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DAILY CROSSWORDS Challenge yourself with today's quick and cryptic puzzles. LISTEN TO NEWS WITH THE HERALD Daily briefings on your smart speakers and wherever you get your podcasts. CitySydneyConditionWindy with showersCurrent temperature13.8°Minimum/maximum temperature14° / 19° -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sorry, your browser doesn't support embedded videos. OPTUS DATA BREACH HOW WAS OPTUS’ DATA BREACHED? EXPERTS HAVE TWO THEORIES When any sensitive data is stored digitally, it’s common practice to encrypt that information. And it’s usually effective - if done properly. UPDATED OPTUS OPTUS REVEALS ALMOST 37,000 MEDICARE NUMBERS EXPOSED IN CYBERATTACK Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said there needed to be “clear consequences” when companies fail to appropriately secure customer data. OPINION OPINION HOW ‘NATIONAL SECURITY’ CRUELLED OUR DIGITAL PRIVACY There was a time when online privacy was a given. The 9/11 terror attacks changed all that. PETER LEWIS Former journalist and director of the Centre for Responsible Technology. CLIMATE POLICY AGL EXPECTED TO CLOSE LOY YANG POWER STATION A DECADE EARLY One of the nation’s largest electricity generators is expected to announce the early closure of two major coal-fired power plants in Victoria and NSW, in a sign of the rapidly decreasing economic viability of Australia’s ageing and polluting coal fleet. * 1 hour ago INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS UNION HEAD AND MINISTER AGREE: UMPIRE POWERLESS IN RAIL DISPUTE Sally McManus has found herself in unlikely agreement with NSW Employee Relations Minister Damien Tudehope. BANK OF ENGLAND BANK OF ENGLAND INTERVENES OVER ‘MATERIAL RISK’ TO UK ECONOMY The central bank has been forced to make the emergency intervention amid turmoil that has sent government borrowing costs soaring. * 2 hours ago BREAKING DALLY M AWARDS ‘THIS IS MASSIVE’: NICHO HYNES CELEBRATES RECORD DALLY M MEDAL VICTORY The Cronulla star won the game’s top gong with a record number of votes at Wednesday night’s awards ceremony at Royal Randwick. * 1 hour ago COURTS ALEX TURNBULL ORDERED TO PAY LEGAL COSTS IN BOTCHED LAWSUIT Malcolm Turnbull’s son has been ordered to pay the legal costs of his father’s former business associate. OPINION CONSUMER CONFIDENCE RBA NEEDS A FIX TO OUR ADDICTION TO SPENDING With rate hikes seemingly failing to quell retail spending the Reserve Bank may need to deliver a stronger dose of economic medicine. ELIZABETH KNIGHT Business columnist LEGAL CANNABIS BUYING MARIJUANA LEGALLY IS AS EASY AS PICKING UP THE PHONE Top-quality legal cannabis can be in your letterbox within days. And prescriptions have soared by almost 4000 per cent. OPINION REALITY TV AUSTRALIAN IDOL’S NEW JUDGES ARE A BIG LET-DOWN Was everybody else busy? There’s no other explanation. ANGUS LIVINGSTON Lifestyle Editor GOOD FOOD FEEL-GOOD DINING ANYONE CAN GET BEHIND AT BOTTURA’S REFETTORIO When Massimo Bottura announced he was going to open a restaurant in Sydney, the headlines were writ large. But it was the fine print underneath that was the most interesting. 53 images FASHION THE DALLY M MEDAL 2022: RED CARPET ARRIVALS All the arrivals to the NRL's biggest awards ceremony of the year. CELEBRITIES BEHAVING BADLY TRY GUYS SCHISM: YOUTUBE WHOLESOME FOURSOME SPLIT BY CHEATING SCANDAL Ned Fulmer, who built a brand around being the internet’s “Wife Guy”, has left the massively popular creator group. * ADAM LEVINE’S SEXTING SCANDAL: WHEN CONVERSATIONS GO TOO FAR EDITOR'S PICKS CADDICK DISAPPEARANCE ‘I AM SO CONFUSED’: KOLETTI EVIDENCE HALTED AFTER HE FAILED TO UNDERSTAND QUESTIONS NRL GRAND FINAL EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE 2022 NRL GRAND FINALS FOOD NO-WASTE SYDNEY BAR NAMED IN PRESTIGIOUS WORLD’S 50 LONGLIST Advertisement JUST IN * 4 minutes ago WANT-AWAY BULLDOG DUNKLEY NARROWLY WINS CHARLES SUTTON MEDAL * 1 hour ago AGL EXPECTED TO CLOSE LOY YANG POWER STATION A DECADE EARLY * 1 hour ago BREAKING ‘THIS IS MASSIVE’: HYNES CELEBRATES RECORD DALLY M MEDAL VICTORY * 2 hours ago ‘DYSFUNCTION IN THIS MARKET’: BANK OF ENGLAND INTERVENES OVER ‘MATERIAL RISK’ TO UK ECONOMY Advertisement NRL GRAND FINAL COULD THIS NO. 9 BE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PENRITH AND PARRAMATTA? FROM ALL BLACKS TO ‘SPORT’S BLACKEST DAY’: SIMONSSON FAMILY READY FOR MORE HISTORY Thirty-five years after his father made footballing history with the All Blacks, Bailey Simonsson has the chance to do likewise in the NRL grand final. EELS FLAG ON-THE-RUN COMPLAINTS TO REFEREE OVER CLEARY’S BLOCKERS It’s a tactic used by every NRL club, but Parramatta won’t be afraid to be in referee Ashley Klein’s ear if they feel the Panthers star is getting illegal protection. SYDNEY COURTS EX-AFP OFFICER WARNED ALLEGED FRAUDSTER HER HOME MAY BE BUGGED, COURT TOLD A former police officer who was in a relationship with a Sydney businesswoman accused of fraud told her that she may be under surveillance, a court has heard. UPDATED WEATHER LARGE HAIL, SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CANCELLED FOR SYDNEY Sorry, your browser doesn't support embedded videos. Sydneysiders escaped the severe weather predicted on Wednesday after more than 65,000 lightning strikes hit the city last night. * 2 hours ago CADDICK DISAPPEARANCE THE POST-IT NOTE ANTHONY KOLETTI LEFT FOR MELISSA CADDICK AFTER RAID After Melissa Caddick’s disappearance, her husband left a note and a pair of earrings on top of his wife’s phone. COURTS BODY OF ROXLYN BOWIE MAY HAVE BEEN FED TO PIGS, HUSBAND’S TRIAL TOLD John Douglas Bowie pleaded not guilty in the NSW Supreme Court to the murder of his wife, who vanished from Walgett in 1982. COURTS MAN NOT ‘COMPLETELY ADDLED BY DRUGS’ WHEN HE SHOT AT NEIGHBOURS, COURT TOLD Bradley Jason Mark White will argue he had a longstanding psychiatric condition when he peppered a Wyong street with more than 200 bullets. FROM OUR PARTNERS DOMAIN 'WE HAVE CERTAIN WAYS WE WANT THINGS DONE': ON SITE WITH THE BLOCK'S FOREMEN, KEITH AND DAN DOMAIN 'IT’S ABOUT EMBRACING A DIFFERENT MINDSET': HOW THIS INVESTOR STARTED OUT IN COMMERCIAL PROPERTY DRIVE MERCEDES UNDER FIRE FROM ITS OWN DEALERS POLITICS FEDERAL BUDGET RECORD TAX COLLECTIONS WON’T TRANSLATE INTO BUDGET SURPLUS: CHALMERS Total company tax collections hit an all-time high of $125.9 billion, driven up by high prices for key commodities including iron ore, LNG and coal. EUTHANASIA ‘A BEAUTIFUL DEATH’: LIBERAL SENATOR’S CHANGE OF HEART ON EUTHANASIA GAS LABOR THREATENS GAS EXPORTERS WITH PENALTIES TO ENSURE LOCAL SUPPLY ROYAL FAMILY KING CHARLES ACCESSION TO $5 NOTE IN DOUBT BUSINESS RETAIL IKEA IS SHRINKING ITS STORES AS FOOD HALL GETS THE BOOT A Swedish meatball rest stop will be off the table for Ikea shoppers as the furniture giant tries out a new store format in Australia. BABY FORMULA BUBS SEALS DEAL ON ‘ULTRA-PREMIUM’ CHINA-MADE FORMULA OPINION INSIDE CHINA CHINA IS UNDERPERFORMING AND THINGS COULD GET WORSE STEPHEN BARTHOLOMEUSZ Senior business columnist UPDATED SHARES THE WRAP: ASX HITS 14-WEEK LOW AS RETAIL SALES DEFY INTEREST RATES WORLD UK POLITICS THE BRITISH MPS BORROWING ALBANESE’S PLAYBOOK IN BID TO TOPPLE TORIES British Labour has been undergoing a quiet transformation and says it has learned from its sister parties’ victories around the world. US MIDTERM ELECTIONS FIRST KNOWN CHINA-BASED INFLUENCE OPERATION FOCUSED ON US MIDTERMS DETECTED ON FACEBOOK ALZHEIMER'S EXPERIMENTAL ALZHEIMER’S DRUG SLOWS COGNITIVE DECLINE IN TRIAL, FIRMS SAY EXTREME WEATHER HURRICANE IAN SMASHES CUBA, SPURS MASS EVACUATIONS IN FLORIDA Advertisement OPINION FROM BRADBURY TO BECKHAM, SPORTING LEXICON A BRADMANESQUE COLLECTION PETER FITZSIMONS Columnist and author OPTUS’ FLAT-FOOTED RESPONSE AGGRAVATES ANXIETY OF CYBERATTACK THE HERALD'S VIEW Editorial THE GREAT AUSTRALIAN PIPEDREAM: RISING HOUSE PRICES MAKE US FEEL WEALTHIER ROSS GITTINS Economics Editor AS PUTIN DESPERATELY MOBILISES, HOPE IS NOT A VALID OPTION FOR THE WEST MICK RYAN Military leader and strategist EXPLORE * Editorial * Explainers * CBD * Letters * Column 8 * Good Weekend * Quiz * TV Guide * Newsletters * Please Explain podcast PREMIUM SubscribeToday’s PaperCrosswords & Sudoku GOT A NEWS TIP? Share information with our journalists securely and confidentially. 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NRL GRAND FINAL FROM ALL BLACKS TO ‘SPORT’S BLACKEST DAY’: SIMONSSON FAMILY READY FOR MORE HISTORY Thirty-five years after his father made footballing history with the All Blacks, Bailey Simonsson has the chance to do likewise in the NRL grand final. CRIME EX-MATILDAS STAR THE VICTIM OF ATTEMPTED CARJACKING DURING RADIO INTERVIEW Elissia Carnavas was making her first appearance on Tuesday night in an intended weekly spot on SEN Radio’s The Global Game, when she suddenly began screaming repeatedly. NRL GRAND FINAL EELS FLAG ON-THE-RUN COMPLAINTS TO REFEREE OVER CLEARY’S BLOCKERS It’s a tactic used by every NRL club, but Parramatta won’t be afraid to be in referee Ashley Klein’s ear if they feel the Panthers star is getting illegal protection. NRL GRAND FINAL EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE GRAND FINALS How can you catch the action? What’s happened so far between the two sides? And what can you expect when they lock horns again at Homebush? FIBA WORLD CUP ‘FIRE UP’: JACKSON CALLS ON OPALS TO LIFT Lauren Jackson wants her teammates to lift their intensity and ride their home crowd into the medal rounds at the FIBA Women’s World Cup. HAVE YOUR SAY EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE GRAND FINALS How can you catch the action? What’s happened so far between the two sides? And what can you expect when they lock horns again at Homebush? 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