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‘There’s still a lot of work to be done’: Juukan traditional owners call for a more meaningful seat at the table
Ahead of the one year anniversary of the destruction of Juukan Gorge, the site’s traditional owners say they want to do business with miners “but we want to do it on our terms”.
Breaking
Hospitals in crisis
Roger Cook must sack Perth Children’s Hospital executive team: Nurses union
Nurse who had worked in the emergency department the day Aishwarya died had been told to take unpaid leave.
PCH hospital boss vows ‘children are safe’ as staff working on the night Aishwarya died ‘moved on’
In a tense press conference, Child and Adolescent Health Service chief executive Aresh Anwar revealed staff working on the night were moved out of the ED.
Breaking
Sharks
Surfer dies after shark attack off NSW Mid North Coast
A tagged great white shark was detected a day earlier about two kilometres south of the beach where the man, aged in his 50s, was attacked on Tuesday.
Breaking
Gig economy
Deliveroo loses landmark case: sacked driver ruled an employee
Commission’s decision puts at risk gig economy’s reliance on “independent contractors”.
Opinion
Federal budget
Australian universities are dying and no one is coming to save them
The stories shared over the last few days by distraught academics have been utterly awful.
Jenna Price
Columnist and academic
Exclusive
Australia votes
Voters back Morrison’s cautious approach to closed border
Only 9 per cent believe the federal government is being “too pessimistic” in naming mid-2022 as the likely date borders will reopen, despite calls from state and business leaders for a clear road map to ease controls.
Sydney man dies in India after contracting COVID-19
The married father of two had returned to India for personal reasons.
New COVID strains pose big risk in ‘raging’ pandemic: PM
Scott Morrison says the COVID-19 pandemic is “morphing” every day and the greatest threat is the emergence of new strains of the virus.
Return to Oz: Australian bankers swap Wall Street for the beach in wake of pandemic
On Wall Street, it might sound like a ticket to nowhere. And yet here was Catherine McCormack, trading a plum job at Goldman Sachs in New York for a finance job back home - in Australia.
Opinion
Cryptocurrencies
Elon Musk’s tweets highlight the problems with crypto markets
When one man can move a near-trillion dollar market by as much as 20 per cent with a tweet it ought to be a wake-up call for investors, and regulators.
Stephen Bartholomeusz
Senior business columnist
Labor MPs divided on Tony Blair’s suggestion to use right-wing methods
The former British prime minister made waves last week when he suggested progressive politics was facing extinction with its “voter-repellent” approach to culture, gender, race and identity.
Bland or chic? Have your say on our Olympic uniforms
When it comes to the clothes Australia’s elite athletes wear to the opening ceremony, it has often been a case of cringe or slightly less cringe. Not this time.
Time for CTE from footy to be recognised as an ‘industrial disease’: expert
Leading neuroscientist Professor Alan Pearce says the posthumous findings of Graham Farmer, Shane Tuck, and Danny Frawley lends weight to an “industrial disease” finding.
King earns his riches: Star forward signs lucrative extension with Saints
St Kilda key forward Max King, who is not yet 21, has signed a huge contract extension to stay with the Saints.
Western Australia
Exclusive
Hospitals in crisis
‘Cascade’ of mistakes laid bare as full report into girls’ death revealed
Warning, this story contains confronting details from Perth Children’s Hospital’s full internal report into the death of seven-year-old Aishwarya. The report reveals a confronting litany of missed opportunities to save a life.
Man on life support after altercation at Bunbury venue
Homicide detectives have called for witnesses after an altercation outside a Bunbury venue left a man in critical condition.
Exclusive
Hospitals in crisis
Left to bleed for six hours: Leaked email exposes the extent of WA’s health crisis
The revelations come after two major hospitals declared a code yellow in the past week as they struggled to meet the demand from patients.
Two major Perth hospitals call internal emergencies as pressure on Cook grows
Executives dropped everything and cancelled meetings to race to hospital emergency operations centres this week as demand for beds overwhelmed staff.
Updated
Trends
Where WA food heavyweights love to eat when they clock off work
When our chefs ditch the apron for some downtime, where do they go and what is on their must-eat list? We spoke to some restaurant heavyweights in WA to see where they head when they clock off.
Politics
Scheme could open carbon and biodiversity market to farmers
A new agricultural climate policy aims to deliver a world-first for farmers to trade carbon and biodiversity credits through one platform.
Business
Australian bankers swap Wall Street for the beach after COVID
It might sound like a ticket to nowhere. And yet here was Catherine McCormack, trading a plum job in New York for a finance job back home in Australia.
World
US Supreme Court to consider gutting landmark 1973 Roe v Wade abortion law
By hearing the case in their next term, the conservative-majority bench will look at whether to overturn a central part of the decades-old ruling.
Opinion
Australian universities are dying and no one is coming to save them
Jenna Price
Columnist and academic
China could be the first country to get old before it gets rich and the implications are profound
Peter Hartcher
Political and international editor
Federal election hinges on timing, not policy
Sean Kelly
Columnist and former adviser to Labor prime ministers Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard.
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Property bydomain
How much you need to earn to buy a house if prices go up 19 per cent
Wages aren't expected to increase for four years but new analysis shows how big a pay rise you'll need to avoid mortgage stress.
This house has been transformed from 'crack den' to dream home
This 1910 house could soon be one of its best after a first-home buyer drained her savings to transform the house of horrors into a piece of real estate gold.
Life & Culture
The library books readers couldn’t get enough of during the pandemic
The Civica Libraries Index is based on more than 34 million loans in Australia and New Zealand.
Sport
King earns his riches: Star forward signs lucrative extension with Saints
St Kilda key forward Max King, who is not yet 21, has signed a huge contract extension to stay with the Saints.
Breaking
Australian cricket
Bancroft responds to CA’s call for new information
Cameron Bancroft has responded to Cricket Australia’s invitation to discuss his inflammatory weekend comments about the ball-tampering saga, with the matter now unlikely to escalate.
Opinion
AFL 2021
Baaaaall: The worst rule in football and how it should be paid, or not
Two of our experts take different views on the contentious ‘holding the ball’ rule, and how it should be applied.
Kayo’d: streaming, complex ticketing keeps fans away
Tigers fan Kevin Passmore used to go to every Richmond home game but he’s among those now choosing to watch from home.
Back in the game? Carlton, Pies in pursuit of Leppitsch
Carlton have made a play for Justin Leppitsch to become senior assistant coach. Separately, the Blues have approached him to replace Judd.
‘Hope’: Study reveals brain fades not all down to CTE
A former Australian rules umpire is working on research in the US that offers some reassurance about head knocks in footy.
Updated
Australian cricket
Bowlers ‘would have known’ as CA chief dodges issue
Michael Clarke and David Warner’s manager have scorned the 2018 investigation that concluded only three people had prior knowledge of the Cape Town ball-tampering plot.
Have Your Say
Fairy floss football: The problem areas awaiting next Waratahs coach
NSW pushed the boundaries with their investment in youth and it is fair to say the boundaries are pushing back. Their next coach has a big job on his hands.
