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SLOPPY JOE’S GOT TO GO
The state opposition has called on Joe Szakacs to resign as Infrastructure and Transport Minister, accusing him of “misleading the public” on his knowledge of Comanchero Jamie Brown’s links to a Torrens to Darlington project contractor.
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GATTO ADDS TO JOE’S WOES
Infrastructure Minister Joe Szakacs has admitted he knew a bikie was involved in a Torrens to Darlington tunnel dispute a month ago as separate links emerge to gangland figure Mick Gatto.
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BASH THEN CASH
The bikie at the centre of the $15.4bn Torrens to Darlington scandal violently bashed another man in the middle of a courthouse, in full view of security staff and cameras, two years before allegedly threatening project shareholders. The Advertiser...
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DRIVEN BY HATE
The man accused of mowing down federal MP Helen Haines, who lost a leg yesterday as she continued her fight for life in hospital, is a disturbed and drug-affected loner who was known to police. Brendan Nugent’s parents also revealed their horror at...
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ZAK BACK FOR GATHER ROUND? Labor was ‘briefed’ on T2D bikie TARGETED HIT ON MP
The state government was allegedly told five weeks ago that a bikie was accused of using violent threats to force the transfer of shares in a company involved in the Torrens to Darlington project. The office of Infrastructure and Transport Minister...
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CHILD ABUSE HEARTACHE
A toddler who swallowed methamphetamine, a preschooler beaten to death and parents brandishing knives are among the horrors faced by those working on the frontline of South Australia’s child protection system. The Advertiser has been granted...
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Miran da Kerr
Two months after Miranda Kerr sent the internet into a frenzy when she revealed she eats bison instead of egg for breakfast, she has revealed it’s not a choice – it’s a necessity due to a serious health condition. In August, Kerr appeared on former US...
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Elizabeth wears home growth crown
Looking to double your money in a decade? New data has revealed the South Australian suburbs you should be buying in now to have your best chance at possibly seeing your home’s value double over the next 10 years. And for those already in the market,...
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Key Blue bagged
Three Australians are among 10 foreign nationals who have been deported from Bali over a range of visa violations. The Ngurah Rai Immigration Office carried out the immigration raids between October 5 and 9, The Bali Times reported. Visa-stay...
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ALIENS AND A DEAD BABY
A woman charged with criminal neglect following the discovery of a dead baby inside a Glen Osmond motel posted a bizarre series of conspiracybased rants.
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DEAD BABY UNDER WRAPS
Horrifying scenes met police inside the Tollgate Motel room where a dead baby was concealed under blankets with incense burning nearby to mask the smell. The Advertiser has learnt that the baby girl may have been dead in the room with a couple,...
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BLUES IN THE WARS
Carlton’s off-season has been plunged into crisis after two star players were taken to hospital following a wild night of partying. Lachie Cowan and South Australian Will Hayward, who was drafted to the AFL from North Adelaide, both received medical...
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PARTY IS OVER FOR WELLS
Anika Wells’ excuse for spending almost $4000 of taxpayer cash to attend a friend’s birthday party has copped another blow. The Communications Minister told parliamentary investigators she held a “sideline meeting” with South Australian Labor minister...
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WE’VE HAD A CUPFUL
Coffee drinkers across Adelaide are paying more for their morning brew despite Anthony Albanese’s bold claim his new credit card surcharge ban could make a daily cup cheaper. The Prime Minister promised Australians would save “every time you tap” in...
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WHERE SERIAL KILLERS ROAM FREE
South Australia now has the shameful title of being the only jurisdiction in the world to have released a serial killer, James Vlassakis, into the community. And yesterday, the 46-year-old got his first taste of freedom as part of being reintregrated...
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BURGER ME
A plant-based burger has upended the career of a 50-year ambulance volunteer after a colleague rejected the meal because it looked like meat. Decorated Pinnaroo SA Ambulance Service volunteer Robert Berlin, 70, has been stood down, prompting his 12...
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NCIS EXPOSES OUR BASES
The Pentagon and US Department of War ordered undercover NCIS agents to breach Australian Defence Force bases in a series of covert missions to test security provisions for shared AUKUS intelligence. Those security measures failed on multiple counts.
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SICK CHOKE JOKE
Reality TV star Sam Wood has been stood down by his health and fitness empire and remains in custody on remand on domestic violence charges. The Bachelor star posted a bizarre social media video joking about strangling his wife Snezana just hours...
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NUTCASES? STAY AWAY THEN
Controversial academic Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah’s place on the Adelaide Writers’ Week guest list is once again under fire after she labelled Australians “nutcases”. Dr Abdel-Fattah, who has been invited to speak at the 2027 Adelaide Festival event after...
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CLUBBED TO DEATH
Adelaide’s hospitality crisis has never been so bad, venue owners say, as a changing drinking culture and increasing cost-of-living pressures push the industry to the brink. They say soaring costs leave them with no choice but to raise prices, while...
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TEEN GUNS FOR HIRE
Crime syndicates are using social media platforms and encrypted messaging apps to recruit vulnerable South Australians, including teenagers, to carry out violent assaults, arson attacks, drug trafficking and property damage under the guise of “easy...
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PLUMBER 1, JIHADIST 0
Israeli plumber Yaniv Hayoun put a Flydubai co-pilot in a chokehold and dragged him from the cockpit after the Omani national stabbed the captain and sent the plane plummeting, in what the Israeli defence minister called an “attempted jihadist terror...
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Mogul: Jim is mowing us down
Jim’s Group founder Jim Penman says Treasurer Jim Chalmers is “incompetent”, as struggling Australians come to terms with Tuesday’s interest rate increase to 4.6 per cent. The lawn-mowing mogul, who grew up in Adelaide, said: “There’s nobody on the...
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JIM COPS A BULLOCKING
As she hiked the cash rate to a 15-year high, RBA Governor Michele Bullock on Tuesday shot down Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ claim the war in Iran is at fault, instead citing Labor’s addiction to spending.
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JIM HAS US IN A JAM
South Australian homeowners will pay the highest interest rate in 15 years if the Reserve Bank lifts the cash rate today – but don’t tell Jim Chalmers his government’ s spending is partly to blame. The Treasurer is under fire for blaming the war in...
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GIVE US A CHANCE
The Great Australian Dream of home ownership is in tatters, with half of all aspiring buyers giving up, stark new research has found. Millions more are resigned to renting for life, as our housing class divide widens to the real estate haves and...
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ALP grants balloon – to its seats
The Albanese government has driven a tenfold increase in multicultural grants to more than $300m since it won the last election, with 94 per cent of the money going to Laborheld electorates. One Nation leader Pauline Hanson said the figures looked...
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DOCK AND ROAR AS HISTORY BECKONS
Thousands of fired-up footy fans descended on Melbourne Park to cheer on their sporting heroes in the AFL Grand Final Parade ahead of Saturday’s blockbuster clash between Fremantle and Brisbane. But it was a sea of purple that dominated the crowds, as...
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ROBOTS HACK MEDICARE
A rogue artificial intelligence bot has hacked Medicare and accessed at least three other Australian government websites. Astonishingly, US company OpenAI, which was behind the breach, kept the bombshell quiet for weeks before emailing a generic...
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$1M FOR GUS
Jessica Murray and Joshua Lamont have spoken publicly for the first time to appeal for help to find their son, whose disappearance is now the subject of a $1m reward. “The disappearance of our son Gus has been the most devastating and inexplicable...
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DRIVE TO A DEBT END
Cafes and dessert bars run by the Chahoud hospitality empire racked up more than $20m in tax debts and splashed out on a fleet of luxury vehicles before liquidators were called in to wind up their previous operating companies, a liquidators’ report...
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CBD’S HUGE BODY BLOW
Foot traffic in the Adelaide CBD has fallen by almost 17 million visitors since 2023 as traders say online shopping and competition from suburban shopping centres has left the city a “ghost town”. Data collected from retail analyst Kepler Analytics...
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NEALE’S SQUEAL: DON’T BAN ME FROM GF A four-goal last-quarter blitz from Norwood’s Tristan Binder has sealed a famous comeback grand final win PAGE 9, SPORT YOUR FREE WINNERS POSTER INSIDE
A woman suffered horrific injuries in a Mid North house blaze that has also left one man dead and another who is set to be charged with murder and is fighting for his life in hospital.
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CONTROVERSIAL FREE HAS LIONS ROARING INTO BIG ONE Antic wins & vanishes
Conservative firebrand Alex Antic was elected state president of the Liberal Party on Saturday – but the usually outspoken senator had nothing to say about the convincing win, avoiding media after the vote. It throws the party, led by Opposition...
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Nui Te Koha Peter Rolfe With Farnsey, Jimmy’s a working-class fan
The Working Class Man is ready to salute The Voice. Rock legend Jimmy Barnes, his daughter Mahalia, and granddaughter Ruby, arrived in Melbourne yesterday to rehearse for an all-star megashow honouring John Farnham. “I would sing for John any day of...
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THE JIM REAPER
Australia is staring down the barrel of three more interest rate rises and a possible recession, as the International Monetary Fund urges Treasurer Jim Chalmers to rein in government spending. Money markets warn the nightmare three-hike scenario is...
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CROWS’ CULT PROGRAM
Former Adelaide Crow Mitch McGovern has opened up about the club’s infamous 2018 pre-season camp, describing it as “run by Byron Bay hillbillies”. Speaking on a recent podcast, McGovern said the controversial five-day camp on the Gold Coast directly...
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TASMANIA MOVES TO STEAL GATHER ROUND EXCLUSIVE
The sole surviving family member of an infamous triple murder that rocked the state has been freed from a court-imposed secrecy order. Sean Mitchell says the decade-long suppression, lifted late on Tuesday, stole his identity, voice and connection...
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A CITY IN SMELTDOWN
Hundreds of Whyalla workers will lose their jobs because the ageing blast furnace in the town’s beleaguerered steelworks has been shut down. Premier Peter Malinauskas on Monday announced efforts to restart the furnace – dormant since April – had been...
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HOW I WILL SHUT GATES
One Nation has vowed to return temporary skilled visas to 2017 levels and slash international student numbers to 115,000 a year in an immigration overhaul that would result in negative overseas migration for three years. The policy, to be announced on...
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NICKS TO NOTHING
The Adelaide Crows were shellshocked by a first-quarter Brisbane Lions blitz at the Gabba last night and never recovered, crashing out of the AFL finals in dismal fashion. Just a week after coach Matthew Nicks was feted by fans at Adelaide Oval when...
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SA LIBS FACE FEDERAL TAKEOVER IF ANTIC WINS
Insurance premiums have skyrocketed by more than $5000 a year for a group of Victor Harbor residents, who say they may be forced to move after part of the town was designated at risk of flooding. They are calling on the local council to help with...
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VICTIMS OF SLIME
A man who long had “access” to Magill Youth Training Centre has been charged with historical child sexual abuse against 29 alleged victims. The arrest marks a significant milestone in a decades-long struggle for accountability at the now-defunct...
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MALI VERSUS ALBO
Premier Peter Malinauskas has condemned the “madness” of a mainstream “political race to the bottom” to slash migration and attacked the Left’s “intense self-righteousness”, in a major speech challenging Anthony
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Aussie kids among the naughtiest
Australian students are among the worst behaved in the world, with bullying and classroom disruption as bad as Turkey, Lebanon and Poland, a new global snapshot shows. Just nine of the 91 countries reported less bullying than Australian students, with...
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FAT JABS FOR KILLER COOK
Triple murderer and infamous mushroom cook Erin Patterson is receiving taxpayer-funded Ozempic as she serves life behind bars.
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SUPER CASH SPLASH
Renters and mortgage holders could divert thousands of dollars from their super contribution into take-home pay, under a Pauline Hanson plan to combat the cost-of-living crisis.
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PROPERTY TRAP
South Australia has become the least affordable state to buy property in Australia – the first time any state has eclipsed NSW since 2011. A household on a median income of about $103,000 a year could afford just 7 per cent of all homes sold across SA...
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STUDENT SEX ASSAULT
A young boy at a northern suburbs Catholic school was allegedly bound, sexually assaulted, and threatened with death by a male classmate at the back of the oval. But the boy’s grandparents, his primary carers, claim the school has done no more than...
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ALBO’S HEALTH HEIST
Anthony Albanese’s proposed cuts to health insurance rebates for over-65s will likely bankrupt some private hospitals, push up the cost of pregnancy cover and drive people into aged care. A scathing analysis warns the federal government’s $3bn plan...
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SCHOOL FEE SPIRAL
South Australian private schools will be hit hard as the federal government strips more than $800m from more than 1000 private campuses nationwide by 2029. Independent Schools Australia chief executive Graham Catt said cuts to independent and Catholic...
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SECRET SERIAL KILLER FURY
Loved ones of the young men slain in the Family murders have launched a petition calling for public support to lift the longstanding veil of secrecy of the notorious unsolved crimes. Family members of Alan Barnes and Mark Langley, and the best friend...
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OH CROW YOU DON’T
The state’s top cop, who is also on the board of Adelaide Football Club, has defended using a specialist police security detail and a personal driver to deliver him to the Chairman’s Lounge to watch the Crows at the Oval.
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CLIENTS GET TWO DIGITS
Australians ripped off by corporate giant AMP are set for a tiny payout worth in many cases less than $100, with 75 per cent of a $29m class action settlement set to go to lawyers.
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BREAKING POINT
Six years since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, a typical household is now paying substantially more for essentials that once made up the backbone of an ordinary monthly budget, with massive spikes in costs outpacing pay growth. Analysis of data...
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SEX ED SCANDAL
A female teacher taking a sexual health class at a western suburbs high school is on leave pending an Education Department investigation after claims she made “sexual thrusting motions” behind a male student.
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VALLEY OF DEATH
It was like an inland tidal wave, sweeping away lives and livelihoods in scenes that were scarcely believable, even as more and more footage emerged of the devastating tragedy that has unfolded in Nepal. At least 35 Australians, including two...
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STAR’S WATER TORTURE
Ex-AFL player Nathan Grima, who played in an SANFL premiership, coached Sturt and now local side Glenunga, was nearly killed by a waterborne infection after a routine knee operation.
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HE CHEATED BEFORE
Jules Neale has claimed her estranged husband, Brisbane Lions star Lachie, cheated on her with at least two different women in her first tell-all interview. Neale has told podcaster Adelle Petropoulos that discovering her husband’s affair with her...
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SA at war over cuts to health rebates
SA Health has bluntly warned the federal government its plan to slash private health insurance rebates for older Australians will further choke clogged public hospitals. SA Health chief executive Dr Robyn Lawrence has written a scathing submission to...
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SEALING THEIR DOOM
A seal found dead at Beachport has become the first mammal in Australia to test positive to bird flu. The Invasive Species Council warns bird flu could become an “extinctionlevel” catastrophe if it spreads to Kangaroo Island’s endangered sea lions.
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CRIME DOES PAY
Convicted murderer Wendie-Sue Dent is living off the proceeds of her crime in prison, having sold her victim’s motorhome from her cell for as much as $100,000, the Sunday Mail can reveal.
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HINDLEY STREET BENDER
At least two of the five Swans players embroiled in sexual assault allegations were spotted partying in a near all-night bender on Adelaide’s notorious night-life strip earlier this season. Sydney stars Isaac Heeney and Nick Blakey were seen by fans...
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I JUST WANT JUSTICE
The woman who alleges she was sexually assaulted in a Melbourne hotel after being hired by Swans players to perform lap dances says: “All I care about is justice.” Speaking exclusively to The Advertiser, the exotic dancer says there were nine men in...
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BLOODSY IDIOTS
The five Sydney Swans players suspended amid allegations of a sexual assault at the Pullman East Melbourne hotel had taken exotic dancers up to a room for lap dances. The Swans on Wednesday announced they had banned Isaac Heeney, Chad Warner, Riley...
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BLACK SWANS
The sexual assault scandal engulfing Sydney emanated from an ugly dispute involving a female and one of the Swans players over touching that was “off limits”, sources have claimed. It comes as the Swans are weighing up a potential two-match suspension...
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SWANS’ SEXUAL ASSAULT PROBE
Police are investigating an alleged sexual assault involving Sydney Swans players at the Pullman East Melbourne hotel early yesterday, with the club considering standing them down. Isaac Heeney, Chad Warner, James Jordon and Riley Bice were among...
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The drought’s broken, but financial blows keep raining down on farmers Hanson: Let Aussies raid their super
One Nation leader Pauline Hanson says Australians should be able to withdraw funds from their superannuation amid the cost-of-living crisis, describing the current system as “broken’’. Senator Hanson appeared to support lowering the 12.5 per cent...
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KID GENDER SECRET
The results of a review into a scandal in which 22 children were given gender-affirming treatment at the Women’s and Children’s Hospital without the mandated psychiatrist assessment will be kept secret. SA Health says that due to patient...
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THEY WERE WARNED
A union boss claims concerns about work practices at Mechanical Vegetation Solutions were raised with safety authorities four months before Josh ThomsonParkin tragically lost his life this week in an Adelaide Hills workplace accident.
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DYING TO BE THIN
Weight-loss drugs are suspected of being linked to the deaths of 62 Australians and severe side effects in 2800 other patients who suffered nausea, pancreatitis, suicidal thoughts and an eye condition that can cause blindness. In the UK, American...
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LOST TO THE SEA
The three-month-old boy who plunged from a Port MacDonnell cliff with his mother and sister could be lost to the sea forever. Police have called off the search for Lewis Wright’s remains after the bodies of Helena, 36, and his sister Hazel, 2, were...
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AFL TRANS CLEARANCE
Comedian John Cleese and tennis legend Martina Navratilova have spoken out on the AFL’s decision to allow a transgender Adelaide Footy League player to compete in women’s competition. Three clubs had lodged duty of care complaints.
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TIME FOR TEX TO HANG UP THE BOOTS
It was 3am on Wednesday last week when Taylor Walker realised it was time. After nearly six years of treating every season like it would be his last as an AFL player, it dawned on Walker that 2026 would be the final one of his career. There wasn’t...
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OUR ENEMY WITHIN
Nearly 300 potential terrorists are living in Australia, official figures show, and the number of people in deradicalisation programs has surged almost 20 per cent since last year’s Bondi attack. Extremism experts blame financial pressures for...
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