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'The answer is no': Borders to stay closed despite huge vaccination program

The tourism industry says it needs help because international borders will likely stay closed for most of the year.

A new warning against overseas travel has sparked calls for billions of dollars in aid for the tourism industry.

Tomic's girlfriend slams quarantine living condition

Sierra uploaded a video to social media outlining the couple's experience and said they had been kept in the dark after multiple training sessions were cancelled last-minute.

Vanessa Sierra says the pair had been spending 11 hours a day playing video games as training sessions continued to be cancelled.

As it happened: Police investigate Bondi party as three pubs added to COVID list

Police are looking into an outdoor party in North Bondi where it appears no one followed social distancing rules. Meanwhile, three pubs have been linked to a case.

No parade: Trump's dawn departure to be a subdued affair

As Donald Trump prepares more than 100 pardons and commutations, he is not expected to pardon himself - because it would make him look guilty.

Video reveals 'the hatred and the buffoonery' of Capitol siege

Veteran war correspondent Luke Mogelson followed the Capitol rioters inside the building and documented the chaos.

In scenes captured by veteran war correspondent Luke Mogelson, rioters tell police: "You're outnumbered. We are listening to Trump - your boss."

Union steps in over Sydney academic's sacking to 'defend freedom of speech'

Tim Anderson.

NTEU has given the Federal Court notice of an appeal against a court decision which upheld the sacking of a university lecturer.

Locked-down Aussies spend up big on electronics, camping

Some of Australia's largest listed retailers have revealed bright spots after a tough year of COVID trading.

Ashley Price

Teacher shortage opens gate to country lifestyle

Ashley Price never imagined living outside a big city until she moved to regional NSW last year to work as a primary school teacher.

Starc injury scare adds late twist as series goes down to wire

Tim Paine, Nathan Lyon and Pat Cummins.

After 16 days of absorbing theatre, it has come down to three sessions. Ninety-eight overs. Six-and-a-bit hours of play... weather permitting of course.

No man has more riding on the line at the Gabba than Tim Paine

The most unlikely of Australian captains has achieved all that could be reasonably asked of him since taking over after the trauma of Cape Town - but the halo has slipped.

'Caught in a political war': First sailors set free after months stuck at sea

'Caught in a political war': First sailors set free after months stuck at sea

But scores of others remain stranded in the multibillion-dollar trade dispute between Australia and China.

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Biodiversity

Forestry Corp sought to ease post-bushfire logging curbs to save jobs

Destroyed trees and vegetation in the Lower Bucca State Forest, near Coffs Harbour, NSW.

Hundreds of jobs are at "imminent" risk due to the lack of available timber, the state-owned logging company warned in a letter to the environmental watchdog.

Opinion
NRL 2021

'Complete crap': V'landys comes out firing on first day back

The ARL Commission chairman's stocks are sky high after rescuing the game last year. But there's still a lot of work to do.

Andrew Webster
Andrew Webster

Chief Sports Writer

Strict quarantine for Damon and family after claims of other celebrity breaches

In quarantine: Matt Damon and wife Luciana Barroso at the Los Angeles premiere of Thor: Ragnarok in 2017.

The Hollywood star is locked down with his family in the Byron Bay area before filming a new Thor movie.

Four ways to achieve work comfort – and style – that don't include trackies

Workwear with a difference by Jak & Mooki (left) and E Nolan.

Ahead, the building blocks everyone – man or woman – needs for a wardrobe to suit our "blurred" working lives.

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Matthew Wade

'I think he's in trouble': Wade under pressure after lean series

Selectors are craving stability but Australia will finish the series having axed two of its top six from the first Test and with question marks hovering over two incumbents.

Josh Hazlewood was the star of the show on day three.

'They are going': Harris says Australia will tour South Africa

Former Australian fast bowler Ryan Harris says Australia's tour of South Africa next month has been confirmed but Cricket Australia insists biosecurity protocols have yet to be rubber stamped.

Sydney

Murray Deakin's June 2018 rampage in Bega left his grandmother and a retired police officer dead.

Deadly rampage in Bega sparked by missing motorbike: court

A 20-year-old who stabbed his grandparents before killing a retired police officer with a hammer was in the early stages of schizophrenia, the Supreme Court has heard.

'It doesn't require a lot of effort': Sydney council's food recycling trial extended

Erin Clay recycles her food scraps under a City of Sydney program. 

Erin Clay was quick to join the program and says Australians need to be better educated about what goes in which bin.

Sydney woman dies after being rescued from water

A Sydney woman has died after being pulled from water on NSW's south coast.

The woman from Surry Hills died after she and her 10-year-old son were stuck in a rip at Congo Beach.

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Crime

Salmon swindlers allegedly net $4m worth of fish from plant

About 250 tonnes of salmon were stolen from a processing plant in Sydney.

Five people have been charged over the theft of 250 tonnes of salmon from a processing plant in Sydney's south-west.

'High testing rates are critical': No new local COVID-19 cases in NSW

Sydney has recorded a day without no local coronavirus cases.

NSW reported no new local coronavirus cases in the 24 hours to 8pm on Sunday, as genome sequencing linked mystery cases in Sydney's west.

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Circus at its grittiest as the grimmest future imaginable becomes real

Imagine grinding your own dislodged tooth into a powder so you can ingest it to survive.

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The questions about interest rates you're too embarrassed to ask

The questions about interest rates you're too embarrassed to ask

Wondering what's the difference between the cash rate and the comparison rate? Curious about fixed, variable and split loans? We've got answers.

Meet the father-daughter duo who built a tiny house from scratch

Meet the father-daughter duo who built a tiny house from scratch

Tiffany Falzon had been a Sydneysider for almost a decade when she had a small idea that sparked a big project.

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Nick Kyrgios and Novak Djokovic.
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Nick Kyrgios

'Djokovic is a tool': Kyrgios slams Serbian superstar after list of demands

The Australian hit out at the world No.1 for making the requests on behalf of players currently going through 14 days of hard lockdown before the Australian Open.

Tim Paine, Nathan Lyon and Pat Cummins.

Starc injury scare adds late twist as series goes down to wire

After 16 days of oscillating, absorbing theatre, it has come down to three sessions. Ninety-eight overs. Six-and-a-bit hours of play ... weather permitting of course.

Peter V'landys.
Opinion
NRL 2021

'Complete crap': V'landys comes out firing on first day back at work

The ARL Commission chairman's stocks are sky high after rescuing the game last year. But there's still a lot of work to do.

Andrew Webster
Andrew Webster

Chief Sports Writer

Ben McDermott smashes another one to the boundary.
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Big Bash

'It's a tight table': McDermott stars as Hurricanes blow away Thunder to climb BBL ladder

A stunning knock of 96 runs off 56 balls at Manuka Oval led Hobart to victory and kept them in finals contention.

The pressure will be on Tim Paine on the final day of the fourth Test.

Rain or shine, it's day of reckoning in world of Paine

The most unlikely of Australian captains has achieved all that could be reasonably asked of him since taking over after the trauma of Cape Town - but the halo has slipped.

Mohammed Siraj of India fields as Pat Cummins of Australia makes his ground.
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Test cricket

Australia counts the bird in the hand

With tropical weather always likely to interfere with the fourth Test, Australia may have another agenda in mind.

Jack de Belin is now training with St George Illawarra's reserve grade team, away from the main group, until his re-trial.

De Belin training with reserve grade, Dufty reveals disappointment with Dragons

Jack de Belin is no longer training with St George Illawarra's main group and Matt Dufty is still waiting to hear from the club about a potential new deal.

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