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Covid-19

The plane arriving in Sydney and, inset, David Warner and Pat Cummins.

India paying for cricket quarantine amid claims of special treatment

Cricket Australia’s interim chief executive Nick Hockley has confirmed the Indian board is paying for Australian players’ quarantine period in Sydney.

‘Express lane’: NZ to push for elimination of tariffs on vaccines

All tariffs on vaccines, protective masks, syringes and soap would be removed under a plan to be put forward by New Zealand at this year’s APEC summit.

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City life

Council workers on brink of strike amid campaign for ‘unCapp-ed’ wages

Parking tickets might go unissued if council staff vote to strike on Wednesday.

Parking fines and rate collection could be suspended in Melbourne if city council workers vote on Wednesday to take industrial action over a long-running pay dispute.

Magpies appoint ex-champion female cyclist and doctor to board

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Collingwood appoint a former international cyclist and senior state government official, Dr Bridie O’Donnell, to the club board, replacing the longest-serving board member Alex Waislitz.

State’s international student sector faces setback until at least 2028

International student numbers at Victorian universities are not expected to recover to pre-pandemic levels until at least 2028.

Big-name authors miss out as new voices dominate Miles Franklin longlist

Early-career writers have dominated the $60,000 Australian literary prize.

‘They are everything’: Objects of Australia’s Dreamtime find their way home from Manchester

A ceremony was held at The Museum of Central Australia for the return of Arrernte, Warlpiri and Warumungu cultural heritage material.

Sacred cultural objects are beginning to be returned to country. But elders say it is a race against time before the knowledge of how they were once used, and where they belong, is gone forever.

Sexting photo shown in court as ‘cheater’ gives evidence in defamation battle

Constantine Arvanitis leaving court late on Tuesday.

At one point, Constantine Arvanitis visibly blanched as he was asked to identify a photo sent by his former partner Selina Holder.

Lost submarine fragments found on bottom of ocean but no bodies

An investigation is ongoing into the demise of the Nanggala.

The mission to raise Indonesia’s Nanggala submarine wreck from the seabed near Bali has found two life rafts but there’s no sign of the 53 men onboard.

‘We see the dragon awake’: Cosgrove says potent Chinese military has US on its toes

Former Fovernor-General Peter Cosgrove says a war between China and the US has always been a possibility.

But the former Defence chief and governor-general says Australia’s hardened rhetoric towards China will not lead to a war although the deteriorating relationship could continue to create commercial and social difficulties.

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Exterminate All the Brutes isn’t easy viewing, but it might be essential

Exterminate All The Brutes

This four-part series is essentially a treatise on white supremacy, laying bare the ‘genocidal’ impulse behind all the grand talk of civilisation.

Women lead the charge as Amazon Prime picks up local content fight

The TV adaptation of The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart is one of seven new original Australian productions announced by Amazon Prime Video on Tuesday.

Myf Warhurst will once again present the Eurovision song competition with Joel Creasey, this year from Sydney.

After all these years Eurovision still has its magic, says Myf Warhurst

Montaigne will represent Australia in the 65th Eurovision song contest with the aptly titled Technicolour. “She’s a dark horse,” says presenter Myf Warhurst.

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CORONAVIRUS CRISIS

Ellie Peacock developed blood clots weeks after receiving her AstraZeneca dose.

No change to vaccine advice after young nurse develops clots

Health authorities are monitoring the case of an 18-year-old trainee nurse who developed blood clots weeks after receiving the AstraZeneca vaccine.

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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.

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A court sketch of Ajak Deng.

Two men charged over ‘shocking’ Point Cook home invasion

Two men have been charged over a home invasion that resulted in a Point Cook couple being hospitalised on Tuesday morning.

Russell St bomber Craig Minogue to stand trial on 1980s rape allegations

Craig Minogue.

Russell Street bomber Craig Minogue has been committed to stand trial on allegations he and another man raped two young women more than 30 years ago.

Ballarat plant bags $1b contract for 25 new Melbourne trains

Leaked artist’s impression of the preliminary design of the new X’Trapolis 2.0 trains.

Twenty-five new X’Trapolis 2.0 trains will be running on Melbourne’s suburban network by 2026 under a deal with French rolling stock manufacturer Alstom.

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Courts

‘I don’t think he should be driving’: Truck boss warned before crash

Simiona Tuteru arrives at court on Tuesday.

A colleague of Mohinder Singh, the truck driver who killed four police officers on the Eastern Freeway last year, says he told their supervisor that Singh should not be driving.

Fears for future of Preston Market as apartment plan looms

An artist impression to demonstrate what could be allowed under the draft planning rules.

Preston Market could be redeveloped to make room for 2200 apartments under draft planning rules that Darebin council says could wreck the 50-year-old “heartbeat of the local community”.

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Sport

Craig McDermott rates the Australian attack as the best in the world "by a street".

‘Rumour-mongering, innuendo’: Bowlers slam Clarke in sandpaper denial

Australia’s star attack did not specifically name Michael Clarke but their choice words left little doubt as to whom their missive was directed.

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Magpies appoint ex-champion female cyclist and doctor to board

Collingwood appoint a former international cyclist and senior state government official, Dr Bridie O’Donnell, to the club board, replacing the longest-serving board member Alex Waislitz.

Young Bulldogs ruckman Tim English has missed three games.

Greenwood, English in ongoing concussion battle

Bulldogs ruckman Tim English could miss a fourth game through concussion while Collingwood midfielder Levi Greenwood, battling another serious head knock, is facing an uncertain future.

Olympics

Cambage gives latest Australian Olympic photo shoot her tick of approval

Australia unveiled their uniform for the Tokyo Games on Tuesday, but Olympic organisers have still not confirmed athletes will be able to march at the opening ceremony.

The plane arriving in Sydney and, inset, David Warner and Pat Cummins.

Cricket Australia chief confirms India is paying for quarantine amid claims of special treatment

Cricket Australia’s interim chief executive Nick Hockley has confirmed the Indian board is paying for Australian players’ quarantine period in Sydney.

The prospect of private ownership of AFL clubs is looming.

‘Three to five years away’: Private ownership eyes off AFL clubs

There is plenty to work through before private ownership could return to the AFL, but one Sydney-based investment fund is keeping a close eye on developments.

Tasmanian footy.

Colin Carter heads to Tasmania in crucial week for 19th team bid

Former Geelong president Colin Carter will meet Tasmanian premier Peter Gutwein week as part of his review into the business case for a team in Tasmania from 2025.

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