James Packer is set to become $3.26bn richer after Crown Resorts accepted an offer to sell its entire Australian casino empire to a US private equity firm.

Funeral providers face being slapped with big fines if they don’t follow new regulations aimed at making funeral pricing easier to navigate for grieving Queenslanders.

Jarryd Hayne could walk from prison on bail as early as Tuesday as he gets set to face a jury for a third time over sexual assault allegations.

And Ben Roberts-Smith’s ex wife claims the elite soldier told her to lie about their marriage or she would lose her children even after his “affair” plunged the family into “chaos”.

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