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Covid-19
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.
Opinion
Cricket
No amount of spin is likely to save our cricketers from this new PR disaster
Janine Perrett
Journalist, broadcaster and commentator
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City life
Council workers on brink of strike amid campaign for ‘unCapp-ed’ wages
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
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
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
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
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
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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Review
Exterminate All the Brutes isn’t easy viewing, but it might be essential
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.
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.
CORONAVIRUS CRISIS
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.
Exclusive
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.
Local
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
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
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.
Updated
Courts
‘I don’t think he should be driving’: Truck boss warned before crash
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
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”.
Politics
Exclusive
Paris Agreement
Get to net zero emissions before 2050, top energy chief tells Australia
A new climate change road map calls on advanced economies to phase out dirty coal-fired power plants by 2030, a decade before developing nations.
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 it raised over activity in its Melbourne casino.
Opinion
Cryptocurrencies
Elon Musk’s tweets highlight the problems with crypto markets
Stephen Bartholomeusz
Senior business columnist
World
Thai workers killed in Israel-Palestinian conflict as truce calls mount
Israel bombarded Gaza with air strikes and Palestinian militants resumed cross-border rocket fire on Tuesday after a brief overnight lull.
Opinion
Australian universities are dying and no one is coming to save them
Jenna Price
Columnist and academic
Pallas aims to steer Victoria back to surplus
Noel Towell
Economics Editor, The Age
National curriculum reignites history debates
Kevin Donnelly
Senior Research Fellow, Australian Catholic University
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Property bydomain
'Brisbane's worst house': 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.
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.
Life & Culture
Why Harry’s complaints about his upbringing are ‘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.
Sport
Updated
Australian cricket
‘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.
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.
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.
Updated
Tokyo 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.
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.
‘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.
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.
Have Your Say
Tuohy torpedo has NFL punter yelling ‘that’s the boy!’
The torpedo and the punter. Hird and Thompson sighted. Can Bulldogs coach Luke Beveridge be embarrassed after all?
