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'This is the time to heal in America': Celebrations spill into the streets after Biden's election win
Joe Biden said he would use his impending presidency to unify the country, rebuild the middle class and "make America respected around the world again".
- by Megan Levy, Latika Bourke, Jenny Noyes and Roy Ward
Trump tweets stamped with warnings as President can't accept result
The US President turned to Twitter to make a series of false claims and one that was accurate after Joe Biden was declared the winner of the election.
- by Damien Nowicki
Biden plans executive order flurry to reverse Trump policies
Joe Biden immediately forecasted the country's politics have shifted and his presidency will be guided by radically different priorities.
- by Matt Viser, Seung Min Kim and Annie Linskey
Schools dispute the results of one HSC subject twice as often as any other
Principals questioned about 200 HSC results over the past five years, but one subject was responsible for a fifth of the queries
- by Jordan Baker
'Beautiful angel' dead, two seriously injured after car mounts Wollongong footpath
Libby Ruge, who died after she was struck by the car, was described as one of the "most kindest souls" by friends mourning her death on Sunday.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos and Harriet Alexander
Man in his 20s dies while rock fishing on NSW South Coast
NSW Police have urged all rock anglers to wear a life jacket and check weather conditions before leaving home after the latest death on Sunday.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos
Alert issued for Sydney's north after COVID-19 traces detected in sewage
NSW Health has asked people in the Rouse Hill area to be alert for coronavirus symptoms and get tested after traces of the virus were detected in local sewage systems.
- by Simone Fox Koob and Tom Cowie
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Education
Out-of-area enrolment crackdown leaves parents with tough decision
An out-of-area enrolment crackdown has left some parents unable to send their youngest child to the same public school as their siblings
- by Jordan Baker
The sad truth behind James Roberts' 'release' from South Sydney
There are fears the 27-year-old may have played his last NRL game after abandoning a $500,000 deal.
- by Michael Chammas
'We’ve secured the future of the baths': Harbour pool saved from rising sea levels
An $8 million restoration has saved the historic Dawn Fraser Baths in Balmain from rising sea levels.
- by Andrew Taylor
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Money Makeover
How I got a 0.6 percentage point mortgage rate cut ... and you can too
Don’t believe the banks when they say they cannot cut variable interest rates for existing customers.
- by Jessica Irvine
'Almost defied belief': New Zealand media melts down after shock All Blacks loss
A stunning defeat to the Wallabies in Brisbane on Saturday seems to have really got under their skin.
- by Sam Phillips
US ELECTION 2020
'Constrained' Biden presidency set to lift markets
- by Charlotte Grieve
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Joe Biden vows to 'make America respected' again after claiming victory
The President-elect said he would end the "grim era of demonisation", saying he would start on a plan to tackle COVID-19 and climate change through science.
- by Matthew Knott
Trump's bid to discredit election raise fears that he will resist smooth transfer of power
Trump associates have said privately that the president is unlikely to formally concede the race under any circumstances in the traditional manner.
- by David Nakamura
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'Nicole was so young that no one jumped to cancer ... something wasn't right'
More than 90 per cent of Australians could survive their cancer diagnosis within a decade under a comprehensive new framework developed by an alliance of expert researchers, doctors, patients, healthcare, tech and pharmaceutical leaders.
- by Kate Aubusson
'An anti-Trump victory': Biden celebrations begin in Sydney
A group of young Americans living in Sydney say President-elect Joe Biden will have his work cut out.
- by John Buckley
New education centre aims to end culture war over student testing
Student testing has become a battleground for culture wars, warns the head of a new think tank.
- by Jordan Baker
Warragamba dam inquiry hears traditional land owners offered jobs if they supported raising wall
An Aboriginal traditional land owner has told an inquiry she was offered employment by government bureaucrats if she supported the controversial raising of the dam wall.
- by Lucy Cormack and Tom Rabe
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Sunshine Coast
COVID-19 the catalyst for sea change as Sunshine Coast sees influx from Sydney
Sydneysiders and Melburnians are moving to the Queensland Sunshine Coast in droves during the COVID-19 pandemic, with families prepared to spend two weeks in quarantine and buy or rent houses sight unseen.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
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'Suddenly it fell apart on me': adman Harold Mitchell on his decade horribilis
Harold Mitchell rose from a fractured childhood to become one of Australia’s most successful admen. At the centre of media and arts circles, he was friends with billionaires and politicians. Then his wife left him, and ASIC came knocking.
- by Anne Hyland
'No boundaries': John Prince Siddon brings an original dynamic to Indigenous art
Emerging from the Kimberley, this artist's work could almost be described as psychedelic.
- by John McDonald
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Suspected influence agent quits Victorian Liberal Party
Di Sanh Duong, who has been charged with preparing an act of foreign interference, has quit the Victorian division of the Liberal Party amid calls for him to be suspended.
- by Rob Harris and Anthony Galloway
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Frydenberg supports suspension of Liberal Party member charged with foreign interference
- by Anthony Galloway
Business
Pohl position: fund manager bets on Seek in race against short sellers
Fund manager Emmanuel (Manny) Pohl is sticking with one of his best bets in the market, Seek, calling the short seller attack a cheap shot.
- by Lucy Battersby
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Budgeting
The two real problems with the new ‘pay-on-demand’ revolution
- by Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon
World
Mink coronavirus mutation spreads to six other countries
Denmark, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Italy and the US - have reported the coronavirus in farmed mink to the World Organisation for Animal Health.
- by Phoebe Southworth
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Australia the outlier in Biden's brave new zero-emissions world
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'Bassist with the beautiful voice': Midnight Oil's Bones Hillman dies
He has been remembered for his kindness, a day after the band's new album reached No.1 on the charts.
- by Harriet Alexander and Natassia Chrysanthos
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'We've been leaders': NSWRL defend record on concussion protocols
The state league pledged to continue with its 'overwhelmingly positive' concussion substitute policy in 2021 as it prepares to table its report on the Boyd Cordner case in Origin 1.
- by Adam Pengilly
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NSW trainers want Racing Australia to take over Melbourne Cup
Trainers are becoming increasingly worried about deaths in the Melbourne Cup in recent times and the effect it has on the image of the industry.
- by Chris Roots
The sad truth behind James Roberts' 'release' from South Sydney
There are fears the 27-year-old may have played his last game in the NRL following the news he was abandoning a $500,000 deal with the Rabbitohs.
- by Michael Chammas
Batting blues have NSW green with envy as Pucovski eyes Test spot
While the runs are flowing freely for the Victorian, who is closer to unseating Test opener Joe Burns, they were hard to come by for the Blues, who were rolled for 64.
- by Chris Barrett
'Almost defied belief': New Zealand media melts down after shock All Blacks loss
New Zealand never takes any All Blacks loss well. But the stunning defeat to the Wallabies in Brisbane on Saturday seems to have really got under their skin.
- by Sam Phillips
Choix Parfait: France-based Maloney backs Blues' loyalty to Cleary
Jimmy Maloney believes his former Panthers and NSW halves partner will benefit from Brad Fittler's show of faith, and said the 22-year-old had already proved he can succeed at Origin level.
- by Christian Nicolussi
Why the Blues' secret edge has been COVID-cleared for Origin clash
There had been some doubts Brad Fittler's team would be able to use a luxury afforded to them last year, but they have had a win before the series goes on the line.
- by Adam Pengilly
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Paul Cully's Tight Five: How two players won the Test for the Wallabies
The biggest moments in the victory over the All Blacks featured the same two players: Reece Hodge and Matt Philip.
