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Organised crime
‘Serious threat’: intel report says Qantas targeted by organised crime groups
A classified federal law enforcement intelligence operation code-named Project Brunello has determined that a “significant” number of Qantas staff are linked to criminality.
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Crime
The cartel of Mr Bigs responsible for $1.5 billion drug imports
Nine men drawn from bikie gangs, Asian triads and Middle Eastern crime syndicates make up what criminal intelligence authorities have called the ‘Aussie Cartel’.
NSW should receive its ‘fair share of the vaccine’, says Gladys Berejiklian
The NSW Premier says states should be receiving vaccinations based on their population, in response to the federal government’s decision to give Victoria an additional 100,000 Pfizer doses.
‘COVID is being used as an excuse’: Uni students are losing patience with online learning
Lecturers are recycling recorded material and students largely stuck at home say they’re not getting value for increased fees.
Four Corners pushes to air QAnon episode within weeks
ABC managing director David Anderson will return to Canberra on Monday to face questions over his decision to delay the episode which explores Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s ties to a QAnon supporter.
Meghan and Harry welcome baby girl and name her after the Queen and Diana
Meghan gave birth to the couple’s second child at California’s Santa Barbara College Hospital, a statement said, with a social media post by the couple saying “she is more than we could have ever imagined”.
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Property market
The Sydney and Melbourne suburbs where every house sells for $1 million plus
There are 156 suburbs in Sydney and 15 in Melbourne where every house sold this year has changed hands for more than $1 million.
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Roads
Tolling giant signals appetite for reform on Sydney motorways
Motorway giant Transurban has signalled it is open to working with the NSW government to reform Sydney’s huge toll road system.
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City life
Guard changes from Savill to Symond in Paddington
Aussie Home Loans founder John Symond has paid $5.3 million for Paddington’s Savill Galleries.
Wintry weather to soak and freeze south-eastern Australia
The first big cold front of winter will whip up dust, dump hail and snow, and send the mercury tumbling before developing into a rain band that may flood parts of south-eastern Australia.
How Colleen lost $175,000 to an investment scam
The consumer watchdog says Australians lost $851 million due to scams last year, up 34 per cent on 2019. They fear the real total is higher.
Breaking
Private Sydney
Harper’s Bazaar set to relaunch in Australia
US media giant Hearst is teaming up with Switzer Media to have the glossy back on local news-stands by September after Bauer dumped it a year ago.
Chammas on Monday
NRL 2021
Sterlo reveals the trait that has Cleary heading for legend status
Nathan Cleary has played more games, scored more tries and kicked more goals than three legends of the sport at the same time in their careers. There’s still one box to tick.
Williams loses to player from Kazakhstan at French Open
Williams was beaten by a 21-year-old who is ranked 22nd - and wasn’t even born when the American made her tournament debut.
NRL 2021
Knights 4 Eels 40
‘I don’t think it’s too bad’: Eels sweat on Mahoney
NSW ratchet up Origin mind games as mystery surrounds wingers
Brian To’o was considered a certain starter on NSW’s right side for his Origin debut, but he spent the entire training session on Sunday on the left.
Fittler wants Origin referees meeting after ‘pedantic’ NRL penalties
The Blues coach has been a big supporters of the NRL’s mid-season crackdown, but even he was concerned with what he saw on the weekend.
Sydney
‘An ethical albatross’: Sydney council could fold over ICAC probe
A top silk has warned that two Sydney councillors under investigation by the corruption watchdog could plunge their council into administration.
‘The people retiring were older men, and they were replaced by women’
Once dominated by men, obstetrics is increasingly a specialisation practiced by women.
Who is Chris Minns? NSW Labor’s new leader wants to be the next Keating
With 21 months until the next state election, the 41-year-old faces a battle to give Labor a fighting chance against Gladys Berejiklian.
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Fertility
Woman turns to poster campaign to find egg donor
In the past few weeks, Emma Sweeney has put up 60 posters in the inner west, but she says she is “just getting started”.
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Indigenous culture
Bush medicines: Traditional remedies find support
They’ve been used for millennia for everything from snake bites to contraception. Now bush medicines are providing jobs and income.
Politics
AustralianSuper dismisses member privacy concerns over The New Daily
One of the country’s largest superannuation funds says it complied with its internal policies when handing over member data to news website The New Daily.
Business
‘Millions impacted’: Industry super group faces ransomware attack lawsuit
IFM has been hit with a class action that alleges millions of consumers, from large businesses to regular motorists, paid higher prices for fuel when the pipeline was closed following a ransomware attack.
World
US promises COVID-19 vaccines to Taiwan amid China row
The US will give Taiwan 750,000 doses, part of President Joe Biden’s move to share tens of millions of jabs globally.
Opinion
Chris Minns’ best path to victory could be through Western Sydney
Andy Marks
Assistant vice-chancellor at Western Sydney University.
Scott Morrison’s the man for optimistic narratives but one day Australia will need hard truths
Sean Kelly
Columnist and former adviser to Labor prime ministers Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard.
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Property bydomain
These are the only 11 neighbourhoods where house prices aren't rising
The handful of neighbourhoods escaping soaring house prices have been revealed, with fewer than a dozen areas recording price falls in recent months.
House with no kitchen or toilet sells for $4.705m at big auction weekend
The uninhabitable home in Kensington in Sydney's south-eastern suburbs also had no water or power connected to it, but it didn't put buyers off.
Life & Culture
Barbed wire and bare bums: how Australian art came of age
A new book charts our history at the Venice Biennale, from cringe-worthy conservatism to mature self-confidence.
![Georgie Carroll: “[Confidence] is a mindset that can be quite useful – one that looks awful on a 20-year-old male, but phenomenal on a 45-year-old woman.”](http://web.archive.org./web/20210606223901im_/https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.2535%2C$multiply_0.7063%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_141%2C$y_139/t_crop_custom/q_62%2Cf_auto/441a05748618395449258f0da67da0f01e3db7f0)
Sport
Chammas on Monday
NRL 2021
Sterlo reveals the trait that has Cleary on course to match legends
Nathan Cleary has played more games, scored more tries and kicked more goals than three legends of the sport at the same time in their respective careers. There’s still one box to tick.
Fittler wants Origin referees meeting after ‘pedantic’ NRL penalties
The NSW Blues coach has been one of the biggest supporters of the NRL’s mid-season crackdown - but even he was concerned with what he saw on the weekend.
Serena Williams loses at French Open, Federer pulls out to focus on Wimbledon
Serena Williams’ wait for a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam singles title goes on after losing to a 21-year-old in the fourth round.
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Super Rugby
The flaw that makes the Waratahs less than the sum of their parts
Not only are NSW conceding plenty of tries, poor restarts are also ensuring that they immediately put themselves under pressure again.
NSW concede 56 points a game. It’s the most in Super Rugby history
The Waratahs’ defensive record in Super Rugby Trans-Tasman puts the team below the Southern Kings and Sunwolves, and highlights the need for a defensive fix.
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Match report
‘I don’t think it’s too bad’: Eels sweat on Mahoney after return to form
The Eels led 34-0 with 13 minutes to play when hooker Reed Mahoney stretched out to make a tackle on new Knights playmaker Jake Clifford.
NSW ratchet up Origin mind games as mystery surrounds wingers
Brian To’o was considered a certain starter on NSW’s right side for his Origin debut, but he spent the entire training session on Sunday on the left.
Have Your Say
How Welch v Cleary, a rare battle between prop and halfback, could decide the Origin opener
Christian Welch is the best pressure player at the Storm. Nathan Cleary will have him to contend with, along with the pressure of three failures in his past four big games.
