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FIFTH TEAM GREENLIT
David Crisafulli’s Cris afulli s government has given ARLC chair cha air Peter V’landys the green light to deliver deli iver Queensland a fifth NRL team in the lead-up to the Brisbane Olympics and Paralympics. Sport Minister Tim Mander confirmed the...
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’TIL DEATH DO US PART
Just two days after her 18th birthday Trinity Woods will marry her childhood sweetheart but the Brisbane teen’s marriage is likely to be devastatingly short. Trinity will proudly walk down the aisle next weekend to take the hand of Jayden McGinn, an...
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BIRTH HORROR
A traumatised new mother claims she was sexually assaulted at a Queensland hospital by a male midwife during labour. The midwife had been relegated to desk duties after several similar allegations at another hospital. He has been reported to the...
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THE THICK BLUE LINE
Senior Queensland police locked taxpayers into a $240m lease of a $45m building without any relevant expertise or funding approval thanks to a breakdown in the organisation’s culture under former commissioner Katarina Carroll, a Crime and Corruption...
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DON LIKE A DINNER
Donald Trump urged midterm election voters to “pretend I’m on the ballot” and yesterday they obliged, delivering a crushing verdict and the prospect of a lame-duck presidency. In a stunning repudiation of Mr Trump’s second term in office, angry...
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LAW of the LAND
Ciaron Maher and his team paid a ‘King’s ransom’ for royally-bred galloper Point Of Law – believed to be in excess of $4m – from King Charles. But the star trainer received the ultimate pay-off in Tuesday’s Melbourne Cup. And Maher is convinced he...
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SOUL OF A NATION
Model Rebecca Lee is hoping Soul Of Spain, trained by Chris Waller, shines in today’s Melbourne Cup, while pop superstar Robbie Williams will entertain fans trackside at Flemington.
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DOUBLE OR NOTHING
Reigning Melbourne Cup winning jockey Jamie Melham has declared her ambition to make history at Flemington tomorrow by becoming the first woman to win the race that stops a nation twice. While her ride in the Cup will be aboard $51 shot Future...
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SPOILT CHOICE FOR
Danish supermodel Helena Christensen is among a host of international stars turning heads at Flemington this week, where foreign raiders are leading the betting for Tuesday’s race that stops a nation. But Queensland roughie Knight’s Choice (pictured),...
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BAIL DENIED ‘YOU CAN BOTH DIE’
Former Bachelor Sam Wood allegedly choked his wife Snezana until she could not breathe, after saying that she and her daughter “can both die, I’m going to send you back to your family”. The former TV star turned celebrity fitness entrepreneur will...
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MAFIA EXPERT WHACKS GRACE
Former Palaszczuk government minister Grace Grace would be prosecuted for her alleged actions on a worksite if Queensland had laws like those in the United States that brought down infamous mafia bosses, an inquiry has heard. Renowned US Attorney Ron...
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JIM’S GOLD MEDAL STUFF-UP
Funding for Australia’s Olympic athletes competing in Los Angeles and Brisbane would be slashed by $10m because of Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ controversial trust changes. The Australian Olympic Committee has sounded the alarm after revelations...
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FLING AND A PRAYER
A man accused of covering up his wife’s murder as a lawnmower accident had a string of affairs and hook-ups over 10 years of their marriage, but told a mistress he didn’t want to get a divorce as he’d be exiled from his religious community. Robert...
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NUDE AI FAKES A PRISON THREAT
Children could be jailed for 18 months for creating “deepfake” sexually explicit images of a person without their consent under new laws being introduced to parliament today. For adult offenders, the maximum penalty would be three years’...
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GUNNED DOWN AT THE PUB
An innocent teenager is fighting for life after being gunned down by two masked men who opened fire on a group of people in a targeted attack at a Logan pub. Police say it is too early to speculate who was behind the shooting – which left four people...
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GOING FOR GOLD
A purchasing revolution is under way, with a majority of shoppers now consistently opting for Australian-made goods – even if they cost more than foreign alternatives. And, interestingly, more men than women are snapping up the green and gold. The...
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SHE CAMM AND WENT
A new minister for the embattled Child Safety and Domestic and Family Violence Prevention portfolios is expected to be announced within days, after Amanda Camm stepped down following months of intense scrutiny. Her departure has triggered a midterm...
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THE NEW LAGOON
South Bank will get new riverfront dining and its famous lagoon could be extended as part of the biggest redevelopment of the precinct since its post-Expo 88 birth. The major overhaul to Brisbane’s premier inner-city site will be unveiled by the state...
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CATCH AND RELEASE
A man who allegedly drugged and abused a teenage girl was on bail for alleged sexual assaults committed at a shopping centre just months prior. And on the day he was bailed, police were told to consider alternatives to arrest as watchhouses were under...
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FUELLED BY HATE
The man charged with mowing down beloved Victorian federal MP Helen Haines, who lost a leg in hospital yesterday as she continued to fight for life, is a disturbed and drug-affected loner with a history of social media rants and environmental...
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TARGETED ATTACK ON MP
Counter-terrorism police are investigating a possibly deliberate and “politically motivated” hit after Victorian federal independent MP Helen Haines was mowed down by a car outside her electoral office in the main street of Wangaratta yesterday. The...
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SHACKLES REMOVED AS RIVER FREED UP
Tourism and transport ventures on the Brisbane River will be fast-tracked under a state government plan to slash red tape and unlock the waterway ahead of the 2032 Olympics and Paralympics. Following a Courier-Mail investigation, Deputy Premier Jarrod...
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STOLEN MIRACLE
Rowan Tong-Law may have finally found the donor that could save his life. The 20-year-old is critically ill with blood cancer and for two years his family has relentlessly searched for a rare stem cell match. Then his mother Bronwyn received a call...
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WHY WAS HE LEFT TO DIE
The devastated family of Nick Bradford (inset), who died alone in his home two and a half hours after he called for an ambulance, are demanding a thorough investigation and say he died “desperate for help” that arrived too late. His family want to...
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RIVER OF DREAMS
Brisbane in 2036 is a confident city. Having already hosted the “best ever” Games in 2032, it is now enjoying the legacy. This incredible image, created by leading design firm Urbis for The CourierMail’s annual Future Brisbane series, imagines a city...
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SIPPYCATS: BEERS FOR FERRIES
Brisbane City Council will investigate putting licensed bars on CityCat ferries – with Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner saying it would be a “fantastic” addition to the popular river service. He said half the fleet already had a service desk that could...
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STATE LEAVES KIDS IN DANGER
Nine in every 10 vulnerable children needing urgent help from child safety officers do not get it, new government data has revealed. The figures that expose the true state of Queensland’s child safety crisis also show there are now 883 children in...
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AI BOTS SCHOOL KIDS IN DECEIT
The AI chatbots keeping teens hooked on social media are peddling misinformation about the Albanese government’s ban for under-16s – from one denying the laws exist and coaching kids on how to break the law, to another advising the apps themselves are...
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THICK AS BRICKS
An almost unbelievable string of amateur mistakes led to Australia’s biggest-ever cocaine bust and the downfall of a clumsy group of wannabe drug kingpins, court documents allege. The extraordinary inside story of the bust – which has resulted in the...
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HOME TRUTH
Queensland homeowners have watched up to $244,000 vanish from their property values in just three months, with nine in 10 suburbs plummeting since Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ controversial federal budget, exclusive new data reveals. Mr Chalmers yesterday...
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I THOUGHT HE WOULD KILL ME
Former Bachelor star and fitness guru Sam Wood allegedly threw his wife Snezana against a wall and to the floor before strangling her, making her think “she was going to die”. Wood was denied bail yesterday on charges of assault occasioning bodily...
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COAL LEFT IN HOLE
Queensland’s coal industry is reeling after the High Court ruled overseas environmental impacts need to be properly considered in a mine’s approval process. Australia’s highest court yesterday knocked back a proposed expansion of a coal mine because...
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TAYLOR’S BORDER BLITZ
Angus Taylor has vowed to oversee the “biggest cut to immigration in the history of this country” by slashing migration to 100,000 for two years, axing graduate visas and cutting temporary visa holders by 650,000 over four years. Business leaders have...
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A SYMBOL FOR ALL OF STATE
Designs for Brisbane’s 2032 Games emblems were quietly tested around the world in tightly controlled focus groups for a year, with a core group of leaders then sworn to silence for another 10 months to prevent the final product from being leaked. But...
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CHERRY ON TOP
The Sydney Roosters have claimed the 2026 NRL premiership with a heart-stopping 19-18 victory over the Newcastle Knights, holding off a fierce late comeback. Veteran playmaker Daly Cherry-Evans sealed the triumph with a clutch 69th-minute field goal,...
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COST CUTS OVER KIDS
A legal stoush against the state government is brewing amid shock claims the Department of Child Safety is illegally moving kids, including sex trafficking victims, to cheap residential care homes to cut costs. The department could face an...
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THANK YOU
After 10 years leading the Brisbane Lions and after delivering the club’s second three-peat of premierships, coach Chris Fagan is leaving. The humble hero who took the Lions from cellar dwellers to triple premiers thanked his players, the club and the...
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All the glamour at the Dally Ms
The stars of the NRL and NRLW hung up their boots and took to the carpet in Sydney last night, swapping jerseys for designer glamour as the Dally M Awards brought football and fashion together for one of the game’s biggest nights. The annual awards...
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BUT IT’S NOT MY FAULT
Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers has blamed US President Donald Trump’s attack on Iran and the AI boom after interest rates were hiked to a new a 15-year high yesterday. But Reserve Bank boss Michele Bullock referred to higher than expected domestic...
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KILLED HIM FOR LOVE
A Brisbane woman charged with murdering her husband, who was terminally ill with motor neurone disease, has walked from a court which found she was acting out of love and affection. Kylie Ellina Truswell-Mobbs, 52, gave a lethal cocktail of drugs to...
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GIVE US A CHANCE
The Great Australian Dream of home ownership is in tatters, with half of all aspiring buyers giving up, stark new research has found. Millions more are resigned to renting for life, as our housing class divide widens to the real estate haves and...
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IMMORTALS!
He started his career as the McDonald’s kid and is now entrenched as an AFL premiership legend. Can it really be true that just over two years ago, Logan Morris, who threaded the last two epic goals that gave the Brisbane Lions their third premiership...
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Date with DESTINY
has a way of repeating at the Brisbane Lions. The premiership class of 2024-25 today has its chance of emulating the threepeat of 2001-02-03, under a legendary coach who is as focused on developing individuals as he is on formulating a game...
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MEDICARE AI’S FIRST STRIKE
Urgent work to fortify Australia’s digital defences has been ordered after Medicare became the world’s first known national government system to fall prey to a rogue AI bot. The US-based company behind ChatGPT will also launch a review into how its...
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BRACE FOR JIMPACT
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has laid the groundwork for a dire federal budget update – warning of billions in extra costs to service debt. Government borrowings surpassed $1 trillion last month, and interest repayment costs are now the fastest-growing area...
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WORLD UNITES TO REIN IN BOTS
Australia has joined 18 other nations in calling for the urgent introduction of artificial intelligence safety protocols and a new oversight body to ensure the technology remains under human control. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese signed the...
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Who else now thinks this Fitzroy River rocks?
I came to Rockhampton yesterday sceptical about whether the mighty Fitzroy River was as good as the locals claim. Turns out, it is. Framed by ancient gums and fraying paperbark trees, the brown Fitzroy paints the quintessential picture of regional...
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FINAL KICK IN THE GUTS
Star Brisbane Lions midfielder Lachie Neale will rely on his spotless record when he attempts to have a match ban downgraded and avoid missing the AFL grand final. Neale was yesterday handed a one-week ban for a gut punch on Hawthorn’s Jack Ginnivan...
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PALMED OFF
A Queensland couple running an exclusive hedge fund befriended, wined, dined and went boating with their clients – including retirees, a single mother and even their 95-yearold neighbour – before taking off overseas with investors owed...
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STICKY WICKET
The iconic Gabba cricket pitch will be shifted across Brisbane under a top-secret plan to safeguard Brisbane’s sporting soul. It can be revealed options including using a Chinook helicopter to transport the pitch have been discussed.
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NO CROC : ROCKY’S BIG TICK
Premier David Crisafulli says Rockhampton will host the rowing and paddling events at the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games after organisers proved the regional city’s Fitzroy River course can be made fair for all competitors. It would be the first...
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MASTER AND COMMANDER
Peter V’landys will become the most powerful single person ever in rugby league after being endorsed as the kingpin of the NRL. The Courier-Mail can reveal the ARL Commission has signed off on combining the chair position already held by Mr V’landys...
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TRUMPED UP TATE
PRESIDENT’S APPRENTICE Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate has told a journalist to “f--k off” after the White House discredited his boasts of having shared a steak with the US President. The Trump Organisation has also labelled Mayor Tate’s claim to having...
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TELLING PORKIES
A prominent Queensland racehorse owner and meat processing king is allegedly among those behind a multimillion-dollar pork racket orchestrated over more than a decade. Successful pig farmer Darren Gary Wilson – part-owner of massive Ipswich company...
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Fan frenzy for Selwyn selfies
The Dolphins have urged Brisbane’s footy fans to pack Suncorp Stadium after gatecrashing Brazilian soccer superstar Vini Jr’s Australian tour. A turf war is looming between the NRL and soccer after the Dolphins snuck under the guard of the Socceroos...
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NURSES PULL THE PLUG
Burnt-out nurses are leaving hospitals in droves as they struggle under insufficient staffing that they say puts patients at risk. Nurses like Kirralee Pauly (pictured) are lifting the lid on conditions in Queensland hospitals as exclusive data reveals...
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BUCK STOPS HERE
Brisbane boss Dave Donaghy has backed besieged coach Michael Maguire to rebuild the Broncos as a premiership force after finalising the most comprehensive review in the club’s 38-year history. The Saturday CourierMail has obtained details of the...
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TAKE A PUNT ON US
The 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games could deliver Brisbane a chance to host NFL stars like George Kittle (pictured) as a test event for the city’s new stadium. Melbourne’s contract with the NFL ends in 2029, leaving the door open for Brisbane to take...
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NO VEST , NO FEAR
Cesar Barraza, the sharpshooting police officer who took out one of the Bondi massacre gunmen, had just three bullets left when the firefight ended – having raced to the scene without a bulletproof vest, body camera or even his mobile phone.
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REGATTA’S ROOM ROW
Rowing Queensland is fielding complaints from parents unable to get accommodation in Rockhampton ahead of next weekend’s schools state championships. Premier David Crisafulli yesterday unleashed on world rowing officials who have raised logistical...
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KEEP THE TROPHY IN OUEENSLAND
The NRL trophy is staying in Brisbane – if Tom Gilbert and his Dolphins have anything to do with it. The Broncos put in the worst title defence in 118 years, crashing out of contention and leaving the Dolphins to fly the finals flag in The River...
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CLEAN UP OR PAY UP
Social media giants face $100m fines if they fail to keep Australians safe from harmful and illegal content under sweeping new federal government reforms. Labor will this week release its draft Digital Duty of Care laws, which will force tech companies...
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GAME OF HOMES
Brisbane’s Northshore Hamilton will be transformed into a subtropical residential precinct ahead of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, with more than six hectares of barren industrial land set to be redeveloped to house up to 5000 Queenslanders. The...
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IN COLD BLOOD
Darryl Valroy Young has been found guilty of shooting dead his three neighbours – Mervyn Schwarz, 71, his wife Maree Schwarz, 59, and stepson Graham Tighe, 35, at the front gate of his Bogie farm in 2022. The decision after more than 14 hours of...
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PAYNEFUL FAREWELL
Ben Hunt fired a formidable statement in the battle for the Brisbane No.7 jumper as the Broncos gave Payne Haas a fitting farewell with a 34-20 belting of the Bulldogs on Thursday night. Brisbane’s season from hell ended with a final-round ray of...
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HAASTA LA VISTA
Rabbitohs-bound star Payne Haas has credited the Broncos for helping transform him from an NRL bad boy to the game’s No.1 prop. Haas will make his 159th and final appearance for the Broncos in Thursday night’s season-closer against the Bulldogs in...
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FERRY STRIKE CROWD CHAOS
Brisbane’s ferries will be shut down for Riverfire in a major blow set to force almost 30,000 revellers on to buses and other transport on one of the city’s busiest nights. A 24-hour strike will begin from 4am on Saturday – the same day up to 500,000...
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TOLL TOPS TSUNAMI
It was meant to be the holiday of a lifetime but it may instead become the most devastating natural disaster involving Australians overseas – surpassing even the death toll from the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami. The number of Australians unaccounted for in...
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Queensland mum missing in flood crisis
Families of Australians missing in the Nepal floods are distraught at China’s delays and confusion regarding the release of information about what happened to their loved ones. Beijing officials finally revealed that six Australians were missing on...
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YOU’LL NEVER WALK ALONE
Jai Arrow will never walk alone. And here was the tangible proof. Thirty minutes before kickoff between Souths and the Titans on Saturday at Cbus Super Stadium, Fox’s dressing-room cameras captured the most raw, real and touching moment of the NRL...
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PRAYING FOR A MIRACLE
Drones are being deployed to search for survivors as entire villages remain submerged in mud and debris and thousands of people are missing. The death toll from the catastrophic Nepal floods was at 543 on Friday night, with at least 38 Australians...
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DEATH VALLEY
The federal government is privately expecting the worst as at least 35 Australians, including two boys, remain missing after an ice avalanche triggered devastating flash flooding in Nepal. More than 270 people have been confirmed dead with senior...
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GIANT REYNO POSTER
The Brisbane Broncos won’t be back-to-back champions this season but their loyal fans will be, retaining their title as the kings of the NRL crowds. The bitter rivalry between the Sydney Roosters and South Sydney is about to take a juicy turn, with the...
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HE HAD DONE IT BEFORE
Jules Neale has sensationally claimed her estranged husband Lachie cheated on her with at least two different women in a bombshell new interview. Neale has described discovering her husband’s affair with her best friend in December last year as the...
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Hero mum’s dream of
Gold Coast athlete reveals the split-second decision that put her on the path to 2032
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