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Australia’s worst-ever pedophile will serve a national record sentence for his hundreds of crimes, which a judge says were so “brazen, disturbing and heinous” as to warrant 457 years behind bars.

Channel 7 has launched a long-range $150 million attempt to pinch rugby league’s showpiece State of Origin series from Channel 9.

The Andrews government has gagged Commonwealth Games officials from publicly discussing the 2026 event’s axing, as negotiations over compensation heat up.

A major campaign in support of the Indigenous Voice to parliament is set to undertake a messaging blitz through Queensland in a bid to shore up support in the state amid flagging support.

An Adelaide lawyer is lobbying for urgent changes to correct a legal loophole that protects paedophiles from having to pay compensation to their victims.

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Ethan Hoac and two friends were walking home on a quiet Melbourne suburban street when they were chased by a car and the “sweet” 14-year-old was mowed down and stabbed to death. 

Queensland scientists are leading the world in the development of an oral drug that can not only treat debilitating long COVID but has the potential to stop reinfections of the virus even if new variants emerge. 

Victoria Police says it is “looking into” claims some employees are describing themselves as gender neutral to scoop up higher clothing allowances. 

Major Crime officers are investigating the death of a 17-month-old baby called Ronan, who was found unconscious and in a critical condition in South Australia earlier this month. 
 

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The driver who allegedly caused the crash that killed an Adelaide family is an Italian honeymooner and part-time international travel blogger whose new wife was also injured on impact. 

Former NRL star Sonny Bill Williams has been cautioned by Channel Nine management over a series of controversial personal social media posts he made claiming horrific atrocities committed by Hamas against Israelis were “proven to be untrue”. 

A popular Australian YouTuber has decided to leave the country over a government ban on vapes, launching a fundraiser to help cover the cost of the move. 

The morning after a victorious night at the Iowa caucuses, Donald Trump was back in a New York courtroom for the selection of a jury that must decide how much he owes a woman who accused him of rape. 

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Cyclone Jasper’s expected to bring a storm tide along the north Queensland coast this morning as the weather system weakens while moving inland. The duo charged with the murder of South Australian pediatrician Michael Yung have been identified as a young Adelaide couple. The NSW government has announced a wages deal for paramedics. A Royal Commission into domestic, sexual and family violence will probe how to better protect women and children in South Australia. The federal government has shunned additional cost-of-living relief measures to improve the Budget bottom line.

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Israel has laid siege on the Hamas stronghold of Gaza with more than 2500 air strikes, ahead of a suspected mass land invasion. NSW Police under pressure to prevent further violent protests by pro-Palestinian groups. Early warning system is introduced for the real people featured in NSW’s higher school certificate exams. South Australia’s rental market is the toughest market in the country. This year’s Melbourne Cup Parade has been cancelled amid a growing protest movement against the iconic race.

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The co-author of the Albanese government’s plan to transform the Australian Defence Force and combat China has sounded the alarm about the lack of lethality in the navy’s surface fleet, foreshadowing a major shift to smaller and more heavily armed vessels.

Hundreds of patients have been awarded a total of $140m in compensation because of state government medical bungles in the past 13 years, parliament has been told.

A teenager has died where he fell after a horrific knife attack at a western suburbs railway station.

The immediate future of Queensland’s only children’s hospice has been secured with a $900,000 eleventh hour payment, after The Courier-Mail revealed funding for the vital service had not been extended in the federal budget.

Police Commissioner Karen Webb has said she “shares the community’s concerns” about why officers used their tasers on a 95-year-old dementia patient with a knife at a southern NSW nursing home.

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Three-quarters of NSW households face paying hundreds of dollars more for electricity this financial year after EnergyAustralia became the third power giant to dramatically hike NSW prices.

After the Reserve Bank of Australia jacked up interest rates by 0.5 percentage points in consecutive months for the first time on record, homeowners are being warned to brace for a three-peat in August.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will have spent more time overseas in his first eight weeks in office than John Howard did in his first year.

Water-battered residents are facing yet another heart-breaking clean-up, amid warnings the treacherous ­weather system which has inundated NSW hasn’t finished yet.

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He was the infamous heavily-tattooed gym junkie who shot up his ex-lover’s house and two police stations, but to his devastated family Daniel King was a man tortured by a brain injury that still hides in the shadows of society.

Complaints of a toxic ­culture in the NSW Police helicopter fleet have sparked an “extraordinary” union meeting that could ground the force’s five choppers.

The highly controversial plan to build 450 homes in  bushland  on Sydney’s Northern Beaches will not go ahead now, with the Coalition pledging to stop the “Lizard Rock” project if re-elected.

And Christian megachurch Hillsong should be stripped of its legal status that allows it to avoid tax, a former member has demanded. 

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Kathleen Folbigg is set to seek a record compensation payout from the NSW government. Disaster recovery funding has been made available for North Queenslanders and regional councils. Victorians could soon be forced to switch to electric cooktops. Two new budget vehicles have scored zero-star safety ratings. King Charles will lead a megastar line-up honouring Barry Humphries at a state memorial today in Sydney.

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The Commonwealth Attorney-General has been called in by NSW Police to keep an alleged major player in Sydney’s underworld behind bars. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and a packed plane of Australians flew out of Sydney last night to farewell Queen Elizabeth II in London. A super Saturday of sport kicks off a packed calendar of events that’ll pump more than $500 million into the NSW economy. The man pushing for South Sydney to move to the new Allianz Stadium signed a contract that acknowledged the team’s current home ground would not have a major refurbishment.
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United Nations prison inspectors were sent packing after they tried to investigate the Queanbeyan Court Cells without permission. Scots College students caught on camera using counterfeit notes in a bid to swindle an eastern suburbs newsagent. Bruce Lehrmann trial jury retires to consider its verdict. Proposal made to replace the current NRL transfer system with a trade window.
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Bombshell allegations have been made in court that cricketer Stuart MacGill facilitated cocaine deals at his restaurant on Sydney’s North Shore.

Luke and Tiffany Hale had spent five years saving up a deposit for a house – only to see it vanish in seconds thanks to scammers.

Two years after retired cricketer Michael Slater was kicked off a Qantas flight for being “disruptive”, it has emerged that one of the women he argued with on that short-haul Sydney to Wagga Wagga flight was the same woman who sought and obtained an AVO against Slater in October.

Mandatory masks are out and school excursions and sports carnivals back on amid plans to make 2022 a “disruption free” year of schooling. 

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With more than 970,000 migrants expected in the next three years, figures reveal only around half that number of new homes will be built. The family of convicted NCA bomber Domenic Perre is considering issuing a petition for mercy following his death. More funding offered to turn a dormant quarantine facility into an emergency shelter for Brisbane’s homeless. New guidelines recommend bowel cancer screening should start at the age of 45. Gillon McLachlan has urged all parties in the stalled Hawthorn racism investigation to sit down for mediation as soon as possible.

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Penrith rules the west after joining some of the game’s greatest teams to win back-to-back NRL titles. 

Jewish leaders have condemned Sydney soccer fans “in the strongest possible terms” after patches of supporters appeared to give Nazi salutes and jeered during the Welcome to Country at the final of the Australia Cup. 

Eighteen people were hospitalised from suspected drug overdoses after taking illegal substances at two music festivals at the weekend, which marked the beginning of the Sydney party season. 

Federal government ministers have blasted Optus for not handing over the details of customers caught up in a mammoth data breach and have warned some leaked information will “be out there forever”. 

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The date of the Voice referendum is expected to be October 14 — and will be officially announced next week in the must-win state of South Australia.

Laws requiring cruise ship passengers in NSW to be vaccinated against Covid-19 will be axed, with Premier Chris Minns yesterday declaring: “We need to move on and get life back to normal.’’

Premier Daniel Andrews has identified the MCG as a flagship stadium for a 2034 men’s World Cup hosted in Australia – a scenario which would likely force the AFL off the ground for at least two months.

Construction giant Multiplex’s legal battle with Star Entertainment over delays in the Brisbane Queen’s Wharf project includes a claim for almost $1m in lost production for giving workers a holiday to mourn the death of Queen Elizabeth II.

A former electorate officer has accused South Australian independent federal MP Rebekha Sharkie of bullying.

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Sydney is bracing for a ­catastrophic perfect storm today that authorities fear may result in widespread and dangerous flooding across the city. 

The destruction of Lismore was laid bare yesterday as the flood waters receded leaving behind a sea of stinking mud and heartbreak.

NRL star Jack de Belin has ­revealed he  refused to ever consider the possibility of spending years  in prison as he faced  trial on sexual assault charges.

And in sport, triple Supercars champion Scott McLaughlin is confident of a return for this year’s Bathurst 1000 as he sets his sights on becoming an IndyCar title challenger after his breakthrough win in the US.

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The housing shortage raises fears there’s nowhere for skilled migrants to live, with critical workers already forced out of rentals. Teachers have been told not to be critical of misbehaving students in their school reports. Rolling rail strikes in August saw train passenger numbers plunge. The Premier has called for the Commonwealth government to build the new east coast submarine base in NSW.

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Passengers will pay an extra 20 cents on taxi and ride share trips until 2030 to fund an extra $260m in industry assistance under a final ultimatum from the Perrottet government. 

An ageing hospital in Sydney’s southwest will get a much- needed facelift if Labor wins government next March with leader Chris Minns committing $225m over three years to Canterbury Hospital. 

A senior cop in charge of stopping gang violence says almost every gangster behind Sydney’s 14 underworld murders is now in jail or has fled overseas.

League bosses Peter V’landys and Andrew Abdo have cancelled their trip to Eng­land for the World Cup final as the club funding row reaches breaking point amid extraordinary threats of disgruntled clubs setting up a breakaway competition. 

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Foreign-trained doctors caught up in red tape could help solve the nation’s crippling GP shortage.

Tennis Australia boss Craig Tiley has confirmed Novak Djokovic wants to return to Melbourne for the Australian Open, as the Federal Government weighs up whether to let him back in the country.

Staff shortages could force restaurants, bars and cafes to close their doors for almost half the week, offering limited menus and taking 25 per cent longer to serve customers this summer.

Manly has started preliminary talks with former Test and NSW captain Laurie Daley about joining the club as a consultant from next season.

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Crucial crossbenchers are urging the Albanese government to stop a yearly hike to student debt set to hit almost three million Australians amid a crushing cost of living crisis.

A complaint regarding a “hateful” customised licence plate seemingly glorifying the October 7 Hamas terror attacks was not acted upon – despite being made last month.

Brisbane’s controversial $2.7bn Gabba rebuild is dead, with powerbroker John Coates declaring the project is damaging the Olympic brand and “just doesn’t stack up”.

The owner of one of  10  small businesses raided by thieves during an overnight crime spree says she might “never feel safe again” after her bakery was broken into.

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Matildas superstar Sam Kerr will become the first female footballer in history to crash through the $500 million barrier after being dubbed a “female Cristiano Ronaldo.”

Drought-resistant crops, super soils and feed for cattle that can help farms stay “ahead of the curve” when the next big dry strikes will be funded under a $38 million investment unveiled at the Bush Summit.

E-scooters will be fitted with cameras that shout at riders who flout the law as part of a new trial to crack down on people illegally travelling on footpaths or tandem riding.

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has ordered a high-level review into Transport Minister Mark Bailey’s trains manufacturing costs blowout cover-up.

Cost of living pressures have forced a family of five from Findon to spend less money on food each week than the amount allocated for some of SA’s worst criminals in prison.

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More Australians will be eligible to get a fourth dose of the Covid jab. The Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation made its call on expanding the second booster in a meeting yesterday.

NSW Liberals are facing a critical pre­selection test in the prized blue-ribbon seat of Vaucluse ahead of the 2023 state election – with Woollahra mayor Susan Wynne shaping as an early frontrunner.

The double murder of teenage gangster Salim Hamze and his innocent father last year may have been retaliation for the killing of a young crime figure attached to the rival Alameddine clan two months earlier.

The ex-girlfriend of tennis star Nick Kyrgios has told why the charges came about on the eve of his Wimbledon quarterfinal, seven months after she was allegedly assaulted.

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The battle for Western Sydney kicks off this week as the two men vying to be Australia’s prime minister 

The greatest comeback in Australian sporting history just had its second coming, with tech billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes becoming a co-owner of the South Sydney Rabbitohs

Shoppers are being urged to begin hunting for their Christmas presents as soon as possible amid supply  issues and labour shortages 

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Parramatta is playing another dangerous game of contract poker over the stalled negotiations with captain Clint Gutherson.

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Labor has been accused of an “outrageous cover up” after ­refusing to reveal if more convicted criminals have been ­released from immigration ­detention over the summer.

A Sydney council has been slammed for spending thousands of dollars removing a wooden bench from a north shore naturestrip after the seat sparked a two-year battle between warring neighbours.

The Victorian government has quietly dumped a promise to put electronic monitoring devices on dangerous young thugs, ­insisting the measure is now not needed because there are fewer youth offenders.

More than 50,000 offences were committed every month in Queensland last year – the highest rate this century – with assaults, break-ins and car thefts among the crimes on the rise.

A man was flown to the Royal Adelaide Hospital in a stable condition after he was bitten by a shark at Elliston on Tuesday afternoon.

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Centrepiece of the federal government’s cost-of-living relief package is a $3.5bn investment to triple the bulk-billing incentive for GPs. A South Australian trade office will be opened in Germany to spearhead the state’s green hydrogen push. Violent and abusive behaviour at community sporting matches could see parents and spectators across NSW banned for life. Queensland’s Family and Child Commission is hamstrung by outdated legislation, preventing access to confidential files unless the child in question has died. AFL greats have declared it impossible to stop fans booing opposition players. 

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Vicious trolls accusing him of betraying Indigenous Australians by advocating against the Voice to Parliament have pushed Warren Mundine to attempt to self harm.

NSW Liberal MP Taylor Martin has revealed he is the politician at the centre of a texting scandal, but has strongly denied any wrongdoing, while declaring there are “two-sides” to the story.

The Andrews government is considering a tourism levy on short-term stays in Victoria.

The sole survivor of a shocking triple fatal crash on the Bruce Highway was released from hospital just days before the tragedy unfolded despite pleas from his mother to keep him in hospital, his family has claimed.

Two in every three speeding drivers are caught by police officers on country roads rather than Adelaide, shocking new figures show.

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Mortgage holders should prepare for more pain as RBA  minutes reveal it’s worried that the inflation risks have increased. Victorian government weighs up whether to order MPs to vote against a law to kill Paul Denyer behind bars for life. PM Anthony Albanese says he’d be comfortable if David Van “never returned” to parliament. The price of South Australian cows has plummeted almost 40 per cent. Over half the population of Sydney flocked to this year’s Vivid festival.

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High profile “independents” trumpeting transparency have arrogantly refused to properly detail where they stand on China’s advance in the Pacific

Union bosses are demanding Transport for NSW rip out $1bn worth of safety equipment and build compartments for old-style guards in a move which could spark more industrial action and chaos on the city’s rail network

A Sydney council which voted to rename a street which is home to the Russian consulate to Ukraine Street has been lashed by locals 

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After almost a quarter of a century, the Rugby World Cup is returning to Australia – in 2027, then again in 2029.

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Comanchero bikie boss Tarek Zahed is talking to friends in what medical experts describe as an “incredible” recovery after being shot 10 times during a botched assassination attempt. 

The national broadcaster has offered counselling to staff after a senior ABC producer stripped naked in front of colleagues, wrongly believing he had logged off a Skype call. 

A polar blast is sweeping across most of the state and temperatures are forecast to plummet on the back of high winds that will make it feel even colder. 

After ousting Barnaby Joyce from the Nationals’ top job, new leader David Littleproud has ­declared the next election will be won in the “sensible centre”. 

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Delayed energy projects and the imminent closure of the country’s oldest power plant has presented a future supply problem. A chain of 16 cosmetic clinics in Sydney has gone into liquidation. Mortgage holders being hit with almost double the “loyalty tax” for not shopping around. Inner West Council has been accused of bungling a swimming pool pride event for trans and gender diverse people.
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Tradies, emergency service workers, senior teachers and nurses would have their promised tax breaks trimmed if the Albanese government changed stage three cuts for aspirational Australians.

Two major Australian brands are reviewing their advertising spend on KIIS FM in an effort to distance themselves from Sydney’s FM king Kyle Sandilands.

A teenager allegedly sent SMS messages to Optus customers demanding they pay $2,000 into a bank account or he would release their personal information.

And… Anthony Seibold’s NRL coaching return could only be days away as part of a proposal put to Sea Eagles coach Des ­Hasler.

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Teenagers across the state are being “sextorted” at a chilling rate by overseas crime syndicates 

Aboriginal leaders will travel to every corner of NSW next month to inform local communities about the Voice to Parliament amid concern about a lack of grassroots consultation.

An Australian was on board a plane that has crashed in Pokhara, Nepal., reportedly killing at least 40 people.

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Manly should make the “business decision” to release Tom Trbojevic if his mercy dash to the US to fix repeated hamstring injuries fails.

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has spent $4 million chartering RAAF jets around Australia and abroad since taking on the top job. Cover-up allegations filed in the Supreme Court of Victoria as part of a class actio­n against Monash IVF Group that ­revolves around the destruction of embryos. The tiny Queensland town of Glenden has been saved in a stunning intervention by the State Government. Besieged property developer Jean Nassif has been given a slapdown from the NSW Fair Trading Minister. South Australia’s hospital emergency departments are jam-packed with people seeking treatment for minor ailments.

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Nicole Kidman has landed another nomination, nearly two decades after making history as Australia’s first Best Actress Oscar winner. The source of a threatening call made to Grace Tame begging her not to say anything “damning” about Scott Morrison is under investigation. It’s understood ATAGI is set to provide advice to government that people need three vaccine doses to be fully protected against covid. Pat Cummins is adamant players didn’t ambush Justin Langer.

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Distilleries and brewers are warning of a hit to Australia’s hospitality sector and local tourism unless the federal government freezes the twice-yearly tax hike on beer and spirits.

It comes after The Daily Telegraph revealed the Western Parkland City Authority (WPCA) was sitting on $500 million in unspent grants and had only managed to start work on a visitors’ centre that has been dismissed as a “shed with a fancy pergola’’.

Victorian GPs in training can apply for $40,000 in incentives from today, putting the South Australian government under pressure to match it or risk a brain drain of young doctors.

It is an unusually busy time in the medical room at West Lakes with more Crows players suffering injuries. 

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Cronulla superstar Nicho Hynes  can’t imagine pulling on another NRL club’s jersey after the support he’s received during what he calls the toughest time of his life.

Immigration centre detainees waiting to be deported are making thousands of dollars a week by posting TikTok clips from behind bars

Parents are fast figuring out they don’t need to fork out $40,000 for a grade-A education as the number of high-performing, low-fee Catholic and independent options grows.

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Staffing shortages at Sydney’s air traffic control tower during wild storms meant flight crews were not given the most up-to-date weather information 

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The young sailor rescued from treacherous conditions off the coast of Kangaroo Island says it wasn’t the wild weather that brought his attempt at a world record undone.

A bridge and a railway underpass will have to be demolished or bypassed – at a cost of upwards of $340 million – to give trucks transporting massive wind turbines access to new renewable energy zones (REZ) in country NSW. 

Queensland is a national leader in road side births with hundreds of women a year having babies on highways in “pulled over” cars or ambulances. 

Victorians are paying more property tax than anyone else in Australia – and it’s going to get worse. 

A regional South Australian council was willing to issue warnings or expiation notices or even prosecute anyone older than four who entered public toilets of the opposite gender.

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Australia’s pension age will rise to 67 on July 1 but experts warn further increases should be gradual, spanning decades. The AFL’s independent investigation into the Hawthorn racism saga has wound up. Sky-high power prices are set to be pushed ever higher, with one of QLD’s biggest power generators remaining offline for longer. One of NSW’s greatest fullbacks says rookie Queensland No.1 Reece Walsh ­is an “all or nothing” player the Blues must go after.

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The mother of a little girl allegedly raped by a childcare worker accused of 1600 child sex offences over 15 years has detailed how he would describe her daughter’s “great day” after inflicting terrible abuse on her. 

Former Defence Minister Linda Reynolds has filed suit for defamation against Brittany Higgins over social media posts made in July and is understood to be seeking an injunction against the former staffer preventing any similar statements being made in the future. 

The Queensland government will fund the meningococcal B vaccine in a landmark move being hailed by survivors of the deadly disease as “fantastic” and “long overdue”. 

Daniel Andrews and his deputy Jacinta Allan are likely to dodge giving evidence at two probes into the Commonwealth Games fiasco. 

Adelaide’s population will grow to two million people by 2051, according to latest official forecasts, in a stark contrast to controversial calls to hit that number within seven years. 

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Anthony Albanese has declared he will not go to the polls until he has broken the back of the cost-of-living crisis, saying he is committed to going the distance in his first term of government. 

A staggering 70 per cent of Queensland’s public hospital staff have been assaulted or witnessed violence at work a damning new survey has revealed, with warnings patients are also at risk. 

The cost of building a new home in Victoria went up about $25,000 overnight earlier this month. 

Adelaide commuters purchasing single trips to travel short distances on public transport are paying the highest fares in the country. 

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Israel is vowing “mighty vengeance” against Hamas terrorists who launched an unprecedented assault on the Jewish state, with more than 300 Israelis killed, 1800 wounded and dozens taken hostage in Gaza in what has been described as Israel’s 9/11. 

Two Qantas baggage handlers and the brother of one of Australia’s biggest crime figures have been charged as part of a major AFP sting into a drug syndicate allegedly using insiders in Sydney International Airport. 

South East Queensland councils are being forced to spend more than $100,000 of ratepayers’ money to clean up parks littered with illicit drugs, sharps and syringes. 

South Australia is poised to make political history this week as Labor prepares to elect the state’s first Muslim MP. 

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Primary school kids are on track to be given their first jab by the time they go back to school next year, with the ­Pfizer vaccine cleared for their use in Australia.

Broadcaster Alan Jones is under increasing pressure to consider a tilt at federal politics with senior conservatives hoping he will – finally – agree.

A bullet fired by a masked gunman who allegedly took aim at pedestrians and cars in a busy Illawarra street pierced a home’s garage roof 3km away, police believe. 

And in sport, Pat Cummins is yet to lead his country onto the pitch but on the eve of the Ashes, Australia’s new cricket captain has already marked off some important firsts.

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People in China are spending nearly $8m a day on Australian property – vastly more than buyers from anywhere else in the world – but the true levels of real estate purchases by foreigners are likely much higher, a leading expert claims.

Victorian taxpayers are facing potentially billions in damages and a massive hit to its title as the nation’s sporting capital after it sensationally cancelled the Commonwealth Games citing mounting cost blowouts.

Teal indpendent Zali Steggall is under pressure in her own electorate, according to internal Liberal party polling seen by The Daily Telegraph which suggests voters have been turned off by the federal MP’s anti-nuclear stance as well as her failure to deliver government investment to the area.

The Qld state government is being urged to make a minor change to its planning regulation to spare investors being slugged up to $80,000 in council fees and potentially blocking the creation of hundreds of affordable homes.

A SA government spokesman said that while the decision will be “deeply disappointing for athletes and supporters of the Commonwealth Games” the government will not put its hand up to host.

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King Charles III is planning a visit to Australia in one of his first moves as monarch, with details of the trip yet to be finalised. Ten outstanding Australians have been invited to the Queen’s funeral. A paparazzo charged with assaulting another has won an appeal against his conviction. NRL clubs feel betrayed over suburban stadium funding.
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Clubs in Sydney’s north will ban unvaccinated staff and patrons until at least January 31 next year. William Tyrrell’s foster parents have been charged over the alleged assault of another child. Dining tables the length of five-and-a-half Olympic swimming pools will run down the centre of George Street next month. Penrith grand final hooker Api Koroisau has been formally told of the “consequences and implications” of refusing to be vaccinated. 

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The long, solemn journey to farewell one of the most defining figures of our lifetime began last night before a heartbroken nation. Buxton car crash driver was the only person in the vehicle wearing a seat belt. Teal independent thinks NSW Coalition could stave off a ‘teal’ attack. Cate Blanchett wins the best actor award at the Venice Film Festival for a second time.
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An unassuming Western Sydney student conned his way out of handcuffs and into luxury cars, “porn-star experiences” and convinced people to part with bars of gold.

John Barilaro has withdrawn from his new $500,000-a-year position as NSW’s trade commissioner to the US because his appointment was a “distraction” for the government.

Tolls could go up by nearly $100 a year for Western Sydney drivers, with the hike eating into the $750 toll rebate announced in last month’s state budget.

Sydney has nabbed the world’s premier innovation festival – America’s South by Southwest  – to revitalise the city’s post-pandemic events calendar.

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John Barilaro’s former chief of staff gives an explosive statement to an inquiry into his appointment to a New York trade role. Three men have faced Sydney local courts after a dramatic arrest in the middle of peak-hour traffic. Former NSW Liberal MP John Sidoti has vowed to clear his name in court after ICAC findings. A new mum has hit out at a government form which calls mothers “birthing parents”.
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Exiled Comanchero bikie boss Mark Buddle has secretly tied the knot with a Northern Cypriot woman in what official sources have described as a fake marriage.

Falls in available rental homes in some parts of Sydney have happened more quickly than ever before, pushing up costs even further.

The race is on to develop a single vaccine that could protect against all Covid variants, with at least 12 research teams on the job and some already trialling candidate shots.

And Gladys Berejiklian’s most ardent supporter and number one campaigner, her father Krikor, has died at the age of 90.

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“Seamless” travel between Australia and New Zealand will make hopping across the ditch faster – but don’t throw away your passport just yet.

A well-known criminal defence lawyer has narrowly survived the latest “targeted” shooting on Sydney’s streets, with the broad daylight attack rocking the city’s legal profession as police search for a motive.

Justice figures are demanding a review of the decision by Victoria’s top prosecutor not to pursue charges in the Lawyer X case amid revelations she once represented Simon Overland, the former police chief at the centre of the scandal.

Queenslanders could be living with undiagnosed cancer or life-threatening conditions, as more than 50,000 radiology scans sit unreported at one the state’s busiest hospitals.

Converting spaces above Adelaide CBD shops into homes will be investigated in a bid to ease the housing crisis.

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Julian Assange will today start his new life as a free man with his wife and two young sons in Australia. 

The cost of dying is set to skyrocket in Victoria, with the Allan government considering introducing what has been panned as a “death tax by stealth”. 

CS Energy issued warnings that maintenance was being neglected at its plants just two years before a major explosion tore through Callide Power Station. 

A wealthy Adelaide college has raked in more than a quarter of a billion dollars in recent years.

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Desolate streets. Boarded up shop fronts. A sudden surge in homeless people camped in derelict doorways

A court has heard how paedophile Grant Harden invited children as young as five over to his home for “sex party” sleepovers and often drugged them before the abuse.

Penrith premiership hero Royce Simmons is battling dementia. 

And

Aussie TikTok superstar Peach PRC describes herself as a “pink obsessed, mentally ill musician”.

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Twelve Australians made a miraculous escape from a Japan Airlines jet that burst into flames. Four sightseers in NSW have been rushed to hospital after they were struck by lightning in the Blue Mountains. A Victorian councillor whose home was raided by corruption investigators as part of a sports rorts inquiry will face court on drug charges. A major inquiry’s underway after an intimate image of a woman exposing herself while under arrest at an Adelaide police station. A record number of asylum seekers are arriving by plane, with many seeking refuge from conflict-free nations.

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Australia will undergo a decades-long industrial revolution as it spends up to $368bn on a nuclear-powered submarine fleet

Sydney is the cocaine and heroin capital of Australia, while regional NSW is heavily-reliant on the two drugs

Panthers chief executive Brian Fletcher has revealed he was subjected to a vile death threat in which a deranged man sent him razor blades

And

If this really is the Swansong, Lance Franklin is ripped and ready to prove that he can still in his 19th season

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Regulating and taxing nicotine vapes could inject billions into the federal budget’s bottom line. Queensland faces a day of reckoning with its fire threat, as a nightmare cocktail of high winds and temperatures in the upper 30s. A new tax on Victorian GPs has been thrown into chaos. NSW Police recruits are in for a major payday. More South Australians are dying than usual with the highest rates of death in country towns.

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AS the four young police officers pulled up to the isolated yellow-sided weatherboard home about 4.40pm on Monday, they had no idea that inside was a cache of ammunition and weaponry controlled by survivalist and conspiracy theorist Gareth Train, his wife Stacey and Gareth’s mentally-unstable brother Nathaniel.

A NEW personalised vaccine against melanoma has almost halved the rate of recurrence and death in a major turning point described as cancer’s “penicillin moment”.

A CRANBROOK old boy accused of raping and choking a young woman has argued in court that his “mental fragility” makes it too hard to report to police.

BROADCASTER Chris Smith has been fired from his TV and radio jobs following an investigation into his conduct after a Christmas party last weekend.

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RUGBY LEAGUE BOSS: OUR PLAYERS ARE NOT THUGS 

The ARL Commission boss nsists the NRL is not gripped by a player-behaviour crisis following recent off-field scandals that have tainted the code’s stars as lawless louts. 

 Families will get a small return on their favourite tipple  with the State Government expanding the Return And Earn recycling scheme to include booze. 

Two-time Golden Slipper winning horse trainer Gary Portelli has been attacked at an Illawarra racecourse, with a man charged over the alleged assault. 

Doctors are sounding a warning about the growing misuse of a common over the counter cough medicine as a way to get high. 

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Exclusive: Tim and Bonnie Paine discuss what they’ve been going through since Tim sensationally quit as Test captain on Friday. TV host Matt Doran was suspended by Seven Network bosses after offending pop diva Adele. William Tyrrell’s foster mother has hired one of Australia’s most respected criminal barristers. Nikita Tszyu has signed a fight contract to turn professional early next year.

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The woman offered the New York trade ambassador post only to have it ripped away and given to John Barilaro has spoken of her “distress” and fears for her  career.

An Australian crime lord has risked a death sentence after allegedly masterminding the smuggling of a huge haul of drugs into Bali and is on the run from Indonesian police and Interpol.
A strong East Coast Low is forming off the NXW coast- this weather system is bringing torrential rain and major flooding to Greater Sydney.

Teenagers have returned to Facebook – to rip people off in a series of sophisticated scams that have alarmed police.

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