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Emmanuel Macron slapped in the face during visit to small town
In a video circulating on social media, the French President reaches out his hand to greet a man in a small crowd of onlookers before he is slapped in the face.
- by Sudip Kar-Gupta and Michel Rose
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Shameful treatment of Biloela family hits new low
It is not often that I feel ashamed to be an Australian.
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Film Festivals
‘In the world of the internet, everything goes away pretty quick’: Taika Waititi
The Oscar-winning director of Jojo Rabbit talks the new Thor film, being the centre of paparazzi attention, and an issue close to his heart in a wide-ranging new interview.
- by Garry Maddox
From the Archives, 1966: Paint protest woman fined
A young woman, who had doused herself in red paint and interrupted a parade by returning troops, explained her actions to a Sydney courtroom.
- by Staff reporter
In the Herald: June 9, 1983
After eight years of wanting a baby, Mrs Elaine Guare gave birth yesterday to the world’s first test tube triplets.
- by Harry Hollinsworth
British police officer pleads guilty to rape and kidnap of Sarah Everard
Her body was found in a bag in woodland in the county of Kent one week after she vanished in a case that outraged Britain.
- by Jennifer Hassan
Scott Morrison asks global allies to defend freedom over autocracy, warning of competition with China
G7 leaders are planning an ambitious pledge on climate change but the Prime Minister will stand apart from other advanced economies by not going any further on Australia’s existing commitments.
- by David Crowe
International news sites crash in major internet outage
A widespread internet outage has hit global news sites, with users temporarily unable to access major websites and social media forums.
- by Sarah McPhee and Rachael Dexter
Murray Darling towns warned dams not the answer as river flows wane
An international climate expert has questioned spending public money on dams in the Murray Darling Basin because climate change radically reduces the likelihood they will fill.
- by Margaret Simons
Victoria COVID LIVE updates: State records only two new local cases as exposure site list swells to over 300
Acting Premier James Merlino has revealed the Delta strain has been linked to a returned traveller in Victorian hotel quarantine. Meanwhile, the number of official COVID-19 exposure sites has jumped back above 300.
- by Rachael Dexter and Daniella Miletic
UK variant data promising, widespread vaccination still the key to reopening
Medical experts say with the world starting from a base of zero immunity to COVID-19, Australia’s tough restrictions must remain in place until most of the population has been vaccinated.
- by Rachel Clun, Mary Ward and Bevan Shields
‘The only male in my class’: Adam a rare specimen in female-dominated industry
Some experts believe more men taking up typically female roles, and vice versa, may help bridge the gender pay gap.
- by Jennifer Duke
Opinion
Archibald Prize
Archibald 2021 just like Goldilocks: most works not too bad and not too good
Inclined to focus on the former rather than the latter, critic John McDonald delves into the judges choices and explains how he warmed up to the bogong moth jumper.
- by John McDonald
Employers argue Victorian lockdown means they cannot afford to raise minimum wage
Major business lobby groups have urged the nation’s minimum wage panel to keep wages in line with inflation, saying the Victorian lockdown has sapped confidence.
- by Nick Bonyhady
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AFL 2021
Why Adam Goodes declined hall of fame invitation
Adam Goodes was voted unanimously into the Australian Football Hall of Fame as part of its 2021 intake but has rejected entry.
- by Jake Niall, Andrew Wu and Daniel Cherny
The Sydney school that figured out how to lift marks and attendance
New research shows students who set specific, self-referenced goals with the support of their teachers demonstrate greater perseverance, aspirations and homework behaviour.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos
Delta strain linked to hotel quarantine as Victoria records two new local cases
Health authorities have found a genomic match between the Delta variant circulating in Melbourne and hotel quarantine, but Melbourne is still on track for eased restrictions by Friday.
- by David Estcourt and Kate Rose
‘He’s essentially set up his own colleagues’: Pressure on Australia’s most wanted man after raids
Australian police have publicly urged Hakan Ayik to turn himself in and protect his family after he was duped by operatives into distributing an app that was used to monitor 12,500 crime figures around the world.
- by Fergus Hunter and Laura Chung
Consumers in NSW given more time to spend dine and discover vouchers
The Berejiklian government will extend its “Dine and Discover” voucher program to include the upcoming school holidays because consumers have redeemed less than half of almost 17 million vouchers issued so far.
- by Lucy Cormack
India to give free vaccines to citizens over 18 in COVID fight
Prime Minister Narendra Modi promises to ramp up vaccine procurement to try to vaccinate 75 per cent of Indians sooner than in two years.
- by Bibhudatta Pradhan
Jury in murder trial played footage of Sydney solicitor’s shooting
Abraham Sinai is on trial in the NSW Supreme Court accused of collaborating with a man who is shown on CCTV running up to Ho Ledinh and shooting him.
- by Georgina Mitchell
Government plans to resettle Biloela asylum seekers in US or New Zealand
A Tamil asylum seeker family’s hopes of returning to the Queensland town of Biloela appear to have been dashed by the Morrison government, with resettlement in the United States or New Zealand now appearing more likely.
- by Cameron Atfield, Daile Cross and Cloe Read
Developers defeated by new Harbour park at site ‘money couldn’t buy’
Sydneysiders will soon have a new foreshore park to enjoy once a World War II-era factory on the lower north shore is demolished.
- by Josh Dye
‘Australia was my dream’: family of toddler in India pleads for help
The Kangs are considering moving to Canada in the hopes of reuniting with their little boy after 15 months apart.
- by Latika Bourke
Tedesco stands with Radley: Roosters won’t be changing tackle style
The Blues fullback has backed teammate Victor Radley, who vowed not to change his aggressive technique despite missing out on Origin I and II due to suspension.
- by Sarah Keoghan
Naked strip-search on youth detainees ‘wrong’, NSW Ombudsman finds
In 2019 three youths were forced to strip naked, lift their penises and in one case part their buttocks for inspection with a torch at a NSW juvenile jail.
- by Josh Dye
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Folau controversy
The $245k contract at the centre of Folau’s Supreme Court dispute
Clive Palmer’s legal bill will be higher than the cost of paying out Israel Folau’s $245,000 Catalans contract, which is at the centre of his registration dramas.
- by Adrian Proszenko
Editorial
Floods
Questions remain over plan to raise Warragamba Dam
The state government has not explained why the $2b project is the best answer to the problem of flooding along the Hawkesbury-Nepean.
- The Herald's View
Accountants join revolt over Frydenberg’s proxy advice reforms
Peak bodies representing more than 200,000 accountants have hit out at a controversial proposal to weaken the influence of the shareholder advisory industry.
- by Anne Hyland
One-club player: Hawks sharpshooter Breust has no intention of leaving
Three-time premiership-winning Hawk Luke Breust likes what he is seeing in the club’s rebuild and has no plans to entertain a trade to a rival club.
- by Jon Pierik
‘War on open space’: Council opposes major cycling link at foreshore park
The state government says the only greenery to be removed is a single frangipani tree.
- by Angus Thompson
Gladys Berejiklian backs the Voice, urges embrace of Indigenous reconciliation
Ms Berejiklian says the Uluru Statement from the Heart is “the centrepiece of reconciliation” and “a vehicle both to address Indigenous recognition and to make our nation better”.
- by Rob Harris
As it happened: PM says organised crime dealt ‘heavy blow’ after mass raids across nation; Biloela family could be settled in NZ or US
Victoria recorded two new local cases on Tuesday, the Ben Roberts-Smith defamation trial entered its second day and Dylan Alcott has won another grand slam in France.
- by Angus Thompson and Broede Carmody
World’s toughest animal frozen for 24,000 years, can still reproduce
Bdelloid rotifers may be the toughest, tiniest animal you’ve never heard of, but scientists say they can survive anything.
- by Marion Renault
New Tate exhibition isn’t rewriting our history – but it aims to fill the gaps
In a cavernous room above the banks of the Thames in London, two very different artworks face each other on opposite walls. The result is confronting, and that’s the intention.
- by Bevan Shields
Snow of force: Temperatures to drop as much as 10 degrees below average
Snow could fall in the Blue Mountains from Wednesday with a cold front sweeping east, bringing potential thunderstorms, small hail and freezing temperatures across NSW and ACT.
- by Sarah McPhee
More North Melbourne Primary School families sent into isolation
More students and families from North Melbourne Primary School have been sent into 14-day isolation following Monday’s positive new case at the school.
- by Adam Carey
The Origin Eve sprint race Brad Fittler couldn’t bear to watch
During a visit to accommodation for Indigenous students, Josh Addo-Carr was challenged to a foot race. All his coach could think about was the Manly Corso.
- by Christian Nicolussi
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Please Explain podcast
Frosty relations between the ABC and the government show no signs of warming
Today on Please Explain federal political reporter Lisa Visentin joins Nathanael Cooper after ABC managing director David Anderson’s appearance at Senate estimates on Monday.
- by Nathanael Cooper
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AFL 2021
Snap Shot: The path to Trent Bianco’s first win was a magical mystery tour
The wonders of Trent Bianco’s alternate universe; the footy connection to the debut century at Lord’s; and the Beaumaris football factory delivers yet again.
- by Peter Ryan
‘Mass murder’: Man ploughs truck into Muslim family in Canada
Authorities said a young man was arrested in the parking lot of a nearby mall after the incident on Sunday night in the Ontario city of London.
- by Rob Gillies
The push for French to oust English at the centre of EU power
Already letters from the European Commission in English are going unanswered.
- by Anna Pujol-Mazzini
‘Angry and offended’: E Jean Carroll furious Biden administration will appeal Trump’s case
Carroll - who accused Donald Trump of sexually assaulting her two decades ago - sued him for defamation over his insulting denials while president.
- by Shayna Jacobs
Driver who caused fatal family crash had ‘terrible’ driving record and drugs in system, inquest told
Lars and Vivian Falkholt and their daughters Jessica and Annabelle were fatally injured in the crash on the South Coast on Boxing Day 2017. The other driver, Craig Whitall, also died.
- by Georgina Mitchell
Auditor-General blasts biosecurity system for failing to pick up risks
An audit of the system that enforces Australia’s strict biosecurity laws has found many failings including lack of risk assessments or ability to target resources.
- by Katina Curtis
Ben Roberts-Smith seeking millions in damages, lost income for ‘smashed’ reputation
The former special forces soldier’s barrister told the Federal Court that public speaking work “evaporated” for his client after stories ran in The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald.
- by Michaela Whitbourn
‘Dark clouds ahead’: PC warns about budget debt and protectionism
Governments have played down concerns about government debt because of low interest rates. But the Productivity Commission has some concerns.
- by Shane Wright
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Courts
Bondi GP accused of sexually touching patients
A doctor in Sydney’s eastern suburbs will face court on Tuesday accused of inappropriately touching three female patients.
- by Daniella White
A Palestinian, a Jewish settler and a shared house: struggle at close quarters
The Rajabi family lives in the basement, third floor and part of the second. The Tanami family lives on the first floor and rest of the second.
- by Patrick Kingsley
The lockdown diaries: Melburnians share their experiences of lockdown
Today was supposed to be the start of school camp for one of our diarists. Another helped his housemate audition for a gig from the lounge room. (Use of the word help has been applied loosely.)
‘I’d come to peace with the fact I wasn’t going to play’
Despite the best efforts of his club coach Wayne Bennett, Cameron Murray will be a critical cog for the Blues machine in Wednesday’s State of Origin opener.
- by Andrew Webster
Mike Tyson sues Australian streetwear retailer Culture Kings for ‘deceptive’ T-shirts
Former world champion boxer and “the baddest man on the planet” Mike Tyson has sued local streetwear retailer Culture Kings and its rich-lister owners.
- by Dominic Powell
Opinion
Software
The Apple fury is building. Here’s how peace can be declared
Apple’s dictatorship over iPhone apps continues to upset many. Here are two solutions to solve the problem.
- by Shira Ovide
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Review
‘Like having a gymnast perform in your lounge room’
The intimacy of the Sydney Opera House’s Utzon Room provided the ideal venue for the Australian String Quartet.
- by Peter McCallum
UK sports race storm grows as Johnson blasts cricket, hedges on soccer
The British PM has defended a cricketer suspended over historic racist tweets and refused to condemn fans who boo the national soccer team for taking the knee.
- by Ben Rumsby
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Currencies
China’s banks are bursting with US dollars, and that’s a problem
A mountain of dollars on deposit in China has grown so large that banks are struggling to loan the currency and traders say it poses a risk to official efforts to control a fast-rising yuan.
- by Winni Zhou and Tom Westbrook
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FIFA World Cup
Socceroos see off Chinese Taipei as World Cup march continues
The 5-1 victory was Australia’s sixth win in a row, and all but guarantees them a spot in the final phase of qualifying for the next World Cup in Qatar.
- by Michael Lynch
‘I can’t wait to get stuck in’: McKellar to join Wallabies as forwards coach
The highly rated Brumbies mentor will join Dave Rennie’s coaching staff at the end of the Super Rugby season before returning to Canberra in 2022.
- by Sam Phillips
Apple unveils new FaceTime features, privacy controls in iOS 15
Apple has previewed its next-generation operating systems, focusing heavily on making FaceTime a better experience to compete with Zoom and adding more privacy controls.
- by Mark Gurman
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French Open
‘I hope you’re OK’: Alcott sends love to Melbourne in Roland-Garros victory speech
World No.1 Dylan Alcott came back from 1-3 down in the first set to win his 13th grand slam title, and sent love to his hometown in his speech on court.
- by Samuel Petrequin
‘The jabs are working’: Only three fully vaccinated people hospitalised in UK with Delta variant
Nearly 76 per cent of adults in the UK have had at least one shot of vaccines by AstraZeneca, Pfizer or Moderna, and 52 per cent two doses.
- by Bevan Shields
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Global economy
Reinventing the wheel: big tech is shaking up the world in a new way
A restaurant meal served to you by Tesla. An Apple store that doesn’t seem to be selling anything. An Amazon haircut. After years of inventing new products, big tech is causing new upheaval.
- by Matthew Lynn
‘Now it really starts to smell’: ‘Rabs’ Warren concerned by rise in diving in NRL
The voice of rugby league has called games for 55 years, but has been disturbed by what he has seen in recent weeks with players staying down.
- by Christian Nicolussi
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Cyber warfare
‘Extortionists will never see this money’: US seizes ransom paid to Colonial Pipeline hackers
Recovering the funds reflects what US officials say is an increasingly aggressive approach to deal with a ransomware threat that in the last month has targeted critical industries around the world.
- by Eric Tucker
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World markets
ASX set to edge higher as Wall Street recovers from sharp early losses
Wall Street has continued its choppy trading with a mixed session to kick off the week.
- by Damian Troise and Alex Veiga
Gridlock on the grid stalls the transition to renewables
New wind farms are being prevented from delivering clean power to homes and businesses across Victoria as problems plaguing the state’s outdated, coal-based electrical grid jeopardise a smooth transition to renewable energy.
- by Jackson Graham
Power, passion and the winds of change
South-west Victoria is emerging is a key corridor for wind energy, but a battle for hearts and minds is playing out as the turbines add up.
- by Jackson Graham
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City life
From newsman to bluesman: What Phil Williams did next
ABC’s former foreign correspondent Phil Williams has reinvented himself as the frontman of a country-folk outfit.
- by Samantha Hutchinson and Stephen Brook
Home ownership a fading dream for many Sydneysiders
A bigger percentage of Millennials will be locked out of home ownership in coming decades, sparking a surge in demand for social housing and dragging on the state’s finances, according to the NSW intergenerational report.
- by Matt Wade
NSW coal industry would die in 20 years, worst-case scenario predicts
The NSW coal industry is set to rapidly shrink and may even end within 20 years, according to Treasury projections.
- by Nick O'Malley and Matt Wade
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Air travel
NSW Treasurer tables secret $50m bid to keep Qantas in Sydney
The NSW government has put millions of dollars in taxpayer funds on the table to keep the flying kangaroo in NSW, according to a confidential letter.
- by Carrie Fellner
How Luai can overcome NSW’s No.6 hoodoo, by the one Blue who did
James Maloney knows his former Penrith teammate needs to play his natural game if he’s to break a disturbing 40-year Origin trend involving the NSW No.6.
- by Christian Nicolussi
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Electric cars
Electric vehicle taxes not needed to offset falling fuel excise revenue: report
The report argues the federal government should instead upgrade the nation’s energy grid and push the mining sector to convert from diesel to electric-powered off-road vehicles.
- by Rob Harris
‘Historic moment’: US regulators approve landmark Alzheimer’s drug
The US Food and Drug Administration’s controversial decision delighted advocacy groups but defied the wishes of many top experts in the field.
- by Matthew Knott
Zero-COVID countries face ‘genuine dilemma’ about how to reopen: WHO
The World Health Organisation says Australia and other countries face a “genuine dilemma” about how to move away from their zero-COVID approach and are now more at risk than other countries as a result of their elimination strategies.
- by Latika Bourke