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King Cleary kicks NSW into Origin decider after Johns spray
Only a few days after Andrew Johns said he should be dropped, Nathan Cleary tore Queensland apart to send the Origin series to a decider in Brisbane next week.
- by Adam Pengilly
Obstetricians resign en masse from western Sydney hospital
Up to 20 obstetricians have resigned from Blacktown Hospital in protest over staffing issues within the obstetrics unit.
- by Kate Aubusson
Labor bans all MPs from sexual relationships with their staff
Labor leader Anthony Albanese says his party's "bonk ban" goes further than the Coalition's.
- by Latika Bourke
Senate to launch media diversity inquiry after Kevin Rudd petition
The Senate has moved to establish an inquiry into media diversity in Australia. It's not what Kevin Rudd wants, but it will address some of his claims.
- by Zoe Samios
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Brad Fittler's boys in blue restore order, but who could possibly predict how it will end?
Now that the serious business of winning a State of Origin decider is upon him, you can sense the ascendancy is with Fittler’s men.
- by Andrew Webster
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Super Rugby
Trans-Tasman Super Rugby set to be played in 2021
The full Super Rugby AU draw has been revealed but it's a six-week, 10-team trans-Tasman competition which will have rugby fans excited.
- by Sam Phillips
'Slumlord': US Marines sue Lendlease over homes
Marines living in Lendlease's portfolio of US military housing say they live in homes infested with cockroaches while paying full rent.
- by Sarah Danckert
Apple unveils first Macs designed to run like iPhones
Apple has released computers with the first Apple-designed microprocessor in a move that will bring its Macs and iPhones closer.
- by Stephen Nellis
The trip that reignited Steve Waugh's passion for cricket
In the 16 years since Steve Waugh has been retired from cricket, he hasn't picked up a bat. "It's hard for me to play a social game," he says.
- by Bridget McManus
US ELECTION 2020
Opinion
US pandemic carnage failed to infect Trump's vote
Analysis of American voters shows that very few abandoned Trump despite a horrendous loss of life from COVID-19 under his watch.
- by Shaun Ratcliff
'Nothing' is going to stop us: Biden calls Trump refusal 'an embarrassment'
Democrat Senator Chris Murphy called Trump's refusal to concede "an epidemic of delusion that is spreading out from the White House" as Biden asks for security briefings.
- by Matthew Knott
Sydney
70,000 students put difficult year behind them as HSC ends
The principal of the state's largest year 12 cohort faced a "mammoth" task: preparing 30 back-up HSC venues for 450 students.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos
'Help': Jack de Belin's alleged victim's message to friend
A friend of the woman allegedly raped by NRL star Jack de Belin had a message from her saying "help" when he found his phone the afternoon following the incident, a court has heard.
- by Angus Thompson
WestConnex contractors propose blasting beneath homes in Leichhardt
The contractors abandoned earlier plans to blow apart rock beneath properties in Annandale after a trial blast found it was not viable.
- by Megan Gorrey
Indigenous leaders back NSW Premier's call to change one word in anthem
Gladys Berejiklian wants the first line to say "one and free" instead of "young and free".
- by Josh Dye
Sydney man jailed after buying knives for 'imminent' terrorist attack
The 20-year-old, who cannot be named because he was 16 at the time, was described by a judge as an unequivocally committed terrorist.
- by Georgina Mitchell
State of Origin
Player ratings: The stars who shone and flopped in Origin II
- by Sam Phillips
Munster-sized headache for Maroons after latest concussion incident
Cameron Munster is in danger of joining Boyd Cordner as another star player sidelined for the State of Origin decider due to a concussion.
- by Adrian Proszenko
As it happened: NSW up for the fight against Queensland to force decider
Payne Haas and Tino Fa'asuamaleaui were sent to the sin bin in the second half, but the Blues hit hardest in game two at ANZ Stadium.
- by Phil Lutton
Politics
Research reveals the cost of essential goods rising much faster than luxuries
ABS research shows anger at cost of living pressures may be justified, with the prices of everyday necessities growing faster than those of life's luxuries.
- by Shane Wright and Paul Sakkal
Business
Opinion
Big four
What keeps Commonwealth Bank's chief executive awake at night
A note of caution from the most upbeat of the big bank bosses is a warning of what could happen to the economy when bank and government support struts are removed in March next year.
- by Elizabeth Knight
World
CIA-owned encryption company jeopardised Swiss neutrality: report
Investigators concluded that Swiss authorities were aware of, and at times complicit in, an elaborate espionage operation by American and German intelligence.
- by Greg Miller and Peter F. Mueller
Opinion
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Is this the thrashing Queensland had to have to win the trophy back?
So badly beaten were Queensland in Sydney that they will probably start favourites for the decider next week in Brisbane. That’s the perverse logic of Origin.
- by Malcolm Knox
Andrew Webster: Cleary hits back as Fittler's boys in blue restore order
If the NSW playmaker can perform the way he did in this match next week in Brisbane, they may as well hand the shield over now.
- by Andrew Webster
King Cleary kicks NSW into Origin decider after Johns spray
Only a few days after Andrew Johns said he should be dropped, Nathan Cleary tore Queensland apart to send the Origin series to a decider in Brisbane next week.
- by Adam Pengilly
Player ratings: The stars who shone and flopped in game two
Queensland were thumped by NSW in the second State of Origin clash. Here's who will face the chopping block and who will stay for Wednesday's series decider.
- by Sam Phillips
Victorian cricket boss says Pucovski ready to handle Test promotion
Cricket Victoria's high performance boss Shaun Graf has declared young star Will Pucovski ready for the mental challenges of Test cricket on the eve of his likely promotion to the squad for the series against India.
- by Andrew Wu
The biff is back: Bennett blames media as young pups add bite to Origin
Payne Haas and Tino Fa'asuamaleaui were sent to the sin bin for trading blows as a bit of old-fashioned biff returned to the Origin arena.
- by Christian Nicolussi
Munster headache for Maroons after latest concussion incident
Cameron Munster is in danger of joining Boyd Cordner as another star player sidelined for the State of Origin decider due to a concussion.
- by Adrian Proszenko
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Blues' six-pack: Half-dozen stars unanimously voted in NSW's all-time Origin side
Six NSW players have been unanimously selected by Nine's judging panel - consisting of Origin legends from both Queensland and NSW - in the greatest Blues team of the last 40 years.