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Julian Assange strikes plea deal with US, flies out of UK

Julian Assange strikes plea deal with US, flies out of UK

Wikileaks said Assange had left a British prison on Monday, boarded a plane at Stansted Airport and flown out of the United Kingdom.

What the jury wasn’t told about the missing campers case

What the jury wasn’t told about the missing campers case

Eight hours of former pilot Greg Lynn’s police interview, 5000 secret recordings and details about his first wife’s death were excluded from his murder trial.

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Gregory Lynn found guilty of murdering Carol Clay in missing campers case

A Supreme Court jury has found the former pilot guilty of murdering Clay at a remote alpine campsite in 2020. He was found not guilty of the murder of Russell Hill.

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‘Building materials in the shape of a house’: The $800k home not worth $1

The home in Baulkham Hills and Mark Maloney of ANSA Homes.

The Owen family are at their wit’s end trying to have a Sydney builder resolve dozens of defects on their property. Now the builder is under investigation.

Lattouf’s mediation with ABC fails, heads to Federal Court

Antoinette Lattouf’s case against the ABC will go to trial in the Federal Court.

The journalist’s termination dispute against the ABC will go to trial after mediation talks ended in a stalemate.

City of Sydney supports boycott of Israel, prompting backlash

The council will now review any investments and contracts with companies that might be involved in “human rights abuses in Palestine”.

High drama with Australia’s semi spot on the line in final overs

Rashid Khan was happy Afghanistan were sent in to bat.

Australia’s loss to India means their tournament hopes now rest with Bangladesh springing an upset … over the side the Australians lost to at the weekend. Follow live.

‘Focus on the physical’: Inside the Blues’ emotional bonding session

NSW players State of Origin I

Roy Masters joined the NSW squad for their jersey presentation and team meeting on Monday evening.

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NRL 2024

Former Eels coach meets with Perth NRL expansion bid

Brad Arthur’s partner was born and raised in Perth and still has family residing on the west coast of Australia. The Perth expansion bid met with him on Monday.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in April announced Sam Mostyn as Australia’s next governor-general.
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Sam Mostyn’s big fat pay rise isn’t what you think. The PM should have said so

What the government did was not fair. Bring on the republic. I’d be happy with Mostyn as the first president.

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Jenna Price

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PM uses prop to attack Coalition nuclear plan

PM uses prop to attack Coalition nuclear plan

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has used question time to bring in his own props, as he jeers at the Coalition’s nuclear energy policy.

Apple’s future could be shaped outside the US amid $57b threat in Europe

Apple has just become the first tech giant to be accused of breaching new European competition laws designed to rein in Big Tech.

Stephen Bartholomeusz
Stephen Bartholomeusz

Senior business columnist

Former pro surfer and Pirates of the Caribbean actor killed in shark attack

Tamayo Perry.

Tamayo Perry is believed to be the first high-profile surfer to die from a shark attack after his death in Hawaii aged 49.

World’s best airline named as Qantas hits new low in rankings

Trust in Qantas has nosedived.

Qantas has continued to fall in the top 100 rankings at the annual World Airline Awards.

Of all the massages I’ve had, this was by far the worst

It wasn’t until the morning after a very strange massage that the reasons why it was so strange became apparent.

Lee Tulloch
Lee Tulloch

Travel columnist

Baby, now we’ve got bad blood: Dave Grohl and Taylor Swift traded pot shots at the weekend during their live performances.

Did Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl really sledge Taylor Swift?

The pop megastar appeared to hit back at a not-so-subtle dig Dave Grohl made at the weekend.

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Give taco Tuesday, Thai green curry and carbonara the soup treatment

Katrina Meynink transforms three dinnertime classics − and one cocktail − into fortifying, satisfying soups.

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Liam Martin irons out J’maine Hopgood

‘I try to emulate his game’: How tragic brother taught Martin all he knows

Jarred Martin was six years older, 30kg heavier and playing Under-20s for Canberra when he returned home to country Temora and taught his kid brother how to tackle.

Screengrab of State of Origin 2 promotion showing Reece Walsh being taken out by Joseph Suaalii in game 1 in Sydney.

Ten seconds into this Origin ad, Queensland had seen enough

Origin TV broadcaster Channel Nine rolled out the first of its commercials over the weekend, promoting Wednesday’s must-win second game for the NSW Blues.

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Ryde councillors will vote on Tuesday about a plan to remediate the Ryde Central site.

Inside the $14 million battle to fix a Sydney hole in the ground

Ratepayers could be hit with the bill to clean up the Ryde Central site before it is safe to open to the public as a green space.

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When rats ruled The Rocks and fear stalked the streets of Sydney

Ratcatchers caught about 44,000 rats, many disposed of at the rat depot on Darling Island or an incinerator near the Rocks.

The year was 1900 and emotions were running high, as thousands died while rats became public enemy number one in Sydney.

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They were NSW’s biggest apartment builders. Now a wild family feud has destroyed them

Joe Khattar, Sam Fayad from Dyldam

One of the nation’s biggest privately owned building companies, Dyldam, lies in financial ruin with feuding between former owners resulting in lawsuits, bankruptcy actions and legal charges.

This Sydney GP inherited $24m from a patient. Now, he’s been reprimanded

Dr Peter Alexakis will have conditions placed on his medical registration after a tribunal found him guilty of professional misconduct.

Dr Peter Alexakis can continue practising under restrictions after a tribunal found him guilty of professional misconduct.

Sydney Metro: New stations hidden beneath our city streets

The space-age like Victoria Cross metro station in North Sydney.

As the new Metro comes to life, we examine the engineering and design feat that will transform our city.

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Tamayo Perry.

Former pro surfer and Pirates of the Caribbean actor killed in shark attack

Tamayo Perry is believed to be the first high-profile surfer to die from a shark attack after his death in Hawaii aged 49.

NSW players State of Origin I

‘Focus on the physical’: Inside the Blues’ emotional bonding session

Roy Masters joined the NSW squad for their jersey presentation and team meeting on Monday evening.

Brad Arthur and his wife Michelle.
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Former Eels coach meets with Perth NRL expansion bid

Brad Arthur’s partner was born and raised in Perth and still has family residing on the west coast of Australia. The Perth expansion bid met with him on Monday.

Origin coaches Billy Slater and Michael Maguire

Billy v Madge: The real reason behind NSW coach’s ‘glass houses’ sledge

The stage is set for a frosty pre-match press conference in Melbourne. Will Maguire’s gamble in firing up his former Storm fullback be worth it?

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Australian captain Mitch Marsh drops a catch offered by India’s Hardik Pandya at the T20 World Cup.

A tale of two catches: Fumbled World Cup campaign heralds change

In the two games that have all but decided Australia’s fate in this Twenty20 World Cup, their fielding, bowling and batting errors were far too numerous.

Liam Martin irons out J’maine Hopgood

‘I try to emulate his game’: How tragic brother taught Martin all he knows

Jarred Martin was six years older, 30kg heavier and playing Under-20s for Canberra when he returned home to country Temora and taught his kid brother how to tackle.

Screengrab of State of Origin 2 promotion showing Reece Walsh being taken out by Joseph Suaalii in game 1 in Sydney.

Ten seconds into this Origin ad, Queensland had seen enough

Origin TV broadcaster Channel Nine rolled out the first of its commercials over the weekend, promoting Wednesday’s must-win second game for the NSW Blues.

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