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Rangiwhero Ngaronoa was 22 when he was stabbed to death in November 2021.

Sarah Marsh was doing the laundry when her fashion designer husband Wayne Cooper allegedly tossed the clothes into a pool and shoved her against a glass door.

Police arrested the 60-year-old at his NSW North Coast home in May after receiving reports of historical domestic violence against his wife.

Cooper pleaded not guilty to two counts of domestic violence-related common assault at Waverley Local Court on Friday.

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The prosecution alleges the father of two assaulted Marsh during two separate incidents.

While Marsh was hanging laundry on December 14, 2015, Cooper allegedly threw the clothes into the pool during an argument, grabbed her by both arms and shoved her against a glass door.

The defence has denied Cooper pushed her.

Testifying in court, Marsh said she developed bruises and scratches from the incident and had to ring a friend to take her away from the family home.

"I was scared," she said.

"I didn't know what was going to happen next and I wanted to get away from him."

Less than a year later, Cooper allegedly assaulted her during an argument where he threw a toy bear at Marsh.

Marsh says she started recording a video to try deterring him.

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The recording, presented to the court shows the couple yelling and trading expletive-laden verbal shots.

"Police officers can't arrest me for picking up a furry bear," Cooper said in the video.

The former model said her ex-husband was pushing into her body while trying to knock the phone from her hand.

"F— off, leave me alone. I've asked you to leave the room," Marsh is heard saying in the recording.

"I can stay in my room if I feel like it," Cooper replied.

Though the couple shared a bedroom, Marsh said he would often leave and she eventually installed a lock on the door.

"I had a lock on the room so I was able to lock myself in," she told the court.

While the defence did not deny an argument had occurred, Cooper's barrister claimed he was required to take "reasonable force" to stop the phone from coming into contact with him.

The two were married for more than a decade but have now separated.

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From the 1990s and into the early 2000s, Cooper was best known for his fashion labels BRAVE and WAYNE.

His works have appeared at Australian Fashion Week and overseas showcases, often modelled by internationally renowned names like Amber Valletta, Linda Evangelista, and Alek Wek.

He has also been a guest on reality television show Australia's Next Top Model.

Cooper's case continues.

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Major tax relief is on the way for Sydney's Star Casino with the NSW government sparing the venue a bill hike worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

The state government announced it will overhaul the crippling tax hike imposed by the previous government to prevent the casino from going bust, in turn costing thousands of jobs.

"You can't collect tax from a dead business, that is why we've had to make this change," Treasurer Daniel Mookhey said.

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"The previous government's casino duty hike was unrealistic, poorly developed and put thousands of jobs at risk.

"It was announced without consultation or consideration for the viability of the business and the thousands of workers they employ."

Instead, the government has introduced a transitional levy for the next seven years.

The Coalition's tax hikes would have slugged the Star $364 million more over the next four years but the treasurer argues that would have sent the casino broke.

Instead, he has stung the casino giant just $55 million extra in order to keep it afloat.

On July 1, 2030, the final poker machine duty rates will be set for the Star to be the same as Victoria.

If the casino's financial performance improves before then, more tax will be collected.

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But in exchange for the mega tax discount, the casino has to retain at least 3000 staff for the next six years.

"This is a great win for job security, a great win for working people and a massive win for our union," a union representative said.

But the Star itself is undeniably the winner of the deal, managing to dodge the imposition of a crippling tax hike locked in by the Coalition as it sought to rake in more revenue.

The new deal was slammed by the opposition.

"I don't know any business in NSW that has the luxury of the premier saying, 'Just pay the tax you think you can afford'," deputy Liberal leader Natalie Ward said.

The Star Sydney was fined $100 million for turning a blind eye to money laundering in its casinos last year.

In a bid to improve its reputation, the casino will transition all pokies to cashless gaming over the next 12 months.

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The Star's CEO Robbie Cooke said the agreement protects the Sydney team's jobs and the viability of the city's casino.

"While the in-principle agreement will result in an uplift in duties payable to the state, it has due regard to the circumstances of our Sydney business and as such helps to create a sustainable path forward for The Star Sydney," he said.

"The expected additional duty payable in FY24 is circa $10 million.

"It is also designed to provide employment certainty for team members in arrangements agreed with the United Workers Union. In addition, it will see The Star Sydney introduce a trial of its cashless gaming machine technology in October this year on 50 gaming machines and eight gaming tables. 

"The arrangements enable us to continue working at pace to implement the significant reforms required to  restore The Star Sydney to suitability, earn back the trust of the community, and ensure we remain a  valuable contributor to the NSW economy."

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The union says Te Whatu Ora needs to either urgently hire more staff or close the unit.

Jade Mellow threatened to kill her, saying he had been ‘waiting three days for this’.

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Many Australians claim they have an allergy to penicillin when they're admitted to hospital, but researchers say that's often not the case.

Making matters worse, studies also outline that not being able to use the common antibiotics to treat patients tends to lead to worse outcomes.

So how common are the phantom allergies, and what can be done about them? This is what you need to know.

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How many people with a penicillin allergy are actually not allergic?

According to a 2015 study, up to 25 per cent of Australian hospital patients say they are allergic to antibiotics, about half of whom say they're allergic to penicillin, or beta-lactam antibiotics.

However, for every 10 patients who say they're allergic to penicillin, research shows nine won't actually be allergic.

"When you go to the trouble of skin testing and challenging people, around 90 per cent don't actually have penicillin allergy," Dr Winnie Tong, an allergy researcher at UNSW and clinical immunologist at St Vincent's Hospital Sydney, said.

Her comments echo the findings of a 2019 Australian study which said more than 90 per cent of allergies may not be legitimate.

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"Not only may most penicillin allergies recorded be inaccurate, but many penicillin allergies wane over time," researcher Misha Devchand said at the time.

"Half of people allergic to penicillin will lose their allergy over five years, and 80 per cent over 10 years."

Tong said many of these incorrect allergies originate in childhood.

"Many patients say their parents told them," she said.

"For example, one person has a reaction and the parents are concerned others in the family could be allergic, even though penicillin allergy is not inherited."

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How can patients check if they're actually allergic?

Someone who thinks they have a penicillin allergy but hasn't had it clinically confirmed can get it checked by a medical professional, often using skin tests or an oral rechallenge test.

"If you think that you are allergic to penicillin, it may be a good idea to have your allergy reassessed. Maybe you can be 'de-labelled' – that is, having the allergy removed from your health record," Devchand said after her study was released.

However, sometimes it's not a straightforward process. Tong currently has a six- to 12-month waitlist for patients wanting to get their allergy checked, and says there are further barriers to actually getting people to start taking the medicine.

"The problem is you do all this testing and the patient still won't take penicillin," she said.

"Maybe they didn't understand the results, or their GP didn't get the results letter."

Why are phantom penicillin allergies an issue? 

By erroneously saying they can't take penicillin, a patient is opening themselves up to the possibility of worse treatment.

"Antibiotic allergy labels are correlated with increases in length of hospital stay, hospital readmission rates, surgical site infections, and admissions to intensive care units," the 2019 study in Australian Prescriber said.

"Similarly in general practice, penicillin allergy labels are associated with an increased risk of death."

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Part of the issue with not being able to take penicillin is it leads to patients being prescribed broader-spectrum or suboptimal medicines as an alternative.

This, in turn, can contribute to antibiotic resistance – the phenomenon in which germs develop the ability to survive treatment from the drugs designed to target them.

"The increased use of broad-spectrum drugs in hospitalised patients with penicillin allergies also contributes to the growing global problem of antimicrobial resistance," Devchand and fellow researcher Jason Trubiano wrote.

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