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COVID-19 CRISIS
Moderna open to making vaccines in Australia
Health Minister Greg Hunt expects all Australians to have received their first vaccine dose by the middle of December.
Opinion
Coronavirus pandemic
WHO’s counting on us to stop the next pandemic
It is in Australia’s enlightened self-interest to make more of a financial and intellectual contribution to global health efforts, especially the World Health Organisation.
Brendan Crabb and Jane Halton
Sunday closures, $10k sign-on bonuses as restaurants, cafes battle staff shortage
Finding a place to eat that’s open on Sunday, Monday or Tuesday might not be as easy as it once was in Australia’s food capital, as a major staff shortage forces hospitality owners to cut back on their trading hours.
Exclusive
AFL 2021
AFL’s richest clubs lose bid to increase soft salary cap
Several of the richer AFL clubs, including Collingwood, West Coast and Richmond, want the soft cap to be increased by at least $1 million.
Australia’s best hope of hosting an F1 grand prix is ‘boutique quarantine’
The desperate COVID situation in Brazil has heightened concerns about the feasibility of Albert Park hosting F1 drivers and their entourages a fortnight later.
In stinging critique, former British PM says progressive politics is facing extinction
Tony Blair has penned a withering critique of the far-left and its approach to culture, gender, race and identity.
Israel, Palestinian militants on brink of war, exchanging rocket volleys, bombs
Israel vowed to keep pummelling the Islamist faction in Gaza in the fiercest hostilities in years despite a prediction by US President Joe Biden that fighting might end soon.
The art fair where they throw hammers at clouds and grow cars from rock
NotFair is not your average art show. Conceived as a “fringe” event to Melbourne’s official art fair, this year it’s taking over an old kids’ play centre.
Common skincare habits wreaking havoc on your skin
From underestimating the power of sleep to the pesky pimple you want to squeeze, these are the skincare habits jeopardising a good complexion.
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Review
You should never mess with Angelina Jolie. Her new thriller proves it
She’s back on form in Those Who Wish Me Dead, injecting some unexpected wit into her role as a firefighter trying to save a boy from assassins.
Updated
Casinos
Cash ban at Crown casinos, Sydney’s The Star to counter money laundering fears
Crown Resorts will ban cash from all of its Australian casinos in an effort to stop criminals from laundering drug money and other ill-gotten gains on its gaming tables.
This magical Indian banquet in a secret location is one hell of a ride
There’s a chance you haven’t heard of Helly Raichura and her Enter Via Laundry tasting menu, but that window is closing.
Exclusive
Cancer
‘Desperately disappointing’ setback for ovarian cancer screening hopes
Long-awaited results of a major ovarian cancer study found screening women detected the disease before they developed symptoms but didn’t save lives.
Opinion
Federal budget
An encouraging step in a long journey for women
More women must be at the table making the decisions that will increase the workforce participation and economic security of all women.
Sam Mostyn
FEDERAL BUDGET 2021
Albanese’s pitch to build the businesses and jobs of tomorrow
Anthony Albanese will position himself as a leader for the future by promising a Labor government would tap into the energy and ideas of young Australians to accelerate the creation of new businesses and jobs.
‘Generations of budget deficits’: Debt will never end without tax, retirement overhaul
After the two largest deficits in history, Josh Frydenberg is forecasting another four record-breaking shortfalls and some economists fear the budget won’t recover from the pandemic spending splurge.
Local
Hunt accuses Victoria of misleading claim on hospital funding cut
Health Minister Greg Hunt says Victoria’s claim that $93 million has been cut from federal hospital funding is misleading as the state itself asked for less money.
Primary schools dump ‘predictable’ picture books as reading tools
Schools are dumping literacy texts that let children learn new words with the help of pictures for ‘decodable readers’ that focus on sounds and letter patterns.
Court bid to oust Porter barrister from acting in defamation fight
A friend of the woman who accused Christian Porter of rape has made a court bid to stop one of his barristers from acting for him in his defamation case against the ABC.
Slain woman was like a little sister, says man who helped fund luxury lifestyle
A Melbourne accountant who lent thousands of dollars to Ellie Price before she was killed has denied being her pimp or sugar daddy, maintaining they were close friends.
Babysitters who hurt three-year-old will get to meet their baby daughter
A woman who inflicted a life-changing head injury on a three-year-old boy could soon be deported to China with her partner. Their child, taken at birth, lives there with grandparents.
CORONAVIRUS CRISIS
Australia buys 25 million Moderna vaccine doses
Moderna has struck an agreement with the Morrison government to supply 10 million doses this year and 15 million booster shots in 2022.
Victoria vows to crack down on businesses that flout check-in rules
Health Minister Martin Foley said the latest case should be a wake-up call to people fatigued by COVID-19 restrictions and not abiding by public health orders.
Politics
Inquiry into PM’s office about Higgins’ rape claim resumes
Prime Minister Scott Morrison confirmed on Wednesday night that an inquiry into who in his office knew what about Brittany Higgins’ rape allegations has resumed.
Business
The ‘female Steve Jobs’: Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes faces her moment of reckoning
Elizabeth Holmes founded a $US9 billion startup that promised to revolutionise the lab test industry, but the 37-year-old’s story has become a cautionary tale among entrepreneurs.
World
Analysis
US politics
Republican Party ‘cancels’ Liz Cheney in sacrifice for Trump’s approval
Loyalty to Donald Trump himself - rather than a commitment to any particular policy position - is now the defining feature of the modern Republican Party.
Analysis
Israeli-Palestinian conflict
‘Is this the big one?’: The next intifada could be fuelled over TikTok
Thomas L. Friedman
Opinion
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Property bydomain
Real estate listings reveal our love affair with house plants is still on
If real estate listings provide a snapshot of the interior trends of the moment, then it’s fair to say that indoor plants are continuing to have their moment in the sun.
'It's so hard': First-home buyers are feeling burnt by the hot market
Rapidly rising prices and limited choice have begun to dampen buyer's spirits as their positivity about the market declines.
Life & Culture
Ellen DeGeneres to end her TV talk show next year
The talk show host, whose ratings dived after allegations of running a toxic workplace, has decided her upcoming season will be the last.
Sport
Updated
Women's AFL
‘A disgrace’: Kennett threatens legal action over Hawks’ AFLW snub
AFL is set to delay an announcement on AFLW expansion, instead set to initiate a tender process for the four remaining clubs without teams in the national women’s league.
Exclusive
AFL 2021
Blues skipper has been playing with back fracture
Patrick Cripps has been playing this season with a fracture in his back that has needed weekly injections to help him play, but has not left him at risk of worsening the injury.
‘I’d love one’: Roos keen to ask AFL for a priority pick
Sitting at the bottom of the ladder with a percentage of 52.7, North Melbourne have only won one match in their past 23 games, and coach David Noble is keen for help.
AFL chief counters Tiger approach over incident
Gillon McLachlan says he disagrees with part of Richmond coach Damien Hardwick’s defence of Tiger pair Daniel Rioli and Shai Bolton, suggesting that players “should be walking away” from conflict.
‘I would support him’: Paine endorses Smith captaincy
Six weeks after laying his cards on the table, Steve Smith has the backing of incumbent Tim Paine to return to the captaincy of the national men’s team.
Australian Ewan wins Giro stage five, Landa crashes out
Lotto Soudal rider Ewan surged to beat Italian Giacomo Nizzolo on the line on a day overshadowed by late crashes involving Mikel Landa and Pavel Sivakov.
Is this two-metre-tall Scot the Socceroos’ next EPL star?
Top-flight clubs are circling Stoke City’s Harry Souttar, the Aberdeen-born defender with an Aussie mum and a huge fan in Socceroos coach Graham Arnold.
Have Your Say
‘Boutique quarantine’ best hope for Melbourne GP
The desperate COVID-19 situation in Brazil, where the race is set down for November 7, has heightened concerns about feasibility of Albert Park hosting F1 a fortnight later.
