Examine newsletter
Science explained and analysed with a rigorous focus on the evidence.
Live Well newsletter
Make the most of your health, relationships, fitness and nutrition.
Daily Crosswords
Challenge yourself with today's quick and cryptic puzzles.
Time for a rollout reset, GPs say, with Pfizer freezers a major hurdle
Australia must develop a new model for its COVID-19 vaccine rollout, with general practitioners unable to deliver the preferred vaccine to younger Australians.
Exclusive
Vaccination
No Johnson & Johnson vaccine for Australia as Morrison lays out inoculation hopes
The Prime Minister took to Facebook to upate Australians on the COVID-19 vaccine rollout as the government ruled out buying the Johnson & Johnson product.
Vaccine delay casts doubt over Qantas’ international restart plans
The airline may have to change its strategy again as delays to the vaccination program threatens to leave Australia’s international border closed beyond October.
SPECIAL INVESTIGATION
Exclusive
Secrets of War
Roberts-Smith under fresh investigation over burner phones and sealed envelopes
The AFP is launching fresh investigations after seizing evidence implicating the former soldier in a conspiracy to silence witnesses.
Investigation
Ben Roberts-Smith
Threats, buried evidence: How Ben Roberts-Smith tried to cover up his alleged crimes
Australia’s most decorated soldier tried to hide shameful images and apparent evidence of war crimes. Now they have been unearthed.
‘Cheeky right ’til the end’: Harry, William pay separate tributes to Prince Philip
Princes William and Harry have released statements about their grandfather ahead of a reunion for the feuding brothers at the Duke of Edinburgh’s funeral.
East Timor independence hero slaps mourners, demands body of East Timor COVID victim
Former president Xanana Gusmao led a tense stand-off with the country’s health minister on behalf of the man’s family at the gates of an isolation facility, disbelieving the cause of death.
Developers, heritage protectors line up over airport rail bridge plans
Plans to build a viaduct to carry Melbourne’s airport rail link within metres of a historic flour mill have alarmed developers and a leading heritage lobby group.
A wreck of a wartime-era plane has lain in a Victorian lake for 70 years. A salvage mission is about to begin
Kevin Hynes believes he is the only living person to have seen a pilot crash a wartime-era plane into Victoria’s biggest inland lake decades ago.
Are eggs bad for cholesterol? Plus nine other common food and diet myths, explained
Here are some common nutrition myths we should put to rest, once and for all.
This is no ordinary flight: Aboard Qantas Dreamliner’s stunning Southern Lights trip
‘This is the First Officer speaking. We’ve spotted a glow of light on the horizon.’ Not something you would normally want to hear on a flight.
Barrenjoey looks to lift women on board after former Liberal MP’s appointment
The investment banking startup said it would appoint two more women as directors in the coming weeks, which will leave its board with 40 per cent female representation.
Exclusive
Trade unions
$11 billion super merger on the cards amid union turmoil
A super fund for electrical workers could merge with one for the transport industry, but union politics looms on the horizon.
‘Utterly unaccountable’: News Corp a threat to Australian democracy, Turnbull says
Malcolm Turnbull, who has blamed News Corp as a key player in his removal as prime minister in 2018, was unsparing in his criticism of the Murdoch empire in his evidence to a Senate inquiry into media diversity on Monday.
COMEDY FESTIVAL
Opinion
To laugh is human, in a full room, divine
The creator of canned laughter knew that humans laugh easier when others are laughing with them.
John Bailey
Contributor
★★★½
Amanda Muggleton owns the stage in a crude, touching tribute to a diva
A biographical play about Coral Browne, the girl from West Footscray who shone on the London stage, is masterfully acted and moving. Plus more Comedy Festival reviews.
Local
Police open fire after car allegedly drives at them on Sydney’s north shore
Two men have been arrested after they allegedly drove a car towards police, prompting officers to fire a gun in a car park on Sydney’s north shore.
Updated
Coronavirus pandemic
AstraZeneca jabs remain on hold in Victoria as Merlino calls for compulsory health staff training
The state government will continue its pause on administering the AstraZeneca vaccine to people aged under 50, with the Acting Premier saying he would opt for Pfizer.
Former trade minister escapes health company collapse
A Melbourne health company that planned to list on the Australian stock exchange and expand into China with the help of former Liberal trade minister Andrew Robb has collapsed owing more than $11 million to creditors.
‘We’ll have to rebuild’: Half of Kalbarri properties damaged by cyclone
The SES estimates more than half the homes in WA’s Kalbarri, which bore the brunt of the category three system, have been damaged as crews rush to assess the damage at first light.
Updated
Coronavirus pandemic
Green light for travel across Australia, NZ as Victoria records two new COVID-19 cases in hotel quarantine
Travellers across Australia and New Zealand have been given the green light to visit Victoria after COVID-19 hotspots in Queensland and northern NSW were recategorised under Victoria’s ‘traffic light’ travel permit system.
Politics
Updated
Industrial relations
‘The right thing to do’: Menulog’s move to employ couriers ups pressure on gig economy
Critics of the independent contractor model that dominates the gig economy latched onto Menulog’s move, saying it showed any company could employ its workers directly.
Business
Analysis
Tech crackdown
Fallen idol: Record $3.6b fine the latest blow dealt to Jack Ma
Once seemingly untouchable, Alibaba founder Jack Ma has endured a tumultuous run that saw his e-commerce giant hit with a record fine, resolving one key uncertainty even as others persist for himself and his business empire.
Tony Munroe
World
Updated
Protest
‘We need to make sure it’s about him’: Mother’s plea after son shot in police traffic stop dies
The death of Daunte Wright during a traffic stop sparked protests in Minneapolis in the early hours of Monday morning.
Opinion
My daily lockdown habit became an unexpected gift
Susan Wyndham
Deluge of new US bond sales to test markets’ nerves
Stephen Bartholomeusz
Senior business columnist
Explore
Got a news tip?
Share information with our journalists securely and confidentially. Learn more
Property bydomain
The second-best option for first-home buyers in a hot market
That dream home might look out of reach as prices run away, but many first-home buyers are turning to this backup plan to get onto the property ladder.
A new seller's dilemma takes hold in booming property market
What do you do when moving into a smaller home would cost more than you've been quoted for your own?
Life & Culture
How Godzilla vs Kong plays into nine Hollywood strategies to extend a franchise
Crossovers, gender-swapping and ‘Van Halenising’ ... there is an art form to coming up with new instalments to extend a blockbuster movie franchise.
Sport
Updated
AFL injury ward
Languishing Pies look to blood young talent as Adams sidelined
Reeling from the loss of reigning best and fairest Taylor Adams for the next 10 weeks, Collingwood are hopeful their next generation of talent - including first-round draft pick Finlay Macrae - is ready to step up as soon as this week.
Opinion
Real Footy Podcast
‘Collingwood supporters are angry’: The Pies have been caught in transition
This season is being shaped by the new rules and the teams that have adapted best are thriving. But the Pies don’t seem to have made that leap.
Stack’s on: Tiger poised to play in VFL this week
Sydney Stack is poised to make his long-awaited return to competitive football this week, with the defender set to line up in the Tigers’ VFL opener against Sandringham at Punt Road on Friday.
Bellamy apologises to Papenhuyzen after declaring Tedesco the NRL’s best fullback
Ryan Papenhuyzen has revealed Craig Bellamy rang him after a press conference last week, fearing he had offended his star fullback.
‘I really wanted support’: Vunivalu grateful for Thorn’s backing after rocky start in rugby
The high profile cross-code star had an embarrassing start to his rugby career and he is desperate to win back respect on the field.
Never a good time to play Richmond: Butler
Saints forward and Richmond premiership player Dan Butler is still wary of his former club despite the Tigers coming off the back of rare back-to-back losses.
Opinion
AFL 2021
Four Points: Pies at a crossroads, Dog’s new role
At the end of last year, Collingwood finally admitted they had a problem and made moves to fix it. But four rounds in, they are the same old Pies - struggling for answers.
Michael Gleeson
Sports columnist
Have Your Say
One small tweak, one giant impact: inside the AFL’s congestion buster
At AFL headquarters the identity of the new rule’s author has been jestingly compared to the mysterious Keyser Soze in the movie The Usual Suspects.
