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Federal politics
‘I’ve really struggled’: Liberal MP recalls past abuse in call for change
Lucy Wicks didn’t go to the March For Justice outside Parliament House because the events of this year have stirred up the pain of her own past.
Letters
Letters
We asked readers to tell us their stories, and hundreds responded
Scott Morrison said he was listening, so we asked women to tell us their stories. And they have - in the hundreds. It’s over to you now, Prime Minister.
Analysis
Women in 2021
Tears and words aren’t enough, it’s time for action on treatment of women
The anguish has gone on too long without turning into action on the broken culture within Parliament and violence against women across society.
Analysis
Workplace culture
Parliament’s latest outrage and the man who revealed it
Liberal staffer Nathan Winn deserved to be sacked for performing a lewd act on his boss’ desk, but he is not Canberra’s big problem.
Opinion
Consent crisis
Morrison wanted to show us the female side of his brain but then it all went horribly wrong
The Prime Minister, as is well understood by now, bristles at the very idea of scrutiny.
George Megalogenis
Columnist
Opinion
Federal politics
A death spiral Scott Morrison struggles to arrest
As mounting scandals envelop his government, the PM is trapped in a mindset of grudging minimalism with any attempted remedial action.
Peter Hartcher
Political and international editor
Exclusive
Electric cars
Don’t plug in tax on electric cars: Kean takes on Treasurer
The NSW Environment Minister wants to encourage electric car users while Dominic Perrottet wants to tax them. It’s a disagreement playing out across the country.
‘Are you going to attack a magistrate next?’: Strike force intimidated solicitor
Two police officers were directed to intimidate a solicitor after he refused a request for police to give court evidence via video link, the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission found.
Exclusive
Franchising
‘Trapped and we can’t get out’: Botox, laser hair removal clinics face uprising
An investigation into the largest operator in Australia’s $4.5 billion a year laser hair removal and cosmetic injectables industry reveals franchisee anger.
Investigation
Right-wing extremism
From One Nation to neo-Nazism: extremism threat in the suburbs
Secret recruiting tapes made by international radical right-wing group The Base show how Aussies are being drawn into extremism.
Graphic content
Good Weekend
‘Screams howled as we flew into a flood of high beams. I’m dead, I thought’
At 17, Lech Blaine was in a car accident in which three of his friends died, and one was left with a permanent brain injury. He walked away, physically unharmed. Mentally however, it was a different story.
Ships take U-turn to avoid jam, sail into pirate-infested waters
Companies must calculate whether to wait out the Suez Canal logjam or send their cargo through the world’s most dangerous shipping route.
Biden invites Morrison to climate summit, urges lift in ambition
The invite marks a welcome change for Morrison from UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s decision not to ask him to join a similar summit last year.
Ed Sheeran’s narrow escape from the NSW floods
The pop star and his family managed to leave their accommodation near the Hawkesbury River on the last road that had not been closed off due to rising floodwaters.
Bindi Irwin welcomes first child, honours father with name
“Happy first wedding anniversary to my sweetheart husband and day of birth to our beautiful daughter,” Bindi Irwin wrote.
The verdict on the eight movies up for best picture at the Oscars
Film writer Garry Maddox rates the contenders for this year’s top Academy Award.
Weekend reads
Getting into the swing of playground etiquette
Some parents want nothing more than to engage with someone – anyone – who is not screaming at them for a juice box. Others are not pleased to be there.
‘The interdependence isn’t healthy’: the twins navigating life, love – and the same workplace
Fraternal twins Jessie and Clare Stephens started writing a blog together at university and have worked at media group Mamamia since 2015. They’ve weathered heartbreak, anxiety – and a heap of reality TV.
Sydney
Exclusive
Consent crisis
‘Very political’: Principals sorry schools rushed to sign plan to tackle consent
The three school sectors have signed a pledge to do more to address sexual assault. But some principals think it’s political and pointless without the involvement of parents.
Exclusive
Roads
Taxpayers would be hit if Sydney toll regimes change: Constance
Political pressure is mounting on the government and Transport Minister Andrew Constance over stark discrepancies in tolls across Sydney’s motorways and higher-than-inflation increases on some.
Queensland arrivals in NSW asked to be vigilant after COVID-19 case in Brisbane
Anyone who went to a “close contact venue” in Queensland visited by the positive COVID-19 case, a 26-year-old landscaper, is prohibited from entering NSW.
Exclusive
NSW floods
‘It was harrowing’: Sam’s great escape from a sinking deathtrap
A pensioner was moments from death as his car was swallowed by floodwater - until someone heard his cries in the darkness.
‘JobKeeper cliff’: Sydney braces to lose 30,000 jobs as subsidy scheme ends
Job losses are likely to be concentrated among small and medium firms in sectors still affected by pandemic disruptions including tourism, hospitality and arts and entertainment.
NRL 2021
Opinion
In the name of the father: The burden Mitchell Pearce has carried
Andrew Webster
Chief Sports Writer
Rabbitohs 26 Roosters 16
Keary suffers season-ending injury in horror night for Roosters
Souths won against a Sydney Roosters team who have lost Luke Keary for the season due to a knee injury.
Dragons 38 Sea Eagles 12
How low can Manly go? Dragons pile pain on Des’ winless Sea Eagles
Not since 2009 have the Sea Eagles started a season so poorly. They’re almost shoo-ins to equal that record when Penrith arrive in town next week.
Politics
Artist abused as ANU-based gallery takes down artwork critical of CCP
Artist Luke Cornish said he had experienced a torrent of abuse over the artworks, which included one depicting Mao Zeodong as Batman.
Business
Opinion
Big four
Climate pressure on finance giants is only just getting started
The biggest players in Australia’s financial system know they cannot ignore climate risk, and the pressure for more action will only intensify in the future.
Clancy Yeates
Banking reporter
World
‘Badge of honour’: Sanctions won’t deter British MPs from condemning China
The new sanctions come as Communist Party media called on Chinese consumers to boycott H&M, Nike, adidas and other Western brands.
Opinion
Who needs another tech-hub? All the way to White Bay with the MCA
Elizabeth Farrelly
Columnist, author, architecture critic and essayist
Welcome Zara, to the exclusive club of bathroom birthers
Naomi Chrisoulakis
It won’t be easy, but maybe Scott Morrison is the man to make quotas happen
Parnell Palme McGuinness
Columnist and communications adviser
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Property bydomain
Mosman house that hosted Adele, Justin Bieber sells for $21.5m
Former model-turn-developer Cameron MacDonald sells his Mosman prize. Elsewhere, Angus Harris buys $8.1m knockdown-rebuild on Chinamans Beach.
These owners turned a brick-veneer cottage into a grand contemporary home
If, like so many of us, you’ve heard one too many builder horror stories, then it’s time to sit back and enjoy this success story which is now on the market.
Life & Culture
Why songs get stuck in our heads, and what to do about it
Musicals such as Hamilton are particularly ‘sticky’ in nature, but there is a simple trick to getting them out of our heads using an everyday grocery item.
Sport
Rabbitohs 26 Roosters 16
Match report
Keary suffers season-ending injury in horror night for Roosters
Souths won 26-16 against a Sydney Roosters team who have lost Luke Keary for the season due to a knee injury.
Opinion
The Fitz Files
Tale of two coaching styles serves as lesson to us all
The crisis-torn Hockeyroos’ outgoing coach might have done well to take a leaf out of the book of Sydney’s Liz Mills, who has done a remarkable job uniting the Kenyan men’s basketball team.
Peter FitzSimons
Columnist and author
Dragons 38 Sea Eagles 12
Match report
How low can Manly go? Dragons pile pain on Des’ winless Sea Eagles
Not since 2009 have the Sea Eagles started a season so poorly. They’re almost shoo-ins to equal that record when Penrith arrive in town next week.
Opinion
NRL 2021
In the name of the father: The burden Mitchell Pearce has carried
The Knights halfback on Sunday celebrates his 300th match in the NRL. It’s a miracle he got this far.
Andrew Webster
Chief Sports Writer
A quarter-century after Ablett, can Buddy Franklin get to 1000 goals?
It has been 25 years since Gary Ablett became the fifth player to join the most exclusive of clubs. If Lance Franklin can’t get there, we may never see it happen again.
Brumbies 42 Force 14
Match report
Brumbies flog Force to keep pressure on ladder-leading Reds
The Brumbies had their fair share of doubters after falling to the Reds in the match of the season a fortnight ago. They responded by flogging the Force in front of their home fans.
Opinion
Scandal
The many sorry states of the sporting apology
Training in apologising is becoming as essential to the sportsperson’s kit as a good diet and stretching.
Malcolm Knox
Journalist, author and columnist
Have Your Say
Case against Xerri may be clear but bigger picture is a mess
Bronson Xerri’s predicament appears to be a simple case of intentional doping - but how did a young NRL player get into that situation in the first place?
Darren Kane
Sports Columnist
