The Star

Fallen Star:The inside story of how a casino was brought undone

Star was already on its knees when carded play was introduced to its Sydney casino,a measure that brought it completely undone.

  • Harriet Alexander

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Tradies.

‘This is out of control’:The 750 tradies who bought fake qualifications from criminals

Building defects cost Sydney home owners and taxpayers $700 million a year. Some of the problem begins with who is engaged to do the work.

  • Harriet Alexander andMax Maddison
Shoddy Sydney.

Shoddy Sydney

Defects cost Sydney’s homeowners and taxpayers $700m annually. How did we get here and what is being done about it?

Bondi Junction Westfield stabbing victim Dawn Singleton

‘Absolutely unwanted’:John Singleton’s plea for Bondi Junction inquest

The business titan is horrified by the prospect of reliving his daughter’s final moments at an inquiry that he says will prove nothing.

  • Harriet Alexander
Police attended the aircraft on landing and arrested a 45-year-old man.

Man allegedly attempted to open plane door on flight to Sydney

Passengers and crew had to restrain a man from opening the doors of a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Sydney on Saturday.

  • Harriet Alexander andSally Rawsthorne
The casino and Queens Wharf complex in Brisbane.

Revealed:Bombshell report into shady casino links they didn’t want you to see

A secret government report concluded the Hong Kong company that rescued Star from financial collapse concealed its relationship with a notorious junket operator.

  • Harriet Alexander
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The CCTV image posted to Facebook showed two women walking with a small black dog.

The dodgy vet,the pet detective and the million-dollar legal battle

Pet detective Anne-Marie Curry was enlisted to help crack the case of a missing puppy. Just as she started to make headway,the tables were turned.

  • Harriet Alexander
The final panel in the wave-like roof was installed in mid-February.

Plea for help as company involved in new Sydney Fish Market collapses

Subcontractors working on the new Sydney Fish Market are going to the wall as construction costs escalate.

  • Harriet Alexander
Neurosurgeon Charlie Teo departs a Health Care Complaints Commission Professional Standards Committee inquiry in February 2023.

Charlie Teo’s flawed operation results in payout to family

The controversial neurosurgeon has agreed to pay the children and husband of a patient who died soon after he operated on her incurable brain tumour.

  • Harriet Alexander andKate McClymont
Gamblers losses on poker machines in NSW hit a record high in 2024.

Gamblers now losing more than $1m an hour on NSW poker machines

The government has introduced various gambling reforms,but harm minimisation advocates say they will not make an impact.

  • Harriet Alexander