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COVID-19 CRISIS
Six in isolation after sharing hotel floor with COVID patient
The Victorian residents have been asked to quarantine for another 14 days after completing their original quarantine on level three of the Playford Hotel in Adelaide.
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.
Ministers maul Maribyrnong after councillors block housing project
Labor councillors in Melbourne’s inner west halted a social housing project, despite the area having the state’s longest list of people waiting for a new home.
Magistrate loses patience with Pusey’s repeated interjections in fresh court case
Richard Pusey, the man jailed for filming dying police officers after an Eastern Freeway crash has had a new plea hearing adjourned.
Greening the suburbs: Half-a-million trees to be planted in Melbourne’s west
The Victorian government will offer grants to groups and councils to encourage the planting of 500,000 trees in Melbourne’s west starting in September.
‘Brilliant highs, awful lows’: The secret of You Am I’s enduring success
Going backstage with the Australian rock legends reveals how they’ve kept rolling and produced one of their best songs yet.
‘Big heart full of love’: TV’s most delightful romance show is back
Love on the Spectrum’s breakout star and quintessential gentleman Michael is enjoying his unexpected celebrity.
Luna, Leo, Willow: Baby names are anything but boring for Gen Alpha
The children of Millennials will make up the largest generation in history. Their parents want them to stand out.
Opinion
Casinos
Crown’s biggest threat isn’t regulators. It’s China’s relationship with Australia
The Chinese government has a history of banning its citizens from playing at international casinos.
Elizabeth Knight
Business columnist
Updated
Crown Resorts
Crown to ban cash in bid to stop criminals laundering drug money
Australia’s biggest casino operators have also agreed to stop working with “junket” VIP tour operators, many of which were linked to Asian organised crime syndicates.
The race to rescue Australia’s 50 most vulnerable plant species
Australia’s record of driving its famously unique array of native mammals to extinction is well known. It is less understood that we are losing our plants even faster.
Breastfeeding association defends creation of ‘chestfeeding’ booklet
The Australian Breastfeeding Association says the resource was created for an LGBTQ+ audience and there are no plans to adopt the ‘chestfeeding’ term more widely.
Opinion
Interest rates
Fleeting or structural: What’s behind the surge in US inflation?
Even relatively modest increases in rates in the US or Europe to combat inflation could cause bond and equity prices to crash.
Stephen Bartholomeusz
Senior business columnist
Opinion
AFL 2021
Why Patrick Cripps is worth at least $1 million a year
A once-mighty club is in a seemingly endless rebuild, but their out-of-contract captain is not the problem.
Wayne Carey
Two-time AFL premiership captain
‘I would support him’: Paine endorses Smith to return as Test captain
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.
FEDERAL BUDGET 2021
Opinion
Frydenberg’s Afterpay budget throws Thatcherite legacy on funeral pyre
Fiscal sobriety is surplus to requirements for the Morrison government, but the conservatives have lost their narrative on achieving long-term economic growth.
Andrew Charlton
Former economic advisor to the Prime Minister
Boosting mental health workforce is key with budget funding just the start
Tuesday’s budget had a $2.3 billion investment in mental health, but experts want to see more focus on the workforce.
Local
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Women's AFL
‘A disgrace’: Kennett threatens legal action over Hawks’ AFLW snub
Hawthorn president Jeff Kennett has not ruled out legal action against the AFL after the Hawks were advised they would need to re-apply for entry into the AFLW.
Exclusive
Schools
Student-teacher relationships banned for two years after school
Victorian teachers will be banned from having sex with former students for at least two years after they finish their secondary education under a shake-up of rules governing teacher behaviour.
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.
CORONAVIRUS CRISIS
Opinion
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
‘Boutique quarantine’ for F1 drivers Australia’s best hope of hosting grand prix
The desperate COVID situation in Brazil, where the race is set down for November 7, has heightened concerns about the feasibility of Albert Park hosting the F1 drivers and their entourages a fortnight later.
Politics
‘The tide is turning’: Australians are ready to debate reconciliation, Ken Wyatt says
Indigenous Australians Minister Ken Wyatt senses an “undercurrent” in Australian society that was looking at many issues to do with Indigenous Australians in a new way.
Business
Treasury Wine pivots to US, Penfolds brand after China’s shock tariffs
The winemaking giant will pivot to the US market and focus on its highly profitable Penfolds brand in a bid to restart profit growth without the help of the lucrative Chinese market.
World
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.
Opinion
Scott Morrison vindicated for wanting health inspectors to have more power
Peter Hartcher
Political and international editor
Back to the future budget delivers jobs, but no pay rises
Jessica Irvine
Senior economics writer
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Property bydomain
New apartments in historic hamlet shortlisted for architecture award
Rushall Park began life in 1869 as a village of small, semi-detached houses built by the Old Colonists Association to house elderly, impoverished actors.
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.
Life & Culture
★★★
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.
Sport
Opinion
AFL 2021
Why Patrick Cripps is worth at least $1 million a year
A once-mighty club is in a seemingly endless rebuild, but their out-of-contract captain is not the problem.
Wayne Carey
Two-time AFL premiership captain
Updated
Women's AFL
‘Disgrace’: Kennett threatens legal action over 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.
Swimmers get welcome vaccine delay ahead of cut-throat Olympic trials
Australia’s best aquatic athletes unveiled the Speedo race suit for Tokyo as good news was delivered on the vaccine rollout ahead of the Games.
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.
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.
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.
