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NRL referee Ashley Klein confirms he had a gambling problem after report claims he lost $400,000
Top NRL referee Ashley Klein has confirmed he battled through a gambling addiction after a report suggested he had lost up to $400,000. Klein, who was responding to a report in the SMH, said his gambling was only on horses and greyhounds and that he had never gambled on rugby league. “Many years ago I…
How ‘Eternal Darkness’, Israel’s operation in southern Lebanon, continues to expand
An 11th-hour intervention from US President Donald Trump stopped a planned Israeli assault on Beirut in its tracks — but only for about a week. Despite the US brokering a renewed ceasefire agreement between Israel and Lebanon, without Hezbollah at the table, fighting between the militant group and the Israel Defense Forces continued. It prompted…
Ghana soccer player Thomas Partey has been denied visa to enter Canada
“FIFA can confirm that player Thomas Partey will be unable to travel from Ghana’s Team Base Camp in Boston, USA, to Canada for their first match against Panama on Wednesday, 17 June, as his visa application has been refused by the Canadian government,” world football’s governing body said.
Parramatta ICAC probe: Pink Ladies left paper trail of alleged misconduct
The professional and personal lives of Sydney’s self-described Pink Ladies have been examined in forensic detail for all to see. Over the past five weeks, the NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) has held a public inquiry into misconduct allegations against City of Parramatta former CEO Gail Connolly and other staff. Her friends and senior…
Canada’s social media ban for kids may narrow. Experts say that’s good – National
The social media ban for children under 16 that’s part of the federal government’s new online harms bill will likely narrow over time, experts note, with exemptions available for companies that meet yet-to-be-defined safeguards. Government officials are aiming to use the ban as a “carrot and stick” incentive for platforms to improve their designs and…
Neil Tracey fled Canberra fearing for his safety. Months later, he was dead in Brisbane
WARNING: This story contains references to suicide and addiction. There was no knock at the door. No uniformed officer. No carefully crafted words of condolence. Instead, the news of Neil Tracey’s death arrived on a scrap of paper. On the morning of May 9, 1989, a man walked into a butcher shop in Lyneham in…
Cyle Larin anota el 1-1 para la “Hoja de Maple”
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From the Skyneedle to the South Bank Parklands, here’s a look at the legacy left by Expo ’88
Even six years out from the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games, there is a sense of anticipation in the air. Opportunities for places like Brisbane to prove they are “world cities” do not come around every day, and when they do, it is essential to seize the moment. But it’s not the first time…
The wavy-bladed sword from Brisbane that links Filipino pirates to Lord Nelson
Archaeologist Adam Brumm usually deals with ancient artefacts — think million-year-old stone tools carefully chipped into shape by a human ancestor, or faded ochre paintings daubed on walls deep inside labyrinthine limestone caves. But his current obsession is a relic forged just a few hundred years ago. It’s a sword about as long as his…