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An allowance of more than $3000 each year for workers who do not undertake illegal strikes are among the perks enjoyed by Sydney Trains employees. Police are investigating an incident in which a student at one of Sydney’s top private schools Mobile phones would be banned in public schools if Labor wins the state election And She found her fame on reality TV show The Bachelor – where every detail of her developing relationship was played out before a national audience.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Speed camera operators have been banned from “hiding” between parked cars and behind bushes  It was an email dump that brought a Sydney financial planner undone  Sydney's residential real estate market may be treading water, but the pub market is booming And Abhorrent cases of animal cruelty – some so graphic they cannot be published – are on the riseSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The man who once led the investigation into the disappearance of William Tyrrell is calling for a public inquiry into the handling of the case Paris Olympic organisers are considering removing airconditioning from athletes’  Behind the frosted windows of what looks like a ­deserted building in Kings Cross, the lives of drug users are quietly being saved And Sydney's real estate market is finely balanced between buyers and sellers as spring beginsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A secret chat room set up by students from elite Knox Grammar School had more than 150 participants  A spate of violent and deadly youth crimes in NSW will be tackled by a new Youth Crime Taskforce Labor will seek to introduce legislation this year to simplify the Better Off Overall Test and widen access to multi-­employer bargaining  And Sydney Roosters captain James Tedesco has boldly declared that the club can defy decades of history and become the first side in the NRL era to win the premiership See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Students at one of Sydney’s most elite private schools set up a chat room where vile child abuse mat­erial, racist and homophobic videos were posted The first Metro services to Sydney’s south-west could be delayed by up to a year  Detectives who investigated the murder of Lynette Dawson believe her husband Chris buried her body somewhere on the state’s Central Coast And Billionaire Roosters boss Nick Politis has a blunt message for arch-rivals the South Sydney RabbitohsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bus and train services will be dramatically reduced across Sydney again today  Chris Dawson’s face got redder and redder as Justice Ian Harrison tore his ­defence to shreds Australian of the Year Dylan Alcott will join the high-profile line-up at the Albanese government’s landmark Jobs and Skills summit  And Convicted South Australian drug trafficker Cassandra “Cocaine Cassie” Sainsbury has arrived back in Adelaide See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The once high-flying footballer, model and high school teacher Chris Dawson will today face a judge and learn his fate  Stage three tax cuts will live another day under the federal Labor government  Get in early enough to the historic first two nights of footy at the new Allianz Stadium and you’ll be able to drink up at 49 per cent off the usual prices. And Leichardt Oval will quickly become unfit for professional sport unless the state government fulfils its promise to fund the dilapidated ground’s upgradeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The new Sydney Football Stadium at Moore Park had its official opening Comanchero bikie heavyweight Tarek Zahed has been dramatically arrested by police in Sydney over a 2014 murder Disgraced prison boss Wayne ­Astill, known as the Silver Fox, has spent his first nights on the other side of the prison bars  And The number of NSW residents who vape has gone up by almost seven times in just four years See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

More than $7 billion worth of ice is being taken a year as use of the drug infiltrates all classes  Asylum seeker turnbacks, tax cuts and the recognition of Palestine are among a slew of contentious Federal government policy positions under threat after a successful power grab by the ALP Left. This year’s NAPLAN results have been delayed after Covid, the flu wave and flooding resulted in a record number of students skipping the standardised test And La Nina is on the way back for a rare third yearSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Regional NSW will get a vital injection of healthcare workers A silent pandemic devastating lives is also having a serious impact on the economy,  Former drug dealer and Sydney restaurateur Richard Buttrose has won a secret payout from Corrective Services NSW  And Wayne Bennett has blasted critics of the Dolphins following accusations Redcliffe has become one of the NRL’s most despised teams See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Patients needing emergency care in a regional NSW hospital are “taking their lives in their own hands”, as staff short­ages across the bush reach crisis point. About 170 homes in NSW have been left unfinished following the failure of Oracle Building Corporation Workers who choose not to join their trade union would be forced to pay a fee worth hundreds of dollars anyway  And For someone who makes a living from oversharing, Abbie Chatfield admits it’s also exhaustingSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Australian woman Cheng Lei, who has been held in a Chinese jail for more than two years on national ­security charges, fears her eyesight has deteriorated  John Farnham faces a long road to recovery following a 10-hour surgery to treat cancer. At just 22, Geordie Horan has already been to too many funerals, all for mates who have taken their own lives And Wayne Bennett has revealed his interest in Latrell Mitchell and is ready to ambush his former Rabbitohs club See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Regional mayors are begging for the NSW government to overthrow archaic planning laws in a bid to solve the housing crisis in the bush. A woman who was in a relationship with fallen cricket legend Michael Slater says he threatened to publish personal images without her consent among other things Missing toddler William Tyrrell’s foster parents have been charged over allegedly enlisting someone to make dummy bids during an auction for a Sydney property  And John Gowans was walking his 11-year-old greyhound, Ruby, when Thor fatally mauled his pet on a Bateau Bay street in July.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Elderly residents in the bush are being forced out of the towns they have called home their entire lives and into nursing homes hours away or hospital beds, as the regional aged care system buckles amid a lack of ­investment and surging demand. NSW Police are now working to prevent alleged organised crime groups in Bankstown and Punchbowl. Qantas will gift most of its 14 million frequent flyers a $50 travel credit in a major brand resuscitation exercise for the embattled airline. And… on-loan Wests Tigers centre Oilver Gildart has only had a glimpse at how the other half live but it’s enough for him to know he wants to stay at  Sydney Roosters.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lametta Fadlallah’s killers are believed to have paid $500,000 to take out the gangster mum in a plot motivated by revenge, underworld sources said. Paul Green’s shattered parents have opened up about the pain of the NRL legend’s death and the memories they have of their “baby boy”. More than half the country’s disability employment providers will be wholly or partially dumped by the federal government on Monday after a review found they were producing extremely poor outcomes for participants. And war veterans have slammed Sir Peter Cosgrove’s comments about mental health, describing his words as “out of touch”, “ignorant” and “damaging”. For updates and breaking news throughout the day, take out a subscription at dailytelegraph.com.auSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Teachers, childcare workers and coaches were among the men arrested in Australia’s largest online child abuse probe.  Cashed up home buyers have been shelling out record sums for Sydney’s best homes despite soaring interest rates pulling the market into a slump expected to last well into next year. Waiting lists for children needing surgery have blown out by as much as 52 per cent compared to last year. And Liberal MP Daryl Maguire was so in love with then-NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian that he claims he secretly gifted her a horse. For updates and breaking news throughout the day, take out a subscription at dailytelegraph.com.auSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The NRL grand final is up for sale in a Super Bowl-style bidding war after league boss Peter V’landys awarded the decider to Sydney for this season only. Colouring-in posters given to Year 1 students at a NSW primary school accusing Australians of genocide have been called “indoctrination” and “propaganda”. Shark nets will remain on Australia’s most famous beach despite calls from the Green and Labor-controlled Waverley Council to rip them out. And in sport, Adam O’Brien insists superstar skipper Kalyn Ponga does not have too much power at Newcastle as the embattled coach vowed to inject a harder edge to stop the rot at the strife-torn Knights. For updates and breaking news throughout the day, take out a subscription at dailytelegraph.com.auSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

THE school playground is becoming the recruitment centre for teenagers looking to radicalise vulnerable and lonely kids, A SYDNEY mayor whose council takes in Bondi Beach wants shark nets removed this summer despite only one fatal attack occurring on a pro­tected beach since nets were introduced in NSW almost 100 years ago.KISS rock gods Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons have landed, vowing to make the iconic band’s final shows in Australia an unforgettable celebration – with full makeup, costumes, flames, fake blood and all the hits. AND.. the desperate battle for the NRL grand final remains in the balance after the ARL Commission again delayed a decision on rugby league’s showpiece event.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Four men walked up to a car and told a teenage girl to wind down her window before one pushed her head out of the way and pumped 15 bullets into the back seat, killing two women. A Sydney man has been shot dead in Los Angeles in a ­shocking incident that local ­investigators are treating as a homicide. Disgraced former NRL star Brett Finch used an online sex chat service to send sick messages about fantasies of having sex with a 12-year-old boy, court documents have ­revealed. And in sport, fingers are being pointed at Venues NSW over a damaging leak which threatened to derail tense NRL negotiations at the 11th hour, with the Australian Rugby League Commission preparing to “bite the bullet” and make a final call on where the Grand Final will be held. For updates and breaking news throughout the day, take out a subscription at dailytelegraph.com.auSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The 2022 NRL grand final could still be held in Brisbane, with rugby league boss Peter V’landys rubbishing a report on Monday night a deal had been struck to keep the fixture in Sydney. Slain underworld mum Lametta Fadlallah was on the way to an engagement party at her boyfriend’s nearby restaurant when she and her friend Amy Hazouri were gunned down. Senior ministers in the former Coalition government have no idea if Scott Morrison secretly assumed control of their portfolios during the pandemic in a “dictatorial” move condemned by Labor. And in sport, it’s the night out celebrating a $2.4 million house purchase that could cost Kalyn Ponga the  co-captaincy of Newcastle.  For updates and breaking news throughout the day, take out a subscription at dailytelegraph.com.auSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.