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Coronavirus pandemic
Traces of COVID-19 found in inner west sewage system
The catchment includes about 42,000 people and takes sewage from several inner west suburbs, including Dulwich Hill, Marrickville and Summer Hill.
Coronavirus hits G7 foreign ministers’ meeting in London attended by Marise Payne
Two delegates from India have tested positive, meaning the entire delegation is now self-isolating.
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Media & marketing
Donald Trump remains banned from Facebook after board ruling
Facebook’s independent oversight board has upheld the social media giant’s decision to suspend former president Donald Trump from the platform.
‘We’re unravelling’: family of Sydney businessman detained in Iraq losing hope
The Sydney businessman, who’s been based in the Middle East for the past 10 years, was suddenly arrested almost a month ago.
Police say MacGill did not owe alleged kidnappers a debt
How the former cricketer became a kidnapping victim, taken from outside his Sydney home, has left those who know him stunned.
Opinion
State Parliament
Spectacle not befitting of Australia’s oldest parliament
The way in which many of our state MPs behaved on Tuesday was not befitting of elected officials. And it would not be tolerated in any other workplace.
Alexandra Smith
State Political Editor
The deadly disease that is health’s ‘bogey man coming over the hill’
Advocates are calling for public greater awareness of risk factors for liver cancer, which sees fewer than one in five survive for five years after diagnosis.
Opinion
Insider trading
How Westpac found itself in the frame for alleged insider trading
While ASIC does not see it as a test case, a win for the regulator could open a can of worms for others that inhabit this market.
Elizabeth Knight
Business columnist
NZ slams China for ‘severe human rights abuses’ against Uighurs
Similar motions in the parliaments of the UK, Canada, and the Netherlands have condemned the abuse as “genocide”.
How La Nina’s fury culminated in NSW’s ‘catastrophic’ floods
NSW’s one-in-50-year flooding event in March that killed two people and forced 24,000 to evacuate can be traced back to September.
‘I wish we could have hugged him once more’: Sydney flood victim farewelled
The man’s parents were granted permission to attend from Pakistan, but strict conditions meant they could only view the body briefly.
‘Completely helpless’: Newman reveals trauma over wife’s death
The football and media figure has described finding his wife dead and attempting CPR as he waited for an ambulance to arrive.
NRL cracks down on ‘tactical’ breaches of controversial six-again rule
The code wants to rid the game of deliberate ruck infringements early in the tackle count.
‘Bent coppers’: What’s behind the success of hit drama Line of Duty?
The edge-of-the-seat police show has smashed viewing records in Britain. The masterstroke? Making the cops both heroes and villains.
Sydney
Rebel Liberal MP kicked out of party over upper house job
Matthew Mason-Cox has been expelled from the party effective immediately after he infuriated Gladys Berejiklian by nominating for president of the upper house.
‘Unacceptable’: Labor joins other MPs to block flood plain harvesting rules
NSW Labor will reject plans by the NSW government to regulate the ability of irrigators to capture flood waters flowing across their properties.
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Sydney emergency
Sydney trains still delayed after earlier Town Hall police operation
Major delays were still affecting the train network after an earlier police operation at Town Hall station halted services around City Circle.
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.
Politics
‘Betrayal’: First Nations warning to government over water fund pledge
First Nations groups say it will be a betrayal if federal government follows through with a mooted plan and ditches its $40 million commitment to water rights.
Business
‘Worse than Brexit’: Scottish vote weighs on assets from pound to banks
A week that could set in motion the eventual collapse of the 314-year union between England and Scotland is concentrating financial trading desks on market disasters ahead.
World
Australian jail time no barrier to cabinet post, Thai court rules
Thailand’s highest court has ruled the political powerbroker’s four years in a Sydney jail is not a breach of the constitution.
Opinion
Gymnastics Australia should say sorry to athletes and back it up with cash
Alison Quigley
Teenage gymnast, rape survivor and doctoral student
IPL shambles a result of putting greed above common sense
Malcolm Conn
Chief Cricket Writer
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Property bydomain
How moving one train stop could save you hundreds of thousands
Sydney house hunters can find big savings if they opt to extend their property search one stop further along the train line.
'Unprecedented': Australia's luxury real estate picks up pace
Prestige property prices are picking up as well-heeled home buyers take advantage of low interest rates to upgrade their living arrangements.
Life & Culture
A forest of one’s own: why even Virginia Woolf was felled by trees
Majestic yet vulnerable, trees are an enduring source of inspiration.
Sport
‘Not involved in any other backstory’: Police say MacGill did not owe alleged kidnappers a debt
How the 50-year-old former international cricketer came to be a kidnapping victim has left those who know him stunned.
‘I am OK’: COVID-positive Hussey to remain in India as exit confirmed for other Australians
Though the cricket great’s symptoms were mild on Wednesday, there is anxiety among cricket figures that his condition could deteriorate in a country where the medical system has been swamped.
NRL cracks down on ‘tactical’ breaches of controversial six-again rule
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.
Welcome Matt: Parish welcomes SBW, Johns brothers to Samoa fold
The mooted dream team of Sonny Bill Williams, Andrew Johns and Matthew Johns has been welcomed into the Samoa fold by the incumbent coach.
Coates insists Olympic athletes should not fear being stranded in Tokyo
With Australians struggling to get home from India, AOC president John Coates has assured athletes they will get safe passage back from the Games.
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.
The unsung hero of the Reds’ season who turned his back on being a prison officer
Reds forward Seru Uru was going to be prison officer in Fiji but now finds himself in the Wallabies frame and one win away from a Super Rugby AU title.
Have Your Say
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.
