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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.
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Coronavirus pandemic
Victoria records nine new local coronavirus cases
Victoria has recorded nine new locally acquired COVID-19 cases and there are now 94 active cases in the state.
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Casinos
Crown faces widening money laundering investigation
The financial crimes watchdog has widened its investigation into the casino giant after uncovering potential breaches of anti-money laundering laws.
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Organised 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’.
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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.
‘An ethical albatross’: Sydney council could fold over probe
A top silk has warned that two councillors under investigation by ICAC could plunge their council into administration.
Living longer, more part-time work and a booming population: NSW in 2061
The state will boast the country’s first trillion-dollar economy and part-time work will make up 33 per cent of the workforce.
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Property market
The Sydney 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.
Meghan and Harry welcome baby girl and name her after the Queen and Diana
Meghan gave birth to the couple’s second child in California, a statement said, with a social media post by the couple saying “she is more than we could have ever imagined”.
Lilibet joins a long line of succession to the Queen’s throne
Prince Harry now sits in sixth place, with his first child Archie in seventh. Prince Andrew has been pushed down to ninth in line to the throne.
Wintry weather to soak 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.
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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.
‘Botox kisses’: how injectables became an open secret
Anti-ageing injections in your 20s and 30s is no big deal – just ask those who get them. But can we really call it “preventative Botox”?
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.
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
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Biodiversity
NSW government gives retrospective nod to land clearing for a fence
The NSW government intervened to downgrade the status of an important wildlife corridor near Jervis Bay four months after a developer had cleared a swath of the forest to put in a new fence.
‘The people retiring were older men, and they were replaced by women’
Once dominated by men, obstetrics is increasingly a specialisation practiced by women.
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Roads
Tolling giant signals appetite for reform on motorways
Motorway giant Transurban has signalled it is open to working with the NSW government to reform Sydney’s huge toll road system.
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”.
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 $4.705m at big auction weekend
The uninhabitable home in Kensington in Sydney's south-eastern suburbs also had no water or power connected to it, but it didn't put buyers off.
Life & Culture
Barbed wire and bare bums: how Australian art came of age
A new book charts our history at the Venice Biennale, from cringe-worthy conservatism to mature self-confidence.
![Georgie Carroll: “[Confidence] is a mindset that can be quite useful – one that looks awful on a 20-year-old male, but phenomenal on a 45-year-old woman.”](http://web.archive.org./web/20210606234337im_/https://static.ffx.io/images/$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.
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French Open
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.
Robinson suspended for racist tweets, England bat out draw with New Zealand
The fast bowler was punished for old abusive tweets as England ground out a draw, despite a sporting declaration by the Black Caps.
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
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.
