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Yoni BashanMargin Call Editor

Yoni Bashan is the editor of the agenda-setting column Margin Call. He began his career at The Sunday Telegraph and has won multiple awards for crime writing and specialist investigations. In 2014 he was seconded on a year-long exchange to The Wall Street Journal. His non-fiction book The Squad was longlisted for the Walkley Book Award. He was previously The Australian’s NSW political correspondent.

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Kfar Aza MassacreWorld

Din Tesler, 21 (left) survived the terrorist massacre at an electronic dance music festival in Israel’s south last weekend. His friend, Bar Kuperstein, 21, was captured by Hamas. Picture: supplied,

Grief all that’s left at heartbreak hotel

Their homes in ruins, their loved ones murdered, hundreds of survivors from the Israeli town of Kfar Aza are rebuilding their lives from a hotel in the middle of the country.

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Israel at warWorld

Israeli sodliers deploy at kibbutz Beeri near the border with Gaza on October 11, 2023. The death toll from five days of ferocious fighting between Hamas and Israel rose sharply overnight as Israel kept up its bombardment of Gaza after recovering the dead from the last communities near the border where Palestinian militants had been holed up. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP)

First responders expose grisly atrocities

In the aftermath of massacres by Hamas, the most harrowing and vital evidence of civilian suffering is coming from first responders. And they want the world to know what they saw.

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Mob furyWorld

A large mob including members of a football supporters group attempt to storm a hospital where a Hamas terrorist is being treated

Terrorist treated in Israel hospital

At least three militants are known to have been treated by the medical system in Israel until the government ordered a stunning reversal, directing they be taken to prison-based facilities | WATCH

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On the streets of Tel AvivWorld

Captain Tal Grushka, 25, killed during the cross-border attack in Israel over the weekend, his funeral attended by at least 1,000 mourners

Mourners bury the dead … but not their grief

An uncharacteristic calm descends as shattered Israelis gather to farewell soldiers and civilians butchered by Hamas militants.

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23/6/22: Tabcorp CEO Adam Rytenskild in Sydney. John Feder/The Australian.

Tabcorp rivalry comes to an end

A war of antagonism and animosity within Tabcorp ranks has ended – with the two central protagonists being made redundant.

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Warriors chairman Bill Wavish and Manly Chairman Scott Penn arrive for their meeting with NRL Chairmen D-Day meeting with John Grant at Rugby League Headquarters , Moore Park .Picture Gregg Porteous

Curious CV omissions of wannabe Endeavour director

In a career as long as Bill Wavish’s, trimming the CV is expected. But if he’s got room to mention a dinosaur museum role, we reckon a few bigger corporate failures should have made it too.

Yoni Bashan

Inside StoryTechnology

Tim Heath, founder of Yolo Group, pictured in his office at Yolo Group headquarters. The business started as a poker website and grew into a behemoth of online sports betting and gambling. Photo: Supplied

Running an online betting giant from Estonia? You only live once

It’s likely that you’ve never heard of Tim Heath but this low-key tech entrepreneur from rural Victoria has built a $1bn VC fund.

Yoni Bashan

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CDA Clinics has expanded to a third Queensland-based centre in Maroochydore, offering consultations for medicinal cannabis. Pictured, Dr Ben Jansen. Photo: Patrick Woods.

Jansen ally withdraws as cannabis kerfuffle continues

The attempted board spill at medicinal cannabis company Vitura Health is already in strife after an ‘eminently qualified’ nominee living in the UK’s Channel Isles pulled his candidacy.

Yoni Bashan and Christine Lacy

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#High Res #An image posted to Twitter by Jim Chalmers on 01/04/2022 with following comment... Proud to campaign with and for Andrew Charlton in Parramatta today and pleased he could be part of an important conversation with the job-creators of Western Sydney. #auspol @Charlton_AB

Treasury cosying up to Jim Chalmers’ successor?

He’s an economist by trade but Treasury’s desire to seek member for Paramatta Andrew Charlton’s considered opinion for the intergenerational report has raised more than a few eyebrows.

Yoni Bashan and Christine Lacy

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Cannabis Doctors Australia Clinical Doctor, Dr Ben Jansen., Dr Ben poses for a photo explaining the benefits of Cannabis Oil.

Where there’s smoke there’s sure to be a fired-up doc

Medicinal cannabis outfit Vitura Health’s board is copping it from shareholders and that’s an opportune time for Dr Ben Jansen to seek a return, even though he parted under something of a cloud.

Yoni Bashan

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