It has been a wild ride, but Sydney’s pandemic-induced property boom is over.

The wife of Australia’s most wanted man was allegedly caught in a $1 million lie used to buy a plush family home in western Sydney as police hunted her husband.

A fresh wave of price spikes is about to hit Aussie households already struggling with massive increases in fuel costs and higher expenses.

And in sport, forget David Fifita. There is another Titan who could play State of Origin this season — his back-row teammate Beau Fermor.

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