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Crime
'Con artist of the century': Investors fear missing Sydney woman stole $40m
Dover Heights businesswoman Melissa Caddick, who vanished last month, lived a high life of Aspen ski trips, expensive jewellery and million-dollar property investments.
Opinion
China relations
Beijing set a trap for Scott Morrison, and he walked right in
The Prime Minister's strident personal response to China's inflammatory propaganda might have been genuine outrage, but it gave Beijing an easy win.
Peter Hartcher
Political and international editor
Super-sub stars for India after Langer, Boon butt heads over concussion call
The Australia coach engaged in a confrontation with match referee Boon as India spinner Yuzvendra Chahal replaced Ravindra Jadeja and was man of the match.
NSW to probe airline quarantine after case linked to US crew
NSW Health will look at quarantine for overseas airline crews after testing indicated the latest coronavirus infection was acquired from US crew staying at the hotel where the woman was employed.
Second woman claims Sydney heiress' dog viciously attacked her
Julie Murfet says Ros Oatley's dog attacked her when she was walking to her local cafe outside Oatley's multimillion-dollar Mosman estate.
Unis must rethink the balance of teaching and research, says Spence
Academics are churning out incremental "stuff", says outgoing Sydney University vice-chancellor Michael Spence
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Tourism
'Help fill the void': Tourism Australia urges locals to put holidays under the tree
Australians are being asked to play Santa this year and give family and friends vouchers for experiences and trips across the country as part of a new $2 million federal government campaign.
Sydney
'Last night was not OK': How a dancefloor decision landed NRL star on trial for rape
The truth about what happened after NRL player Jack de Belin, Callan Sinclair and a 19-year-old woman met at a Wollongong bar has become the subject of a criminal trial.
Two men charged over alleged theft of baby formula and vitamins
During a search of a home and two businesses, police seized numerous items including 447 cans of tuna, 216 electric toothbrushes and cans of baby formula.
NSW Police Minister rules out crossing floor on divisive drug reform
Police Minister David Elliott will not vote against the government if it moves to reform drug possession laws for young people.
Daughter finds parents with critical stab wounds in Sydney's inner west
The woman found her father upstairs with critical head wounds. Her mother was in the backyard with critical upper body wounds.
Sydney council spends $1m to run pool which is closed and has no swimmers
The opening of the largest aquatic centre to be built in Sydney since the 2000 Olympic Games has been delayed until February and locals are not happy.
Weekend Reads
'You never know what strength you've got': Anna Swan's long road back from brain trauma
Her father is Australia’s best known health journalist, her brother one of Washington’s fastest-rising media stars. But Anna Swan showed grit beyond them both in the aftermath of a catastrophic accident on a family holiday to Italy.
Hot off the presses: Good Weekend's best summer books
Warmer days are upon us and the holidays beckon. What better way to further warm the heart than with a good book on the beach?
Politics
'Everybody loses': Ex-ABC editorial director says government attacks undermine it
Alan Sunderland says the government's public complaint about a controversial Four Corners episode puts the ABC in a no-win situation.
Business
From Utegate to Panama Papers: Nuix puts data forensics on ASX map
A decade on from helping unpack the Utegate affair, the Sydney-based software maker Nuix has pulled off a blockbuster IPO.
World
UN warns 2021 shaping up to be a humanitarian catastrophe
"2021 is literally going to be catastrophic based on what we're seeing at this stage of the game," said the head of the World Food Program.
Opinion
The PM ignored one of the enduring truths in politics in his over-the-top response to China
Kevin Rudd
Former Australian prime minister
Beyond the NRL rape trials, the game still fails to tackle misogyny
Malcolm Knox
Journalist, author and columnist for The Sydney Morning Herald.
Parramatta the perfect setting for our next step as a nation
Peter FitzSimons
Columnist and author
Church punches below the belt then knocks out its fighting priest
Elizabeth Farrelly
Columnist, author, architecture critic and essayist
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Property bydomain
Therese Rein snaps up $5m designer digs in sunny Noosa
The Queensland border is open and Noosa real estate is back in hot demand. Just ask Therese Rein and her former prime minister husband.
'I like the imperfections': At home with florist Saskia Havekes
The stylish florist lives in a 1920s cottage in Woollahra and loves the eccentric and creative space she shares with her family.
Life & Culture
Behind the scenes of Liam Neeson's new action movie filming in Australia
Blacklight is written, directed and produced by Ozark co-creator Mark Williams.
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Sport
Super-sub stars for India after Langer, Boon butt heads over concussion call
The Australia coach engaged in a confrontation with match referee Boon as India spinner Yuzvendra Chahal replaced Ravindra Jadeja and was man of the match.
Mindfulness over matter: Struggles steel Pucovski's desire to succeed
The batting prodigy has learnt more about himself since his concussion in a school football training accident six years ago than some people learn in a lifetime.
The Fitz Files
The Fitz Files
Parramatta the perfect setting for our next step as a nation
The only thing more wonderful than the national anthem being sung in the Eora language would be if it was a first step towards the rest of us learning the words.
NRL biosecurity expert predicts players won't be forced to take COVID-19 vaccine
The NRL's Project Apollo biosecurity expert says because the vaccine is new the "side-effect profile" may mean some players do not want to take it.
A wave, a legend, his son; TJ Hendy ready to step out of father's shadow
The Hendy name was too much to carry for TJ, son of Ironman legend Trevor. That was until one wave changed his outlook on everything.
Defiant Hooper wants to remain Wallabies captain as he closes in on record
The Wallabies skipper has come under fire recently but made it clear he wants to remain at the helm in 2021.
What makes the perfect Twenty20 cricketer?
Whose biceps would you choose if you were to build the ultimate T20 cricketer? And whose brain? Who would you trust to take the blinder of a catch?
Have Your Say
Cully's card: How does Australian rugby rate at the end of 2020?
It's been yet another year of tumultuous highs and lows for Australian rugby but the game gets an A-plus for survival.
