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End nears for Victoria’s Belt and Road deal under foreign veto laws
Victoria’s controversial tie-up with Chinese government faces being torn up within months after the state government provided documentation to Canberra.
Liquidator probes claim road upgrade company traded while insolvent
The director of Civilink, which owes $20 million after going broke while working on the Western Roads Upgrade, may be protected from charges by a COVID-19 legal loophole.
Government confident power bills won’t soar after Yallourn shuts
Energy Minister Lily D’Ambrosio says she anticipates an influx of renewables into the national grid by mid-2028 to keep retail prices down.
‘We need help big time’ say Moe locals after Yallourn news
After a succession of shockwaves in the Latrobe Valley the announcement of Yallourn’s 2028 closure was met with resignation and fear that it might come sooner.
Analysis
Electricity
Coal’s retreat as renewables surge is a shock, but not a surprise
The rise of renewables is killing off Australian coal energy faster than was foreseen, at once threatening supply certainty and cutting greenhouse gas emissions.
Law firm chief ‘asked to leave’ as embattled ministers told to pay own legal costs
Reports say MinterEllison chief executive Annette Kimmitt was forced out over the backlash from a senior partner’s decision to advise Attorney-General Christian Porter.
‘No one should be complacent’: Warning China could take more action against universities
A former top diplomat says it is ‘quite likely’ that local Chinese authorities had spoken to some recruitment agents about not sending students to study at Australian universities.
Opinion
Mental health
I’m a mum who has thought of suicide. Thank you, Meghan
I’d battled with depression and occasional suicidal thoughts since my children were babies. Admitting to this was the toughest challenge of my life.
Megan Blandford
Writer
Private equity firm Apollo back in talks to salvage parts of Greensill
Apollo is still eyeing the best bits of failed financier Greensill while the group’s biggest customer, entities owned by billionaire Sanjeev Gupta says its got enough cash.
Opinion
Women in sport
Instead of removing it, let’s celebrate the W in sport
Meg Lanning’s push to remove the W is understandable. But it would be sad if the only way to gender equality was to suppress rather than celebrate difference.
Greg Baum
Sports columnist
CBD
City life
Council knocks back Andrew Bogut’s $5m Beaumaris dream house
The star basketballer has lost his planning battle with Bayside Council. At least this round.
CORONAVIRUS CRISIS
Opinion
It’s a travesty of truth that Europe blames Astra for its vaccine mess
Mario Draghi sinks into the gutter of Italian politics after banning exports of the firm’s COVID-19 jabs to Australia.
Jeremy Warner
Safety, science, side effects: All your vaccine questions answered
As more Australians prepare to get a jab in the coming weeks, we invited readers to send in questions about the COVID-19 vaccines. Here are the answers to your questions.
Local
Chocolate, clothing helped police identify EastLink murder accused, court told
Two bags of clothing and a partly eaten chocolate bar led police to two men who allegedly murdered grocer Paul Virgona on his way to buy produce.
Richard Pusey pleads guilty to outraging public decency
Porsche driver Richard Pusey has pleaded guilty to the rare charge of outraging public decency after filming a dying police officer moments after she and three colleagues were fatally hit by a truck on Melbourne’s Eastern Freeway.
Naked City podcast: The tragic case of Jane Thurgood-Dove
In 1997 Thurgood-Dove was murdered in front of her three children, in a case of mistaken identity.
Scrap over a towering ambition: Fight for recycling service in public housing high-rises
Residents say towers in Fitzroy, Collingwood and Richmond each have only one recycling bin, which is often contaminated and overflowing with needles.
Updated
Victorian Parliament
Premier transferred to Alfred trauma unit after ‘nasty fall’
Daniel Andrews, who broke several ribs and damaged vertebrae in a fall at a holiday home on the Mornington Peninsula is to be transferred from a private hospital near Frankston to The Alfred trauma centre.
Politics
Department must investigate two key people in airport land deal: auditor
The audit office says the infrastructure department is only investigating one of two key people involved in a $33 million purchase of land near Western Sydney airport.
Business
Exclusive
Big four
ANZ says China ‘critical, core market’ amid staff layoffs
ANZ will sack about 850 technology-focused staff from its Chengdu offices in China. But the major bank insists the country remains a critical, core market.
Opinion
Biden's White House
The dark side of Biden’s stimulus spending spree is becoming clear
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
World
Honduras President helped move drugs, say US prosecutors
Last month, Democratic senators called for sanctions on Juan Orlando Hernandez and a determination “whether he is a specially designated narcotics trafficker”.
Opinion
RBA boss shows markets he’s the nation’s interest rate sheriff
Shane Wright
Senior economics correspondent
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Property bydomain
'We are seeing records being broken': The city drawing global prestige buyers
With surging interstate migration amid a growing trend for lifestyle properties, the booming high-end sector is capturing the attention of global buyers.
Six ways to turn your dark bathroom into a light-filled sanctuary
Dreaming up a new bathroom, but faced with a small, dark, airless space? All it takes is smart storage, well-positioned lighting, and a little attention to detail.
Life & Culture
It’s a Knockout, anyone? How ‘Kidult’ shows became a prime-time craze
With Holey Moley, Ultimate Tag and The Cube, the free networks are making a bid for viewers of all ages, but the results so far are less than encouraging.
Sport
‘It would be nice to have some sort of say’: AFL’s youngest skipper critical of new rules
Players might not like rule changes but they admit they will adjust, with some even conceding game might improve as a spectacle as a result.
Opinion
Women in sport
Instead of removing it, let’s celebrate the W in sport
Meg Lanning’s push to remove the W is understandable. But it would be sad if the only way to gender equality was to suppress rather than celebrate difference.
Greg Baum
Sports columnist
Updated
AFL 2021
Ryder takes personal leave, journeyman pair on call
St Kilda are set to begin their season without either of first-choice ruck pairing Paddy Ryder and Rowan Marshall.
Smith’s season may be over as he struggles with injury
It will be at least a month between games for Steve Smith, who has been ruled out of another match due to injury.
Opinion
NRL 2021
Why Smith took so long to say his career was over
The former Storm captain never understood the interest in him. Cameron Smith was a footballer, not a celebrity.
Andrew Webster
Chief Sports Writer
‘We have got the nucleus’: Pies won’t take a step back
Collingwood captain says the Pies will not fall away on the field in 2021, despite a summer of turmoil with the release of Do Better report and some aggressive list changes.
We know Dow: Blues not worried about missing star
Carlton may be without Zac Williams for next week’s season opener, but that doesn’t worry skipper Patrick Cripps.
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How Eden Gardens changed India-Australia cricket
It’s 20 years since India’s Eden Gardens miracle sparked a stunning 2-1 series victory over Steve Waugh’s all-conquering Australian side.
