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Matthew BennsEditor-at-Large

Matthew Benns is Editor-at-Large at The Daily Telegraph. He is a career journalist from Fleet Street to Sydney and has covered stories all over the world, tracking tigers in the Russian Far East to finding Elvis Presley’s first girlfriend in Biloxi, Mississippi.

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Cash cheats costing us $25 billion a year

Cash cheats costing us $25 billion a year

EVERY time a tradie offers a cheaper quote for cash or a cleaner fails to declare a cash payment, the rest of Australia’s PAYG workers pick up a tab — as much as $25 billion a year.

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Wran’s drug past laid bare

Wran’s drug past laid bare

A DRUG dealer who claims to be an ex-boyfriend and former housemate of Harriet Wran has told of her tragic descent into drugs.

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Pic of Jodhi Meares entering Waverley court today.She faces high range drink driving charges and driving on a cancelled licence. She rolled her range over in Bellevue Hill on June 21. Four cars were damaged but no-one was hurt. She blew 0.181 at the scene. She should show up this time and plead guilty.

Hostage to fame or risk to society?

IS Jodhi Meares a victim of unwanted celebrity or a poor little rich girl with a $10 million divorce settlement and very little regard for the $1100 fine and one-year ban for an offence that could have been so much worse?

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A despicable act of pure evil

A despicable act of pure evil

SICKENING, despicable and pure evil – Tony Abbott spoke for the free world in condemning the brutal beheading of American photojournalist James Foley.

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From school dress-up to a child of war

From school dress-up to a child of war

LESS than a year ago Khaled Sharrouf’s son’s only concern was dressing up as a children’s character for book day at Rissalah College in Sydney’s west.

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