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Peta Credlin receives Queen’s Birthday gong for work with Tony Abbott
Peta Credlin, the chief of staff when Tony Abbott was prime minister, is among a record number of women receiving Order of Australia honours for the Queen’s Birthday.
Queen’s Birthday 2021 Honours - the full list
Australians from all walks of life are recipients in this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours. Here is the full list of those who have been recognised.
Australian and Roosters skipper Boyd Cordner to retire over concussion
Cordner is the second Roosters player this year to hang up the boots due to repeated head knocks.
Exclusive
State of Origin
Player Poll 2021: Cleary dethrones Tedesco as game’s best
The Herald polled 100 players from across the NRL to get their responses to the most important topics in the code today.
‘It was terrible’: Former Kangaroos hooker blasts son’s send-off
Jason Hetherington has delivered a passionate defence of his son, Broncos rookie Kobe, after the NRL was accused of its most inconsistent weekend yet.
Opinion
Superannuation
Best super funds over the past five years
Despite the coronavirus pandemic-induced recession and resulting sharemarket meltdown, your retirement kitty has probably bounced back amazingly well.
Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon
Money contributor
Seasonal flu ‘nowhere to be seen’ in Australia
Experts who have spent decades studying the flu in Australia have never seen anything like it, but they have warned the strange phenomenon may not last.
Exclusive
Education
‘Sydney’s favourite question’: Where city’s powerbrokers went to school
An analysis of the schools attended by more than 50 of Sydney’s powerbrokers found almost 10 per cent attended the same school.
Breaking
French Open
Djokovic comes from two sets down to beat Tsitsipas in French Open final
The 22-year-old Greek looked poised in his first grand slam final, going two sets up before it all fell apart against the world No.1.
Record-breaking Kaylee McKeown puts world on notice ahead of Tokyo
The 19-year-old set Australia’s first female individual world record since 2016 as she torched the 100m backstroke field, while Emily Seebohm made her fourth Olympic Games.
As it happened
Swimming
Kyle Chalmers wins the 200m freestyle, Horton finishes sixth
The reigning 100m Olympic champion came home with a bang to win the 200m at the Olympic trials in 1:45.48s – a personal best.
Updated
Asylum seekers
‘They should never have been sent’: Fate of Biloela family decided within days
Immigration Minister Alex Hawke will make the final decision on whether to intervene in a long-running court dispute over the family’s claims.
Lamborghinis snapped up in lockdown ‘revenge’ spree
Tired of having spent much of the last year cooped up at home, customers are buying high-end items as they emerge from lockdown.
Wear a turtleneck, buy an indoor plant, but watch this show first
Netflix’s fashion bio-series about 1970s’ US designer Roy Halston is driving interest in several home and style trends thanks to its blend of aspiration and fantasy.
Exclusive
Emerald City
Julie Bishop’s ‘stepdaughter’ turns Chemist Warehouse model
Laura Panton may not be as well-known as her father David, let alone his long-term partner Julie Bishop, but the director of medical supplies business Pantonic Health is a rising star.
‘They had fear in their eyes’: How to handle motherhood rage
More and more overwhelmed parents are losing it in front of their children. Here’s how to stop it from happening – and how to fix things if you’ve crossed the line.
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Opinion
Gender equality
All-male club where gents fear ‘bossy’ women while confronting the prospect of ‘shrinkage’
Jacqueline Maley
Columnist and senior journalist
Just in
Sydney
Updated
Tragedy
‘He always brought joy’: Body of hiker recovered from Blue Mountains
Jack Chen, 60, has been remembered by his hiking group leader after a bushwalk through rugged terrain near Wentworth Falls ended in tragedy.
Exclusive
Plastic
NSW to ban plastic cutlery as end looms for single-use cups, plates and bags
Environment Minister Matt Kean says the government plans to phase out all single-use plastics by 2025.
‘This is not some kind of woke dictum’: Anglican ministers to avoid gendered language
Bishop Peter Hayward said the new guidelines were about having respectful conversations, “not some kind of woke dictum”.
Updated
Coronavirus pandemic
No new local cases in NSW as authorities urge vigilance
The state remains on high alert after a Victorian couple with the virus travelled through NSW last week.
Dancer fights off COVID-19 to take role in The Wedding Singer
Dancer Romy Vuksan has made a triumphant return to the stage in The Wedding Singer after battling the lingering after-effects of COVID-19.
QUEEN’S BIRTHDAY HONOURS
‘I enjoy helping’: Ricky Stuart’s other mission earns him honour
Canberra Raiders royalty Ricky Stuart has been awarded as a Member of the Order of Australia for his significant service to rugby league and to the community.
Without my students, I wouldn’t have got where I am today
Former national handball player and professor of neuroscience Gilles Guillemin was nominated by a patient for his Order of Australia honour.
Politics
G7 leaders discuss Wuhan lab leak theory and back new investigation
Prime Minister Scott Morrison says more work is needed to find out what caused the global “carnage” of the coronavirus pandemic.
Business
‘Gold rush is an understatement’: Punting upstart BlueBet eyes lucrative US market
Punting upstart BlueBet says it has secured its first US wagering licence, opening the door to grab a stake in the American sports betting gold rush as it heads towards an ASX listing next month.
World
United only in opposition to Netanyahu, can Israel’s fragile coalition government survive?
Naftali Bennett, the head of a small ultranationalist party, will take over as prime minister. But if he wants to keep the job, he will have to maintain an unwieldy coalition of parties from the political right, left and centre.
Opinion
There’s a lot at stake as the maths wars erupt
Parnell Palme McGuinness
Columnist and communications adviser
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Property bydomain
The tiny town with no pub, no cafe, just homemade casserole
It’s a blink-and-you-miss-it-town of fewer than 300 people. There’s no pub and no cafe, but what it lacks in places it makes up for in people.
Historic Sydney home sells for $6.6m after passing in at auction
The home in Burwood in Sydney's west sold for $300,000 above the price it was passed in at and also set a sales record for the suburb.
Life & Culture
Back from the dead, Kerry Godliman is a sleuth in Whitstable Pearl
Based on Julie Wassamer’s novels, this new series follows a tried-and-tested tradition of comfy British TV.
Sport
Exclusive
NRL 2021
NRL Player Poll 2021: Tedesco dethroned as the game’s best player
In a survey the Rugby League Players’ Association forbade their members from answering, the Herald polled 100 players from across the NRL to get their responses about a range of topics.
As it happened
Tokyo Olympics
2021 Australian Swimming Trials as it happened: McKeown breaks world record as Titmus posts sizzling time
It’s the last chance saloon for Mack Horton, while 19-year-old Kaylee McKeown has put the world on notice with a world record on night two of finals.
Roosters skipper Cordner to retire over concussion concerns
Australian and NSW captain Boyd Cordner will become the second Roosters player this year to hang up the boots due to repeated head knocks.
Record-breaking Kaylee McKeown puts world on notice ahead of Tokyo
The 19-year-old set Australia’s first female individual world record since 2016 as she torched the 100m backstroke field, while Emily Seebohm made her fourth Olympic Games.
Rennie wants to see Wallabies’ ‘dark side’ against France
Lalakai Foketi, Andrew Kellaway and Michael Wells are the bolters in a 38-man Wallabies squad for next month’s three-Test series against France.
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Match report
Moses twists knife into Tigers as Eels defy sin-bins to hammer rivals
Mitchell Moses walked out on the Tigers and has been walking over his old club ever since as the Eels inched closer to the top of the NRL ladder.
‘It was terrible’: Former Kangaroos hooker blasts son’s send-off
Jason Hetherington has delivered a passionate defence of his son, Broncos rookie Kobe, after the NRL was accused of its most inconsistent weekend yet.
Have Your Say
Is James O’Connor the man to take Australia to the next World Cup?
I’m not sure if Australian selectors and coach Dave Rennie actually know whether O’Connor will be Australia’s chief playmaker in France in 2023.
