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Stephen RiceSydney Bureau Chief

Stephen Rice runs The Australian’s NSW bureau and writes on a wide range of subjects. Hestarted his newspaper career at The Sydney Morning Herald before moving into television, where he became executive producer of Nine’s Sunday and Business Sunday programs. He has worked as a senior investigative producer on 60 Minutes and the Seven Network’s Sunday Night. He has law and arts degrees from the Australian National University and has twice won Walkley awards, including the award for Leadership in Journalism.

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Exterior of the Athenaeum Club, an exclusive gentlemen's club, at 87 Collins Street in Melbourne.

Sabotage of after-dinner chocolates rocks elite club

Unidentified members or staff of Melbourne’s Athenaeum Club are said to have ‘tampered with’ after-dinner chocolates to insert messages alleging the club is anti-women.

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(WARNING - THE FACE NEEDS TO BE PIXELATED) SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos NOVEMBER 3, 2022: The foster mother of William Tyrrell who is charged with lying to the crime commission leaves Downing Centre. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Jeremy Piper

‘She knows where he’s buried’

A senior detective has claimed William Tyrrell’s foster mother knows where the three-year-old’s body is buried.

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Labor kicks out extreme activist

Extreme left activist Jay Tharappel, who once wore a jacket bearing slogans that declared ‘Curse on the Jews’ and ‘Death to Israel’, has been thrown out of the Labor Party.

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LISMORE, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 30: A woman walks her dog on a flooded road on March 30, 2022 in Lismore, Australia. Evacuation orders have been issued for towns across the NSW Northern Rivers region, with flash flooding expected as heavy rainfall continues. It is the second major flood event for the region this month. (Photo by Dan Peled/Getty Images)

Cautious buyback scheme approval

Flood-weary residents of northern NSW have cautiously welcomed an $800m buyback scheme for homes in areas where flooding ‘would pose a catastrophic risk to life’.

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12/08/2003. Unidentified person plays poker machine. Generic images of Tabcorp, TAB. gambling pokies gaming machine.

Cashless gaming clash on the cards

The Perrottet government is under renewed pressure to introduce mandatory cashless gaming cards in all NSW clubs and pubs after recommendations by the NSW Crime Commission.

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13/10/2022. Tom Lockley, former Powerhouse Museum volunteer guide who was sacked after speaking out against the museum's proposed change from a science and technology museum to a fashion and design centre and expansion from Ultimo to Western Sydney. Photographed inside the museum with an old Catalina aircraft, Frigate Bird II, flying boat. Britta Campion / The Australian

Museum makeover has volunteers in revolt

Retired schoolteacher and volunteer guide Tom Lockley has shown 20,000 visitors through the Powerhouse Museum over more than 14 years.

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Jay Tharappel 2 ex VK. Picture: Facebook

Labor reviews extremist member

NSW Labor will ‘urgently review’ the membership of extreme left activist Jay Tharappel, who wore a jacket bearing the slogan ‘Curse on the Jews’.

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Jay Tharappel, who tutors human rights at Sydney University and supports Bashar al-Assad.

Left-wing extremist wins membership of Labor Party

Extreme left activist and former academic Jay Tharappel, who once wore a jacket bearing the slogans ‘Curse on the Jews’ and ‘Death to Israel’, has been allowed to join the ALP.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - Newswire Photos October 03, 2022: Treasurer Matt Kean and Premier Dominic Perrottet make a significant funding announcement for WestInvest in the Canterbury Bankstown region in Sydney. Picture: NCA Newswire / Gaye Gerard

New era as energy grid turns to renewables

The first tender for renewable energy and long-duration storage contracts in NSW opens on Tuesday.

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The Harders family (L-R) Nora (8), Allison, Nick and Gavin (5) enjoying the interactive exhibits at the Powerhouse Museum during the school holidays. Jane Dempster/The Australian

$500m revamp to ‘destroy’ Powerhouse

The controversial $500m plan to convert the Ultimo Powerhouse into a fashion and design complex will destroy one of the world’s greatest museums, the museum’s founding director says.

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