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Labor mates in lobbyland: ‘I just get paid more’

Lobbyland

With billions of dollars up for grabs, former politicians and advisers know they can charge handsomely to help big companies gain access to mammoth federal deals.

Palestinian activist told he will be arrested for allegedly inciting hatred

The owner of Burgertory has been asked to present to a police station next week to be interviewed over chants and speeches at a series of pro-Palestine rallies.

Identity politics has the power to be meaningful. If only we stopped making it an incoherent mess

Since the resignation of Senator Fatima Payman, fretting about identity politics has become a renewed national sport.

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Sydney businessman charged with sex crimes against 10 women in case ‘unlike any other’

Sydney businessman Mark Sarian is accused of 37 sexual crimes against 10 women after he allegedly failed to pay for sex work.

A venture capitalist from Sydney has been charged with dozens of counts of rape and abuse against 10 women in a major test of new consent laws.

Two Australians found dead in the Philippines

The circumstances of their deaths remain unclear, the Department of Foreign Affairs says.

George Clooney, Joe Biden, Julia Roberts and Barack Obama at the June fundraiser.

George Clooney loves Joe Biden. And he wrote this opinion piece calling on him to step aside

I saw Biden three weeks ago at my fundraiser for him. It’s devastating to say it, but he’s not the same man he was and he won’t win the election.

Santiago de Compostela

More and more Australians are taking this trek. And they’re returning transformed

More and more Australians are walking the Camino de Santiago, often as a pivotal reset in their lives – and returning transformed.

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Fitzroy

This tiny Fitzroy eatery is a buzzy hot spot for home-style southern Indian dishes

Dishes of egg, cabbage, prawns with okra, and dry pork at Toddy Shop.

Toddy Shop, Mischa Tropp’s popular Melbourne version of a Keralan eating house, pays fond homage to the food stands of the same name.

From Chk-Chk-Boom to Hawk Tuah: How TikTok transformed street interviews

From Baz Luhrmann on the streets of Sydney to a nobody going viral after a provocative TikTok vox pop, street interviews are hijacking social media with mixed results.

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Swans defend ‘unlucky’ Heeney for action that happens ’40, 50 times’

Sydney forward Hayden McLean says Isaac Heeney is “unlucky” to cop a one-match suspension for an action he says is common in the game.

Cheerleader or coach? Adem Yze has a decision to make

Kane Cornes says Adem Yze is being too soft on his players.

The Richmond coach needs to stop being Mr Nice Guy if he is to get the best out of his players.

Kane Cornes
Kane Cornes

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Craig Hutchison to sell NBL’s Perth Wildcats for $40m

Craig Hutchison’s embattled media and sports business has sold NBL franchise the Perth Wildcats for $40 million.

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Kat Stewart and David Whiteley met at Red Stitch in 2002.

The couple risking it all to perform a portrait of marital hell

Offspring star Kat Stewart and her husband, David Whiteley, are bringing Edward Albee’s classic play about marital mayhem to the big stage.

Eight new books to read this weekend

Our reviewers cast their eyes over recent fiction and non-fiction.

Victoria

Residents warned to stay away from contaminated waterways after factory inferno

Residents warned to stay away from contaminated waterways after factory inferno

Several waterways in the western suburbs have been contaminated with firewater after a fierce blaze in Derrimut.

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Homelessness

The areas first in line for new homelessness scheme

People at risk of sleeping rough in these pockets across Melbourne will be among the first to access an overhauled homelessness-to-housing program.

Major delays easing on Melbourne train network

Conduent will gradually install new ticket validators across the state’s trains, trams and buses capable of taking contactless payments.

Metro Trains is investigating the cause of a signal outage that led to delays across the rail network on Thursday morning.  

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Courts

Teen allegedly breached ‘harsh’ bail conditions over Burwood hit-run within 48 hours

A fatal crash involving a stolen car and teenage suspects.

A 17-year-old accused of the hit-run death of an aspiring doctor breached his bail within 48 hours of complaining the conditions were too harsh.

Hit-run tragedy prompts government rethink on tackling youth crime

Attorney-General Jaclyn Symes.

Bail could be revoked more easily, aggravated burglaries treated more harshly and ankle monitors fast-tracked for repeat offenders as Victoria plans new measures to crack down on youth crime.

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AFL 2024

Zak Butters will be a restricted free agent in 2026 with any offer to prise him out of Port Adelaide needing to be massive
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Big-money plays: The AFL change to stoke the trade fire

Giving clubs the capacity to trade picks two years into the future would increase the likelihood of big names moving, industry insiders say.

New allegations of drug use in the AFL have been aired by MP Andrew WIlkie.

Wilkie doubles down on blackmail claim by AFL player’s family

AFL says that Sport Integrity Australia had not received information about the alleged extortion attempt.

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Business

The list of challenges facing Xi Jinping and China is growing.

The US is losing patience with China

A senior US official has taken aim at China, saying “more creative approaches may be necessary” to protect the global economy.

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For former Socceroo Warren Spink, life hasn’t been the same since his injury against Japan in 1996.

‘My brain was smashed’: Knocked unconscious for nine minutes, this ex-Socceroo is living a nightmare

Almost 30 years later, Warren Spink has still not recovered from the traumatic head injury he suffered playing for Australia against Japan in 1996.

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Swans defend ‘unlucky’ Heeney for action that happens ’40, 50 times in a game’

Sydney forward Hayden McLean says Isaac Heeney is “unlucky” to cop a one-match suspension for an action he says is common in the game.

Wright in the thick of a Teahupo’o barrel during this year’s Tahiti Pro.

Balancing whacked: Wright must overcome head illness to chase gold at Teahupo’o

Seven screws in the champion surfer’s head from an off-season surgery have hampered her 2024 season. But she has no hesitation in taking on the heaviest wave in competitive surfing.

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 03:  Brad Sheppard of the Eagles handballs whilst being tackled by Bradley Hill and Cyril Rioli of the Hawks  during the 2015 AFL Grand Final match between the Hawthorn Hawks and the West Coast Eagles at Melbourne Cricket Ground on October 3, 2015 in Melbourne, Australia.  (Photo by Quinn Rooney/Getty Images)

‘Courageous’ former Eagle sues club, AFL and doctors over injuries

Brad Sheppard, who suffered serious concussions that forced his early retirement in 2021, alleges he suffered losses due to negligence or a breach of contract.

Kane Cornes says Adem Yze is being too soft on his players.
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AFL 2024

Cheerleader or coach? Adem Yze has a decision to make

The Richmond coach needs to stop being Mr Nice Guy if he is to get the best out of his players.

Kane Cornes
Kane Cornes

AFL columnist

Alex de Minaur’s reaction was muted after advancing to the quarter-finals because of a hip injury.
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Wimbledon

He’s no Lleyton-lite: Why a sore hip won’t halt the Demon’s rise

A hip injury robbed Alex de Minaur of his chance to play Novak Djokovic on Wimbledon’s centre court in the biggest match of his life, but his legitimacy as a player cannot be taken away.

Newcomer Gus Atkinson (left) takes a West Indian wicket and the congratulations of his outgoing teammate James Anderson (right).

Newcomer thrives as cricket’s circle of life closes in on Jimmy Anderson

Jimmy Anderson started his Test cricket career with a bag of wickets at Lord’s, just as Gus Atkinson did on debut in Anderson’s farewell Test 21 years later.

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