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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.
Recognition for the quiet, caring Australians who offer others a helping hand
The heartbeat of our community, the work they do and the people they help is all the reward they seek. These are the stories of those who’re among the most deserving of Queen’s Birthday Honours.
Hemsworth honoured as he turns his powers to charity
Australian Actor Chris Hemsworth has been acknowledged for his significant contribution to the performing arts and work with charitable organisations.
The country’s most-honoured living dancer still has anxiety dreams
David McAllister joins a rare elite, receiving an AC for his service to ballet. But now and then, he dreams he’s being ordered back on stage.
Australian frigates to join Britain in naval exercises in Indo-Pacific, as Morrison builds ties at G7
Prime Minister Scott Morrison discussed the deeper military cooperation with United States President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson at the Group of 7 summit in Britain.
G7 offers rebuke to China over Beijing’s economic coercion campaign against Australia
US President Joe Biden also says Beijing must “act more responsibly in terms of international norms, human rights and transparency”.
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Property prices
Windfall tax stalls plans for new suburb at Sandown
A plan to turn Sandown Racecourse into a new suburb the size of Wangaratta has stalled as a result of a new state tax that would cost the site’s owners hundreds of millions of dollars.
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Nuix investigation
Nuix CFO poised to step down as fallout from disclosure scandal continues
Nuix’s financial chief has cleared his desk at its Sydney head office and has not been seen there since.
Exclusive
Asylum seekers
‘It’s gone on far too long’: Nationals MP says Biloela family could have answer in two weeks
A Queensland LNP MP says he has spoken to Immigration Minister Alex Hawke and been told the Murugappan family – detained on Christmas Island – will get an answer within two weeks.
COVID-19 CRISIS
Holiday plans in limbo amid uncertainty on COVID restrictions
Two weeks out from the school holidays, health authorities are refusing to commit to which coronavirus restrictions will be eased.
‘Great man, great legacy’: The other side to ferociously competitive Nathan Buckley
To mark Buckley’s 218th and final game as Collingwood coach, The Age spoke to six figures who worked closely with the Magpies great across his decade at the helm.
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French Open
Djokovic comes from two sets down to win French Open final
Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas, 22, looked poised in his first grand slam final, going two sets up before it all fell apart against the world No.1.
MasterChef recap: A watershed moment for TV a water shed moment for us
It becomes too difficult for one contestant to continue cooking in the competition. And as it pans out, some things are more important than winning MasterChef.
QUEEN’S BIRTHDAY HONOURS
Purcell praised for contribution to the arts, women and culture
Award winning actress, writer and director Leah Purcell has been made a Member of the Order of Australia.
Sculptor who helped create Melbourne’s identity awarded OAM
If you were looking for public artworks that are distinctly ‘Melbourne’, Deborah Halpern’s sculptures would go pretty close.
Local
Another week until power returned, towns still without triple zero
Almost 40,000 homes remain without power and emergency services say they still don’t know the full scale of destruction from wild weather.
Minister warns of unintended consequences of contraceptives counselling
Under a trial, women seeking the morning-after pill or abortion drug RU486 would be offered counselling by pharmacists about long-term contraceptive options.
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.
Melbourne property market in ‘catch-22’ as empty nesters dig in
“There’s nowhere to go because people won’t move out but people won’t move out because there’s nowhere to go.”
Never cross the river? Inside Melbourne’s north-south divide
Although derided by outer Melburnians (and those in the city’s west), there is no doubt that the psychological barrier of the Yarra River is alive and well.
AFL 2021
Roos 14.10 (94) Giants 14.10 (94)
Underwhelming Giants play out season’s first draw against Kangaroos
Greater Western Sydney did not leave Hobart a loser on the scoreboard but their finals hopes were dealt a brutal blow.
As it happened: Kennedy kicks winner as Eagles beat Tigers in classic
West Coast kicked accurately and it proved decisive in their four-point win over Richmond in Perth.
Politics
‘Global carnage’ G7 leaders back new probe into Wuhan lab leak theory
Prime Minister Scott Morrison says more work is needed to find out what caused the coronavirus pandemic.
Business
Tiger King’s reign ends: Streaming giants brace for post-pandemic era
People flocked to streaming services like Netflix during COVID-19 lockdowns. Now the pandemic party is coming to an end as the world returns to normality.
World
Australia waiting for ‘the right deal’ with Britain: Morrison
The new post-Brexit economic pact is due to be settled this week during Scott Morrison’s five-day tour of Britain, but a dispute over tariffs and quotas for agricultural goods still needs to be resolved.
Opinion
Patience and empathy required from all as we navigate new gender terminology
Andrew Hornery
Private Sydney Columnist
All-male club where gents fear ‘bossy’ women while confronting the prospect of ‘shrinkage’
Jacqueline Maley
Columnist and senior journalist
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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.
Home sells $575K above reserve as on-street auctions return to Melbourne
The home in Armadale was sold at one of many delayed auctions at the weekend, with vendors waiting until the two-week lockdown ended.
Life & Culture
Matt Nable’s new bush crime novel takes us back to a more difficult time
There’s definitely something fishy going on in Matt Nable’s third novel, set in 1960s Darwin.
Sport
Snap judgment: Kennedy denies Tigers in Perth with last-gasp goal
The veteran Eagles forward got down low in a way that defied his age then launched an extraordinary set shot to seal victory over the reigning premiers.
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AFL 2021
Mackay sent to tribunal as Clark faces long lay-off
A landmark night looms this week with Adelaide’s David Mackay sent straight to the AFL tribunal for his collision with Hunter Clark, which left the Saints star requiring facial surgery.
Roos 14.10 (94) Giants 14.10 (94)
AFL 2021
Giants play out season’s first draw against Kangaroos
Greater Western Sydney did not leave Hobart a loser on the scoreboard but their finals hopes were dealt a brutal blow.
‘Great man, great legacy’: The other side to ferociously competitive Buckley
To mark Nathan Buckley’s 218th and final game as Collingwood coach, The Age spoke to six figures - including players, assistant coaches, and other football department staffers - who worked closely with the Magpies great across his decade at the helm.
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.
No place for racism: AFL community joins Saints to condemn attack on Ryder
St Kilda players have taken to Instagram to condemn a racist Twitter post directed at ruckman Paddy Ryder in the wake of the Saints’ loss to Adelaide on Saturday night.
Opinion
AFL 2021
Season over, Saints must not waste this crisis
The sole silver lining from St Kilda’s capitulation to Adelaide in Cairns on Saturday night is that any baseless hope that the Saints could have made something of their cursed 2021 season will not extend another fortnight.
Daniel Cherny
Sports reporter
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The letters that saved Cate Campbell’s Olympic career.
In the turbulent wake of the 2016 Olympics, Cate Campbell received a pair of letters from two girls that helped convince her to forge on towards her fourth Olympics.
