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Brandon Smith sent directly to the judiciary for what he told referee Adam Gee in Storm v Sharks

Storm star Brandon Smith has been referred directly to the judiciary for misconduct for the verbal flogging he gave referee Adam Gee in Thursday night’s clash with the Sharks. Smith was sent to the trash to deliver a verbal diatribe to the referee after he got up to play the ball in the 60th minute. …

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“Oh, yes”: McLaren boss leaves track of Ricciardo’s contract and reacts to criticism of brutal honesty

Zak Brown says he remains “fully committed” to unlocking Daniel Ricciardo’s full potential amid speculation that the stay of the eight-time Grand Prix winner at McLaren could be interrupted. Expectations were high that Ricciardo’s driving style mismatch with last year’s car would evaporate under the new rules for 2022, but so far it has barely …

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Sellers fear that the real estate market will “stop” as the decline increases

“The boom is over and property prices are going down, with the pace of falling accelerating,” says Shane Oliver, chief economist at AMP Capital. Buyer’s agent, Cate Bakos, adds: “It remains a highly segmented market with regional and unsynchronized price and capital increases. Buyers are becoming more and more private, which means that well-renovated properties …

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Former Hurstville councilor Clifton Wong was found dead after presenting evidence to the ICAC

A former Sydney councilor who testified against his colleagues earlier this week in the Independent Commission against Corruption (ICAC) has been found dead in his office. Police confirmed Clifton Wong, who served in Hurstville City Hall, was found dead in a building on Deane Street, Burwood, Wednesday at 1:20 p.m. A police spokeswoman said the …

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Putin says Russia just started in Ukraine, dares the West on the battlefield

President Vladimir Putin says Russia has barely “started yet” in Ukraine and challenges the West to try to defeat it on the battlefield. Key points: Putin referred to the possibility of negotiations in a speech to parliamentary leaders Russia has accused the West of waging a power war against it by hammering its economy with …

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The world’s first self-calibrated photonic chip: an exchange for optical data highways

Conceptual diagram of the integrated self-calibration broadband PIC. Credit: Xingyuan Xu et al, Photonics of nature (2022). DOI: 10.1038 / s41566-022-01020-z Research led by Monash and RMIT universities in Melbourne has found a way to create an advanced photonic integrated circuit that builds bridges between data highways, revolutionizing the connectivity of current optical chips and …

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Italian driver Daniel Oss retreats with a broken neck after an unpleasant collision with a spectator

Italian driver Daniel Oss has retired from the Tour de France with a fractured neck after colliding with a fan in the fifth stage. Images posted on Twitter show the TotalEnergies star crashing into a desperate fan trying to record a video on his phone as the pilots passed at high speed. The fan was …

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Postponed elective surgeries at some Brisbane and Gold Coast hospitals as cases of COVID-19 in Queensland increase

Operations have been postponed at some of Queensland’s largest hospitals as the healthcare system struggles with the latest rise in COVID-19 and the flu. Key points: Non-urgent elective surgery has stopped in northern Brisbane and on the Gold Coast Queensland health services are monitoring the state’s third wave of COVID-19 Acting Prime Minister Steven Miles …

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“No one is remotely indispensable”: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson resigns after Conservative party uprising

After a wave of conservative resignations, Boris Johnson has announced that he will step down as British Prime Minister. Boris Johnson has resigned as British Prime Minister after a mass exodus of more than 59 government ministers made his position untenable. Johnson announced that he will resign as leader of the Conservative Party, but intends …

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‘Gobsmacked’: It’s time to move on to Australia’s best athlete … in any sport

The next time you’re in the pub, just remember that Alexander Volkanovski is the answer to the question. You know, that one, which sits between your third beer and an overly fun 30-minute session you call former sports stars. Who is the best athlete in Australia? Watch UFC 277: Pena vs. Nunes 2 LIVE at …

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