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Crime
Listen: Phone taps reveal crime gang’s panic over ATO letter
Police were listening in as George Alex’s crew panicked when they realised that their $10 million tax fraud was unravelling.
Millions to pocket more cash as payment kicks in
Pensioners, jobseekers and those on rent assistance will receive a boost to their payments from today, in line with the bi-annual indexation increase.
How much bills could rise to pay for nuclear plants
Power bills would rise by hundreds of dollars a year to pay for Peter Dutton’s signature energy policy.
The $15 million roundabout that ended a popular local brewery
The craft brewer is closing down after losing almost $1 million in trade during roadworks after failing to secure compensation from the state government.
Labor tackles diversity after Greens lash white ABC board
The government’s new selection criteria for ABC directors came just weeks after Greens senator Mehreen Faruqi condemned the lack of diversity at the broadcaster.
The risky loan type on the rise as homeowners try to stay afloat
After years of high-interest rates and inflation, struggling homeowners are taking this hardship measure in the hopes of riding out the storm.
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Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Israel unleashes heavy strikes on Lebanon, Hezbollah vows retaliation
The threats and cross-border violence came as the hunt for the origins of Lebanon pager attack expanded further into Europe, now to Bulgaria and Norway.
Deadlocked: Harris, Trump tied in race for the White House
Less than seven weeks before the US presidential election, Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump are neck and neck.
Multiple women accuse Mohamed al-Fayed, ex-owner of Harrods, of rape
The women who worked at Harrods from the late 1980s to 2000s said assaults were carried out at the company’s offices, in Fayed’s London apartment, or on overseas trips often in Paris at the Ritz hotel.
Super Swan pranked his mum with $2 million NRL offer
He might look like a polished specimen now, but his penchant for “tree parachuting” and self-set time trials on the farm reveal there’s more to Isaac Heeney.
‘Keep the chatter’: Travis Head clobbers England with record innings
Head pillaged England at Trent Bridge to keep his name in conversations about the Test opening position and deliver Australia a resounding victory.
Twenty scams (plus five new ones) every traveller must know
As the number of tourists travelling the world has boomed, so has the number of scammers and the schemes they have devised.
Dicey Topics
Good Weekend
Musician Michael Franti on ‘middle-escence’ – what hits when the kids leave
The American singer-songwriter discusses the state of the US, losing his biological father and what his wife said when they first met.
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Cinema
Is Megalopolis even worth watching? We asked Francis Ford Coppola
The epic cost the venerated director 40 years, a personal fortune and a critical backlash.
How to create a native garden that birds and people will love
Even if your outdoor area is small – or confined to a balcony – it’s possible to design a space that’s welcoming to pollinators and passersby.
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Coming soon
It’s a ‘crazy time’ to be opening a restaurant – will this former Apollo pair pull it off?
Venue closures continue to rock Darlinghurst but the impending arrival of 60-seat Euro restaurant Avia promises to bring new energy.
Kylie Minogue announces biggest tour in 14 years – and Australia is up first
Padam Padam summer is coming to Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney in 2025.
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Opinion
Housing crisis
Why this is the housing fight Albanese had to have
David Crowe
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NRL 2024
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Addo-Carr maintains innocence at NRL integrity unit grilling
The lawyer supporting Josh Addo-Carr during his meeting with the NRL says the star winger maintains he didn’t knowingly take drugs.
He was sacked by the Cowboys two weeks ago. But James Maloney is still helping them chase NRL glory
Former assistant coach parted ways with North Queensland after a drink-driving incident, but continues to work with playmaker Tom Dearden to help the club to a premiership.
Sydney
Jacqui paid $3100 for a school trip. Then an email set off alarm bells
Children from more than 100 schools thought they were going on a trip to NASA in Texas. That was until Charles Chung’s company collapsed, owing millions. Here’s how it unravelled.
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Public transport
Free train travel in Sydney this weekend in bid to break standoff with union
NSW has made the offer of free train travel in a bid to pressure the rail union to drop work bans.
Single power pole on ‘zombie’ block paves way for waterfront development
A prime block near Byron Bay may now be developed after its owner made a surprise discovery amid some old papers.
Cocaine ‘top dogs’ hit, $1.8b Sydney crime gang busted, police say
“The Commission” is alleged to have controlled the price and supply of drugs feeding Sydney’s booming cocaine market.
‘The next rabbit or fox’: The feral animal causing road accidents and trashing national parks
Tina Venables was keeping an eye out for kangaroos as she drove home from work last week. What she came across instead at the top of a hill left her shocked and shaken.
SEE & DO
How one American film caused a political battle about the Nazis
The 1940 film The Mortal Storm was the only film at the time to tackle the treatment of the Jews in Nazi Germany.
The banned play making a rare return to the stage
Bell Shakespeare will mark 35 years with a performance of a political epic that inspired The Hunger Games.
Politics
PM under fire as Australia’s migrant intake blows forecasts
The latest figures show migration is slowing, but not at the rate the government predicted.
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Australian economy
The key to happiness and economic prosperity? Growing rounder
Since the industrial revolution, we’ve fattened up our economy by pumping out products and consuming more. But there’s a way to grow outside the box.
Millie Muroi
Economics Writer
World
A fetish website and claims of an affair: Husband charged over double murder
Christine Banfield was fatally stabbed in her home, a man lured there from a fetish website dead beside her. Her husband and their au pair have both been charged.
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Property
Landlords could lose negative gearing perks in new plan
The pathway could improve the standard of rentals and increase the value for money the government gets from housing tax concessions.
The roadblock stopping couples from having more children, if any
The number of births in Australia is set to plummet to its lowest levels in two decades by the end of the year, new forecasts show.
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Lifestyle
‘Not inappropriate’: Why adults with dementia are often shamed for sex
Baby Boomers are set to dominate aged care in the next decade. As the generation of free love, their expectations around sex means providers need to change.
Culture
TV’s coolest witch since Samantha casts a bewitching spell
With a viral hit song to her name, WandaVision’s Agatha Harkness spins off her own series – and it’s a zinger.
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Horse racing
Four Corners sets sights on V’landys as inquiry fallout continues
You can judge a man by his enemies. The Racing NSW and ARLC boss has some influential ones circling him at the moment.
Andrew Webster
Chief Sports Writer
Radley to make Cronk-like return for Roosters, three weeks after breaking shoulder
The bruising back-rower is set to channel Cooper Cronk in the 2018 decider and play against Manly on Saturday night.
How ‘little Tarzan’ Heeney transformed himself into the AFL’s golden boy
He might look like a polished specimen now, but his penchant for “tree parachuting” and self-set time trials on the farm reveal there’s more to the star Swan.
‘Keep the chatter’: Travis Head clobbers England with record innings
After a typically sketchy start, he kept his name in conversations about the Test opening position and delivered Australia a resounding victory.
Why James Slipper feels uneasy about breaking George Gregan’s Wallaby record
The veteran prop will become the most capped Wallabies player of all time on Saturday and George Gregan couldn’t be happier.
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NRL off-field behaviour
Addo-Carr maintains innocence at NRL integrity unit grilling
The lawyer supporting Josh Addo-Carr during his meeting with the NRL says the star winger maintains he didn’t knowingly take drugs.
From Dally M to finals failure: Does Nicho Hynes deserve all the criticism?
He has been given the keys to Cronulla. But how do the Sharks get the best out of their $1 million-a-year man?
Have Your Say
‘It’s one of the great stories’: Rampe’s journey from last-chance saloon to 250 Swans games
Dane Rampe will have friends and family on hand at the SCG to watch his 250th game, but the Clovelly boy’s personal milestone takes a back seat to the Swans’ premiership tilt.