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‘Evolving rapidly’: Government pauses NZ decision with new cases reported
Acting Chief Medical Officer Professor Michael Kidd says two new cases have emerged in New Zealand, and the federal government has not yet made a decision about lifting the pause on green zone flights.
NSW restrictions to ease, but hospitality venues forced to wait at least two more weeks
Restrictions will be eased for Greater Sydney from this Friday, with up to 30 people allowed in homes and 50 outdoors. Masks will still be mandatory on public transport.
Opinion
Illness
Australia’s vaccine challenge: speed, efficiency, GPs’ capacity to deliver
Stephen Duckett
Health economist and former health bureaucrat
‘We don’t want yellow’: Which Wallabies jersey will become permanent?
Eight iconic Wallabies jerseys will be whittled down to one as Australia’s who’s who of rugby decide what colour the national jersey should be from now on.
Why John Millman wanted to be put back into hotel quarantine
John Millman has already done two weeks of hotel quarantine, but that didn’t stop him trying to do it again.
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Test cricket
Paine retains captaincy for SA tour, Wade dropped
Cricket Australia has issued a staunch defence of Tim Paine, as Matthew Wade paid the price for his poor series against India.
Teenager charged with murders fronts court over deaths of parents-to-be
Friends of the Brisbane bayside couple have been left “absolutely heartbroken”, as the community prepares for an evening vigil to remember them.
‘Gut-wrenching’: Watchdog probes wall collapse next to construction site
Professionals who had worked in the block in Crows Nest for several years were ordered to evacuate shortly before a large part of the side and rear walls came crumbling down.
‘Staggering’: Former NAB chief of staff jailed over $5m kickback scheme
Rosemary Rogers accepted kickbacks worth more than $5m, bankrolling holidays, as well as purchasing a holiday home, two boats and a luxury car.
Opinion
Interest rates
‘Most important number’ in financial world refuses to die
The benchmark interest rate used for trillions of dollars of financial transactions, is being phased out. It’s not going quietly.
Stephen Bartholomeusz
Senior business columnist
Four-year-old boy dies after being hit by rubbish truck
A police officer called to the tragic accident said it was one of the most confronting scenes she had attended in her 25 years of policing.
‘Unbelievable valuations’: Costello’s warning
Future Fund chairman Peter Costello has warned the surge in technology stocks cannot be sustained over the long-term and will ultimately suffer a correction.
Opinion
Australia Day
On Invasion Day I chose silence. Today I must relive our trauma
A Wiradjuri man and university researcher describes an annual trauma felt by Indigenous people, especially at being ignored by fellow Australians.
James Blackwell
Opinion
Gender equality
How can we still be here? Olivia Wilde under attack over latest romantic link
The accomplished director is being unfairly targeted after being romantically linked to Harry Styles, who is 10 years her junior.
Samantha Selinger-Morris
Lifestyle writer
Why everyone’s jumping on the bandwagon of French hit Lupin
If you are a person who watches Netflix, you have no doubt been greeted on arrival by a recommendation to watch Lupin.
Sydney
Updated
Defamation
‘A type of slow death’: Elaine Stead awarded $280,000 in defamation case
The businesswoman was referred to as a “feminist cretin” in one of a series of columns which a judge found amounted to bullying.
Breaking
Bushfires
Police to investigate South Coast national park fire
A fire that burnt through hundreds of hectares of the Booderee National Park on the NSW South Coast will be investigated, with authorities treating the blaze as suspicious.
Police shut down parties as Australia Day gatherings breach restrictions
Police have attended a beach party at Lilli Pilli where about 100 people gathered for a party, breaching COVID-19 restrictions.
Updated
Australia Day
Thousands call for abolition of Australia Day at Invasion Day rally
Police made four arrests following a scuffle at a secondary gathering, after the organised rally had concluded.
Woman charged after allegedly ramming car, using wipers in assault
The 49-year-old woman has been charged with domestic violence offences and assaulting police officers who apprehended her.
Politics
Opinion
Political leadership
Leaders eye federal election while vision falls by the wayside
A federal election may be on the cards, but Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese are both constrained and compromised by their party’s recent past.
Shaun Carney
Columnist for The Age and Sydney Morning Herald
Business
Opinion
Investing
Trade the GameStop short squeeze if you wish - but it’s very stupid
For some reason, online traders staged a massive assault on short sellers by driving up the share price of a money-losing vide game retailer, GameStop.
Michael Hiltzik
World
‘Wartime effort’: Joe Biden administration to boost vaccine supply
With existing purchases, the White House expects to be able to deliver enough of the two-dose regimens to states to vaccinate 300 million people.
Opinion
Learning from a tragic past to build a better future
Josh Frydenberg and Josh Burns
The vaccine challenge: speed, efficiency, GPs’ capacity to deliver
Stephen Duckett
Health economist and former health bureaucrat
Why Australia lags rest of world in political diversity
Tim Soutphommasane
Political philosopher and columnist
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Property bydomain
One graph that shows why housing just got a little less risky
Economists have been worried about household debt eclipsing incomes for years, but one change has them breathing easier - for now.
Darren and Dea's former Block Glasshouse pad hits the market
The beautiful warehouse conversion by high-profile contestants Dea and Darren Jolly from the 2014 Glasshouse season of The Block is up for grabs, asking $1.65m-$1.75m.
Life & Culture
In the age of QAnon, is internet bigotry the new forbidden thrill for kids?
While their parents sought out racy novels, teenagers are being lured by a darker taboo.
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Sport
Why John Millman wanted to be put back into hotel quarantine
Millman has already done two weeks of hotel quarantine, but that didn’t stop him trying to do it again, partly because he thinks conditions at Melbourne Park will be very different this year.
Australia mulling bid to host Asian Champions League hub
As many as 19 of Asia’s best football teams could fly into the country if ambitious plans to bring the AFC Champions League’s group stage to Australia comes off.
Waratahs general manager of rugby departs for role at Sydney school
The Waratahs announced on Wednesday that Tim Rapp’s eight-year stint at NSW had come to an end.
Big Bash boss keeps door open for Sydney to host final
Big Bash boss Alistair Dobson has reignited hopes of a finals game in Sydney after keeping the first week of the final series outside of NSW.
‘Embarrassing’: V’landys fumes as Everest status keeps race from world’s best list
The Everest is rated the best race in Australia but still doesn’t have group 1 status because of a broken system, according to Racing NSW boss Peter V’landys.
‘We don’t want yellow’: Greats to decide colour of Wallabies jersey
Eight iconic Wallabies jerseys will be whittled down to one as Australia’s who’s who of rugby decide what colour the national jersey should be from now on.
Opinion
World golf
Hubbard’s total faith in madcap ‘snail shot’ a trait every golfer understands
The addictive nature of the sport means players - amateurs and pros alike - will adopt any crazy technique if it brings success.
James Corrigan
Have Your Say
Sport voices growing louder in vaccine debate
Sporting bodies around the world are becoming bolder in their quest for COVID-19 vaccines. Where they fit into the schedule is an issue that will only intensify.
