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Coronavirus pandemic
Hotel quarantine security firm sues state over $10m bill for delivery of Easter eggs, gifts, food
A security company involved in Melbourne’s deadly hotel quarantine outbreak is suing the Victorian government, claiming they were not paid almost $10 million for guarding a dozen hotels during the pandemic.
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Coronavirus pandemic
Fines, jail time on cards for Australians who enter country from India
The government will make it a crime, punishable by a maximum $66,000 fine and/or five years’ jail, if anyone travels home from India.
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Healthcare
Triple-zero call system failures investigated after patient’s death
Call centre operators are being forced to log critical incidents by pen and paper due to technical issues plaguing the service.
Home ownership dream out of reach as prices skyrocket
Expectations that Melbourne’s median house price will hit $1 million by June have terrified first home buyers
COVID-19 CRISIS
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Myanmar coup
Inside the underground network smuggling ‘celebrities’ out of Myanmar
Public figures targeted by the junta are being funnelled out of the strife-torn nation, according to an American whose organisation has helped them escape.
‘Dad talked all the smack’: Shyla Heal ready to follow in father’s ‘feisty’ footsteps
After being drafted by the Chicago Sky, Shyla Heal was congratulated by Charles Barkley, for whom a pre-Olympics run-in with her father Shane Heal is still fresh in the memory 25 years on.
‘A pretty dark place’: fitness titan Michelle Bridges on the hardest time of her life
The celebrity trainer made millions spruiking “body transformation” before her life was rocked by a devastating break-up and a drink-driving charge. Now 50 and a single mother, she’s embracing a different kind of overhaul.
Analysis
Collingwood
Fledgling Magpies flap their wings
Everyone thinks Collngwood are at a crossroads. The club says went through it a long time ago. They’ve gone young, with their fingers crossed.
Opinion
China relations
The politics of standing up to Xi’s China
China’s intention to take Taiwan - by force if necessary - is clear. But the Morrison government needs to watch its language. Election campaigns are not ideal showcases for subtlety and restraint.
Peter Hartcher
Political and international editor
‘A day to pack up our lives and get out’: Journalist Bill Birtles on fleeing China
As diplomatic tensions between Beijing and Canberra worsened, the ABC’s foreign correspondent and his partner had to leave everything – immediately.
Opinion
Taiwan
Where are the grown-ups? All this loose talk about China and war is dangerous
Bob Carr
Industry Professor of Climate and Business at the University of Technology Sydney
The world knows her as ‘disaster girl’. She just sold her meme for $640,000
After more than a decade of having her image endlessly repurposed as a vital part of meme canon, Roth has sold the original copy as a non-fungible token, or NFT.
The art world is built on elitism, says Lily Mora – so she’s shaking things up
Growing up in a family of artists and gallerists, Lily Mora is carving her own path as an advocate for emerging artists. Often asked by friends where to buy art that’s not too expensive, she spied a niche.
‘It is life-saving’: Elliot Page opens up about surgery
During the interview with Oprah Winfrey, Page teared up when asked what has brought him the most joy.
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Opinion
Political leadership
Identity politics? Drums of war? Quick, look over there – hobgoblins!
Tony Wright
Associate editor and special writer
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WEEKEND READS
No, they’re not bikies: The wildly successful Tough Guy Book Club
The Tough Guy Book Club has grown from two blokes chatting in a Collingwood pub to 45 branches and its members are more into discussing Ernest Hemingway’s depiction of masculinity than terrorising neighbourhoods.
The key traits that turn you into a ‘super ager’
The term refers to people in their 70s, 80s and beyond whose ability – whether it be their memory, way of thinking, or even aerobic fitness – is of the standard of someone at least 20 years younger.
Local
Hotels smashed by pandemic, with 62 per cent decline in room revenue
The coronavirus pandemic cost Victoria’s hotels $1.7 billion in lost room revenue – the tourism sector’s single largest peacetime economic contraction, resulting in at least 12,000 jobs being lost.
Politics
City life
Robert Menzies Institute to open at Melbourne University
Australia’s longest serving prime minister will be remembered with an institute and library at Melbourne University, as push grows to better preserve prime ministers’ legacies.
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Electric cars
Victoria floats $5000 electric vehicle rebates, but critics pan scheme
State Treasurer Tim Pallas has proposed a financial sweetener for people who buy new electric vehicles.
Melbourne mulls making outdoor dining parklets permanent
Melbourne’s pop-up outdoor dining and drinking venues could become a lasting feature under a City of Melbourne proposal.
Man faces court charged with injuring missing woman Maryam Hamka
The boyfriend of woman who has been missing for almost three weeks has faced court charged with injuring her last year and in the days before her disappearance.
Politics
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National Archives
Archives boss dreams of major national site to safeguard Australia’s memories
For now though, David Fricker is battling to hold on to those memories so the Archives’ records can be accessed by historians and interested Australians for years to come.
Business
Opinion
Work therapy
You can’t ask that: how to navigate uncomfortable interview questions
The questions you are asked in a job interview can tell you a lot about a prospective employer, for better and for worse.
Jonathan Rivett
World
‘Bring your own oxygen’: Inside India’s fortnight of pure hell
In a country known for extreme inequalities, the second wave of COVID-19 has been a great leveller, engulfing rich and poor in almost equal measure in a shuddering helplessness.
Opinion
Good reason for Frydenberg to steer clear of austerity measures in budget
David Crowe
Chief political correspondent
It’s beyond time for truth-telling, but at least there’s a move in our schools
Teela Reid
Lawyer and Wiradjuri/Wailwan woman
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Why this former dairy is the cream of the prestige market
It wasn’t until 100 years after the first stone was laid that it was converted into what has become a spectacularly unique residence.
‘Cafes are flat out': Where tree changers sent prices up 30 per cent
Every regional shire in Victoria except one recorded significant house price growth in the year to March as tree changers fled Melbourne. But can it last?
Life & Culture
We’ve got you sorted: The best gifts for all mums this Mother’s Day
We’ve rounded up the best handmade, local and customisable presents for the women who have helped shape our lives – and they’re anything but generic.
Sport
Tigers ‘sad’ for Cotchin but Bolton a ‘difference maker’
Trent Cotchin faces time on the sidelines because of a hamstring issue on a night off-contract Shai Bolton was a “difference maker” in a stunning win over the Western Bulldogs.
Tigers step up a gear to snap Bulldogs’ golden run
Missing several premiership stars, the Tigers rebounded from a 25-point deficit to show why reports of their demise may have been premature.
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Storm
Storm soar past Sharks for fifth win on the trot
Melbourne Storm finish all over the Cronulla Sharks with power-packed second half to win fifth game in a row and close in on NRL leaders.
‘Dad talked all the smack’: Shyla Heal ready to follow in father’s ‘feisty’ footsteps
After being drafted by the Chicago Sky, Shyla Heal was congratulated by Charles Barkley, for whom a pre-Olympics run-in with her father Shane Heal is still fresh in the memory 25 years on.
Feeling the heat: Long jumper turns up the temperature as Tokyo approaches
With overseas competition or camps not feasible, medal contender Brooke Stratton is one of many athletes who are using a heat chamber to prepare for Tokyo’s heat.
Magpie hopes of breaking losing streak riding on De Goey
Collingwood have regained Jordan De Goey as they made four changes to the team that lost to Essendon on Anzac Day.
Saint Billings battles on hurt in his free-agency year
St Kilda’s Jack Billings is being managed carefully due to a foot injury in a crucial year for the free agent’s future.
Have Your Say
Fledgling Magpies flap their wings
Everyone thinks Collngwood are at a crossroads. The club says went through it a long time ago. They’ve gone young, with their fingers crossed.
