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Analysis
Hospitals in crisis
Whose rule? ‘Aishwarya’s Care’ rebrands an idea Cook failed to finish four years ago
WA Health Minister Roger Cook has been accused of political game-playing in trying to rebrand a system change he first suggested years ago after Malakei Paraone’s death but never finalised.
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Hospitals
Executives protecting each other but throwing staff ‘under the bus’ over Aishwarya, say doctors and nurses
Unions say the government has been expecting too much of its emergency departments for too long and should be held ultimately responsible for what was a foreseeable tragedy.
New Aboriginal Heritage Act to be introduced in second half of year
The new Aboriginal Affairs Minister has flagged that the four-year process of reforming the state’s archaic Indigenous heritage laws will soon conclude.
‘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 anniversary of the destruction of Juukan Gorge, the site’s traditional owners say they want to do business on their terms.
Returning WA Police officers side-step hotel quarantine for apartment stay in South Perth
Two officers who extradited an accused man from London to Perth have avoided hotel quarantine, instead being put up in a private apartment.
Exclusive
Paris Agreement
Get to net zero before 2050, top energy chief tells Australia
A new roadmap calls on advanced economies to phase out dirty coal-fired power plants by 2030.
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Gig economy
Deliveroo loses landmark case: sacked driver ruled an employee
Commission’s decision puts at risk gig economy’s reliance on “independent contractors”.
Who counts as ‘immediate family’? Not your parents, the government says
Kateryna’s son doesn’t recognise his grandmother. She had cared for him for a year but left Australia just before the pandemic. Now a bureaucratic definition is keeping them apart.
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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.
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National
COVID control chiefs set to tighten mask rules for hotel quarantine staff
New rules are expected to recommend or require that N95 masks, goggles, gowns and gloves be used in interactions with COVID-19 patients, rather than just a surgical mask and eyewear.
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.
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Review
HBO’s Exterminate All the Brutes isn’t easy viewing, but it might be essential
This four-part series is a treatise on white supremacy, laying bare the ‘genocidal’ impulse behind all the grand talk of civilisation.
Prince Harry’s complaints about upbringing ‘no different to Charles talking about his’
The Duke implied in a podcast he had been failed not only by his father, but also by the Queen and Prince Philip through association.
Western Australia
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.
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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.
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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.
Politics
Updated
Gig economy
Deliveroo loses landmark case as sacked driver ruled an employee
The delivery giant is facing the prospect of a wave of backpay claims after a tribunal ruled one of its couriers was actually an employee with a right to an industry minimum wage.
Business
Crown threatened to call in minister over watchdog’s money laundering push
A manager at Victoria’s gambling regulator was taken aback by Crown’s “pretty aggressive” response to concerns over failing to guard against money laundering at its Melbourne casino.
World
Updated
Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Biden and Netanyahu at odds over Israel-Hamas ceasefire
America’s top military chief warns the conflict could spread “and you risk a whole series of negative consequences if the fighting continues”.
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.
Explore
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: young star agrees to lucrative extension with Saints
St Kilda key forward Max King, who is not yet 21, has agreed to a huge contract extension to stay with the Saints.
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Australian cricket
Bancroft responds to CA’s call for new information
The former Test opener has moved to clear the air with Australia’s star attack after comments he made on the weekend about the Cape Town ball tampering scandal.
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.
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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.
