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Tournament's COVID risk an Open and shut case
A message to the contestants in the Australian Open. If you can't stand being locked down for 14 days I will be willing to take your place.
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Opinion
Indigenous
She backed the anthem change, now Berejiklian should right a wrong on the Sydney Harbour Bridge
The Premier has it within her power to fly the Aboriginal flag over the Harbour Bridge permanently.
- by Gary Nunn
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Coronavirus pandemic
Tensions over border closures rise as Victoria insists it warned NSW
Victorian health officials told an Australian Health Protection Principal Committee on December 31 that the state was "strongly considering" a border closure, minutes show. At 3.30pm, the announcement came.
- by Alexandra Smith and Sumeyya Ilanbey
'Hard to see a safe corridor': NSW shelves plan for return of international students
NSW government plans for the return of 1000 international students each week have been put on hold.
- by Anna Patty
'Fear of the unknown': Hazzard on the pandemic and 30 years as an MP
After a year from hell, NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard finds it difficult to talk about the early days of the pandemic.
- by Alexandra Smith
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Coronavirus pandemic
GPs to be at forefront of Australia's COVID-19 vaccine rollout
GPs will be at the forefront of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout as the federal government briefs states on their plans.
- by Alexandra Smith and Emma Koehn
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Stamp duty
Outsourcing expertise: Private consultant paid $5.5m for stamp duty reform
The NSW government will fork out millions of dollars for a six-month contract to a private consultant for the project that will phase out stamp duty in the state’s biggest tax reform in decades.
- by Lucy Cormack
SCG still hoping for more crowds as hotspots banned from Test
The SCG will only have about 10,000 people on the first day of the Sydney Test.
- by Alexandra Smith and Mary Ward
Cumberland residents face being banned from SCG Test
The news comes as thousands of people have been told to isolate for 14 days after attending a bottle shop in Berala.
- by Alexandra Smith and Lucy Cormack
Opinion
Political leadership
Gladys Berejiklian is a political animal in a fight for survival
It's been one hell of a year for a Premier who has had to suppress far more than the current COVID-19 outbreak.
- by Janine Perrett
Opinion
Development
Sydney's investor-grade towers crush their tenants and kill the city's soul
My new home reminds me of Philip Kerr’s 1995 novel, Gridiron, in which an ultra-high-tech shopping mall tries to kill humans.
- by Elizabeth Farrelly