Drug kingpin’s role in notorious alleged Sydney cocaine plot smh.com.au/national/drug-…

Exclusive: big story breaking out of Paris. An Australian swimming coach is in hot water after comments he made in an interview with South Korean media and The Sydney Morning Herald The Age. Says he wants Korean swimmer to beat Aussies and will be helping him do it. smh.com.au/sport/swimming…

Some *personal* news, as they say: I’m thrilled and honoured to be moving to the US at the start of next year to be the next North America correspondent for the The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age. Pls make sure you’re following our current corro Farrah Tomazin for the wild ride of the US election!

Inside the campaign to take down Gina Rinehart’s portrait FOI documents reveal Australia’s richest woman used personal, political and business connections to demand an "extremely upsetting” portrait by Vincent Namatjira be taken down. Linda Morris smh.com.au/culture/art-an…

The campaign began on April 8 when Seven CEO Ryan Stokes received a complaint directly from Rinehart. NGA director Nick Mitzevich then alerted Tony Burke’s office that a lobbying blitz was underway and warned Peter Dutton could raise the portraits in Parliament.

Nine publishing staff strike improved pay deal with management theage.com.au/business/compa…

Tina Zou, also known as Tina Tian, built luxury apartments across Sydney through her company TWT. Now she is chasing $28 million in stolen cash from a Hong Kong employee and has been named in an espionage case in the UK. smh.com.au/world/asia/the… Lisa Visentin Daniel Ceng

BREAKING Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida intends to drop out of the race to remain leader of his party, meaning he will step down as premier, local media reported Wednesday

One of the state’s key taxpayer-funded medical councils is in chaos amid allegations of staff being tracked, a rugby league sponsorship backflip, and critical delivery failures in some of Australia’s most disadvantaged communities. Angus Thomson smh.com.au/national/nsw/t…

Foreign Minister Penny Wong tells the Australia-China high level dialogue that she understands China's desire for a "greater role in international affairs" but greater media scrutiny (including from the Australian press) comes as part of the bargain

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton told Kitchen Cabinet last year he had apologised for remarks about Lebanese Muslim Australians and immigration mistakes. Five Lebanese Muslim community leaders now say they can't recall him ever apologising. smh.com.au/politics/feder…

One of Sydney’s top restaurant groups has been hit with claims it pushed female staff out of the company after reporting sexual assaults, encouraged staff to have sex with customers and discriminated against women as it built up a hospitality empire that now spans six venues.

Five former Swillhouse staff say they were sexually assaulted by other employees across the Swillhouse group, which operates six of Sydney’s most high-profile venues, including Le Foote, Restaurant Hubert, the Baxter Inn and Caterpillar Club. smh.com.au/national/nsw/s…

Swillhouse CEO Anton Forte stands down from restaurant association board smh.com.au/business/workp… Bianca Hrovat

Swillhouse investigation part two: "When the Baxter Inn opened in 2011, the all-male team was issued a challenge: the first to have sex with a customer would be awarded a bottle of 1982 Penfolds Grange. It took three hours." Eryk Bagshaw goodfoodAU smh.com.au/national/nsw/s…

Swillhouse’s first major festival is teetering on the edge of collapse as partners pull out and the company pleads with staff and suppliers not to abandon them after it was accused of failing to support staff who reported multiple alleged sexual assaults. smh.com.au/business/workp…

The NSW government is probing claims of sexual assault, harassment and drug use at the Swillhouse as a former Australian Bartender of the Year alleges she was sexually assaulted while working for the company which runs six of Sydney’s best-known venues. smh.com.au/national/nsw/b…

After a four year intermission, I'm back in Beijing. I've got my foreign reporter’s press card — and with that little piece of plastic, China’s four year black-listing of Australian media ended. Here's my first story back here for The Australian theaustralian.com.au/world/back-to-…

‘I hope you learn’: Two brave women go public with claims against Swillhouse smh.com.au/national/nsw/i…

A scaffolding firm that has secured contracts on the $550 million redevelopment of the nation’s war memorial and Sydney Metro has been repeatedly promoted by the CFMEU, despite a catastrophic safety record and alleged links to underworld figures. smh.com.au/national/finan…