– The NRL has vowed to support the Newcastle Knights after Nathan Tinkler failed to pay 20 of the club’s players and staff.
– A Hunter Valley taxi driver has been held hostage at knifepoint by a passenger. The cabbie was driven 200 kilometres to Taree, before road spikes ended the ordeal.
– State premiers are preparing for a crisis meeting tomorrow following the federal government’s dramatic cuts to education and hospital funding.
– And American broadcasting legend Barbara Walters has retired after 50 years on screen.
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