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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
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.
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The Faceless Man
Public anti-corruption hearings mooted in Adem Somyurek branch stacking scandal
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 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
With one quarter left in his storied Collingwood career, Nathan Buckley had a simple message for his players that gave Isaac Quaynor goosebumps.
Opinion
Match review
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?
Greg Baum
Sports columnist
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Property prices
Soaring house prices ‘a triple economic threat’ eating away the future
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.
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Superannuation
Super reforms face Senate battle as Patrick raises fears of worker under-insurance
Crossbenchers push for major amendments while fund bosses say powers in the bill could have “catastrophic” effects on workers’ retirement balances.
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China relations
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
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.
Boris Johnson sets final deadline for easing England’s COVID-19 restrictions
The British PM has delayed the final unlocking of England’s economy because of resurgence in coronavirus due to the more transmissible Delta variant.
Dating can leave Alyssa feeling degraded, and she’s fed up
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.
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.
CORONAVIRUS CRISIS
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.
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.
Local
‘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’
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
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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Coronavirus pandemic
Victoria records two new COVID-19 cases as first-dose Pfizer jab bookings halted
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
Lawyer Zarah Garde-Wilson says Avi Yemini and his alt-right Rebel News website ‘gravely injured’ her reputation.
AFL 2021
‘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.
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.
Politics
Biloela family could be released from detention as early as Tuesday
But government sources say ongoing court processes will have to run their course before any decisions are made about the family’s visa status.
Business
Fashion rentals bounce back as ‘micro occasions’ take centre stage
Fashion rentals that were hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic have bounced back, with startup GlamCorner seeing its membership base double.
World
Problems at Chinese nuclear power plant confirmed by French companies
Two French companies involved in the Taishan Nuclear Power Plant have acknowledged unusual activity at the reactor in Guangdong province.
Opinion
Awards for Credlin and COVID workers? Honours system needs a rethink
Jenna Price
Columnist and academic
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Property bydomain
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
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.
Life & Culture
The Night Watchman, Malcolm X biography win arts Pulitzers
Stories of race, racism and colonialism in the US swept the Pulitzer Prizes for the arts.
Sport
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.
‘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.
Opinion
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?
Greg Baum
Sports columnist
Analysis
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.
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
Nathan Buckley had his final match in charge of Collingwood on Monday and the Magpies delivered the perfect farewell gift, toppling premiership fancy Melbourne.
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.
Have Your Say
Blues review will be ‘fascinating process’: Pavlich
One of the men tasked with reviewing Carlton’s decline in on-field performance says the entire football program will be analysed.
