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Ben Cubby

Ben Cubby

Ben Cubby is an investigative reporter for The Sydney Morning Herald.

The “deep burial” section of Werribee tip, in Melbourne’s west, where batteries were allegedly dumped.

Supermarkets seek answers over battery recycling scandal

Residents have reported fumes, fires and unusual activity at a scrapyard at the centre of improper battery recycling claims.

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Former recycling company employees say millions of batteries dropped off at major retailers are being dumped, stockpiled or burned.

Hidden AirTags and ‘black mass’: The mystery of Australia’s missing batteries

The nation’s biggest battery recycling company is facing allegations of serious malpractice.

  • Ben Cubby and Bianca Hall
Corrupt former NSW MP Eddie Obeid leaves Long Bay jail last year.

‘Outrageous’ crimes: Inside the Supreme Court battle for Eddie Obeid’s $30m coal cash

The NSW Crime Commission has launched a legal bid to seize proceeds of crime from the Obeid Corporation.

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Police at the house in Rosemeadow, where three people died in an attack on Sunday morning.

Man kills parents, brother in ‘very bloody’ attack in Sydney home, police allege

A 32-year-old man has been charged after three people died in an attack at a home in Rosemeadow.

  • Perry Duffin and Ben Cubby
Opposition Leader Jess Wilson with Nepean candidate Anthony Marsh.

Australia news: Liberals see off One Nation challenge; US fast-tracks arms deals for Middle East allies

Follow our live coverage of news in Australia and around the globe.

  • Ben Cubby and Nicole Precel
Corrupt former NSW MP Eddie Obeid leaves Long Bay jail on Wednesday.

Eddie Obeid escapes prosecution over corrupt water deal

Criminal charges against the disgraced former NSW minister were dropped on the eve of his third trial for misconduct in a public office.

  • Ben Cubby, Riley Walter and Kate McClymont
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A worker removes mulch at Rozelle Parklands, which was closed in 2024 after asbestos was found in several areas.

Infrastructure giant pays up after Rozelle asbestos-in-mulch saga

John Holland and a contractor have entered into an enforceable undertaking with the NSW Environment Protection Authority over asbestos contamination.

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Regent honeyeaters have had their habitat bulldozed in NSW under the environmental offsets system.

Environmental offsets scheme rife with non-compliance

Government audits have raised questions over the integrity of the nation’s environmental offsets system.

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Former minister Eddie Obeid leaves Long Bay Prison in August after serving time for conspiring to commit misconduct while in public office.

State puts freeze on secret Obeid properties

The NSW Crime Commission has placed a caveat over properties in Bankstown in which an Obeid family trust holds a secret stake worth around $30 million.

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Iran’s women’s team.

‘Intimidated and surveilled’: How Iran women’s team are silenced on Gold Coast

Iranian commentators have warned the lives of Iran’s national team “are in imminent danger” after they failed to sing along during their national anthem.

  • Emma Kemp, Ben Cubby and Matthew Knott