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US votes 2020
Will Trump accept election defeat? A concession is now less relevant
For a fleeting moment, it looked like Donald Trump was going to admit Joe Biden won the election.
- by Farrah Tomazin
Alleged US conmen nabbed over plot to dupe NSW out of $430m for face masks
The US businessmen thought they'd found a buyer in the NSW government for 50 million non-existent face masks until the US Secret Service stepped in.
- by Nick Ralston
Kylie Moore-Gilbert arrives in Australia after two years of detention in Iran
Australian university lecturer Kylie Moore-Gilbert is finally on home soil following a two-year detention ordeal in Iran.
- by Laura Chung
Opinion
US votes 2020
It's payback time for Yellen, the economist who was too short for Trump
It's hard to overstate the enthusiasm among economists over Joe Biden's selection of the former Fed chair as the next secretary of the Treasury.
- by Paul Krugman
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Zampa's late show makes amends for Kohli wobble as Australia cruise to victory
The leg-spinner dropped a sitter to remove the Indian talisman, but hit back with crucial wickets as Australia comfortably defended a huge total in the first ODI in Sydney.
- by Chris Barrett
'You can't go home': Vanessa was 10 when she was taken in the middle of the night
Turnbull-Roberts' experience with foster care was her driving force to make the most out of her career.
- by Ella Archibald-Binge
Opinion
Australian cricket
Kohli's bundle of wisdom a timely reminder that it's only a game
Virat Kohli’s planned departure is a reminder that life must be allowed to counterbalance work.
- by Malcolm Knox
Updated
China relations
'Devastating blow': Trade Minister lashes China's 200 per cent wine tariffs
Simon Birmingham has accused the Chinese government of breaching its free trade agreement with Australia to heap political pressure on the Morrison government.
- by Eryk Bagshaw and Darren Gray
Jarryd Hayne tells court he was 'fuming' when he heard of sex assault allegation
Jarryd Hayne had been messaging the alleged victim for two weeks before arriving at her home after attending a buck's party weekend in Newcastle.
- by Georgina Mitchell
CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC
Previously withheld emails show Sutton's turf war with emergency managers
- by Richard Baker, Tammy Mills, Michael Fowler and Chip Le Grand
Updated
Tennis stars can practise in quarantine ahead of Open, ATP says
A significant threat to the quality of international names competing at the Australian Open is closer to being avoided, after the ATP told players they would be able to practise during quarantine.
- by Anthony Colangelo, Sam Phillips and Scott Spits
Updated
South Australia to reopen border to Victorians on December 1
Victorians will be permitted to travel to South Australia again from next week, but Victoria will continue to require people arriving from SA to carry a permit.
- by David Estcourt
Sydney
'This is really not acceptable': Three of four Manly ferries to be retired
The decision has been described as demolishing the Opera House and leaving only one sail standing for tourists to gaze at.
- by Matt O'Sullivan and Tom Rabe
ICAC finds NSW water policy 'unduly focused' on irrigators' interests
The Independent Commission Against Corruption found the NSW government's water policies were inconsistent with the law and "created an atmosphere that was overly favourable to irrigators".
- by Peter Hannam
Weekend of severe heatwaves to hit most of NSW
Most of the state will experience a heatwave and damaging winds over the weekend, with temperatures expected to reach the mid-40s across inland NSW.
- by Pallavi Singhal and Laura Chung
Updated
Public transport
Snap strike throws state's train network into chaos
NSW's train network has been thrown into chaos after the rail union called an unplanned strike close to midnight.
- by Tom Rabe and Pallavi Singhal
Cancer research award winner spurred on by his own diagnosis
After finding that cancerous cells contain high levels of copper, Orazio Vittorio is exploring how drugs that expel copper from the body might improve children's treatment.
- by Mary Ward
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Politics
Regional media companies slam proposed broadcasting licence reforms
A group of regional media companies have rejected the federal government's proposed media reforms.
- by Lisa Visentin and Zoe Samios
Army chief starts process to sanction or sack 13 SAS soldiers
- by Katina Curtis and Anthony Galloway
Business
Penfolds maker Treasury Wine in the 'firing line' of China trade strike
Australia's biggest wine company faces turmoil in its largest export market after Chinese regulators slapped a sudden 169.3 per cent tariff on its exports.
- by Darren Gray
Crown gave staff COVID-19 leave, then clawed it back from taxpayers
- by Patrick Hatch and Nick McKenzie
World
Stopping with a smiley face for a selfie can land you in jail in Singapore
Strict anti-protest laws threaten to make Singapore the laughing stock around the world, and it's all because of one man and a smiley face.
- by James Massola
US-Taiwan alliance 'an alternative' to Chinese Belt and Road
- by Miaojung Lin and Chris Horton
Opinion
China's new digital front has caught the world napping
Eryk Bagshaw
China correspondent
Surprise, Treasurer! I agree with half your hit-list of ugly buildings
Elizabeth Farrelly
Columnist, author, architecture critic and essayist
'Revenge of the old economy': Is this the start of the next commodity supercycle?
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
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Editor's Picks
Property bydomain
Art dealer Steve Nasteski sells Darling Point pad for $13.3m
He only bought it last year for $7.5m, but undertook a lavish renovation, and found a buyer from a wealthy music publishing family.
- by Lucy Macken
Paddington's Four in Hand Hotel sold for second time in three years
The pub has sold to a Sydney-based hotelier two years after a local community campaign to save it from being converted into apartments.
- by Jack Needham
Life & Culture
★★½
Review
Kristen Stewart rom-com has all the Christmas trimmings except for sparkling wit
Kristen Stewart’s skittish intelligence ought to lend itself to comedy, but even she can't cut through the strategic blandness of Happiest Season.
- by Jake Wilson
Analysis
Visual art
Why Australian art is setting so many records at auctions this year
- by John McDonald
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Sport
Zampa's late show makes amends for Kohli wobble as Australia cruise to victory
The leg-spinner dropped a sitter to remove the Indian talisman, but hit back with crucial wickets as Australia comfortably defended a huge total in the first ODI in Sydney.
- by Chris Barrett
The day yours truly made a big impression on Maradona
When Diego came to Sydney in 1993, the Fitz Files fought its way to the front of the media scrum to bag an exclusive with the biggest name in world soccer ...
- by Peter FitzSimons
Updated
Australian Open
Tennis stars can practise in quarantine ahead of Open, ATP says
A significant threat to the quality of international names competing at the Australian Open is closer to being avoided, after the ATP told players they would be able to practise during quarantine.
- by Anthony Colangelo, Sam Phillips and Scott Spits
Analysis
Australian rugby
Waratahs' Kiwi signings suggest glory days are still some way off
This is not a hit job on the Kiwis. But while Jacques Potgieter showed foreign acquisitions can ransform a side the influence of others has been far milder.
- by Paul Cully
'We're not buying in': Cane won't let All Blacks rise to Pumas' bait
The All Blacks were slammed for their ill-discipline in the last start loss to Argentina. Skipper Sam Cane will be having none of that tomorrow night.
- by Sam Phillips
Former Origin star loses case against Broncos after learning of replacement 'via screenshot'
Former Broncos assistant coach Ben Cross has had his application of unfair dismissal thrown out by the fair work commission.
- by Sarah Keoghan
The incredible 35-ball ton that almost saw Wallaby chase baggy green
Before Harry Wilson was touted as a future Wallabies captain, he was a devastating batsman. Watch vision of his remarkable 35-ball hundred here.
- by Sam Phillips
Have Your Say
Malcolm Knox: Kohli's bundle of wisdom a timely reminder it's only a game
In this year like no other, a paramount theme must be mental health. Virat Kohli’s planned departure is a reminder that life must be allowed to counterbalance work.
