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Stephen Drill covers organised crime, business and the politics of sport. His investigative podcasts include Mafia’s Web, Bikie’s Inc. and Faith On Trial. Drill was Europe correspondent for the Herald Sun, Daily Telegraph, Courier Mail and Adelaide Advertiser from 2019 to 2021. The Walkley Award winner has also worked at The Wall Street Journal in New York and The Sun in London.

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Smoke billows during Israeli airstrikes on areas southeast of Deir el-Balah city on August 24, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas militant group. (Photo by Bashar TALEB / AFP)

Are Israel and Hezbollah about to go to war?

As Israel and Hezbollah face off with full vengeance in their sights, this is what we know about the threat of another full-scale war in the Middle East.

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TOPSHOT - Smoke billows from an area targeted by an Israeli airstrike between the southern Lebanese border villages of Zibqin and Yater on August 25, 2024, amid escalations in the ongoing cross-border tensions as fighting continues between Israel and Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip. Hezbollah said early on August 25 it had launched more than 320 rockets at Israel overnight, targeting a string of military positions, even as Israel's military said it was carrying out pre-emptive strikes against the group. (Photo by Kawnat HAJU / AFP)

Truce talks progress despite Hezbollah, Hamas clashes

The White House says peace talks in Cairo are continuing despite an escalation of conflict between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah. Follow updates.

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Former CFMEU boss John Setka shows off new ink with a tattoo reading, God Forgives The CFMEU Doesn’t, on his neck. Supplied

Builders fight back on gold-plated CFMEU pay deals

Builders are seeking legal advice on how to rip up gold-plated CFMEU pay deals after the union was put into administration.

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Video footage of a man being arrested on one charge f conspiracy to conceal non-citizens for his alleged involvement in assisting 15 Chinese nationals who arrived in Australia by boat in a remote part of Western Australia near the Mungalulu Truscott Airbase on April 5, 2024. ,

Accused outback people smugglers face court

A trio of accused people smugglers who allegedly planned to pick up asylum seekers from a remote airbase in the Kimberley and drive them to Sydney have been arrested.

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Nina Merrilees, 64, right, thought she was sending money to her daughter Mikaela Turner, 32 (L), in New Zealand but the text messages she was responding to were actually a scam. Ms Merrilees, of Wodonga in Victoria, complained to Bendigo Bank but has not received any money back from the $11,600 she transferred. Supplied

‘Doesn’t protect you’: Aussie scam victims’ demand of banks

An Aussie mum, who lost $11,600 when she was duped by a scammer pretending to be her daughter, has joined other victims in demanding Australia do more to force banks to return the $2.7 billion in customer losses.

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Billionaire Ed Craven’s online casino sidesteps Aussie ban

Melbourne-based Ed Craven is not even 30-years-old and is already a billionaire. But the mogul’s online casino is shrouded in controversy.

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NETWORK ONLY (NOTE CHILDRENS FACES BLURRED) Emily Gian, 41, is an Australian living in Yehud, near Israel's Ben Gurion International Airport with her husband Tomer and their three children, aged 11, 9 and 5. This is an image of the family in their bunker. Supplied

‘It could be today’: Aussies in Israel preparing bomb shelters

Australians living in Israel are on high alert amid fears of an imminent strike from Iran, with one mother likening their tactics to “psychological terror”.

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, Jordan Curry, 42, an Australian national from Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), pled guilty to participating in a conspiracy to launder money and import cocaine from South America through the United States to Australia. He has been extradited from Greece to Sydney.

Lone Wolf bikie kingpin nabbed in dramatic global sting

Australian Jordan Curry, who worked with conspirators to keep drug prices high and bring cocaine and meth to Sydney and Melbourne, has pleaded guilty after being caught in a global sting.

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(FILES) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a wreath-laying ceremony marking Holocaust Remembrance Day for the six million Jews killed in World War II, at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem on May 6, 2024. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accepted an invitation from Republican and Democratic party leaders to address lawmakers in the US Congress on July 24, 2024 a congressional source told AFP on June 6. (Photo by AMIR COHEN / POOL / AFP)

‘Further action’: Tensions rise after Aussie killed in Gaza

Israel has been ordered to issue an apology to the family of the aid worker as ‘all out’ war threatens to break out in the Middle East.

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 14: Carlton President Luke Sayers celebrates during the 2024 AFL Round 01 match between the Carlton Blues and the Richmond Tigers at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on March 14, 2024 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Michael Willson/AFL Photos via Getty Images)

Luke Sayers accused of ‘contempt’ in fiery PwC hearing

A “frustrated” Luke Sayers was complaining during a hearing into the PwC scandal, which became heated as the Carlton president responded to questions.

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