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THREE senior Liberal men will be dumped at the next election in favour of women, as the party takes desperate measures to quell accusations of sexism within its ranks. ST George Illawarra Dragons young gun Junior Amone spent last night behind bars, bail refused, over his alleged involvement in a shocking hammer attack which left a tradie with serious injuries. DANGEROUS dating apps will be under t...

VIOLENT criminals could be banned from accessing dating apps as a condition of their court orders and the app giants will be questioned over their repeated failures to protect women as both sides of politics unite in the wake of another woman losing her life to violence. WHEN Angela Hardy swiped right on Tinder, there was no way for her to know that her date was a crazed serial stalker with nine a...

Two of NSW’s most senior cops – still mourning the loss of two murdered colleagues – have called for state and the federal governments to work together to draw up uniform national gun laws. Brittany Higgins has stepped out for her university graduation ceremony, saying she “couldn’t be more proud” of the occasion. The former governor of Lithgow jail and five of his guards have been charged with cr...

A junior staffer who was harassed by then chief-of-staff Chris Smith at her Channel 9 leaving do has spoken out for the first time about the 1998 incident that left her shocked and disgusted. Local general-duties police officers formed a heavily armed “extraction team” to rescue their fallen colleagues, driving on to the Train family’s western Darling Downs property in the vehicle of the trio’s mu...

THE company behind the Narrabri Gas Project has warned that the Albanese government’s energy price legislation represents a form of “Soviet-style … nationalisation” that threatens to make Australia as difficult for energy companies to do business in as “Argentina, Venezuela or Nigeria”. FOR years Budget Direct was happy to take Lisa Madden’s money for home and contents insurance that included floo...

POLICE are investigating whether conspiracy theorist Gareth Train and former school principal Nathaniel and teacher Stacey Train used cameras hidden around their property to track officers ­before gunning two of them down. TEENAGER Alex Ioane was beaten to death in a violent Sydney postcode brawl — now a lawyer representing one of the thugs who attacked him has warned joining a street gang is a on...

AS the four young police officers pulled up to the isolated yellow-sided weatherboard home about 4.40pm on Monday, they had no idea that inside was a cache of ammunition and weaponry controlled by survivalist and conspiracy theorist Gareth Train, his wife Stacey and Gareth’s mentally-unstable brother Nathaniel. A NEW personalised vaccine against melanoma has almost halved the rate of recurrence an...

AN average weekly supermarket trolley costs at least $20 more to fill than it did only six months ago, an investigation by The Daily Telegraph reveals. CRICKET Australia has offered Candice Warner and her family a security escort at matches for the rest of the Test summer, after she was abused by fans in Adelaide. REAL estate agents will be banned from asking renters to bid higher than a property’...

MORE than 80 per cent of real estate agents are encouraging “rent bidding’’ as Sydney faces a rental crisis that is leaving desperate would-be tenants with­out a home, a Daily Telegraph investigation has found. NSW clubs have declared war on anti-gaming politicians as the heavyweight industry enters the state election fray with a campaign to oust one MP for her support of gambling reforms. TELEVIS...

SIX Waverley College students have been expelled over the violent hazing of a group of Year 7 boys amid claims from parents they were beaten with belts, locked in fire hydrant cupboards and made to bark like dogs and lick the shoes of other students. THE NSW government has vowed to support an indigenous Voice in Australian parliament — putting Nationals ministers at odds with their federal counter...

A SENIOR student at Waverley College has spoken out about an anti-Semitic culture at the school that has seen abuse hurled at passing members of the Jewish community, Nazi salutes made in corridors and teachers abused for their heritage. The ACT Director of Public Prosecutions Shane Drumgold is calling for a public inquiry into the conduct of police during the investigation of Brittany Higgins’ ra...

A BOLD vision for a single Sydney supremo dedicated to sweeping away red tape and the “advancement and wellbeing of Australia’s greatest city” has received backing from both sides of politics and business. LABOR Leader Chris Minns has opened up a major election battlefront by pledging to sell off “surplus” public land to build more affordable housing alongside Sydney’s public transport hubs. A CLI...

The Daily Telegraph can reveal a Labor government would seek to increase housing targets in wealthier suburbs with good transport links by building affordable housing projects, so essential workers can live closer to the CBD. A RECORD number of Australians took out a new home loan after RBA Governor Philip Lowe’s first proclamation that rates wouldn’t rise for three years, a figure only surpassed...

Real estate agents will be investigated over driving up rental prices with bidding frenzies, as NSW prepares to bring in new laws. An urgent investigation into Transport NSW’s planning day launched following inquiries from The Daily Telegraph. Shane Warne and distance runner Ron Clarke to be officially recognised as Legend status in the Sport Australia Hall of Fame. Breakout tv star Chloe Hayden s...

An SAS soldier serving in the Middle East is recovering in Germany after being stabbed in a fight at a brothel in  Iraq. Outback wrangler star Matt Wright flew in the same helicopter with his family, just days before the accident that killed his mate. Nine licensed venues have been named and shamed for serving booze to teens. Byron Bay tops the NSW list for the highest incidence of melanoma. For u...

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 murdere...

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 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 T...

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 break...

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 Wes...

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 “energet...

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...

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...

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 possib...

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 S...