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'Don't bow to high-handed and patronising Chinese pressure on Taiwan'

Jan 19, 2026 |

By Matthew Cranston , Noah Yim , Yoni Bashan , Will Glasgow

| futures.tradingcharts.com

Jan 19, 2026 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Tribeca Global Natural Resources Fund portfolio manager Ben Cleary has accused China of making a "tired and predictable threat". His comment was made after China's ambassador to Australia Xiao Qian claimed that Australia's trade will be hit if it resists China's efforts to bring Taiwan under direct control.

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The price of incitement:

Dec 17, 2025 |

By Yoni Bashan , Pee Kay

| wordpress.com

“You wanted blood, and you got it.“ “So spare us your shock … you did this“ Which NZer’s deserved a mention? Where are the New Zealanders who loudly condemned the government for not recognising a Palestinian state? John Minto, Chloe Swarbrick, Ricardo Mendez, Rawiri Waititi et al. Even Helen Clarke with her “Sad Charade” comment.

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Arts body’s creative coaching so ex-Qantas boss got tax-free status

Dec 10, 2025 |

By Yoni Bashan

| share.google

Which is why we hesitated at the thought of writing about John Menadue and his risibly obscure website, Pearls and Irritations. Because writing about some bloke’s website felt like punching down. Like we were sinking a big walloping boot into a pensioner’s blog. But then we remembered something. John Menadue ran Qantas. Actually ran it, between 1986 and 1989. He was also Australia’s ambassador to Japan and secretary of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet.

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James Packer has been dropping some Kerry-sized bets on US tech stocks

Feb 20, 2024 |

By Yoni Bashan , Christine Lacy

| Stockhead

Billionaire James Packer has more than doubled his investment in the US sharemarket to just shy of $US800m ($1.2bn), taking massive bets on the future of Facebook and chipmaker Nvidia. The Australian reports the headlong dive into tech and the sudden reshaping of his portfolio has seen about a quarter of his wealth moved into three listed companies – Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta Platforms, Nvidia Corporation and software behemoth Adobe.

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The Alibi

Nov 02, 2021 |

By Claire Harvey , Yoni Bashan

| Geelong Advertiser

Two mothers, Denise Govendir and Eva Webel, both murdered in their homes 15 years apart. Both crimes appeared to be robberies gone wrong. Both cases remain unsolved. Now a Sunday Telegraph* investigation by Yoni Bashan and Claire Harvey has found the links and coincidences between the bashing deaths go even deeper. The women lived a short walk from each other, were both trying to finalise a divorce and in the quiet, peaceful suburb of Dover Heights they are the only murders ever to occur there .

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Behind Reborn Newark Oasis Stands a 'Park Whisperer' - Wall Street Journal - Dan Biederman

Jan 02, 2021 |

By Yoni Bashan

| johnlgoodman.com

Behind Reborn Newark Oasis Stands a 'Park Whisperer' Daniel Biederman Also Revamped Bryant Park in Manhattan By YONI BASHAN The Wall Street Journal May 16, 2014 Daniel Biederman, the urban-development guru who led the renovation of Newark's Military Park, says he still feels the same sense of panic at the start of a new project as he experienced during his first assignment 34 years ago.

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An argument to change your mind about Australia Day

Jan 11, 2020 |

By Yoni Bashan

| Medium

Children celebrating Australia Day on January 26. Each year debate rages as to whether the celebrations should be moved to another date. Yes, it’s January, and with the same dreadful regularity, we will soon reach that time of year when protesters take up their placards, when talkback radio switchboards illuminate with seething callers, and when the country briefly remembers to wrestle with the problem of Australia Day, and whether or not the date should be changed.

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Gang boss’s in-law charged over shotgun, steroids raid

Sep 13, 2019 |

By Yoni Bashan

| Tweed Daily News

by YONI BASHAN 14th Sep 2019 12:58 PM premium_icon Subscriber only THE brother-in-law of Farhad Qaumi, a gang leader who led a murderous spree of shootings and violent crime over several months across Sydney in 2013, has been charged with firearm possession following a police raid on his home in south west Sydney. Officers from the Criminal Groups Squad raided Alaa Abouhalka's home on Alcoomie Street, Villawood, on Friday after serving him with a Firearms Prohibition Order during a vehicle stop.

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Gang boss’s in-law charged over shotgun, steroids raid

Sep 13, 2019 |

By Yoni Bashan

| Whitsunday Times

by YONI BASHAN 14th Sep 2019 12:58 PM premium_icon Subscriber only THE brother-in-law of Farhad Qaumi, a gang leader who led a murderous spree of shootings and violent crime over several months across Sydney in 2013, has been charged with firearm possession following a police raid on his home in south west Sydney. Officers from the Criminal Groups Squad raided Alaa Abouhalka's home on Alcoomie Street, Villawood, on Friday after serving him with a Firearms Prohibition Order during a vehicle stop.

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NSW’s toughest street cop David Roberts pleads for cancer drug

Aug 24, 2019 |

By Yoni Bashan

| Perth Now

Camera IconPicture: The Sunday Telegraph Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt has agreed to personally lobby on behalf of a former NSW police officer who is dying of cancer after he was refused access to a life-saving treatment by the Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis.

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Former detective Dave Roberts needs miracle drug Kymriah to beat non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma

Aug 24, 2019 |

By Yoni Bashan

| Geelong Advertiser

Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt has agreed to personally lobby on behalf of a former NSW police officer who is dying of cancer after he was refused access to a life-saving treatment by the Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis. David Roberts, a father-of -three and veteran street cop, was told by his doctors on Friday he will likely dies unless he is given immediate access to Kymriah, a revolutionary cancer treatment approved last year by the Therapeutic Goods Administration.

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Safety claims defended

Jul 01, 2019 |

By Yoni Bashan , Shannon Smith

| The West Australian

Regional Express Airlines has slammed accusations of workplace bullying and a poor safety culture, describing the anonymous claims as “despicable and cowardly”. The airline’s fiery defence comes after a 17-page document was reportedly filed by the Australian Licensed Aircraft Engineers Association to the Civil Aviation Safety Authority alleging management was intimidating maintenance crews out of reporting defects.

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Girl Is Killed Crossing Street After Being Hit by Minivan

Jun 10, 2019 |

By Yoni Bashan , Mark Morales , Andrew Tangel

| The Wall Street Journal

A 10-year-old girl was killed and her pregnant mother was forced into labor when they were struck by a minivan in Brooklyn this week, an incident that cast a spotlight back onto pedestrian safety in the city. The death of Blima Friedman on Tuesday night marked the eighth child pedestrian fatality of 2014, the city’s Department of Transportation said.

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An argument against paying for the Sam Harris podcast

Jan 11, 2019 |

By Yoni Bashan

| Medium

Sam Harris (right) arguing with Ben Affleck on Real Time with Bill Maher. Dear Sam, Of all the qualities I admire about your podcast, it is the plain-speaking and unambiguous language, especially on complex, thorny, and uncomfortable topics, that I appreciate most. Unfortunately your seven-minute subscriber pitch, the one in which you float the case for ongoing financial support from listeners, feels like an exception to these usual standards of transparency.

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Way to turn sexual consent into a driving exam, university course!

Jun 23, 2018 |

By Yoni Bashan

| Perth Now

My sex life has always been a tormented work-in-progress. I liken it to being pushed on a swing set: someone is always left wanting more and it’s rarely exhilarating for both parties. In fact, the whole process of bedding people has always been — if you’re me — bedevilled with problems. Asking a woman out is nothing less than terrifying, and even with a ‘yes’ there’s always a web of laser-beam deal-breakers waiting to be tripped over expensive cocktails.

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'Twinx' Brings the Fried Twinkie to a Whole New Level

Jul 26, 2017 |

By Yoni Bashan

| The Wall Street Journal

SYRACUSE, N.Y.—In an era of kale chips and green-vegetable smoothies, a Twinkie might be seen as sinful enough. But stuff the spongy snack cake with a Twix candy bar, wrap it in bacon, then coat it in batter and drop it into a deep fryer, and the sugar-sprinkled confection becomes an exercise in caloric excess—and a standout among the many fried and fatty treats at this year's Great New York State Fair. "Calories don't...

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Cracking Down on Elmo and Mickey

May 17, 2017 |

By Yoni Bashan

| The Wall Street Journal

Costumed characters are filling up Times Square, and some in the NYC are not happy. The city council has proposed new regulations to control the panhandlers' behavior, which some consider too aggressive. For some tourists visiting Times Square, having a photo taken with Elmo, Mickey Mouse or one of the other characters roaming the famous crossroads has become irresistible.

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Ceremony Marks 13th Anniversary of Sept. 11 Attacks

Aug 24, 2016 |

By Yoni Bashan

| The Wall Street Journal

Once again Thursday, at the ceremony marking the anniversary of the terror attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, the national anthem was sung, bells tolled and the names of the victims were read aloud one-by-one. But the long morning at Ground Zero never gets easier...

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The Squad | Harper Collins Australia

Jan 08, 2016 |

By Yoni Bashan

| harpercollins.com.au

A gritty and compelling account of an elite police group, the Middle Eastern Organised Crime Squad (MEOCS). Middle Eastern organised crime in Australia is a dark, dirty and dangerous world of drug empires, murders and turf wars. Crime families dominate the suburbs and the streets are a labyrinth of dealers. Responsible for cleaning up this mess is the Middle Eastern Organised Crime Squad (MEOCS), a specialist unit of cops fighting an uphill battle against a deeply entrenched problem.

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Immigrants in New York City Bolster Housing Values

Feb 03, 2015 |

By Yoni Bashan

| The Wall Street Journal

Immigrants have helped stabilize New York City housing values over the past two decades and at the same time boosted property in once-troubled neighborhoods, according to a report to be released Thursday. The report—sponsored by the Americas Society/Council of the Americas—credits immigrants with easing housing affordability by revitalizing areas such as Canarsie in Brooklyn and Morrisania in the Bronx that were in decline in the...

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Comparing the Michael Brown and Eric Garner Cases

Dec 04, 2014 |

By Yoni Bashan

| The Wall Street Journal

Nov. 25, 2014 9:33 p.m. ET An unarmed black man resists arrest, a white police officer uses force, the black man dies and a city is left waiting for answers. These are the events that played out in Ferguson, Mo., and now continue to take shape in New York City as a grand jury deliberates in the death of a Staten Island man, Eric Garner. Mr. Garner’s July 17 death outraged many in the city and prompted a commitment by Police Commissioner William Bratton to retrain every officer in the use of force.

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Anthony Marshall, son of famed socialite Brooke Astor, dies at 90

Dec 01, 2014 |

By Yoni Bashan

| The Wall Street Journal

Anthony Marshall, who died at age 90 on Sunday, is kissed by his wife, Charlene, as he arrives at criminal court in New York in 2013. The Associated Press Anthony Marshall, the son of legendary New York City philanthropist Brooke Astor, died on Sunday at the age of 90, his attorney, Kenneth Warner, said.

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Brooklyn Man Tests Negative for Ebola

Nov 20, 2014 |

By Pervaiz Shallwani, Yoni Bashan

| The Wall Street Journal

Officials Say Man Had Recently Returned to U.S. From Mali By Pervaiz Shallwani and Yoni Bashan Updated Nov. 20, 2014 7:17 pm ET A Brooklyn man who experienced Ebola-like symptoms after returning to the U.S. from West Africa has tested negative for the virus, health officials said Thursday evening.

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U2′s Bono Continues Trauma Therapy After Bike Accident

Nov 20, 2014 |

By Yoni Bashan

| The Wall Street Journal

U2 frontman Bono Chris Pizzello/Associated Press The U2 frontman Bono is continuing to undergo “intensive and progressive” trauma therapy following a bicycle accident in Central Park on Sunday, his doctor and bandmates said. The rock star and antipoverty campaigner underwent several procedures at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell’s Emergency Department after injuring his arm while attempting to avoid another rider in the park, said orthopedic trauma surgeon Dean Lorich.

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NYPD Breaks Up Gun-Trafficking Ring

Nov 20, 2014 |

By Yoni Bashan

| The Wall Street Journal

Firearms were displayed Wednesday for the announcement of a gun trafficking investigation by Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and the New York Police Department. Yoni Bashan/The Wall Street Journal The New York Police Department said Wednesday that it had broken up a gun-trafficking syndicate that brought firearms illegally into New York from Florida.

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Security Is Questioned After New York Jewelry Store Robbery

Nov 13, 2014 |

By Pervaiz Shallwani, Yoni Bashan

| The Wall Street Journal

Tuesday's robbery in Manhattan's diamond district prompted some store employees and owners to reassess the area's security measures.

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Police Investigate Jewelry Heist in Diamond District

Nov 11, 2014 |

By Pervaiz Shallwani, Yoni Bashan

| The Wall Street Journal

New York City police on Tuesday afternoon are searching for at least two men in connection with a gun-point robbery at a jewelry store in Manhattan's Diamond District, a law-enforcement official said. The robbery took place around 2:30 p.m. at a jewelry store on the eighth floor of a building at 23 W.

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Fulton Center opens Monday in Lower Manhattan

Nov 10, 2014 |

By Yoni Bashan

| The Wall Street Journal

When the Fulton Center opens in lower Manhattan at 5 a.m. Monday, subway riders will be treated to something they won’t find at any other underground station in the city: natural light. Streaming through a 53-foot diameter oculus atop the center’s 108-foot pavilion, light filters through hundreds of coated aluminum panels designed to transfer it to where commuters will be passing through turnstiles two-stories below street...

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Gigi Jordan Found Guilty of Manslaughter in Son’s Death

Nov 05, 2014 |

By Yoni Bashan

| The Wall Street Journal

A jury found Gigi Jordan guilty Wednesday of manslaughter in the first degree in connection with the death of her 8-year-old autistic son, capping a seven-week trial that included testimony from the former Manhattan health-care executive that she had killed the boy to save him from abuse at the hands of his father. While Ms. Jordan had admitted she ended her son’s life, her lawyer had argued that the jury should consider the lesser...

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Gigi Jordan, Who Killed Autistic Son, Says Trial Omitted Evidence

Oct 29, 2014 |

By Yoni Bashan

| The Wall Street Journal

Oct. 29, 2014 12:16 p.m. ET Jurors in the trial of Gigi Jordan began deliberations Wednesday to determine whether the former Manhattan health-care executive committed murder or manslaughter in the death of her 8-year-old son. But whatever the jury decides, Ms. Jordan vows to appeal. In an interview Tuesday at a Rikers Island jail, she contended that evidence supporting her case—and explaining the narrative behind the death of her son, Jude—were kept out of her trial.

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Lawsuit threatened on behalf of nurse in New Jersey Ebola quarantine

Oct 27, 2014 |

By Melanie West, Heather Haddon , Yoni Bashan

| Fox News

The nurse detained in New Jersey after treating Ebola patients in Sierra Leone has retained lawyers to challenge a mandatory quarantine in a hospital where she said Sunday the conditions are “really inhumane.” Norman Siegel, a prominent civil rights attorney in New York City, said he planned to file a lawsuit to lift the order keeping Kaci Hickox, a 33-year-old Doctors Without Borders nurse, under quarantine.

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White House pushes back on states’ Ebola quarantines

Oct 26, 2014 |

By Betsy McKay , Yoni Bashan

| MarketWatch

The White House pushed back against the governors of New York, New Jersey, Illinois and other states that instituted procedures to forcibly quarantine medical workers returning from West Africa, deepening an emotional debate brought on by recent Ebola cases in the U.S. A senior administration official said Sunday that new federal guidelines under development would protect Americans from imported cases of the disease but not interfere with the flow of U.S. health workers to and from West...

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Nurse Detained in New Jersey for Ebola Calls Conditions ‘Really Inhumane’

Oct 26, 2014 |

By Yoni Bashan , Melanie West, Heather Haddon

| The Wall Street Journal

Norman Siegel, a prominent civil rights attorney in New York City, said he planned to file a lawsuit to lift the order keeping Kaci Hickox, a 33-year-old Doctors Without Borders nurse, under quarantine. Ms. Hickox was detained at Newark Liberty International Airport on Friday after New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced mandatory quarantines for health workers returning from work with African Ebola patients.

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Officer Slaying Marks Crime Divide in Jersey City

Jul 15, 2014 |

By Yoni Bashan , Josh Dawsey

| The Wall Street Journal

The fatal shooting of a Jersey City police officer marks a surge in violent crime for a city where struggling neighborhoods coexist alongside areas of urban revival. The city's downtown area, which the police call the East District, is characterized by skyscrapers, brownstones and restaurants, a transformation that took place slowly over 20 years and escalated in the past few years, a mayor's office spokeswoman said. A handful of major crimes occurred there this year.

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UberX Price Cut Targets Yellow Cabs

Jul 07, 2014 |

By Yoni Bashan

| The Wall Street Journal

Business cards are pictured in the Long Island City offices of Uber in May 2013. Keith Bedford for The Wall Street Journal The smartphone car-hailing service UberX will temporarily cut its prices, making it cheaper on average than a yellow cab, company officials said. Uber, which has been operating in New York City for almost two years, announced a 20% price cut to its fare structure Monday.

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Blaze that Killed New York City Firefighter Believed to be Electrical: Official

Jul 06, 2014 |

By Yoni Bashan , Pervaiz Shallwani

| The Wall Street Journal

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Behind the Wheel of an Accessible Cab in New York City

Mar 28, 2014 |

By Yoni Bashan

| The Wall Street Journal

Driver Cristian Palomeque Says Helping Those in Wheelchairs Brings 'a Sense of Honor' Cristian Palomeque Ramsay de Give for The Wall Street Journal By Yoni Bashan March 28, 2014 9:12 pm ET But a few stick out in his mind. Resume Subscription We are delighted that you'd like to resume your subscription. You will be charged $ + tax (if applicable) for The Wall Street Journal. You may change your billing preferences at any time in the Customer Center or call Customer Service.

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