IT was the police WhatsApp group that has led to a misconduct inquiry, two officers sacked, a man “loaded up” and wrongly charged — and the messaging app banned across the entire police force.

CHARITIES whose members trespass or engage in illegal blockades will be stripped of their registration as the federal government steps up its war against “anarchists”.

Five minutes into Stellar’s chat with Ricky Ponting and his wife Rianna, there’s a knock at the door and in bursts their six-year-old son, Fletcher. He has something exciting to show his dad, and it simply can’t wait until the interview is over. Poetically, it’s a cricket ball.

The late and great celebrity agent John Fordham did most of his business deals over a long lunch.

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IT was the police WhatsApp group that has led to a misconduct inquiry, two officers sacked, a man “loaded up” and wrongly charged — and the messaging app banned across the entire police force.

CHARITIES whose members trespass or engage in illegal blockades will be stripped of their registration as the federal government steps up its war against “anarchists”.

Five minutes into Stellar’s chat with Ricky Ponting and his wife Rianna, there’s a knock at the door and in bursts their six-year-old son, Fletcher. He has something exciting to show his dad, and it simply can’t wait until the interview is over. Poetically, it’s a cricket ball.

The late and great celebrity agent John Fordham did most of his business deals over a long lunch.

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