Stephen Rice

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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Jasmine Eloise, the fake reporter. This face does not belong to a human being. It has been created using a generative adversarial network (GAN).The Indonesian governemt has employed troll farms to create fake 'Australian journalists' to boost its case for control of West Papua.This image is demonstrative of some of the failures that can result when a GAN attempts to generate a human face.

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Case cries out for defamation reform

The two Chelmsford Hospital doctors who sought vindication of their ‘deep sleep therapy’ in the defamation courts must be wondering what hit them.

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Nick Bailey and his family on their property 'Big Panuara', 40kms south west of Orange. Children are (oldest to youngest) Harriet, Polly, Abbey and Sandy (baby boy).Picture: Kirsten Cunningham / The Australian

Tide’s out and not coming back any time soon

New modelling by the NSW government warns that the likelihood of longer-duration droughts is significantly higher than previously thought.

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Chair of the Foreign Investment review board, David Irvine, speaking at The AustralianÕs Strategic Forum: How should we manage our relationship with China? in Sydney on Monday 18th November 2019. Picture: Nikki Short

Status put to sword by former spy chief

Australia’s special forces will undergo sweeping changes, which will include breaking down long held distinction and rivalries.

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Politics

Crown Casino, Barangaroo and the Sydney CBD pictured from Pyrmont. 21st June, 2020. Picture by Damian Shawescape october 18 2020my neighbourhood - MARK DANGLEISH

Treasury on track for gambling boost

The global pandemic was barely a blip for Australian punters, with the NSW Treasury on track for gambling tax revenue of $2.8bn.

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Politics

Inside construction of the M4-M5 Link tunnels in Sydney's inner west. Picture: WestConnex

Four-year bet on a building-led recovery

Responding to the triple-hit of drought, bushfires and COVID-19, the NSW government is embarking on an ambitious construction-led recovery.

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Ron Threlfall and his daughter Skye, 22 at the Nerrigundah NSW Rural Fire Service shed in the Eurobodalla Shire of the south coast region of New South Wales. Ron is the Nerrigundah RFS captain and Skye is a RFS volunteer with the crew. On 31 December 2019 Ron, Skye and 10 other people sought shelter in the RFS fire shed as their last place of refuge from a bushfire that destroyed many homes in the town and also claimed at least one personÃs life in the immediate vicinity. The shed survived the fire due to the sprinkler system that was installed. Picture by Sean Davey.

‘We won’t leave the village … this is where we live’

As a firefront ripped through the tiny NSW south coast town of Nerrigundah on New Year’s Eve, terrified residents ran to the one building that might save them.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 04: A general view of a hazard reduction burn carried out by NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service at Bowen Mountain a known koala habitat on September 04, 2020 in Sydney, Australia. A New South Wales parliamentary inquiry released in June 2020 has found that koalas will become extinct in the state before 2050 without urgent government intervention. Making 42 recommendations, the inquiry found that climate change is compounding the severity and impact of other threats, such as drought and bushfire, which is drastically impacting koala populations by affecting the quality of their food and habitat. The plight of the koala received global attention in the wake of Australia's devastating bushfire season which saw tens of thousands of animals killed around the country. While recent fires compounded the koala's loss of habitat, the future of the species in NSW is also threatened by continued logging, mining, land clearing, and urban development. Along with advising agencies work together to create a standard method for surveying koala populations, the inquiry also recommended setting aside protected habitat, the ruling out of further opening up of old-growth state forest for logging and the establishment of a well-resourced network of wildlife hospitals in key areas of the state staffed by suitably qualified personnel and veterinarians. The NSW Government has committed to a $44.7 million koala strategy, the largest financial commitment to protecting koalas in the state's history. (Photo by Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images)

Fire victims burnt by $100k rebuild rules

Regulations adding more than $100,000 to the cost of constructing an average house in bushfire-prone areas have left many fire victims unable to rebuild.

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JUNE 2, 2000 : Producer / editor Gerald Stone during 02/06/00 interview regarding his memoirs. Pic Bob Barker.P/

60 Minutes newsman knew what made TV tick

Gerald Stone always had a theory about why media mogul Kerry Packer chose him to bring 60 Minutes to Australian television.

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The Pie Face store in the city Cnr Elizabeth and Flinders Lane on Thursday 3rd July, 2014. Picture: Mark Dadswell

Pastry chain sold ‘halal’ porky pies

Bakery chain Pie Face sold ‘halal-certified’ pastries that contained pork, according to Islamic authorities.

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