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Victorian Greens Senator Lidia Thorpe resigns from the leadership team following revelations she had a relationship with an ex-bikie boss. Medibank cyber attack branded “a dog act” by Cyber Security Minister Clare O’Neil. Fruit and vegetable prices expected to soar due to major flooding across Australia. Tim David is ready to take the Twenty20 World Cup by storm.For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at dailytelegraph.com.au See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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.For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at dailytelegraph.com.au See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Facial recognition security cameras will appear in all NSW pubs and clubs to keep problem gamblers away from poker machines. New venue granted a rare licence to trade until dawn. Anthony Albanese’s half-brother has opened up for the first time about their long-distance relationship. St George Illawarra’s Jack Gosiewski reveals he didn’t play another game of NRL after a heartbreaking choice.For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at dailytelegraph.com.auSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Premier Dominic Perrottet has vowed to raise the Warragamba Dam wall alone if the federal government refuses to come to the table. Former NRL star Brett Finch says he left vile child abuse messages in a desperate attempt to obtain drugs. It will take The Star casino 12 to 18 months to return to suitability to hold its own gaming licence. Des Hasler’s lawyer has fired off a legal letter to Manly demanding the club compensate his client a whopping $1m.For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at dailytelegraph.com.auSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A convicted terrorist who threatened to behead a cop and once declared he was “at war” with Australia will walk free from prison this week, five years after he was jailed for an Islamic State inspired knife attack in inner Sydney.  Star Entertainment faces the appointment of an external manager to oversee its Sydney casino, but will be allowed to keep its operating licence.  Three people were killed and two others rushed to hospital after a horror car crash in Canberra yesterday.  George Kambosos insists he will not retire in the wake of his punishing but courageous loss to Devin Haney in a blood-and-thunder rematch in Melbourne.  For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at dailytelegraph.com.auSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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.  For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at dailytelegraph.com.auSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sydney's latest stadium stoush has gone nuclear after a recorded conversation emerged in which Prime Minister Anthony Albanese demanded to NSW Premier Dom Perrottet that a new Roosters sign at Allianz Stadium be “torn down”.  HSC students are now so crippled by anxiety about their performance during exams that an extraordinary one in 10 are now claiming the right to have a rest every 30 minutes.  The death of a man on the Hume Motorway was discovered only when a truck driver checked his dashcam footage two days after the accident.  The Greens have begun a new push to abolish traditional prayers in the NSW Upper House, claiming they “devalue” people and are “inappropriate in a country that values religious diversity.”  For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at dailytelegraph.com.auSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

One of Police Minister Paul Toole’s brothers has been arrested over his alleged involvement in a large drug supply syndicate, just days after another sibling was put behind bars on unrelated charges.   GEN Z HSC students are less likely to want to study academically demanding university subjects in the health fields next year... while a growing number are hoping to pursue creative careers like fashion design.  Google's Asian subsidiary that takes Australian businesses’ money for online search advertising is paying barely five per cent tax on the web giant’s mega-profits.  The Everest is reinventing racing for a whole new generation of Millennials who will make up the majority of the 40,000 plus crowd at Royal Randwick on Saturday.  For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at dailytelegraph.com.auSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The NSW Police Force is a step closer to being more powerful than ever before, with the first round of a law reform package targeting the city’s crime clans being approved by parliament Tuesday night – ahead of a second round being rolled today.  Jame Ruse’s 26-year reign as the state’s most intelligent school could be under threat with a girls’ school predicted to take the coveted prize of topping this year’s HSC rankings.  A $500 million “black hole” has emerged in Labor’s policy to increase penalties for business wrongdoing, which the federal government was relying on to offset other budget costs.  Manly owner Scott Penn has confirmed Des Hasler has until the end of the week to decide whether he will remain as Sea Eagles coach as the club takes steps to future-proof its football success.  For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at dailytelegraph.com.au.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

New rules will be introduced to govern how early entry university offers are given to Year 12 students, after Daily Telegraph audit. Warning signs will be reinstated before and after mobile speed cameras from January next year. A sea lion has injured two children in an attack near Perth, sending them to the hospital. Champion sprinter Nature Strip is set to become the first odds-on favourite to contest The Everest at Royal Randwick.For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at dailytelegraph.com.auSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Albanese government’s decision to repatriate the family members of Islamic State fighters has been slammed as “irresponsible and offensive” by members of Western Sydney’s largest Assyrian community, many of whom fled Syria and Iraq to escape ISIS atrocities. Plans to help floodproof western Sydney and save lives by raising the wall of Warragamba Dam have taken a giant leap forward, with Premier Dominic Perrottet declaring the project will be fast-tracked following 18 months of extreme weather. Brittany Higgins faced Bruce Lehrmann on Wednesday  ACT Supreme Court and, the man she says sexually assaulted her while she was unconscious on a couch in the office of their boss – then-Coalition minister Linda Reynolds. And..Manly chair and owner Scott Penn is jetting back into the country from New York to front a board meeting that will determine the future of coach Des Hasler with skipper Daly Cherry-Evans distancing himself from the saga yesterday.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Three years after former Liberal staffer Brittany Higgins was allegedly raped in a federal minister’s office inside Parliament House, she has returned to the capital to testify against her alleged attacker. NSW Veterans Minister David Elliott is appealing to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to reverse the “utter madness” of a government plan to bring the wives and children of ISIS fighters back to Sydney. Tennis star Nick Kyrgios will attempt to have a charge of ­assaulting his former girlfriend Chiara Passari dismissed on mental health grounds. Economists are hopeful interest rate rises are slowing down after the Reserve Bank increased rates for the sixth month in succession, but by a smaller than expected 0.25 of a percentage point.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Penrith players have revealed the Top Gun inspiration which helped drive them to premiership success. Optus chief executive Kelly Bayer Rosmarin denies there is a rift between the company and the federal government and says the telco is co-operating fully with all investigations into a massive data breach. Household water bills will shoot up by $130 per year if Warragamba Dam’s maximum capacity is lowered/ Staggering $47.8 billion has been clawed back by the Australian Taxation Office in the past five years from tax cheats as well as people making mistakes on their tax returns, it can be revealed.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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”.  For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at dailytelegraph.com.auSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Covid isolation could be a thing of the past if Dominic Perrottet is able win his crusade today to convince other Premiers to scrap mandatory isolation for positive cases.  Troubled game show host Andrew O’Keefe has been rallying his “band of brothers” at a rebab centre. A Dover Heights father charged with having a shortened gun inside his family home claims it was a relic belonging to his deceased father.  Racing and rugby league chief Peter V’landys may be a tough negotiator but, according to the person who knows him best, his most admirable quality is that he treats everyone the same.  For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at dailytelegraph.com.auSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The lead-up to Sunday night’s NRL grand final has been hijacked by a scalping scandal.  Sharks star Nicho Hynes capped a remarkable first-up season at Cronulla by claiming the prestigious Dally M Medal with the highest individual score in the award’s 43-year history.  The elite Knox Grammar School has been rocked by more upheaval with the resignation of its head chaplain over his relationship with a female chaplain.  Treasurer Jim Chalmers says Australians should be consulted on who they want to appear on future $5 notes, with King Charles III not necessarily the automatic choice  For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at dailytelegraph.com.auSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

High-performing teachers could be paid super salaries –while their peers will get no pay rise at all – under a bold plan to stop good teachers leaving the classroom.  Parramatta Labor MP Andrew Charlton has denied claims he just is a Bellevue Hill blow-in after his new Western Sydney neighbours said they had not seen him since the federal election.  Optus customers are are “furious” at the lack of security around their personal information as the hacker purportedly behind the massive breach claims to have deleted the stolen data.  A climate protester who brought the Sydney Harbour Tunnel to a standstill by locking herself to the steering wheel of a car has avoided punishment. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at dailytelegraph.com.auSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The practice of teachers choosing their friends or the union delegate to conduct official evaluations of how well they deliver lessons and manage a classroom of students will cease after the state government put a stop to the practice.  It’s been revealed a husband kept his wife alive by breathing into her mouth and begging her not to give up as they clung to a tree in floodwater while holding their youngest two children.  Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk’s plans to overhaul land tax – potentially hitting NSW investors from across the border – could fall flat on its face if other states refuse to share their residents’ information.  An expert says Australia needs to ­urgently reassess its data protection laws after customers who left Optus a year ago had their data ­exposed in a hack that has left the telecommunications ­industry reeling.   For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at dailytelegraph.com.au,See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.