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Biloela family to be reunited on mainland: Treasurer

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has just confirmed that the Tamil asylum seeker family who’ve been in immigration detention on Christmas Island for two years will be reunited on the Australian mainland.

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Belt and Road

State continued to use Uighur firm to avoid delays on $2.4b rail plan

Premier Daniel Andrews and Transport Infrastructure Minister Jacinta Allan unveiling the new CRRC trains in 2018.

Victoria’s Transport Department advised the government to continue with the purchase of train parts from a Chinese supplier linked to exploited Uighur workers because of costs.

Public anti-corruption hearings mooted in Adem Somyurek branch stacking scandal

Adem Somyurek is under investigation for alleged branch stacking.

Hearings would embarrass the Andrews government by exposing allegations that taxpayer resources were rorted by Labor kingmakers to obtain political power within the party.

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Swimming

Photo of teenage boy in girl’s bathers misrepresented, swimmer’s mother says

Monika And Soren Zwolsmann

Monika Zwolsman said a photo of her son Soren in girl’s bathers, reported in some media as an example of bullying in the sport, was wrong and his coach had never mistreated him.

Australian sports system a broken ‘boys’ club’

Former Sport Australia boss Kate Palmer says allegations being aired against swimming - sexism, misogyny and fat shaming of athletes - are symptomatic of a bigger problem Australian sport has failed to address.

The two words from Buckley that inspired Pies to victory in his last game

The two words from Buckley that inspired Pies to victory in his last game

With one quarter left in his storied Collingwood career, Nathan Buckley had a simple message for his players that gave Isaac Quaynor goosebumps.

Soaring house prices ‘a triple economic threat’ eating away the future

Australia’s runaway house prices are increasing economic stability and contributing to slowing productivity, new research led by UNSW has found.

Rising house prices are making the economy more unstable while slamming shut the property door in the faces of under-35s, special research by the UNSW reveals.

Super reforms face Senate battle as Patrick raises fears of worker under-insurance

Superannuation Minister Jane Hume.

Crossbenchers push for major amendments while fund bosses say powers in the bill could have “catastrophic” effects on workers’ retirement balances.

NATO leaders call out China for ‘coercive policies’

NATO has traditionally focussed on the threat of Russia, but is increasingly concerned about China’s nuclear arsenal and lack of transparency.

COVID-19 CRISIS

Returning travelers catch the Skybus to hotel quarantine.

Source of  highly infectious Delta outbreak set to remain mystery

It is unlikely to ever be known how the highly infectious Delta variant of coronavirus somehow leaked out of Victoria’s quarantine system and seeded a mysterious outbreak in Melbourne.

Dating can leave Alyssa feeling degraded, and she’s fed up

Alyssa Ho: “Compliments are meant to make people feel good. And this doesn’t feel good at all.”

Alyssa Ho is one of many Australians who face unsolicited fetishisation because of their race, gender identity, sexuality, body type or other characteristic.

MasterChef recap: Chaos, more curries and a judge wearing a chef top for no good reason

If you ever order home delivery, you better hope it’s not made by any of these MasterChef teams.

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The ‘vaxxie’ is set to be the defining image of 2021

Ordinary Australians are taking cues from celebrities and posting vaccine selfies by the truckload, but these certainly aren’t like other selfies.

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CORONAVIRUS CRISIS

Cotton On's chief executive officer Peter Johnson and chief financial officer Michael Hardwick.

Corporates have a role to play in vaccination rollout, says Cotton On boss

The head of fashion giant Cotton On has called on businesses to do what they can to aid the international rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine.

Vaccine researcher Professor James Triccas in a lab at Sydney University.

In mice, BCG-COVID vaccine works a treat, deepening the mystery of 100-year-old vaccine

A vaccine based on a 100-year-old tuberculosis jab effectively prevents COVID-19 infection in mice – opening a unique path toward a new coronavirus vaccine.

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A massive uprooted tree in Woodend.

‘Symphony of chainsaws’: Thousands face week-long wait for power

Victorians sitting in darkened houses may have to wait until the weekend for the lights to come back on after wild storms wreaked havoc.

‘If I hadn’t survived I would probably have been thrown overboard’

Vietnamese boat baby Giang Pham being rescued in 1981; Giang Pham with husband Tien, young daughter (red) Minh-Ha,3, and elder daughter Sung, 9.

It was 40 years ago that 99 “emaciated Vietnamese refugees”, including 29 children, were saved from a stricken vessel in heavy seas off Ho Chi Minh City. On Sunday, many of them will meet their rescuers in Sydney.

Seventh Big Freeze raises more than $10m despite virus disruption for second year

Dressed as Meat Loaf, AFL chief executive Gillon McLachlan slides into the ice bath.

The players were in Sydney and the usual MCG crowd was nowhere to be seen, but Monday’s Big Freeze managed to raise more than $10m to fight motor neurone disease.

Victoria records two new COVID-19 cases as first-dose Pfizer jab bookings halted

There were no queues at the vaccination hub at the Royal Melbourne Showgrounds on Monday.

Victoria reported two new local cases as the state’s COVID-19 hotline stopped accepting bookings for first doses of the Pfizer vaccine.

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Defamation

Gangland lawyer sues far-right agitator over defamatory posts

Defence lawyer Zarah Garde-Wilson.

Lawyer Zarah Garde-Wilson says Avi Yemini and his alt-right Rebel News website ‘gravely injured’ her reputation.

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AFL 2021

‘As a coach it is everything you want to see’: Buckley’s last press conference

‘As a coach it is everything you want to see’: Buckley’s last press conference

Nathan Buckley praised his team and said he hadn’t given much, if any thought, to what life without Collingwood looks like.

Dressed as Meat Loaf, AFL chief executive Gillon McLachlan slides into the ice bath.

Seventh Big Freeze raises more than $10m despite virus disruption for second year

The players were in Sydney and the usual MCG crowd was nowhere to be seen, but Monday’s Big Freeze managed to raise more than $10m to fight motor neurone disease.

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Why the CBD could stage a comeback sooner than expected

Why the CBD could stage a comeback sooner than expected

Apartments have been sitting empty and there's little prospect of a jump in population growth in coming months. But beyond that, it's a different story.

For $10,000 a week you can rent this Melbourne mansion

For $10,000 a week you can rent this Melbourne mansion

A bond of $60,000 is required for a home with a private ballroom, five marble bathrooms, dramatic chandeliers, pool and tennis court. Take a peek.

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Buckley shares a moment with Brayden Maynard after the game.

The two words from Buckley that inspired Pies to victory in his last game

With one quarter left in his storied Collingwood career, Nathan Buckley had a simple message for his players that gave Isaac Quaynor goosebumps.

End of a chapter: Nathan Buckley at his last game as Collingwood coach.

‘No regrets’: Buckley ready to head into blue sky

His time as Collingwood coach over, Nathan Buckley said he had done all he could to deliver a premiership and now looks forward to the next stage of his life.

David Mackay bumps Hunter Clark.
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AFL 2021

A ban on accidents? The choice at the heart of Mackay’s tribunal case

Is it really possible for the AFL to eradicate all high contact injuries without fundamentally changing the game?

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Nathan Buckley has reasons to smile.
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AFL 2021

Four points: Bucks’ reason to smile, Tigers’ new frontier, Saints exposed

The memory that should be preserved from Nathan Buckley’s final game representing Collingwood is the man himself, famously granite-faced and intense, smiling and hugging the players, one by one.

Tim Paineother side of the Indian Ocean.

Bubble and strife: Paine fears quarantine will be greatest Ashes challenge

Test captain Tim Paine believes months of COVID-19 restrictions may be the greatest danger to Australia’s Ashes campaign following England’s capitulation to New Zealand.

Bucks stops here: Magpies farewell Buckley with win over Demons

Bucks stops here: Magpies farewell Buckley with win over Demons

Nathan Buckley had his final match in charge of Collingwood on Monday and the Magpies delivered the perfect farewell gift, toppling premiership fancy Melbourne.

Patrick Dangerfield and the Cats will host the Dogs behind closed doors at GMHBA Stadium.

Cats and Dogs to play behind closed doors as AFL moves games to Tassie

The Cats have opted to play the Bulldogs behind closed doors in Geelong and the AFL has moved two round 14 games from Melbourne to Tasmania.

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