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As a nation collectively held its breath, world No.1 Ash Barty showed why she is the most dominant force in women’s tennis, finding a way to overcome feisty American Danielle Collins Small businesses who suffered during the “shadow lockdown” brought on by Omicron will be able to claim up to 20 per cent of the payroll under a more than $1 billion NSW government financial support p...

A high school has banned “early marks” while teachers have been told to crack down on students vaping in the classroom “and exhaling out the windows” amid a 771 per cent increase in e-cigarette incidents in schools. Home-seekers will need to earn nearly $200,000 a year to be able to afford the typical Sydney house following another explosion in property prices last year. A...

Troubled former TV star Andrew O’Keefe has spent night in custody after being charged with assault.. Traumatised families who are unable to visit loved ones in aged-care homes due to Covid ...are furious the minister responsible attended the cricket instead of fronting a hearing on the pandemic response.  The mass surveillance of NSW school kids with a twice-weekly Covid test will be re...

Families caught in the crossfire of Sydney’s deadly gang wars are sick of the gunbattles that go on day and night and getaway cars being torched outside suburban homes. Newly elected NSW councillors could be turfed out of their jobs after an “epic fail of democracy” meant thousands of votes were not counted and some councillors may have been ­declared winners by mistake. A $2...

Little Charlise Mutten was allegedly shot dead by her stepdad with a small calibre rifle. Tennis champion, Paralympic gold-medallist, advocate and philanthropist Dylan Alcott has been named Australian of the Year, becoming the first person with a disabil­ity to win the top award. It’s not just your imagination: Prices for everything from petrol to groceries are going up, putting cost of...

Sydney councils have been accused of using Covid-19 as a cloak to cancel Australia Day events and avoid controversy relating to the “change the date” movement, as others prepare to forge ahead with their own celebrations. Australia has passed the peak of Omicron and is approaching the “beginning of the end” of the pandemic, according to leading infectious disease specialist...

THE messy divorce of disgraced former federal politician Craig Thomson and his ex-wife Zoe has taken another ugly turn, with the one-time MP spending Saturday  night behind bars after being charged with harassing her. IN what’s been dubbed a “blatant” act of political censorship, Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s account on the Chinese-owned social media site WeChat&nbsp...

Every student and teacher will be asked  to take a rapid antigen test twice a week in order to attend school – but masks will be ­restricted to high school. Masks are here to stay with  Premier Dominic Perrottet to keep in place a raft of restrictions for the short-term as he focuses on getting kids back to school safely. Exclusive new polling by Yougov has revealed Aussies re...

Australia's childhood Covid vaccination program has been labelled a disaster and it will be impossible to vaccinate every child aged five to 11 before school starts again this week. The heart-rending story that went around the world last weekend – of a distraught Sydney father recounting how his beloved  boy had died in the back of an ambulance on the way to  hospital from a heart...

A week before being ­officially sworn in as NSW Police Commissioner, Karen Webb has terminated the services of Deputy Commissioner Michael Willing,  who was tipped to get the job ahead of her. Kallista Mutten is understood to have been staying at the Riviera Ski Park at Lower Portland, in the lead-up to her daughter Charlise Muttens death last week,  with police swarming the park ove...

A JobSaver program is being looked at by the state government to get small businesses through the “shadow lockdown” sparked by the Omicron outbreak. THE man charged with murdering nine-year-old Charlise Mutten drove around Sydney for up to five hours with her body in the back of a boat  while he tried to work out where to dump her, police will allege. PREMIER Dominic Perrottet has...

A day before HSC results are set to be published, it can be ­revealed the NSW Education Standards Authority issued veiled warnings to media companies.  SECRET mobile speed cameras raked in more than $46 million in fines for drivers going less than 10km over the limit last year,  a 750 per cent increase on fines ­issued in 2020. THE stepdad of missing schoolgirl Charlise Mutten- J...

A secret military-like operation is under way to get every student in the state’s public, Catholic and private schools access to rapid antigen tests (RATs)  from the first week of term one. Police spent hours overnight combing through CCTV footage from cameras around the Blue Mountains in a bid to track the movements of a red ute belonging to the fiance of missing girl Charlise Mutten's...

 BREAKTHROUGH familial DNA technology has resulted in new leads in more than 100 serious cold case crimes including 15 murders, 18 sexual assaults and three kidnappings which took place over the past 20 years.  Novak Djokovic was sensationally deported overnight after a unanimous federal court decision dismissed his fight to stay in Australia and compete for a record 21st Grand Slam.&nbs...

An army of retired educators and final year student teachers will be hired to keep schools going during the Omicron outbreak.  Paying more than $3 million for a house has become the norm in ­nearly one in eight Sydney suburbs.  A leading vet has appealed to be allowed to import a Covid-19 vaccine for animals as he fears it is only a ­matter of time before infections among pets &l...

Novak Djokovic’s appeal against the second cancellation of his Visa is underway following an initial directions hearing before the same judge that quashed his last visa cancellation. It’s Sydney’s “war of the roses” – and the ongoing marital battle ­between Sam and Phoebe Burgess shows no signs of peace. Pregnant women are increasingly turning to emer­ge...

Children deemed “high risk” under an outdated risk matrix from the state government are being forced to take daily rapid antigen tests to enter daycare because centres and parents can’t keep up with the rapidly changing advice. A fight has erupted over the delays in the federal government’s decision on whether to cancel Novak Djokovic’s visa, as the deadline over his...

Battered and bruised from a two-day kidnap ordeal, Western Sydney man Omar Elomar was returned to his mansion yesterday ­following a rumoured $3 million ransom payment.  Novak Djokovic’s bid to remain in Australia has taken a hit after the world No.1 admitted to lying on his entry form and attending an interview while knowing he was Covid positive.  International students will...

The extreme environmental protest group which blocked coal trains in the Hunter last year, causing delays to millions of dollars worth of shipments, has issued a chilling pledge to “do that tenfold” to ­Sydney’s CBD.  Dire stock shortages are no longer limited to fresh food, with Covid-infected delivery drivers and international shipping disruptions wiping NSW...

Novak Djokovic was dramatically freed from immigration detention last night after a court slammed his “unreasonable” visa cancellation, but a red-faced federal government sensationally flagged another attempt to deport him.  A “style” guide was part of a $754,000 spend of taxpayer money over two years on NSW government branding, including templates and even a change to...

A serial rapist has allegedly offended again by sexually touching a young woman in an apartment block lift, but his identity is being kept from the public because a judge previously found naming him could interfere with his “rehabilitation”. Droves of young children will roll up their sleeves for their Covid-19 jab on Monday, while Premier Dominic Perrottet has repeated his promise to...

The state Government will double its order of 50 million rapid antigen tests for distribution to essential workers in the public workforce and vulnerable communities. Shocking details have emerged of Novak Djokovic’s night of torment when he was taken into custody by Australian Border Force officers amid allegations he was pressured into accepting a notice before he could contact his legal t...

COVID patients will no longer be kept in segregated wards and surgical staff will wear full protective gear permanently as at least three major hospitals move onto a “war footing” similar to the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Police are investigating whether a rival crime syndicate used the war ­between the Hamzy and Alameddine crime clans as a cover to murder gangster Ghassan Amoun. Leaked do...

Novak Djokovic will spend four nights locked in immigration detention amid a fiery legal stoush over whether the unvaccinated star can enter Australia. Rafael Nadal has sent a none-too-subtle message to great rival and world No.1 Novak Djokovic, saying he could have avoided all his troubles if he was vaccinated. Hamzy family crime boss Ghassan Amoun had been repeatedly warned that he was a dead ma...

Six million eligible Australians will get free rapid antigen tests as Prime Minister Scott Morrison overhauled the country’s testing regime while still refusing to bow down to calls that they should be free for everyone.  Tennis legend Rod Laver says he understands Aussie anger over Novak Djokovic being allowed to compete in the Australian Open, urging the nine-time champion to come cle...