The NRL grand final is up for sale in a Super Bowl-style bidding war after league boss Peter V’landys awarded the decider to Sydney for this season only.

Colouring-in posters given to Year 1 students at a NSW primary school accusing Australians of genocide have been called “indoctrination” and “propaganda”.

Shark nets will remain on Australia’s most famous beach despite calls from the Green and Labor-controlled Waverley Council to rip them out.

And in sport, Adam O’Brien insists superstar skipper Kalyn Ponga does not have too much power at Newcastle as the embattled coach vowed to inject a harder edge to stop the rot at the strife-torn Knights.

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