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Coronavirus pandemic
New alerts after man in Sydney’s east tests positive
The man, aged in his 50s and with no known links to COVID-19 cases in hotel quarantine, had visited several venues while infectious, Premier Gladys Berejiklian said.
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India
Australian man in India files urgent court challenge to travel ban
A 73-year-old man in India has launched a Federal Court challenge to a travel ban that has prevented him from returning home.
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IPL
Maldives likely exit route for IPL Aussies as Hussey tests positive for COVID-19
The Maldives is firming as the most likely exit route for the majority of Australian cricketers, commentators and coaches stranded in India.
Brokers, banks overwhelmed as Australians rush for a mortgage
People are buying on Saturday and rushing to get their finances organised on Monday in another sign of the heat in the national property market.
Rebel MP kicked out of Liberal party over upper house job
Matthew Mason-Cox had infuriated NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian by nominating for president of the upper house.
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Crime
Former Test cricketer allegedly kidnapped at gunpoint in Sydney
The brother of Stuart MacGill’s partner is one of four men charged over the cricketer’s alleged kidnapping last month.
Analysis
IPL
IPL shambles is a result of putting greed above common sense
The failure of this year’s IPL highlights the aggrandisement India’s most powerful and wealthy take from cricket’s spotlight regardless of the dangers.
Burns to make emotional return from horror knee injury after 305 days
When Burns looked down and spotted his kneecap floating where kneecaps should never float, he thought his NRL career was over.
‘Dog biting dog’: China’s tech giants turn on each other amid crackdown
Under pressure from authorities, China’s internet companies are kowtowing to Beijing and trying to make their rivals look bad.
Soaring timber prices put pressure on Bunnings, but thrill Reddit investors
A fourfold surge in the price of fresh lumber has put pressure on timber prices at Bunnings and caught the attention of Reddit investors and internet jokesters.
‘Completely helpless’: Sam Newman reveals trauma over wife’s death
The football and media figure has described finding his wife dead in their Docklands apartment and attempting CPR as he waiting for ambulances to arrive.
Soon we’ll no longer feel sorry for Americans, we’ll envy them
Any day now, something strange is going to happen to our perception of the US.
Ben Groundwater
Travel writer
Your to-do list not working? Try out the ‘Eisenhower method’
Time management is a form of stress management. In order to do this successfully, you need a method.
Board member’s run-in with a cow exposes a board ‘in strife’
Ita Buttrose says the ABC board is constantly at risk of not making quorum for its meetings while the government leaves three vacancies unfilled.
Amy Shark’s masterstroke was to let down her guard - and write with Ed Sheeran
‘He’s such a legend and the only person I’ve written a song with, lyric for lyric,’ says the chart-topping singer.
Sydney
Sydney flood victim farewelled: ‘I wish we could have hugged him once more’
Ayaz Younus’ parents were granted permission to attend from Pakistan, but strict conditions meant they could only view the body briefly.
Rain, possible thunderstorm for Sydney as ‘dicey’ weather hits
Sydney is on the edge of a low pressure system bringing “dicey” weather and rainfall totals of more than 100 millimetres to southern NSW.
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Cyber security
‘You have 240 hours’: Cyber attackers demand ransom from NSW Labor
Security sources familiar with the attack said Russian ransomware Avaddon was behind the breach.
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Sydney emergency
Sydney school locked down as police searched Town Hall station
St Andrew’s Cathedral School was locked down due to a police operation at Town Hall station.
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Future technology
‘Laughing stock of the world’: Minister’s warning over electric car tax
Australia risks becoming the world’s laughing stock if state governments impose electric vehicle taxes too early, according to Andrew Constance.
Politics
‘Make your demands public’: Australia Post fires back at Christine Holgate
The legal stoush between Christine Holgate and Australia Post has escalated ahead of a looming 5pm deadline for the parties to mediate.
Business
Steel magnate Gupta wins lifeline for Whyalla and Tahmoor
GFG Alliance said the new financing arrangement would help it pay out the billions in debts it owes to Greensill in full.
World
As China backs East Timor, Australia urged to speed up vaccine delivery
Australia’s first batch of 20,000 AstraZeneca doses arrived in Dili on Wednesday, but experts believe our vaccine support should be accelerated.
Opinion
‘Bad debt’ shunned as credit card balances plunge
Clancy Yeates
Banking reporter
For ANZ and its peers it’s like the pandemic never happened
Stephen Bartholomeusz
Senior business columnist
Australians don’t want a war with China. We need to speak up
David Brophy
Senior lecturer in Modern Chinese History
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Property bydomain
The unenviable outlook for home buyers as property investors return
Either house prices keep rising as the RBA lets the market run, or regulators worry about investors and make it harder to get a loan. It's not much of a choice.
The Block's Jimmy and Tam reveal what will happen to their prize money
The Queensland couple won more than a million dollars and last year's season before the buyer of their house failed to settle.
Life & Culture
Miss Popularity: The hidden depths of Lisa McCune
Australia’s golden girl embraces her ‘decade of doing what I want’.
Sport
Burns to make emotional return from horror knee injury after 305 days
Souths fan favourite Braidon Burns was convinced his NRL career was over when he suffered a horror dislocated kneecap last year.
NRL cracks down on ‘tactical’ breaches as it tweaks six again – again
The code wants to rid the game of deliberate ruck infringements early in the tackle count as it also warns about the dire consequences of contact with the head or neck.
Analysis
NRL 2021
Why Hodgson stepped down as Raiders captain
Ricky Stuart told his hooker he would be dropped after highlighting a few deficiencies. What is believed to have infuriated Hodgson, is that he’d heard the same words the night before.
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Crime
MacGill allegedly kidnapped and threatened at gunpoint
The brother of Stuart MacGill’s partner has been arrested and charged over his alleged involvement in the Australian cricketer’s abduction on Sydney’s lower north shore last month.
‘They know what I am capable of’: Reynolds says injury won’t impact contract talks
The off-contract Souths star won’t rush his return from a thumb injury for the sake of staying on the radar of rival clubs.
‘Doesn’t see the joy’: McNamee saddened that Kyrgios has a disdain for clay
Ahead of the French Open this month, former doubles champion, Australian Paul McNamee, says it’s a shame Nick Kyrgios “doesn’t see the joy” of playing on clay.
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Coronavirus pandemic
Maldives likely exit route for IPL Aussies as Hussey tests positive for COVID-19
The Maldives is firming as the most likely exit route for the majority of Australian cricketers, commentators and coaches stranded in India.
Have Your Say
IPL shambles a result of putting greed above common sense
India’s passion for cricket is a blessing that provides colour, excitement and wealth to the game, but the downside is the demigods it creates and the power they wield.
