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Coronavirus pandemic
No new community cases paves way for WA COVID-19 restrictions to ease
Western Australia has recorded no new community cases of COVID-19 as of Wednesday, setting the Perth and Peel regions up for restrictions to ease over the weekend.
Man in Sydney’s eastern suburbs tests positive to COVID-19
A Sydney man with no known links to coronavirus cases in hotel quarantine has tested positive for COVID-19.
South West to rest easy as Collie case confirmed historical
In a statement, WA Health said the man in his 30s who returned a very weak positive result was not considered a threat to the community health.
Breaking
Coronavirus pandemic
Australian man in India files urgent court challenge to travel ban
A 73-year-old Australian man in India has launched a Federal Court challenge to a travel ban that has prevented him from returning home.
Opinion
Opinion
The India travel ban is unconstitutional
The constitution does not grant untrammelled powers to the government, nor does it allow the government to treat citizens as pariahs, even temporarily.
Helen Irving
Parents free to work more days after childcare subsidy cap scrapped
The childcare industry expects removing the cap 200,000 families face on government subsidies will encourage parents working part-time to take on more hours.
Updated
Crime
Former Australian cricketer Stuart 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.
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.
The Gates divorce could be the most expensive in history
With no pre-nuptial agreement believed to have been signed, the pair’s settlement could rival the 2019 divorce of Amazon’s Jeff Bezos and Mackenzie Scott.
Biden’s shore thing: American windfarms finally take off
After languishing for decades, America’s offshore wind industry gets a jumpstart, boosted by Biden’s green ambitions. But locals have a different view.
Opinion
China relations
Australians don’t want a war with China. It’s time to speak out against it
The recent flurry of war talk needs to be met with a forthright public pushback.
David Brophy
Senior lecturer in Modern Chinese History
A Chinese Communist Party watcher in Parliament tweeted 42,000 times. Now he’s been told to take a break
An article published on a little-known blog about a prolific tweeter has raised questions about Chinese Communist Party influence, free speech and Australia’s defamation regime.
‘Make your demands public’: Aus 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.
Analysis
IPL
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 this creates and the power they wield.
Ex-AFL coach Laidley sues police over leaked photos
Former AFL coach Dani Laidley is suing Victoria Police over the leaking of photos taken of her in custody, alleging officers used offensive language to describe her in a WhatsApp group.
Western Australia
Perth city foot traffic plummets, but experts don’t predict COVID will spell end of the CBD
Foot traffic in Perth’s CBD is still down by half this week after dropping by as much as 60 per cent since the city was plunged into lockdown.
‘He was doing the right thing’: Hotel boss says case 1001 wore PPE correctly
Perth Pan Pacific general manager Rob Weedon told 6PR he had seen CCTV footage of the guard on duty and the man was wearing personal protective equipment.
Collie man’s positive COVID test likely a historic infection
The man in his 30s recently returned from Poland and quarantined in Melbourne before returning to Collie.
More exposure sites linked to Pan Pacific cluster
The state recorded no new COVID cases in the community or hotel quarantine overnight, but the results of 33 close contacts and 194 casual contacts of the confirmed cases are yet to return.
McGowan urges all states to help India as WA donates $2 million
WA Premier Mark McGowan said it was an unusual move for a state government, but he believed it would help keep his own state safe and was the humane thing to do.
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
CSL forced to offer more cash to US plasma donors
The biotech giant says it is doing everything it can to coax US donors into its centres after a significant drop-off in collections.
World
‘Huge victory:’ EU politicians celebrate as China’s sanctions backfire
The EU’s trade commissioner announced that a lucrative trade deal between the bloc and the superpower would not go ahead while sanctions were in place.
Opinion
Australians don’t want a war with China. It’s time to speak out against it
David Brophy
Senior lecturer in Modern Chinese History
Explore
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.
Nearly 40 per cent of people think it's a good time to buy, despite record prices
House prices are at historical highs, but a surprisingly large number of people still think that it's better to buy a place now than to wait.
Life & Culture
Parents’ health habits, even before birth, may influence a child’s wellbeing
Physical activity and diet might have long-lasting effects on a child’s health, a new animal study suggests.
Opinion
Body image
Does it matter what we think of Billie Eilish’s Vogue ‘pin-up’ transformation?
Jenna Guillaume
Sport
Updated
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.
Shaw’s view from coach’s box: Buckley is not the issue
Magpies icon Tony Shaw, who sat in the Collingwood coach’s box for the first time since his last game at the helm, said of Nathan Buckley: “I think the bloke can coach.”
Updated
Australian cricket
Postponement of IPL leaves players stranded in India
The sensational development came after a member of David Warner’s team, Sunrisers Hyderabad, became the latest player to test positive to coronavirus.
WA child gymnasts injected with cortisone
Close to 60 WA gymnasts have come forward to tell how they still struggle with mental health issues, eating disorders and stress after suffering abuse as child athletes.
Updated
Gymnastics
‘Ways we were treated were not OK’: Gymnasts can now speak up, says whistleblower
Former gymnasts Livia Giles and Mary-Anne Monckton have spoken up about the Australian Human Rights Commission’s damning report of abuse in the sport.
Laidley sues police over leaking of photos, alleges officers acted with malice
Former AFL coach Dani Laidley is suing Victoria Police over the leaking of photos taken of her in custody, alleging officers used offensive language to describe her in a WhatsApp group.
Man faces court charged with threatening Richmond’s Dylan Grimes
The man is accused of threatening and abusing the Richmond defender in the days after the footballer received a controversial free kick.
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.
