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Listen:Phone taps reveal crime gang’s panic over ATO letter

George Alex and the phone recordings.

Police were listening in as George Alex’s crew panicked when they realised that their $10 million tax fraud was unravelling.

Seven Network at centre of fresh legal fight

A former journalist on Seven’s Spotlight program has launched legal action against the media company in the Federal Court.

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.

Graham Arnold steps down as Socceroos coach

Graham Arnold steps down as Socceroos coach

Arnold was facing immense pressure after a 1-0 defeat to Bahrain and a 0-0 draw away to Indonesia left Australia’s World Cup direct qualification hopes in peril.

Israel unleashes heavy strikes on Lebanon,Hezbollah vows retaliation

An Israeli airstrike in Lebanon.

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

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris and Republican presidential nominee former president Donald Trump.

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.

The Tumut River Brewing Company,which lost trade during 18 months of roadworks.

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

Senator Mehreen Faruqi.

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.

Twenty scams (plus five new ones) every traveller must know

Beware these travel scams.

As the number of tourists travelling the world has boomed,so has the number of scammers and the schemes they have devised.

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Good Weekend

Musician Michael Franti on ‘middle-escence’ – what hits when the kids leave

“We have our adolescence when we’re teenagers,but then we have this middle-escence … Everybody goes through it.”

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.

This Melbourne front garden designed by Emmaline Bowman includes a multitude of layers to support a diverse range of wildlife

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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It’s a ‘crazy time’ to be opening a restaurant – will this former Apollo pair pull it off?

Former head chef at The Apollo Stefano Marano (right) and business partner Jack Reid will open Avia,a 60-seat European restaurant,near Taylor Square.

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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NRL 2024

Canterbury Bulldogs winger Josh Addo-Carr is today fronting the NRL’s integrity unit.
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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.

James Maloney was sacked by the Cowboys for drink-driving,but still helping Tom Dearden.

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

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.

Free train travel in Sydney this weekend in bid to break standoff with union

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

The riverfront block at Brunswick Heads,to the right of existing housing,where development may now proceed.

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

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

‘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.

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Margaret Sullavan,Frank Morgan and James Stewart in the controversial film The Mortal Storm.

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.

Actor Hazem Shammas leans into the unendearing character of Coriolanus in Bell Shakespeare’s 2025 season.

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.

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Property

A new report has proposed major changes to negative gearing and capital gains tax to improve the rental market.

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.

Couples are having fewer children as housing prices soar out of reach.

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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Sport

Graham Arnold deals with more dejection against Indonesia from the dugout in Jakarta.

Graham Arnold steps down as Socceroos coach

Arnold was facing immense pressure after a 1-0 defeat to Bahrain and a 0-0 draw away to Indonesia left Australia’s World Cup direct qualification hopes in peril.

Racing NSW boss Peter V’landys clashed with upper house MP Mark Latham a parliamentary hearing last month.

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.

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Victor Radley.

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.

Isaac Heeney.

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.

Travis Head delivered a crunching performance against England.

‘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.

George Gregan and James Slipper standing at Accor Stadium. The pair are current joint holders for the record for most Wallabies caps,with 139.

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.

Canterbury Bulldogs winger Josh Addo-Carr is today fronting the NRL’s integrity unit.

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.

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