunate accounting error and a huge blow to revenue, the budget is set to be one of restraint. But before it is released, there’s a lot we already know.

The quote that went up $11,000 in just four hours

Jeremy Clarke.

A corruption probe has heard a Sydney subcontractor’s desire to win more government contracts coincided with an infrastructure boom at the City of Canterbury-Bankstown council.

The MP with four jobs and the multimillion-dollar property development

Karen McKeown voted to progress a proposal to rezone an area south of Glenmore Park to public exhibition, increasing the likelihood of 2300 new dwellings.

Karen McKeown has held four jobs simultaneously this year, including her position as a government backbencher, netting an income higher than a minister’s salary.

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NRL 2024

Mitchell’s sore ribs won’t harm Blues bid after Broncos bash-up
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Mitchell’s sore ribs won’t harm Blues bid after Broncos bash-up

The Rabbitohs have steamrolled the Broncos 22-12 as Latrell Mitchell did his push for an Origin recall no harm at all.

Brandon Smith has been hit with a breach notice by the Roosters.

‘Other clubs would say it behind your back’: Why Roosters stars fronted Smith

Trent Robinson insists Brandon Smith has a future at the club - but felt he had no option but to stand him down for a week after missing a mid-season review, copping a stern rebuke from teammates.

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Property

The national vacancy rate has not been above 3 per cent since SQM research records began.

The magic number that tips the rental market in tenants’ favour

Experts say it’s been years since the market has favoured renters, and it would take years of high vacancy rates to reverse the rental crisis.

Asking rents for houses and units far outpaced wages growth in an ongoing deterioration of affordability for renters.

Rents increase at more than six times the rate of wages

Experts say other interim measures, such as rent caps and slowing immigration, are needed to ease the pressure on renters until 1.2 million needed homes are built.

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Sport

Carter Gordon was thrown to the wolves at last year’s Rugby World Cup.

Rugby’s latest clown show is more tragedy than comedy

Gold Coast Titans recruit Carter Gordon has not let rugby down with his impending NRL defection. It’s the other way around.

Paul Cully
Paul Cully

Rugby columnist

The council logo will be on the back of the Parramatta Eels jersey.

The 40 minutes Mitchell Moses needs to repeat, and errors he can’t, to play Origin

Mitchell Moses looms as the Blues No.7 saviour, but what happens if his last Origin audition goes the same way as his most recent one?

David Warner is Australia’s leading run-scorer in the Twenty20 World Cup

Hits and misses of the T20 World Cup

The Twenty20 World Cup in the West Indies and United States has had some great moments, but how many people have noticed?

Brodie Grundy of the Swans spoils the ball against Geelong

Is Brodie Grundy the key to unlocking a Swans’ premiership?

He has been hailed as the shrewdest piece of business the Swans have done for years, but can ruck Brodie Grundy deliver a premiership to the Swans?

Dylan Wright

Origin Welcome to Country deserves bouquets not brickbats, but as for the anthem ...

Ours is a dud anthem to begin with – but when sung with very nearly a Nashville twang, it was the exemplar of the rising damp of Coca-Colonisation on the Australian national spirit.

Peter FitzSimons
Peter FitzSimons

Columnist and author

Emma McKeon and Cate Campbell won medals in the 100m freestyle final at the Tokyo Olympics. Neither will get the chance in Paris.
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Paris 2024

McKeon, Campbell bomb in 100m freestyle as O’Callaghan seals win in stacked final

Emma McKeon and Cate Campbell won medals in the 100m freestyle final at the Tokyo Olympics. Neither will get the chance in Paris.

Latrell Mitchell.
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NRL 2024

Mitchell makes irresistible Origin statement as Rabbitoh revival gathers pace

Latrell Mitchell was larger than life, and there just might be life in the Rabbitohs yet as the Souths star mounted an impressive case for an NSW Origin recall in bashing Brisbane out of the top eight.

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