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AN emotional and at times nearly tearful Christian Porter warned that a “new normal” of trial by social media was a threat to fairness and due process in Australia as he strenuously denied historical rape allegations against him. ABOUT 2000 doses of the Pfizer COVID vaccine have been wasted in NSW in the past week  SEVENTY-SIX of Australia’s most respected doctors and scientists have put their nam...

THE cabinet minister at the centre of an explosive historical rape allegation is set to name himself as soon as today, CHINA his blaming Australia’s free press for the worsening relations between the two nations. NSW government figures confirmed finalising this technology was a step closer to indoor venues or events using the vaccine as an entry requirement In an extraordinary quirk in the NRL dra...

Government pledges and extra 452 million for aged care sector  Police will canvas campsites and national parks to interview people in the area where Melissa Caddick’s shoe was found  Almost $40m  in compensation has been paid to student sexual assault victims in the past 20 years. Sydney fishermen reel in a mammoth 395kg tiger shark  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Senator Sarah Henderson sends rape accusation against ALP MP to police. Senior police question whether Melissa Caddick’s remains could have travelled so far. Principals luring students to show up with treats and trips. Player agent Khoder Nasser claims racism rife in rugby union. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription atdailytelegraph.com.au See omnystudio.com/lis...

The number of Sydney suburbs where you need $3m just to get in the front door is booming, with the list set to be nearly 60 by the end of 2021. An expert criminologist says investigators cannot afford to rule out foul play if the human remains found on Mollymook beach prove to be that of missing fraudster Melissa Caddick. Celebrities and other VIP self-isolators who were granted permission to skip...

A clearer picture has emerged of how Melissa Caddick used the millions she stole from investors. Increased competition for livestock has sent the price of beef at the butcher skyrocketing. Returning Australians face the tough choice of leaving their pets behind. Heartbroken family of Keith Titmuss have turned to the Australian Brain Bank for answers. For updates and breaking news throughout the da...

Owner of a south coast childcare centre investigated for alleged sex assaults on children. Emergency departments grappling with a spike in young people with self-harm and eating disorders. Labor staff “furious” over new party policy for handling workplace bullying and sexual harassment. Aaron Finch’s teammates are rallying around their embattled ­captain with Australia on the brink of a third-stra...

1400 testimonies, detailing rapes and assaults, collected from NSW schoolgirls. Queensland refuses to pay for its Sydney hotel quarantine bill. Jaycar boss can’t buy his way out of a letterbox stoush in Avalon. Prizemoney boost for horse races across NSW. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription atdailytelegraph.com.au See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informa...

Unemployed Australians will get an extra $50 a fortnight after the COVID-19 supplement ends in March. An international hit list’s been drawn up of ex-pat crime lords. Liberal sources believe PM Scott Morrison wants a female candidate to run in Craig Kelly’s seat. Parramatta Eels face a battle to retain winger Maika Sivo. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription atda...

The Federal Government wants to see people move to find jobs outside of JobSeeker location hotspots. Former Rabbitohs skipper Sam Burgess will face court in May after fresh charges. Fallout from Facebook’s Australian news ban continues with all federal government advertising now pulled. Souths halfback Adam Reynolds to reject the club’s one-year contract extension offer. For updates and breaking n...

A World War II survivor living in a Sydney aged care home has made history as the first person in Australia to receive a COVID-19 vaccination, marking the beginning of the long road back to “normal” more than a year into the pandemic. Facebook has been accused of using “bully-boy tactics” and of not being “compatible with democracy” by politicians around the globe, who warned the social media gian...

The new officer in charge of NSW’s sex crime squad is on a mission to convict  more violent sex offenders, and is pushing for a complete overhaul of sexual crime laws. A familiar face lands the coveted job of host of the Seven Network’s top-rating afternoon game show, The Chase. Cash-strapped young adults who are living with their parents ­because they cannot afford to buy their own homes, have be...

Oscar winner Julia Roberts is set to join the growing influx of Hollywood A-listers to Australia’s relatively COVID-free shores, with the superstar set to begin shooting a new TV series produced by Aussie brothers Joel and Nash Edgerton. Missing woman Melissa Caddick went on a document-shredding spree around the time the corporate watchdog began investigating her over claims of a multimillion-doll...

Australians have united against Facebook after the ­social media giant wiped essential health and emergency information in an effort to bully the federal government. Struggling to hold back tears, Defence Minister Linda Reynolds has defended her handling of a rape allegation by her former staffer, describing it as a “difficult” and “complex” matter.  Bikie-busting police unit Strikeforce Raptor wi...

A Liberal staffer who alleges she was raped by a senior colleague inside  Parliament House has accused Prime Minister Scott Morrison of “victim blaming” as the man at the centre of the shock claim checked himself into hospital.  A Tale of three train stations has revealed how swaths of Sydney have been left ­behind in multi-million dollar upgrades to help people in wheelchairs and mothers with pra...

It has taken the shocking claims of a young political staffer’s rape on a couch in a federal minister’s office — and that the allegations were  withheld from the Prime Minister — for a “long overdue” probe into the culture surrounding  Parliament House. Most Australians will still be waiting weeks to receive their first dose of the  AstraZeneca vaccine  even after the jab gained approval for use i...

Police will allege former NRL player Michael Lichaa allegedly assaulted his fiancee Kara Childerhouse after catching her in the middle of an “intimate act’’ with old Bulldogs teammate Adam Elliott. Academics at one of the nation’s top universities have told staff to stop using words such as “ mother” in favour of “gestational parent”, and to call fathers the “non-birthing parent” in a bid to deliv...

AUSTRALIA’S V-Day is finally within sight as health officials confirm the first doses of the highly effective Pfizer vaccine will arrive within days and start rolling out in one week. DAMNING new information about the level of access provided – or not provided – by the Chinese government to WHO investigators Adverse events” in hospitals are costing Australians more than $4 billion a year. FORMER B...

ONE of Sydney’s richest golf clubs has rejected a memorial for four young children killed by drunk and drugged driver THE CATHOLIC school system will spend $173 million to upgrade 36 of its schools, most of them in Sydney’s southwest and northwest. A LEADING private investigator with a career hunting ­fugitives believes missing woman Melissa Caddick has radically changed her appearance Cronulla ha...

GLADYS Berejiklian has vowed to keep NSW open despite her nervous counterparts slamming their borders shut in response to the growing COVID-19 outbreak in Victoria. A CRACK fraud squad will take charge of the investigation into Melissa Caddick’s multimillion dollar swindle in a determined bid to track down the missing woman. THE romance between NRL star Blake Ferguson and Sydney heiress Dominique...

A senior producer of Channel 9’s Today show has been charged with sexually assaulting a woman at his Bondi home. DESPERATE women and couples hoping to conceive through IVF will for the first time get an honest assessment of their chances of falling pregnant. eight councils which have asked for permission to increase their rates by more than the 2 per cent rate TEACHER in a same-sex relationship ha...

NSW looks set to steal thousands of jobs from other states thanks to a tax cut program ­designed to lure interstate businesses looking for certainty in the COVID era. TWO security guards have been hired to protect a mural of former Rural Fire Service chief Shane Fitzsimmons at a cost of about $3000 a day NRL stars will be told to consider  one-year contract extensions to prepare for the possibilit...

A damning report yesterday found James Packer’s Crown ­Resorts is unsuitable to run a ­casino in its new  $2.2 billion tower at Barangaroo. The NSW Department of Justice will not disclose how much money it shelled out on a mural of former RFS boss Shane Fitzsimmons which was vandalised hours after its grand reveal. A toddler whose life-and-death battle against a rare child cancer left her unable t...

Broncos bosses ready to tear up Payn Haas  $3.4 million contract if he is embroiled in any other off-field scandal. Charities supporting new mums have lashed Barnardos Australia for axing its Mother of the Year award State health authorities are investigating whether a ­returned traveller who tested positive to COVID-19 two days after leaving hotel quarantine caught the virus while in the hotel Bu...

Students are not penalised for spelling errors in HSC English exams in a practice, experts say must end. One in every 33 children, including preschoolers, is taking antidepressant medication as concerns mount the drugs could be driving up youth suicide rates. A Mid North Coast council has been forced to crack down on “free campers” parking their vans illegally in suburban streets. The simmering te...