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Young female prison officer under investigation over an alleged “inappropriate relationship” after a secret note in a prisoner’s cell. Emergency Services Minister struggles to sleep over steep toll of NSW’s flood crisis. Campsie heads a list of 10 Western Sydney postcodes set for price growth in the year ahead. A false alibi, a staged crime scene, and a washing machine spin cycle allowed a murderer to roam free for almost 25 years. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at dailytelegraph.com.au See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The man accused of sexually assaulting Brittany Higgins in Parliament House is set to have the charge against him dropped. A western Sydney hospital proposed to offer up vacant wards to film companies as a way to make money. The wife of disgraced former NRL star Brett Finch says the couple needs time to “heal” after his shocking child abuse material court case. Sydney’s staring down the barrel of a renewed housing crisis as building approvals drop through the floor.For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at dailytelegraph.com.au See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A group of junior St George rugby league players were attacked with a knife while innocently travelling from school to footy training. Sydney Airport’s boss would like to see the rules governing the airport modernised. Daryl Maguire’s excuse for not going to court’s been blown out of the water. Australia’s stars embraced former coach Justin Langer before belting the West Indies on day one of the Test in Perth.For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at dailytelegraph.com.au See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Allianz Stadium’s concert restrictions is being called the latest example of NIMBYism  that’s threatening to cripple the NSW economy. One Nation leader Mark Latham still banned for life from cricket. Ex-Wagga Wagga MP Daryl Maguire has been charged over his alleged involvement in the “cash-for-visas” scheme. NSW withdraws almost half of all Covid-19 public health order fines.For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at dailytelegraph.com.au See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Trains and train stations have become hotspots for postcode wars violence, with police increasing patrols to crackdown on knife crime. The Nationals will formally oppose the proposed referendum on an Aboriginal “Voice to parliament”. Secret talks are underway to hand over public land in Sydney’s east to the Local Aboriginal Land Council. Sending your child to the local public primary school in Western Sydney sets them up for academic success just as much as some of Sydney’s ritziest private schools.For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at dailytelegraph.com.au See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

THE state faces an escalating crisis of youth violence which has already claimed the lives of 11 young men and teenagers.COMMUNITY sport in NSW is in crisis with funding for organisations stuck at the same level as it was during the Sydney Olympics.PREMIER Dominic Perrottet has denied his party is on the nose with voters following the Liberals’ crushing defeat in Victoria, insisting his “energetic government” will avoid a similar fate when NSW voters head to the polls in March.GRAHAM Arnold’s Socceroos want to not just master the art of winning ugly, they are determined to use that approach to create World Cup history for Australia.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A SYDNEY personal trainer who was photographed topless at a beach without her knowledge was devastated to discover the images were circulating in group chats without her consent – and even more shocked to learn police were limited in their powers to punish those responsible. A RETIRED army major has called for Australian Defence Force chief General Angus Campbell to hand his Distinguished Service Cross back and said if he doesn’t “the government should take it from him”. ALLY Langdon held out for weeks before signing on to host A Current Affair after baulking at a hefty six-figure pay cut proposed by Channel 9 bosses. MEDICAL students will be able to take on paid jobs assisting doctors in hospitals under an Australia-first State government plan to dramatically bolster the health workforce.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

THE old Lindt Cafe will be turned into a “premium” bottle shop after liquor giant Dan Murphy’s was given the green light to transform the terror siege site.AUSTRALIAN Defence Force chief General Angus Campbell has demanded some of his most senior officers surrender their honours and medals related to service in Afghanistan.A “FAULT line” between the two carpark ceiling slabs of a “luxury” Sydney north shore apartment complex turned building horror show has become so wide that light beams through from the floor above.A THIRD wave of deadly asbestos diseases is emerging in Australia and it’s again happening at home.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

THE scale of violence that has made the Comanchero Australia’s most dangerous gang can be revealed - and includes two shocking convictions for child sexual assault.FALLEN TV star Andrew O’Keefe has been released on bail after allegedly testing positive to ice and cocaine less than a month after completing a six-month stint in rehab.A FORMER senior Cricket Australia executive is facing the possibility of jail time if convicted of two separate sexual assault charges involving a male colleague and another male cricket employee.YOLNGU star Baker Boy fronted a First Nations takeover of the 2022 ARIA Awards, winning five of the big music prizes on Thursday.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

MILLIONS of dollars in cash and drugs have been seized in dramatic arrests throughout Sydney after a year-long global operation involving NSW police, US Homeland Security and the AFP.THE education department has been hiring new bureaucrats three times faster than it has been recruiting teachers, with 49 additional executives employed in 2021 compared to three years earlier.The former Melbourne Storm premiership hero, State of Origin star and broadcaster’s spectacular fall from grace was completed as he was sentenced inside Sydney’s Downing Centre District Court.EX-NRL star Brett Finch avoided jail on Wednesday for sending a series of “depraved” child abuse messages via a sex chat service after a judge accepted they were part of a desperate and “absurd” attempt to feed his drug addiction.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

JUSTIN Langer insists he had no issue receiving confronting feedback from captains, players and staff during his tenure as head coach of the Australian men’s cricket team.THE Liberal party’s newly-installed candidate for Ryde joined fellow councillors at a five-star city hotel for a “planning weekend” 13 kilometres from home that cost ratepayers up to $10,000.SIX out of every seven properties in some NSW towns will be effectively uninsurable by the end of the decade, according to startling new research.A SYDNEY school has been forced to suspend production of a “fake history” play that wrongly claimed Captain Cook landed in Australia in 1788 with the First Fleet as a “coloniser” – when the explorer was long dead by then.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

NSW towns that have repeatedly bounced back from flooding since being settled in the mid-1800s now face an uncertain future as insurers abandon insurers abandon them, leaving residents in no man’s land.NEWCASTLE breakfast host Steve Grahame has been suspended following an alleged incident at the Australian radio industry’s big awards night.ELEVEN children were treated for burns — with two of them severely injured — after a science experiment involving methylated spirits “went wrong” at a northern beaches primary school on Monday.DAVID Warner has unloaded on Cricket Australia for the “traumatising” delay in making the  changes which have opened the door for the batting star to overturn his lifetime leadership ban.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Desperate parents are urging NSW Education Minister Sarah Mitchell to ban the “plague” of mobile phones in high schools, claiming their children are being distracted from learning and struggling to make friends. THE state’s top cop wants to “do ­better” to protect and support ­victims of sexual ­assault, introducing mandatory training for all would-be detectives. The medical expert who studied former Queensland Origin and Cowboys coach Paul Green’s death has called for every NRL player to donate their brain and urged the code to introduce a beefed-up CTE policy to combat life-threatening head injuries. The top 10 Sydney suburbs where buyers can find the best lifestyle with the most bang for their buck –can be revealed.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It was a flash flood that arrived with almost no warning, a “tsunami” that slammed into the tiny town of Eugowra. A SURGE in the number of athletes addicted to gambling is escalating the threat of match fixing in Australian sport at all levels by overseas crime gangs. FEDERAL Labor MPs are now as likely as their Coalition counterparts to own three or more properties, marking a definitive shift away from the party’s working-class roots. A KITCHEN hand, a pizza boy and a desperate housewife were among a group of 23 people who plundered more than $1.3m by posing as struggling businesses at the height of the pandemic.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

FIREFIGHTERS will refuse to enter new Sydney Metro tunnels after claiming key safety features of the mega project are below Australian standards.THE golden days of cheap airfares and low cost travel are a thing of the past with aviation experts warning high prices are here to stay.AN ugly, expletive-laden voicemail sent by convicted drug smuggler Michael Ibrahim to his sister in which he called her a “f..king stupid c..t” and threatened to kill her family, came from a place of deep and abiding love, a court has heard. POP star Guy Sebastian’s former manager has been jailed for embezzling more than $620,000 of the singer’s earnings.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

GLOBAL security tensions are at their highest point since the start of the war in Ukraine after a missile crossed into Poland and killed two people.DONALD Trump has launched his third White House campaign despite growing opposition to the former president within his own party and multiple investigations that could lead to criminal charges.STATE Labor leader Chris Minns says the federal government got it wrong by not consulting with community leaders before repatriating a group of ISIS brides in western Sydney.NASA launched the most powerful rocket ever built on a journey to the Moon on Wednesday, in a spectacular blaze of light and sound that marked the start of the space agency’s new flagship program, Artemis.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

AFTER dumping ISIS brides and their children  in their electorates – and refusing to address the concerns of the community – PM Anthony Albanese is now asking residents of Sydney’s west to dig deep and attend a fundraiser for the Labor Party, to be held in the very area where the returned terror brides have been re-homed. THE distraught mother of a toddler mauled to death says her little boy might still be alive if she hadn’t been given temporary accommodation at a motel with large dogs.A WAR has broken out between Dominic Perrottet and ClubsNSW over a deal that will save The Star Casino $1 billion in taxes, signed at the time he claimed he was “uncomfortable” about gambling revenue. VICTOR Radley faces a potential NRL sanction as an  investigation is launched after the England star allegedly headbutted an Irish player.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

SYDNEY’S peak hour trains are regularly running late and have not met their monthly on-time target of 92 per cent since May, the latest rail report card shows.MORE than a tonne of cocaine labelled “rat poison” and “plastic” was on its way to two addresses in northwest Sydney last week before federal agents caught the $440 million load.THREE young people suffered serious head injuries after a suspected stolen car carrying five smashed into a tree and burst into flames while being pursued by police in Sydney’s north.CRICKET Australia has offered to host a test match between India and Pakistan after the T20 clash between the two teams was a sellout success.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

They say powerful figures in an international drug smuggling cartel took advantage of their old age and waning influence by sending them in as “stooges“ on a “suicide mission” to retrieve a $47 million cocaine shipment, their lawyers told the Downing Centre District Court this week.THE ambitious son of an Australian golfing legend is going toe-to-toe with one of the country’s most powerful men in a $2.9bn war for NRL funding. “Dad taught me to stand up and fight for what you believe in,” says Rugby League Players’ Association boss Clint Newton, the son of Jack Newton – the legendary Australian golfer   who died earlier this year.WITH his personal life in turmoil and his career as a highly-paid cricket commentator behind him, retired cricketer Michael Slater is making plans to reinvent himself – as a mental health counsellor based at glamorous Queensland holiday hotspot Noosa.“PERSONALITIES” should be taken out of the investigation into the disappearance of William Tyrrell and the focus should be solely on fin

The ARL Commission has tabled a landmark $1.3 billion deal that will make NRL stars the highest-paid generation of players in rugby league’s 114-year history. WIFE killer Chris Dawson has been called a “conniving monster” after he avoided eye-contact with his daughter as she told of the moment she had to explain to her daughter why her “grandfather killed her grandmother”. CLUBS and pubs across NSW fear their revenue would nosedive by 30 per cent with the introduction of a cashless gaming card, with the industry saying it would cost jobs and hurt communities. FIRST-HOME buyers could head out to auctions from Saturday with the promise of getting a refund on their stamp duty after the government’s land tax reforms were passed. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.