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SA Premier says NSW has no local cases as state prepares to reopen border tomorrow
South Australian Premier Steven Marshall has possibly provided a little spoiler of today's NSW case numbers, saying there had been no new community transmission in the state.
- by Craig Butt
Senior Nationals asked news website to remove party-stacking article
Senior NSW Nationals intervened to block social media circulation of a Sydney Morning Herald article that questioned the eligibility of a party candidate to stand in the 2019 state elections and raised issues of branch stacking.
- by Peter Hannam
Two million homes to get access to NBN fibre-to-the-home in $3.5 billion plan
A new fibre rollout is tipped to create 25,000 jobs and start within months, with two million eligible premises able to demand fibre-to-the-home.
- by Lisa Visentin
'We've got the votes': Republicans push to fill Ginsburg vacancy before election
Filling the seat will allow Republicans to lock in a 6-3 conservative majority on the court that will likely take years to reverse.
- by Matthew Knott
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Qantas ends Wallabies sponsorship, cuts off cash to cricket and soccer
Qantas will end its 30-year sponsorship of the Wallabies and cease financial support for the Socceroos and Australian cricket teams in a desperate bid to save money.
- by Patrick Hatch and Tom Decent
Billionaire family's windfall gain 'tip of iceberg' for sales near new Sydney airport
The number of billionaires that will be created will be "embarrassing", unless the government learns this expensive lesson, a Liberal MP has warned
- by Matt O'Sullivan
MasterChef judge Jock Zonfrillo sues The Australian for defamation
The celebrity chef is suing over an article and Facebook post that he says accuse him of dishonesty.
- by Michaela Whitbourn
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Crime
'Spit on homeless man': Year 12 private school boys plan crime-filled muck-up day
Shore School in North Sydney has alerted police to a crime-filled rampage being planned by year 12s.
- by Fergus Hunter
200 more pilot whales found stranded on Tasmanian coast
The number of whales stranded on Tasmania's west coast is now believed to be about 470, after an extra group was discovered on Wednesday morning.
- by Mary Ward
Coronavirus pandemic
In UN speech, Trump blasts China for 'unleashing virus plague on the world'
- by Michelle Nichols and Steve Holland
UK hits 'perilous turning point' as Boris Johnson announces new restrictions
The British PM has unveiled new measures that seek to limit spread of the disease but keep the economy, schools and society open.
- by Bevan Shields
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NSW two weeks from opening border with Queensland if all cases traced
However, Premier Gladys Berejiklian has urged her Queensland counterpart to bring down the border now after the state recorded zero new locally acquired cases on Tuesday.
- by Kate Aubusson, Mary Ward and Laura Chung
Sydney
Controversial floodplain harvesting exemption blocked in upper house
Irrigators in the northern Murray-Darling Basin will face tighter regulation over water they capture during floods after a disallowance motion secured a decisive 22-16 win over the NSW Coalition.
- by Peter Hannam
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Greenwich's fight consumes mind and body corporate
Alex Greenwich has made an unwitting contribution to a fighting fund determined to stop Parliament prohibiting strata by-laws banning pets.
- by Samantha Hutchinson and Stephen Brook
Inquiry to examine aged care price caps, subsidies
The authority would revolutionise aged care funding by setting subsidies and caps on prices.
- by Julie Power
MP, her doctor husband and not-for-profit awarded $875,000 after 'vile' posts
A woman had claimed on social media Nationals MP Anne Webster was part of a group linked to the abuse of children.
- by Michaela Whitbourn
Frustrated Sydney university students paying $40,000 a year to sit on a laptop
Universities are delivering more classes on campus as many students grow impatient with learning online.
- by Anna Patty
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Senate likely to put brakes on Taylor's $18b road map
A clash in Parliament threatens to cruel a federal plan to spend $18 billion on energy projects, as opponents warn against schemes that promise to bury greenhouse gases in the ground.
- by David Crowe
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Credibility gap: Bragg stokes Coalition war-of-words with super funds
- by Rob Harris and Jennifer Duke
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Sydney, Melbourne dotted with off-the-plan property 'danger zones'
New-build apartments and off-the-plan units in certain areas of Sydney and Melbourne have been listed as "danger zones".
- by John Collett
World
'Completely unfathomable': US death toll from coronavirus hits 200,000
The bleak milestone is by far the highest confirmed death toll from the virus in the world, and it is still climbing.
- by Carla K. Johnson
Romney says he won't block vote on Trump's Supreme Court nominee
- by Andy Sullivan and Richard Cowan
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Assange saga
'I don't want him to be a martyr': Julian Assange's fiancee seeks citizenship
- by Latika Bourke
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The death of the dream wedding due to coronavirus has given rise to young Aussie couples pouring their nuptial funds into dream homes instead.
- by Sarah Webb
Balmain's largest privately held estate listed for $11m
The historic house and local landmark was long owned by the Cloughessy family and is set to smash local price records after it hit the market this week.
- by Lucy Macken
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Rebooting your romance is more important than you think, especially now
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Australian rugby
Qantas ends Wallabies sponsorship, cuts off cash to cricket and soccer
Qantas will end its 30-year sponsorship of the Wallabies and cease financial support for the Socceroos and Australian cricket teams in a desperate bid to save money.
- by Patrick Hatch and Tom Decent
Rest of the best: $12m of talent to miss final NRL round
Niggling injuries and the chance to give fringe players some valuable game time has prompted some of the competition heavyweights to rest players this weekend.
- by Christian Nicolussi
Smith stars in comeback IPL game after concussion
Steve Smith made a winning return from concussion after missing Australia's one-day international series against England.
- by Andrew Wu
'They are not gung-ho': NRL concussion expert praises Roosters' care
With Boyd Cordner named to return this weekend, a neurologist who has consulted the club says Trent Robinson has kept stars off the park longer than he has been advised.
- by Adam Pengilly
Historic Junior Wallabies triumph holds key to Bledisloe Cup hopes
No less than six of the 16 debutants in Dave Rennie's squad took part in an historic win against the New Zealand under-20s just under 18 months ago.
- by Sam Phillips
NRL final round rule changes could be beginning of a zero-scrum game
With one round to play, the NRL will trial a raft of rule changes aimed at increasing fatigue in the game - and one new law is set to reduce the influence of scrums even further.
- by Michael Chammas
Eels concede it's top four or bust before crucial Tigers clash
History suggests Parramatta will be making up the numbers in the finals series if they finish outside the top four. And their biggest stars agree.
- by Adrian Proszenko
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Australia ganged up on Perec. She deserves an apology
If the spirit of the Olympics counts for anything, and if Australia is as big-hearted as it imagines itself to be, an apology should be given to Marie-Jose Perec.
