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Stephen RiceSydney Bureau Chief

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

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Former WAIS HR manager Maryanne Scholz, left, and Nina Kennedy with Alex Parnov.

HR boss ‘bullied out of job’ after pole vault coach police call

HR manager Maryanne Scholz insisted that Nina Kennedy’s allegations against Alex Parnov must be reported to police, but she encountered pushback from the previous WAIS board.

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15/12/2024Amanda Bisk a pole vaulter photographed at Western Australian Athletics StadiumPic Colin Murty

‘He got into my bed, and rubbed up against me’

Amanda Bisk thought Alex Parnov would be the coach to guide her to Olympic heights. She reveals how for the past 15 years she has buried the pain of being abused, never telling a soul – until now.

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Alex Parnov in a towel on tour, coach Paul Burgess this month, Burgess with Nine Kennedy.

Inside Story: Price of blowing whistle on ‘sex pest and master manipulator’

When pole vault coach Paul Burgess discovered Alex Parnov was accused of preying on young female athletes like Nina Kennedy he tried in vain to get bosses to listen – and soon found himself out of a job.

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Coach of Elizabeth Parnov, Alex Parnov looks on during the Australian Athletics Sydney Grand Prix at the Sydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre in Sydney, Saturday, March 17, 2018. (AAP Image/Jeremy Ng) NO ARCHIVING, EDITORIAL USE ONLY

‘Should never have happened’: athletics bodies confront pole vault coach scandal

West Australian Institute of Sport holds snap press conference to apologise to the athletes harmed by former Olympic pole vault coach Alex Parnov as police assess ‘potential criminal conduct’.

Jessica Halloran, Stephen Rice and Paige Taylor

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Predator in the vault: Olympians break silence on alleged abuse by top coach

Australia’s most celebrated pole vault coach was for decades lauded as ‘a genius in his field’. Behind the medals and glowing headlines, a much darker story was unfolding – and it was all in plain sight.

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Counsel assisting Peggy Dwyer with colleague Patrick Coleridge, entering the Alice Springs Local Court on September 6, 2022 for the inquest into the death of Kumanjayi Walker. Picture: Jason Walls

Lawyers at war in Kumanjayi Walker inquest

NT Health and representatives of Zachary Rolfe have criticised counsel assisting the coroner in the inquest into the death of Kumanjayi Walker, while other parties have come to her defence.

Liam Mendes, Stephen Rice and Ellie Dudley

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Media boss Saad Mohseni; and inset, Tolo TV news presenter Sonia Niazi. Picture: Alex Coppel/AFP

‘Engage with Taliban before Afghanistan becomes another North Korea’

Australian media mogul Saad Mohseni plays a cat-and-mouse game with the Taliban, airing TV to millions of Afghan girls, but says we have to engage with our former enemy before it’s too late.

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Supplied photo of Hoa Tek Chiem and Heang Kim Gau, who were found dead in their takeaway shop, Buzzy Bee's Burger House at 116 Oxford St, Cambridge Park. Facebook.

Son on parent murder charges

Hoa Tek Chien and Heang Kim Gau had owned and operated Buzzy Bee’s Burger House for decades and were well-liked members of the community in Sydney’s west.

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**This picture has a scanned reverse - see associated content at the bottom of the details window**Tom Hughes, QC. Includes pics of Tom Hughes Jnr.

Tributes for a giant of politics and law

Legendary Sydney barrister, celebrated World War II pilot, former federal attorney-general and avid farmer Tom Hughes AO KC has died just two days after he marked his 101st birthday.

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Anti-Israel Instagram post by Jason Tarraf. Pic: Instagram

‘Venomous hit job’: celebrity pizza chef lashed for toxic barbs

A video by Jason Tarraf, known as The Manoush Man, suggesting Israelis have stolen land and ‘appropriated’ a popular spice has been condemned as ‘dripping with prejudice and peddling stereotypes’.

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