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Media boss says his wife wants DV charges dropped · The Front

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  Speaker 1: Today's biggest news from The Australian. I'm Claire Harvey with
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  Speaker 1: the front's afternoon headlines. A media mogul accused of attacking
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  Speaker 1: his wife now says he wants to move overseas with
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  Speaker 1: her and their children. Anthony Catalano, who was formerly the
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  Speaker 1: chief executive of Domain... and is a co-owner of the
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  Speaker 1: company that owns the Canberra Times and the Newcastle Herald,
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  Speaker 1: is defending eight charges, including recklessly causing injury, unlawful imprisonment
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  Speaker 1: and assault. Catalano, 59, appeared at the Melbourne Magistrates' Court
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  Speaker 1: on Friday. He's accused of attacking his wife, Stephanie, in
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  Speaker 1: St Kilda in March. Barrister Dermot Dan Casey told the court,
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  Speaker 1: Mrs Catalano did not want the charges to proceed in
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  Speaker 1: any way, shape or form. He said Anthony Catalano had
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  Speaker 1: not ruled out a plea deal to resolve the matter.
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  Speaker 1: Dan also told the court the family was considering moving overseas.
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  Speaker 1: Fifteen jurors in the double murder trial of former New
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  Speaker 1: South Wales police officer Beau Lamar Condon visited the Paddington
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  Speaker 1: Terrace house where he allegedly shot and killed his ex-boyfriend
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  Speaker 1: and another man. Lamar Condon has pleaded not guilty to
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  Speaker 1: two charges of domestic violence-related murder and one count of
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  Speaker 1: aggravated break-and-enter. The Crown says he broke into the share
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  Speaker 1: house of Jessie Baird and shot the TV presenter and
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  Speaker 1: his partner, Luke Davies, with his police-issued Glock on February 19, 2023.
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  Speaker 1: His lawyers have told the court Lamar Condon was acting
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  Speaker 1: in self-defence. Almost a month into the three-month trial, jurors
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  Speaker 1: were taken to see the Paddington home, as well as
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  Speaker 1: surrounding streets where Lamar Condon was allegedly captured on CCTV
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  Speaker 1: before and after the men's deaths. For two people who
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  Speaker 1: said they didn't want to be working royals, Prince Harry
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  Speaker 1: and his wife Meghan Markle are acting a lot like
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  Speaker 1: working royals. In their first public appearance together since they
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  Speaker 1: returned to the United Kingdom from California, the Duke and
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  Speaker 1: Duchess of Sussex went to Nottingham to visit a children's charity,
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  Speaker 1: a food bank and a community kitchen. It was a
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  Speaker 1: return to the first place they visited as an engaged
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  Speaker 1: couple back in 2017, before the Sussexes said the royal
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  Speaker 1: family was racist and they didn't see a future for
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  Speaker 1: themselves working in the institution. Buckingham Palace has been clear
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  Speaker 1: Harry and Meghan are back in Britain as private citizens.
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  Speaker 1: They weren't carrying out official royal duties on their trip
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  Speaker 1: to Nottingham, but just like their visit to Australia earlier
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  Speaker 1: this year, the trip had all the trappings of the firm.
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  Speaker 1: A walkabout, selfies with an adoring crowd... and an official
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  Speaker 1: press pool to capture it all for the cameras. You
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  Speaker 1: can read all about that right now at theaustralian.com.au. And
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  Speaker 1: come back to the front first thing in the morning
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  Speaker 1: for a story about the AI drama engulfing one of
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