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‘In limbo’: The Australians left behind in India
Sunny Joura has been trying to return to Australia since June last year. On Friday, hours before his flight was due to leave, he tested positive to coronavirus, leaving he and his mother stranded again.
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Health
Top medic attacks doctors’ ‘narcissism’ for subverting rollout of vaccine
Australia’s former deputy chief medico Dr Nick Coatsworth says the nation must reopen its borders and prepare to live with the virus.
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India
Half-empty repatriation flight from India touches down at Darwin
Flight QF111, a Qantas 787-9 Dreamliner, touched down at Darwin airport just before 9.30am (AEST) on Saturday.
‘Palestine will be free’: Thousands turn out in Sydney to protest against Israeli strikes
Thousands of Palestine supporters have rallied to condemn Israel’s military offensive in the Gaza Strip.
‘He was a young man with a big outlook’: Coastal community reeling after rubbish bin death
How could this happen? It was the question echoing around the country after a 13-year-old Aboriginal boy died after the rubbish skip he was sleeping in was emptied into a garbage truck.
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Coronavirus pandemic
Restaurant industry facing critical shortage of chefs, managers and sommeliers
Leading hospitality industry figures warn the sector’s recovery is at risk without access to a foreign workforce.
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Good Weekend
Privilege, porn and parent-free parties: Schoolkids and where it all goes wrong
Sexual assault allegations involving students from a raft of private schools underline the need for a healthier brand of manhood.
Bulldogs 18 Raiders 20
Match report
‘It’ll turn into Oztag’: Bulldogs and Raiders blast NRL after controversial clash
Canberra’s season was on life support when they were reduced to 11 men for several minutes midway through the second half, but Ricky Stuart’s men somehow ran down the Bulldogs.
Bancroft suggests Australia’s bowlers were aware of ball tampering
Cameron Bancroft’s comments will bring back the memories of the seismic events at Cape Town that rocked Australian cricket.
Swans 10.12 (72) Magpies 5.12 (42)
Sydney Swans
Pies held to one goal after quarter-time as Swans stroll to victory
Sydney have heaped more misery upon struggling Collingwood, overcoming a lacklustre start to notch an important 30-point win on Saturday.
Casino Royale: more fronts open in Crown’s battle for survival
Helen Coonan was preparing for another chaotic week when she received a phone call that would intensify the maelstrom swirling around casino giant Crown Resorts.
‘Savage blow’: Coal companies hit back over banks’ flight from fossil fuels
Coal companies are fighting back against banks that are refusing to lend to them in a battle for the future of the economy.
Why are we so desperate for Bennifer 2.0 to happen?
It’s the love story we didn’t know we needed. Until we had it. And now we’re not letting go.
How the Golden Globes lost their shine
Where the Oscars were stiff, the Golden Globes were delightfully messy. What went wrong?
Opinion
Gender equality
Hold it, fellas: Let women bring out their slayer
Even Disney understands leading ladies can stick up for themselves. There’s a fine line between macho posturing and chivalry.
Kate Halfpenny
Regular columnist
NRL 2021
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‘Survival of game depends on it’: NRL unmoved by backlash to welfare edict
There has been a backlash to the NRL’s latest interpretation of the rules, but another mooted change – the five-minute sin bin – isn’t currently on the table.
Analysis
Demise of the robots: Why ad-lib football is king again
NRL club data proves that rule changes in the past two seasons have led to a faster game, increased ball-in-play time, greater fatigue and more tries – enhancing the value of creative attacking players.
Sydney
‘Winter is coming’: Snow and strong surf as cold front moves across NSW
Sydneysiders woke to cooler temperatures this morning as a cold front brings snow and powerful surf to NSW.
Fresh allegations made against Craig McLachlan in defamation case documents
In documents released by the Supreme Court this week, the Sydney Morning Herald and the ABC detail a series of alleged incidents involving the Gold Logie-winning actor.
Breakthrough in AFP investigation of Ben Roberts-Smith
A new police taskforce investigating the former soldier has uncovered scraps of paper with the handwritten names and addresses of SAS soldiers.
Inspectors investigate five-tower apartment block amid building defect allegations
An apartment complex in Sydney’s north-west has undergone an inspection after allegations of building defects were aired.
Premier won’t force Gareth Ward to quit over sexual violence allegations
Ms Berejiklian said she was “shocked and distressed” by the allegations but said Mr Ward had done the right thing by moving to the crossbench.
WEEKEND READS
Australian Museum gears up for most important show in its history
An exhibition about colonisation through the eyes of First Nations people will be confronting for many as it challenges ideas about Australian history.
The ‘bloody nightmares’ that fuelled Stan Grant’s new book
The ABC’s international affairs analyst paints a picture of a world in crisis: ‘America is this horrible, hollowed-out society ... and that’s a scary moment’.
Politics
Opinion
Federal budget
Why the budget is a ‘requiem for robust, rules based policy’
The Coalition loves to paint its political opponents as fiscally reckless. But the debt and deficit in this budget is vastly bigger than anything Gough Whitlam committed.
Peter Hartcher
Political and international editor
Business
‘Savage blow’: Coal companies hit back over banks’ flight from fossil fuels
Coal companies are fighting back against banks that are refusing to lend to them in a battle for the future of the economy.
World
Ardern tells world leaders: study social media algorithms to fight hate
Boris Johnson said terrorist content was “like a metastasising tumour within the internet” that must be excised.
Opinion
Budget’s avalanche of money hides a vacuum
David Crowe
Chief political correspondent
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Property bydomain
First-home buyer drops $1.689m on unit thanks to Bank of Mum and Dad
Four bidders pushed the price $189,000 above reserve, chasing the top location and quality of the renovation work. The home sold for almost double its last sale.
Waterfront house on the Bay Run sells for $6.175m after sellers adjust hopes
The auction started bang on the $5.5m price guide and there was spirited bidding, followed by the vendors adjusting the reserve to meet the market.
Life & Culture
Pulitzer winner’s timely, tender response to solitude in the city
Jhumpa Lahiri’s new novel Whereabouts is poem-like in its patterning, intensity and pulse.
Sport
Bulldogs 18 Raiders 20
Match report
‘It’ll turn into Oztag’: Bulldogs and Raiders blast NRL after controversial clash
Canberra’s season was on life support when they were reduced to 11 men for several minutes midway through the second half, but Ricky Stuart’s men somehow ran down the Bulldogs.
Bancroft suggests Australia’s bowlers were aware of ball tampering
Cameron Bancroft’s comments will bring back the memories of the seismic events at Cape Town which rocked Australian cricket three years ago.
Updated
NRL 2021
‘Survival of game depends on it’: NRL unmoved by backlash to welfare edict
There has been a backlash to the NRL’s latest interpretation of the rules, but another mooted change – the five-minute sin bin – isn’t currently on the table.
Swans 10.12 (72) Magpies 5.12 (42)
Match report
Pies held to one goal after quarter-time as Swans stroll to victory
Sydney have heaped more misery upon struggling Collingwood, overcoming a lacklustre start to notch an important 30-point win on Saturday.
Western United 0 Sydney FC 1
Match report
‘Ridiculous’: Sydney FC admit they didn’t deserve winning penalty
Sydney FC beat Western United thanks to a VAR decision so contentious that the Sky Blues concede it shouldn’t have been awarded.
‘I got emotional’: Eels coach shares teary embrace with debutant son
Eels coach Brad Arthur shed a tear when he embraced son Jakob ahead of his NRL debut with Parramatta on Sunday.
Australian teen star McKeown 0.06 seconds off world record in Olympic lead-up
Kaylee McKeown has emerged as a major gold medal chance at Tokyo following another blistering swim at the Sydney Open.
Have Your Say
Demise of the robots: Why ad-lib football is king again
NRL club data proves that rule changes in the past two seasons have led to a faster game, increased ball-in-play time, greater fatigue and more tries – enhancing the value of creative attacking players.
