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'Cheer' cheese will appear in supermarkets from July following a rebrand. Bail lodged by the man charged over fatal crash that killed two QLD boys in the central west. A prison officer taken hostage by a convicted terrorist was allegedly stabbed 40 times and had chemicals poured over his body. Steve Smith’s shocked and shattered by accusations that he broke the laws and spirit of the game in the drawn Sydney Test. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at dailytelegraph.com.auSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

NRL players making rap symbols during interviews or scoring tries are unwittingly being used by Sydney’s street gangs to promote violence. Too many hours spent playing video games at night is damaging school students’ reading and numeracy NAPLAN test results. Deputy Premier John Barilaro has lost two close relatives to COVID-19 over Christmas. NSW Police waiting for information from cricket investigators before pursuing any examination of their own of Sunday’s incident involving young Indian star Mohammed Siraj at the SCG Test. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at dailytelegraph.com.auSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sydney’s latest gang war has claimed the life of a ­second family member, with two brothers now dead after joining a vicious street gang known as the True Kings. INDIA are adamant that their young bowling star Mohammed Siraj was again racially vilified at the SCG despite crowd claims it was more banter than hardcore abuse. Sydney’s mid-COVID dining boom has pushed the city’s ­restaurants to capacity, Vets have been unable to procure the antidepressant drug Prozac for anxious dogs and cats amid a national shortage of the medication. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at dailytelegraph.com.auSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

PRIVATE security guards without any masks or personal protective equipment are guarding returned travellers in Sydney’s quarantine hotels, leading to fears of a Victorian-style outbreak of the more contagious version of COVID-19. I’M A Celebrity … Get Me Out Of Here! pin-up Ash Williams has been charged with recording intimate ­images of a woman without her knowledge. A FORMER police boss who was found to have engaged in serious misconduct during his reign at a country station has now been charged with lying to an inquiry. THESE are some of Australia’s most powerful wives and girlfriends aka WAGS. They’re the glamorous and successful significant others of the nation’s sporting superstars For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at dailytelegraph.com.auSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

BRISBANE is in a three-day lockdown and international flights have been further restricted to protect the rest of the country from an aggressive strain of COVID-19. THE Australian Grand Prix looks set to be shifted to the end of the year, with officials expecting an announcement as early as this week. HOLLYWOOD star Mark Wahlberg is joining the growing ranks of big name stars in love with Australia and is planning to move here with his wife and children later this year. CRICKET officials have received assurances that Brisbane’s three-day lockdown and status as a ­Federal Government hot-spot won’t compromise next week’s Gabba Test. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at dailytelegraph.com.auSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The mental state and “behaviour” of President Donald Trump has come into sharp focus for his senior colleagues as they mull the option of using a Constitutional amendment to get him out of office early. One million Australians could be vaccinated against the coronavirus by the end of March after the Federal Government fast-tracked its roll-out plans by six weeks. INDIA’S whispering campaign to boycott the Brisbane Test has reached flashpoint, with SCG groundsmen needing to know today if they’re required to save the $300 million series. NEWCASTLE coach Adam O’Brien will not allow the Mitchell Pearce scandal to destabilise the Knights’ season For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at dailytelegraph.com.auSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The father of the two boys killed by an out-of-control car doing doughnuts said his heart has been “ripped out” as he visited the spot where his sons’ lives were snatched to play their favourite songs. All international travellers coming to Australia would be forced to have pre-flight tests and wear masks in a crackdown sparked by concerns about the NSW Government’s handling of ­border operations combined with the threat of the UK’s new mutant COVID strain. AUSTRALIA is set to take up to 12 times longer than the US to begin giving the COVID-19 vaccine with a rollout that will be as much as six times slower than that of the UK. AUSTRALIAN comedians and politicians have backed Mr Bean star Rowan Atkinson for comparing social media’s cancel culture to a medieval mob “looking for someone to burn”. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at dailytelegraph.com.auSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

While COVID-19 vaccination programs in more than three dozen countries have seen over 13 million people get the jab already, Australians will still have to wait until early March before the shots are available in this country. A two-day search for a missing teenager has ended in tragedy when his body was found in water near the Royal National Park. The wife of Hillsong founder Brian Houston says women should lose weight to keep their husbands aroused amongst other things Sydney superstar Pat Cummins says he will feel “quite emotional” on Jane McGrath Day as the Pink Test fundraiser goes virtual to combat the reduced crowd capacity at the SCG. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at dailytelegraph.com.auSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

CRICKET officials have made the stunning call to sacrifice money in the name of boosting the credibility of the Pink Test by slashing the crowd to 25 per cent of ­the SCG’s capacity. THE police officer and international student drowned by a whirlpool in a Blue Mountains canyon were new members of a bushwalking club that lost another adventurer in a cliff fall months earlier. AUSSIES are being implored to buy local when they bite into their next ham sandwich or bacon roll as pig farmers battle against massive ­imports. SYDNEY property prices have risen by the highest monthly margin since COVID-19 hit thanks to a late-year surge in home buying activity. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at dailytelegraph.com.auSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

There’s calls for an urgent overhaul of the system used to transport returned travellers to quarantine. Advertising Standards Bureau investigating commercial that highlights the virtues of being confined to Australia because “someone ate a bat”. Sydney’s busy burger scene is about to get a taste of Hollywood. Queensland cricket great Ian Healy says it’s “very unfortunate’’ India could pull out of the Gabba Test. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at dailytelegraph.com.auSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Greater Sydney residents will be forced to cover up or be hit with a $200 fine under strict new government rules requiring masks to be worn in a range of indoor settings. More patients will be treated from home as part of a groundbreaking expansion of virtual medical care. Thousands of traumatised firefighters have needed counselling to process the horrors of last year’s Black Summer bushfires. Junior Paulo could miss the entire Eels pre-season. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at dailytelegraph.com.auSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sydneysiders splashed more money on houses and units in 2020 than they did in the year before the coronavirus hit. Aussie pro surfing siblings Tyler and Mikey Wright have saved a woman’s life in a dramatic rescue in huge surf on ­Hawaii’s North Shore. Ratepayers are being forced to give council CEOs massive salaries. Nathan Lyon’s relying on the Queensland border staying open for his parents and family to witness his 100th Test. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at dailytelegraph.com.auSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Governor-General has approved a change to Australia’s national anthem that will come into effect from today. The northern beaches bride fined for breaching strict COVID rules by going ahead with her wedding has issued a ­tearful apology to The Daily Telegraph. Australia’s prepared to gamble on a partially fit David Warner for the Sydney Test. The series of clusters across greater Sydney and Melbourne’s new community transmission have thrown a curve ball at the NRL. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at dailytelegraph.com.auSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Daily Telegraph can ­reveal the singer and reality star was admitted to South Pacific Private clinic in Curl Curl in August for substance abuse. COVID cases in Greater Sydney are beginning to spiral out of control. Vinyl's outselling CDs for the first time since Madonna’s True Blue topped the charts. Gladys Berejiklian personally reinforced to the Chairman of Cricket Australia just how important saving the SCG showpiece was to NSW. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at dailytelegraph.com.auSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A bride and her family have been slammed for putting the whole state at risk. An ex-AFL player’s fight for a $21 refund has cost him $10,000. Regional Express could ­recruit foreign pilots for its new routes from Sydney to Melbourne and Brisbane. Cricket Australia frantically consults Australian and Indian players over its ambitious plan to stage the next match in Sydney. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at dailytelegraph.com.auSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Premier Gladys Berejiklian has urged people to keep their distance Thursday night. A powerful thunderstorm accompanied by hail, torrential rain and gale-force winds lashed parts of NSW late yesterday. The number of guns found in the hands of major crime figures has soared in the past year. Sydney's hoping for a miracle today as the MCG looms as the likely replacement venue for the iconic New Year’s Test match. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at dailytelegraph.com.auSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mitchell Pearce’s captaincy position at the Newcastle Knights is under review following revelations of an inappropriate text message exchange with a young female club employee. New documents show Premier Gladys Berejiklian failed to approve disgraced MP Daryl Maguire’s trips overseas. A massive baby draft could place Victorian scientists at the forefront of medical research for decades to come. Travis Head saved the worst of Australia’s five dropped catches for the last ball of day two of the second test. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at dailytelegraph.com.au See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Flirty text messages understood to be behind NRL star's called off wedding. Sydney's New Year’s Eve fireworks will be on but you’ll most likely be watching it from home. Husband of missing businesswoman Melissa Caddick handed in five passports in her name days after she disappeared. Phil ‘Buzz’ Rothfield has got out his crystal ball and compiled his list of storylines to follow in 2021. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at dailytelegraph.com.au See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Premier's warning a blow to CBD retailers. British-based nurse Matthew Moon has become one of the first Australians to receive a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine ahead of its roll-out here. Melbourne Storm coach Craig Bellamy is overseeing rugby league’s most dominant run since St George in the 1960s. Dean Jones’s family will honour his wish to celebrate his life at the MCG today. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at dailytelegraph.com.auSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The NSW Chief Health Officer says protocols designed to separate workers transporting suspected COVID cases from vulnerable patients broke down. The Northern Territory has removed the majority of Greater Sydney as a coronavirus hot spot. Qantas and Japan Airlines want to form a partnership to co-ordinate schedules and airfares. Cricket Australia has given Sydney more time to save its Indian Test. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at dailytelegraph.com.auSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The northern beaches is split into separate high and low-risk zones until Boxing Day in response to the Avalon COVID cluster. Anti-vax chef Pete Evans has had his Facebook page permanently deleted for posting claims about COVID-19 vaccines. Holiday-makers banned from Queensland are piling onto the receding beaches of Byron Bay. NSW has launched an audacious 11th hour bid to claim not one but two India-Australia Tests for Sydney this summer. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at dailytelegraph.com.auSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

31 year old Blake Davis acquitted of murder but convicted of manslaughter for striking aspiring rapper Jett McKee in the head with a samurai sword. Labor leader Anthony Alb­anese’s declared Australia needs more COVID-19 vaccine doses more quickly. Dossiers claim a Bondi nanny allegedly helped kidnap Chileans as part of the secret police for Augusto Pinochet’s regime. Cricket Australia’s poised to make its call on the fate of Sydney’s SCG test match as early as today. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at dailytelegraph.com.au See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Queensland introduces a hard border with NSW amid the coronavirus outbreak on Sydney’s northern beaches. Strengthened quarantine rules for flight crew will come into effect today. Former Red Wiggle Murray Cook has undergone heart surgery to replace a faulty aortic valve. The Boxing Day Test has been officially saved but the prospects of Sydney hosting a Test match remain in grave doubt. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at dailytelegraph.com.auSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

THOUSANDS of international flight crew and hundreds of foreign diplomats were given a free pass to avoid mandatory hotel quarantine as airlines are accused of holding NSW lives and livelihoods to “ransom" The closure of NSW’s Liddell coal-fired power station will add nearly $100 a year to average bills from 2022, new modelling by the Australian Energy Market Commission reveals. CORONAVIRUS may have changed the world of Australians in 2020 but not the crime world with the AFP Eastern Command alone seizing a record 22.4 tonnes of drugs. Cricket is bracing itself for the distinct possibility that the Sydney Test could be moved, but administrators are refusing to give up on the SCG’s New Year’s showpiece. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at dailytelegraph.com.auSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The world-famous Sydney to Hobart yacht race is off, dead in the water after the Tasmanian government announced travellers from Greater Sydney would need to quarantine for two weeks on arrival in the wake of the growing Covid-19 cluster on the northern beaches. SYDNEY is facing a return to life under restrictions as residents in the northern beaches were placed in an emergency four-day lockdown to contain the rapidly ballooning COVID-19 outbreak. SHE’S the mystery woman who ­financial adviser Melissa Caddick could not fool. ACTOR Hugh Sheridan has opened up about the anxiety attack that derailed his life and saw him hospitalised. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at dailytelegraph.com.auSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

ALL Sydney residents have been urged to don a mask to help save Christmas as a mandatory local lockdown appears imminent on the northern beaches to halt a rapidly ballooning coronavirus cluster. TECH billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes still remembers the day he was cut from the high school basketball team — ending his dream of playing professionally. IT WAS the extravagant $6.5m renovation plan that was too much for even well-heeled Mosman. ALMOST a decade on from his doomed comeback, Ian Thorpe has finally revealed what everyone in Australian sport already suspected — he quit swimming way too young because he never got the proper help he needed to cope with the enormous pressure he was under. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at dailytelegraph.com.auSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

THE northern beaches is ­effectively under lockdown and NSW is facing potential border restrictions after Avalon’s COVID cluster exploded to 17 cases last night. THE HSC coronavirus class of 2020 has triumphed over adversity and performed just as well as their peers the year before, NSW Education Minister Sarah Mitchell has revealed. A GLAMOROUS former St George Bank employee used her staff access to create an ­online banking account for an elderly person without their knowledge and drain almost $350,000 of their life savings, a court has heard. NSW coach Brad Fittler has flagged an overhaul of the Blues’ selection policy following their disastrous performance in this year’s State of Origin series. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at dailytelegraph.com.auSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

THREE new cases of coronavirus just over a week before Christmas have anxious health experts sweating on fears of a fresh outbreak in Sydney. STATE Agriculture Minister Adam Marshall has been forced to repay almost $1500 to the taxpayer after claiming a charter flight to his grandfather’s 80th birthday party on parliamentary expenses. A MEDITATION guru to the stars who was staying with former Women’s Weekly editor Deborah Hutton after a marriage breakdown is accused of a violent attack on two people with one allegedly placed in a chokehold. EVEN with a mass COVID-19 vaccine roll out in Australia next year, top medical experts say we will still need to continue with social distancing, extensive testing and contact tracing to keep safe. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at dailytelegraph.com.auSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

ONE of the biggest financial catastrophes in Australian local government history is set to cost 300 people their jobs and force up residents’ rates by as much as 15 per cent a year. TAFE and school students will be targeted in a new state government campaign to get young people to take up a “gap year” in regional NSW in a bid to fill critical labour shortages. CONCERNS over a deal for China to build a new $200 million fishing complex just 200km from the Australian mainland need to be “taken very seriously” a Federal MP has warned. THE victim of paedophile pastor Frank Houston has urged police to complete their investigation into his son, Hillsong founder Brian Houston, who is accused of covering up his ­father’s crimes. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at dailytelegraph.com.auSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

HOMEOWNERS in Western Sydney’s ‘sinking suburb’ will be offered hundreds of millions of dollars in compensation for their faulty houses by one of the country’s biggest development companies. A BID to legalise euthanasia — set to be introduced by independent MP Alex Greenwich next year — is unlikely to be considered by the government until it comes to parliament, THE state’s north is bracing for yet another day of wild weather with dangerous surf, heavy rains and flash flooding set to continue into today. MUSIC star and former Hillsong devotee Selena Gomez has quit the megachurch amid the scandal surrounding cheating celebrity pastor Carl Lentz. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at dailytelegraph.com.au See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Construction union officials are “living in La La Land” over plans for workers to get a three-day weekend every fortnight, Treasurer Dominic Perrottet has said. Aussie dog owners will spend more on their canine companion over its lifetime than what you would pay for an entry level BMW, with pet owners expected to splash up to $65,000 on their furry friends. Actors Daniel Macpherson and Zoe Ventoura have separated after five years of marriage Ash Barty has finished a disrupted 2020 as Australia’s leading prizemoney earner for the third season in succession despite not playing a competitive point since February. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at dailytelegraph.com.auSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

IT was the police WhatsApp group that has led to a misconduct inquiry, two officers sacked, a man “loaded up” and wrongly charged — and the messaging app banned across the entire police force. CHARITIES whose members trespass or engage in illegal blockades will be stripped of their registration as the federal government steps up its war against “anarchists”. Five minutes into Stellar’s chat with Ricky Ponting and his wife Rianna, there’s a knock at the door and in bursts their six-year-old son, Fletcher. He has something exciting to show his dad, and it simply can’t wait until the interview is over. Poetically, it’s a cricket ball. The late and great celebrity agent John Fordham did most of his business deals over a long lunch. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at dailytelegraph.com.auSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The far north coast of NSW has taken first place for the most shark-attack prone beaches in recent years. Five ex-Prime Ministers will roll up their sleeves for a COVID-19 vaccine shot, to promote consumer confidence in the safety of the drug. Seven months after a mega boring machine punched through the second tunnel for the future Sydney Metro, crews have finally completed the sealing of the corridors to make way for the next phase of the project. And in sport - the return of two-point field goals, a reduction in scrums and a crackdown on 10m offside play are among a raft of rule changes to be introduced for the NRL next year. For updates and breaking news throughout the day, take out a subscription atdailytelegraph.com.au See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A NEW six star Sydney hotel and a $1 billion investment in our city’s future will now go ahead, with the release of the final plans for the Pyrmont project today. AFTER a year of being locked down, hordes of Aussie holiday-makers are frantically snapping up getaway hot spots en masse while accommodation operators try to make up for lost time and pandemic-hit profits with massively inflated prices. INNOCENT until proven guilty must be “respected” in the Afghan war crimes process Prime Minister Scott Morrison has warned, insisting his government will uphold the “important” legal principle. CELEBRITY chef Jason Roberts is grateful he lost only a few thousand dollars after claiming to have fallen victim to an entertainment industry fraudster dubbed the Hollywood Con Queen. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at dailytelegraph.com.au See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Defence Minister Linda Reynolds has added fuel to the fire in the wake of the Afghan war crimes report, describing the alleged actions of Australian special forces soldiers as ‘cold-blooded murder’. Figures show nearly $1 billion worth of JobKeeper payments have been blocked, or taken back by the tax office. Another NRL star has been caught up in a porn scandal. A sex tape involving Penrith Panthers player Kurt Capewell that was reportedly filmed seven years ago, has gone viral in recent days. And a new study has found cheap, convenient packaged foods that are promoted as healthy, are actually making people sick and overweight. For updates and breaking news throughout the day, take out a subscription atdailytelegraph.com.auSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

iI’s up to everyday Aussie revellers to get behind our wine sector with thousands of local producers’ livelihoods on the line thanks to a “bullying” Beijing’s trade brinkmanship after what has already been a horror period for the beleaguered industry. AN eight metre tall chrome statue of the bus bought by legendary Parramatta Eels coach Jack Gibson for his premiership winning first grade team in 1981 will be stood on its nose in the new Parramatta Square precinct. LAWYERS, court officers and corporate high rollers are among 137 people charged in a huge pre-Christmas crackdown on “dial a dealer” drug suppliers on Sydney streets. AUSTRALIA’S Test preparations have been rocked by another disturbing concussion to promising batsmen Will Pucovski just eight days out from the opener’s likely Test debut. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at dailytelegraph.com.auSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

SPECIAL forces soldiers say the federal government’s ­enlistment of the Queen to allow them to be stripped of their medals shows the government was planning their punishment long before the Afghan war crimes report was released. SCHOOL principals across the state have blasted pushy “Karen”-style parents demanding to select their child’s favourite teacher next year. IT’S hardly been a vintage year for the wine industry, but as it comes to a close there is good news and bad news for Aussie drinkers. CANBERRA Raiders coach Ricky Stuart is rallying behind embattled hooker Tom Starling after he was arrested and charged with assaulting a police officer,See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Police allege Tom Starling grabbed at an officer’s pistol before they punched him when he tried to intervene in a Central Coast brawl. Casual workers will be allowed to request a move to either a permanent part-time or full-time position in a new infustrial relations proposal. A capsule full of space rocks has fallen to the South Australian Outback after a journey of more than 5 billion kilometres. Several Indigenous rugby league heroes have denounced the Wallabies’ decision to sing the Australian national anthem in both English and the Eora language. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at dailytelegraph.com.auSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jack de Belin's cancer scare has emerged after the jury in his sexual assault trial were unable to reach a verdict last week. Sniffer dogs capable of picking up signs of COVID-19 could be stationed at airports next year. The Sunday Telegraph has exclusive access to results of a police strategy against warring families in Sydney's southwestern suburbs. Penrith officials are refusing to directly answer one of the paper’s top questions about the Brent Naden cocaine scandal. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at dailytelegraph.com.auSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A decorated Afghanistan veteran thinks senior ADF leadership who trained Special Forces soldiers encouraged the attitudes of its top operators. There are calls for local councils to cut ties with Chinese sister cities. The consumer watchdog has found loyal bank customers are being dudded on home loan rates. Josh Addo-Carr has a lucrative offer from Canterbury on the table. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at dailytelegraph.com.auSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A decision will be made in less than a fortnight on the NSW Government's drugs plan. The Education Department will track public school students' progression after graduation to take the focus off the HSC. The jury’s retired to consider its verdict in the Jarryd Hayne sexual assault trial. Former star Gareth Widdop's slashed his asking price by a whopping two-thirds to find an NRL club next season. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at dailytelegraph.com.auSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

NSW cabinet is split over a proposal to let drug takers escape penalties for personal use.The former wife of disgraced Liberal MP Daryl Maguire has spoken of her “hurt’’ at revelations of his relationship with Premier Gladys Berejiklian. NSW will enjoy eased restrictions on Monday. A doctor's warning that Penrith’s Brent Naden risked cardiac arrest and possible death when he allegedly played in the NRL grand final with cocaine in his system. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at dailytelegraph.com.auSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Sydney mother of a girl with Down syndrome has embraced the successful launch of a children’s doll depicting the condition. Experts believe Twitter has prioritised its access to the Chinese market over removing a “vile” tweet from a Beijing official. The NRL will investigate Penrith Panthers star Brent Naden playing this year’s grand final with cocaine in his system. Channel 7 claims significant commercial damage has been suffered because Cricket Australia changed to a new program with only one Test in the pre-Christmas ratings period. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at dailytelegraph.com.auSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The PM has condemned a violent image shared by Beijing’s foreign ministry spokesman on Twitter with the Australian government appealing to the platform to remove the image. Funds raised by the 2021 release of Australian Firefighters Calendar will go towards wildlife rescue. Water restrictions will be lifted from today and replaced with guidelines for households and businesses. Channel 7 has launched Federal Court proceedings against Cricket Australia. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at dailytelegraph.com.auSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

There are calls for the Australian Defence Force to reconsider stripping bravery awards from entire Special Forces units who served in Afghanistan, following damning accusations of alleged war crimes. Sydneysiders have sweltered through two consecutive days of temperatures above 40 degrees, for the first time in 80 years. In a troubling reminder of last year’s horror bushfire season, hot and windy conditions have whipped up close to 90 blazes across NSW. And Steve Smith is steaming home in his bid to be crowned cricketer of the decade. For updates and breaking news throughout the day, take out a subscription atdailytelegraph.com.auSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Morrison Government has made changes to its stimulus scheme, extending the construction commencement deadline from three months to six months. A report to be tabled in NSW Parliament this week has taken aim at the Department of Communities and Justice, claiming eight vulnerable children might be alive today if it had properly investigated their mental health. Erin Molan has declared she’s mentally ready to deal with the scrutiny and pressure of Sydney FM radio. And Christmas just got a whole lot better for Dragons star Corey Norman, who picked up a $25,000 poker machine jackpot on Friday night. For updates and breaking news throughout the day, take out a subscription atdailytelegraph.com.auSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Allegations have emerged that missing woman Melissa Caddick may have illegally used another company’s Australian Financial Services licence without authorisation. Jarryd Hayne has admitted he knew the woman accusing him of sexual assault didn’t want to have sex, but denies forcing himself on her. Some of Australia’s most well-known, and deadly animals will be transformed into adorable animated stars, in a new Netflix film. And a teenager from Queensland has become the most-wanted signature in the NRL. For updates and breaking news throughout the day, take out a subscription atdailytelegraph.com.auSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Gladys Berejiklian is under pressure to ease COVID restrictions at large hospitality venues to save jobs and livelihoods in the lead up to Christmas. NSW Academic Dr Kylie Moore-Gilbert is expected to arrive home in Australia today, following her release from Iran after being locked up for 804 days. Santa has officially been confirmed as an ‘essential worker’ and has been granted permission to enter NSW without completing a 14-day COVID quarantine. And Australia urged to adopt a no-sledging policy around Virat Kohli, warning ‘You don’t want to wake the beast’. For updates and breaking news throughout the day, take out a subscription atdailytelegraph.com.au See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Airlines and travel agencies have reportedly been flooded with bookings from Sydneysiders keen to head north, when the Queensland border reopens next week. We’ll soon get an insight into the life of Sydney nightclub boss John Ibrahim, with his book ‘Last King of the Cross’ set to be made into a major international miniseries. Parents are being urged to keep it simple when it comes to presents for their children’s teachers this year, amid fears a simple gift card could amount to bribery of public officials. And rising NRL star Keith Titmuss, who tragically died on Monday, will be posthumously awarded an official Sea Eagles player number. For updates and breaking news throughout the day, take out a subscription atdailytelegraph.com.auSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Small hospitality venues will soon be able to double the amount of patrons allowed on their premises, with COVID restrictions easing just in time for Christmas. The family of rising Manly Sea Eagles star Keith Titmuss who died suddenly at training on Monday, has tearfully paid tribute to their ‘larrikin’. Prosecutors have dropped the final charge against a Sydney father at the centre of a legal battle over a tattoo. And he NRL will launch next season with a face-off between super coaches Wayne Bennett and Craig Bellamy. For updates and breaking news throughout the day, take out a subscription atdailytelegraph.com.auSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.