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'Fake redundancy': Adviser says Michaelia Cash forced her out
A formal complaint against Employment Minister Michaelia Cash has accused her of running a "fake redundancy" process to force an adviser out of her office without fair warning.
- by David Crowe
Brad Fittler's boys restore order, but who can 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
Court orders war hero Ben Roberts-Smith to hand over documents to media
Highly decorated former soldier Ben Roberts-Smith has been ordered to hand over the preliminary findings made by a war crimes inquiry into his conduct in Afghanistan
- by Adam Cooper
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NSW budget
NSW to make its biggest investment to boost trade as part of COVID recovery
The NSW government will nearly double the footprint of state's international network from 11 to 21 offices as part of its pandemic economic recovery.
- by Alexandra Smith
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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
Trump marks Veterans Day with a fresh round of legal action
US President Trump has appeared in public for the first time since losing the presidential election to Democrat challenger Joe Biden.
- by Zeke Miller and Aamer Madhani
Player ratings: The stars who shone and flopped in Origin II
Queensland were thumped by NSW in the second clash. Here's who will face the chopping block and who will stay for the series decider.
- by Sam Phillips
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
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City life
The story behind Sydney's Monumental porn star dilemma
The antics of a pair of porn stars living in Oxford Street's prestigious Monument building have upset some of the establishment.
- by Samantha Hutchinson and Stephen Brook
US ELECTION 2020
Analysis
'Noise, not law': While Trump blusters, Biden plays the long game
Democrats are growing frustrated at Republicans for refusing to acknowledge Joe Biden's victory. But the President-elect is turning down the temperature.
- by Matthew Knott
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
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
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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
Joel Fitzgibbon gets frontbench backing for the freedom to speak up
Amid growing unrest over Labor's climate policies, Joel Fitzgibbon has been supported in his call for MPs to be allowed to speak up on issues affecting their electorates.
- by Rob Harris
Business
'Absolute hypocrisy': Woolies faces backlash over Dan Murphy's Darwin megastore
Woolworths is facing increasing pressure from Darwin-based health and Indigenous community groups to dump its plans to open a huge Dan Murphy's liquor outlets in the city.
- by Colin Kruger
World
Hong Kong's pro-democracy lawmakers resign en masse as Beijing quashes opposition
The mass resignation follow moves by Beijing to give local authorities new powers to curb dissent.
- by Jessie Pang and Sharon Tam
Opinion
PM's pivot on 'bonk ban' misses the point
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Homeowners cling on: Distressed sales fall back to pre-COVID levels
Despite Australia's economic contraction, new data from Domain has shown that distressed listings are at their lowest level since the coronavirus pandemic hit.
- by Kate Burke
Want to know how much your neighbours paid for their house?
First-home buyers will be able to see how much others in the same area spent on average if they used a government scheme to purchase with a low deposit.
- by Elizabeth Redman
Life & Culture
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A template used by artist Sidney Nolan to make one of his famous Ned Kelly images is up for auction this month – but is it a work of art?
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Sport
Cleary could be rubbed out of decider after potential shoulder charge
NSW's hopes of an Origin three-peat could be dealt a huge blow with the game two man-of-the-match likely to come under scrutiny for a shoulder charge.
- by Michael Chammas
'It's at the stage of mild dementia ... and he's only 40 years old'
The confronting findings of Macquarie University's National Repetitive Head Trauma Initiative lay bare the devastating impact of repeated concussion in sport.
- by Peter FitzSimons
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
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
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
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
Have Your Say
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.
