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'We can’t afford to do this': NSW Minister criticises restaurant breaches
"It’s so frustrating because so many businesses are working hard to do the right thing. Then you see instances like this that let the team down," Victor Dominello said.
- by Roy Ward
Breaking
Telecommunications
Telstra plans to split into three units under radical restructure
Telstra has revealed plans to split into three separate business units in a radical restructure that paves the way for the nation's biggest telecommunications company to spin off its infrastructure assets.
- by Supratim Adhikari
Exclusive
Workplace safety
'Fake redundancy': Adviser says 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
Trump lawyers suffer embarrassing rebukes from judges over voter fraud claims
A judge slammed one argument for a claim of fraud as "inadmissible hearsay within hearsay".
- by Aaron Blake
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The plan to transform Sydney's 'ugly duckling' into a legacy project
The industrial building looming over Sydney Harbour was once a gasworks, a torpedo factory and a submarine base. Now it might become a public park.
- by Megan Gorrey
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
CBD
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
'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.
- by Colin Kruger
Roach and Fenech speak out on 'forgetfulness' after concussions
Rugby league hero Steve Roach said he was in denial for a "long, long time" about how head knocks had affected him over the years.
- by Sarah Keoghan
US ELECTION 2020
Trump marks Veterans Day with a fresh round of legal action
- by Zeke Miller and Aamer Madhani
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
Sydney stations among NSW sites set for multimillion-dollar upgrades
The NSW government will spend an extra $190 million on accessibility upgrades to suburban and regional train stations across the state.
- by Tom Rabe
Doctors quit en masse at Sydney hospital after baby deaths
Up to 20 obstetricians have resigned from Blacktown Hospital in protest over staffing issues within the obstetrics unit.
- by Kate Aubusson
Global rankings are distorting universities' decisions, says ANU chief
Australian universities are letting world ranking ambitions skew what they teach at a cost to local history and politics, says Australian National University vice-chancellor Brian Schmidt.
- by Jordan Baker
Exclusive
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
Exclusive
Police
NSW Police to receive $60 million boost for Goulburn Academy upgrade
NSW Treasurer Dominic Perrottet said the funding boost for the training facility was additional to the 2018 commitment to increase the police force by 1500 officers over four years.
- by Laura Chung
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State of Origin
Cleary could be rubbed out of decider after potential shoulder charge
- by Michael Chammas
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 Chris Barrett and Sam Phillips
The secret hospital visit before NSW gun dominated Origin
The Blues had a major pre-game scare 48 hours out from their series-levelling win – and barely anyone knew about it.
- by Adam Pengilly
Politics
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
Business
'We're still in the teeth of the pandemic': Top bankers say vaccine not enough
Central bankers warn the global economy will still need support this year and next to weather the coronavirus crisis.
- by Alaa Shahine, Rafaela Lindeberg and Catarina Saraiva
US companies are stockpiling cash before 'dark winter' hits
- by Sally Bakewell, Drew Singer and Davide Scigliuzzo
World
'Australia on its own', ex-ambassador on worsening China relations
Australia's former ambassador to China, Geoff Raby, says the stoush between the two nations will come at a cost to our living standards.
- by Eryk Bagshaw
Hong Kong's pro-democracy lawmakers resign en masse as Beijing quashes opposition
- by Jessie Pang and Sharon Tam
CIA-owned encryption company jeopardised Swiss neutrality: report
- by Greg Miller and Peter F. Mueller
Opinion
PM's pivot on 'bonk ban' misses the point
Julie Szego
Author and freelance journalist
Be repelled by Trump, by all means, but don't dismiss him
Pru Goward
Former sex discrimination commissioner and MP
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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 Chris Barrett and 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.
