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Ben Cubby

Ben Cubby

Ben Cubby is an investigative reporter for The Sydney Morning Herald.

Regent honeyeaters have had their habitat bulldozed in NSW under the environmental offsets system.

Environmental offsets scheme rife with non-compliance

Government audits have raised questions over the integrity of the nation’s environmental offsets system.

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Former minister Eddie Obeid leaves Long Bay Prison in August after serving time for conspiring to commit misconduct while in public office.

State puts freeze on secret Obeid properties

The NSW Crime Commission has placed a caveat over properties in Bankstown in which an Obeid family trust holds a secret stake worth around $30 million.

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Iran’s women’s team.

‘Intimidated and surveilled’: How Iran women’s team are silenced on Gold Coast

Iranian commentators have warned the lives of Iran’s national team “are in imminent danger” after they failed to sing along during their national anthem.

  • Emma Kemp, Ben Cubby and Matthew Knott
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Israeli President Isaac Herzog arrive at the Bondi service.

Jewish solidarity will overcome terrorists’ division, Herzog says

Israeli President Isaac Herzog has met families of the victims of the Bondi attack alongside Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

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Israeli President Isaac Herzog visited Bondi, where he paid tribute to those killed and injured during the December 14 massacre.

We warned of surging antisemitism before Bondi attack, says Israeli president

At the start of his Australian visit, Isaac Herzog accused pro-Palestinian protesters of seeking to undermine Israel’s right to exist.

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ASIO Director-General Mike Burgess.

ASIO v ABC: Broadcaster stands by Bondi investigation after spy agency rebuke

The nation’s premier intelligence agency has warned it could take “further action” against the Four Corners program if it broadcasts claims it has been told are false.

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Disgraced MP Eddie Obeid’s family trust is set to make $30 million from the Bankstown land site.

Revealed: Obeid trust’s secret $30 million stake in metro high-rise

A family trust concealed its interest in a prime development site next to the new Bankstown metro station.

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Prime Minister Albanese speaks at the Sydney Opera House.

‘Profoundly sorry’: PM leads tributes to Australian Jews at Bondi memorial

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was applauded by the Jewish community at the Opera House for saying he was “deeply and profoundly sorry” for not protecting them.

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SMH: Wild Weather, Sydney Northern Beaches. Narambeen Lake.

Flash floods and landslide in Sydney as wild weather hits

The State Emergency Service has responded to over 1600 calls for help as intense rainfall sweeps across coastal NSW.

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The State Operations Centre at NSW RFS Headquarters at Olympic Park on Friday.

Revealed: Why NSW faces extreme bushfire danger with fewer firefighters

The state’s Rural Fire Service is significantly smaller than the 70,000-strong force it has on paper, private documents show.

  • Ben Cubby, Angus Dalton and Michael McGowan