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FEDERAL BUDGET 2021

Biotech giant CSL welcomes government’s mRNA push

Biotech giant CSL welcomes government’s mRNA push

The company making the AstraZeneca COVID vaccine in Australia has welcomed a budget commitment to provide funding to develop local cutting-edge mRNA vaccine manufacturing. Follow our live coverage of national news, including reactions and fallout from the federal budget.

Opinion
Employment

Costello said Australia would never be a guest-worker state. Frydenberg is smoothing the way

This week’s budget announcement on international students is in line with a 25-year march towards becoming a guest-worker country.

Stephen Clibborn and Chris F. Wright

COVID-19 CRISIS

Hundreds of AFL fans urged to get tested after train service listed as exposure site

Hundreds of AFL fans urged to get tested after train service listed as exposure site

Contact tracers are working with the AFL to track down hundreds of fans who attended the clash between Richmond and Geelong last Friday and then travelled on the same train as a Wollert man who tested positive for COVID-19.

Guilty about working out at lunch? It’s saving you time

Caroline Bain finds work easier and more enjoyable if she has exercised in her lunch break

The majority of workers don’t take exercise breaks out of guilt or because they’re “too busy” despite compelling evidence showing they improve productivity.

Marred by controversy, the Philip Roth biography is a spectacular own goal

It comes as no surprise that Philip Roth was something of a lothario.

Allegations of sexual assault and impropriety against Blake Bailey make it hard to read his life of Philip Roth in the way biographer and subject may have originally intended.

Analysis
AFL 2021

Why Richmond aren’t punishing Bolton and Rioli

Once upon a time, Shai Bolton being a gun player coming off contract would probably have been grounds for cynicism at Tigerland. Not now.

Labor Party members get $200,000 defamation payout for Facebook posts

Aloke (left) and Aakash Kumar, have been awarded $200,000 by a court for defamatory Facebook posts. 

Prominent Melbourne brothers Aloke and Aakash Kumar sued for defamation over Facebook posts that accused them of raising fake member fees.

Finding a bargain: Opportunities remain for first-home buyers

First-home buyers may be disheartened by soaring property prices but there are still some suburbs in Melbourne where unit prices remain affordable.

Cheney leadership vote turns focus to post-Trump division

Former vice-president Dick Cheney, left, sits with his daughter, then-newly-elected Representative Liz Cheney in 2017.

Cheney said those who dispute the election results were at war with the Constitution and were sowing the seeds of future political violence.

Ransomware-hit Colonial Pipeline causes panic buying

“We are asking people not to hoard,” US Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said as people began panic-buying petrol. “Things will be back to normal soon.”

Israel missile defence blocks Palestinian rockets.

Dozens dead as Israel, Hamas escalate aerial bombardments

The Israeli city of Tel Aviv was under fire from a barrage of 130 rockets launched from the Gaza Strip in an attack so relentless that Israel’s Iron Dome rocket-defence system seemed to be overwhelmed.

‘We’ve broken the cycle’: Life-changing program needs funds to survive

The early childhood support program in Benalla has proven life-changing for Cassie Turner and her four-year-old daughter Airlie.

The Tomorrow Today Foundation has provided life-changing programs in Benalla but its leaders fear it may not survive without state government funding.

Analysis
Science

A stoush over a fire study and a chilling glimpse of the future

ANU ecologist Professor David Lindenmayer.

A story about bushfires, the climate crisis, logging and contested science that shines a light on the very difficult climate choices we now face.

Andrew Bogut could bankrupt his former manager

Basketball star is locked in a dispute over unpaid monies with his former manager and friend.

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FEDERAL BUDGET 2021

Splurge to create 250k jobs, cash for aged care and mental health

Splurge to create 250k jobs, cash for aged care and mental health

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg is spending $74.6 billion in two years to create more than 250,000 jobs using income tax cuts, business tax breaks and a mammoth outlay on social services.

Victoria to benefit from multibillion-dollar GST windfall

The state has missed out in the federal budget on funding for two key passenger rail projects but will gain on the GST front.

Local

Dani Dafoulis, 40, said the government’s new childcare plan won’t benefit her because her youngest daughter is only in childcare for one more year.

‘Without childcare I couldn’t work’: Mothers say time for help is now

Donna O’Neill has seen many of her female colleagues’ careers held back because the high cost of childcare. She wants that to change.

Ellie Price spoke of being ‘choked’ by boyfriend before her death, court told

Ellie Price was found dead inside her South Melbourne home.

A woman killed in her home, allegedly by her boyfriend, told her mother she was choked by her partner and feared she would die during an earlier Valentine’s Day holiday, a court has heard.

Education Department pleads guilty to breaches after seven-year-old’s death

Jovan Talwar died after a fall at his school.

Victoria’s Education Department faces being fined up to $3 million after pleading guilty to breaching safety laws over the death of a boy whose wheelchair fell from a school ramp.

Coroner investigates baby Isabella’s unexplained death

Desperate for answers: Mother Patricia Lamont with her daughter Isabella, who died in October 2018.

A mother has demanded answers after it was revealed her child repeatedly vomited and appeared unwell over a 22-hour period before medical help was sought.

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Tragedy

‘Too late’: Friend of boy killed as bin tipped into garbage trunk tried to alert driver

A 13-year-old boy has died after an industrial bin in which he was sleeping with two others was emptied into a garbage truck in Port Lincoln.

South Australia Police say one of the boys started “banging on the door” of the cabin when the bin containing his two friends started to tip.

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CORONAVIRUS CRISIS

New rules have been introduced for anyone entering NSW who has recently been in Melbourne.

Anyone entering NSW from Melbourne must complete declaration forms

NSW Health has introduced new rules for anyone entering the state that has been in Melbourne.

Workers in protective gear prepare to deep clean a Woolworths at Epping Plaza on Tuesday after it was listed as a tier 1 COVID-19 exposure site.

New coronavirus case in Victoria: What we know so far

The Department of Health said a full public health response was under way after the man, aged in his 30s, tested positive on Tuesday morning.

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This Kew house with a derelict kitchen and bathroom has sold for $7.24m

This Kew house with a derelict kitchen and bathroom has sold for $7.24m

It has ripped-up linoleum floors, missing bathroom tiles and water stains on the ceiling but still sold at auction for more than $1.7 million above its reserve.

Why Australia's $30b home construction boom won't last

Why Australia's $30b home construction boom won't last

The take-up of HomeBuilder grants was four times more than what the government expected, but budget papers lay bare the challenge that lies ahead.

Life & Culture

Sport

Richmond’s Shai Bolton and Daniel Rioli.
Analysis
AFL 2021

Why Richmond aren’t punishing Bolton and Rioli

Once upon a time at Tigerland, the fact of Shai Bolton being a gun player coming off contract would probably have been grounds for cynicism about a non-penalty. Richmond aren’t that kind of club any longer.

Novak Djokovic lost his cool at the Italian Open.

Djokovic’s tantrum in Rome rain, Nadal’s Tokyo doubts

Top-ranked Novak Djokovic shouted at the umpire before regaining his cool at the Italian Open.

Manchester City fans celebrate the Premier League title outside Etihad Stadium.

Manchester City clinch third Premier League title in four seasons

Manchester United losing 2-1 to Leicester left City with an unassailable 10-point lead with three games remaining.

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Hamstrung Stringer faces contract wait

Injured Essendon star Jake Stringer is without a contract for next season and rival clubs have been put on notice of his potential availability.

Willie Rioli.
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AFL 2021

‘Another poor decision’: Rioli to face court, may be sacked

Willie Rioli will front a Darwin court on Wednesday charged with “possessing a schedule 2 dangerous drug in a quantity less than trafficable (under 50 grams) in a public place”. 

Justis Huni and Paul Gallen have signed to fight in June.

Olympic heavyweight Huni to get just 15 per cent of cut in Gallen fight

Justis Huni knows a win over Paul Gallen could do as much for his profile as an Olympic medal. Which is why Gallen will take almost all the financial spoils.

Alex Rance could make an amateur league comeback.

Snap Shot: COVID delays Rance’s football comeback ... for now

This week in Snap Shot: Alex Rance delays local football return; Roos stalk the halls of power; and why challenging decisions is old hat.

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