THOUSANDS of international flight crew and hundreds of foreign diplomats were given a free pass to avoid mandatory hotel quarantine as airlines are accused of holding NSW lives and livelihoods to “ransom”The closure of NSW’s Liddell coal-fired power station will add nearly $100 a year to average bills from 2022, new modelling by the Australian Energy Market Commission reveals.CORONAVIRUS may have changed the world of Australians in 2020 but not the crime world with the AFP Eastern Command alone seizing a record 22.4 tonnes of drugs.Cricket is bracing itself for the distinct possibility that the Sydney Test could be moved, but administrators are refusing to give up on the SCG’s New Year’s showpiece.For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at dailytelegraph.com.au