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Pandemic hangover overwhelms NSW hospitals
NSW emergency departments are clogged with seriously ill patients as doctors warn the after-effects of COVID-19 “are exacerbating a broken system” that needs urgent reform.
‘Identical viral sequence’ of COVID cases in Sydney hotel
The health department said a couple and a returned traveller staying in an adjacent room caught the same flight from Doha to Sydney.
‘A new dawn’: Australia and Britain agree on historic trade deal
New free trade deal will pave the way for more Australians to live and work in Britain once international borders reopen after Boris Johnson and Scott Morrison offered last-minute concessions over dinner.
Police sat in disbelief during interview with Dunbar’s murderer
Even though her home is a crime scene, crawling with police and forensic specialists, Natasha Beth Darcy giggles as she sits across detectives.
PM tells a beaming Queen ‘you were quite the hit’ at G7 summit
“You were quite the hit, everyone was talking about you at dinner the next night,” Mr Morrison told the monarch.
Ex-soldier hired investigator to check if woman had abortion
Ben Roberts-Smith has denied hitting a woman with whom he was in a relationship, as he sues The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald for defamation.
Mark’s father is dying. Even though he’s vaccinated, Qld won’t let him in
Caught in a bureaucratic mess, Mark Kilian is stranded in quarantine despite Border Force saying his circumstances “outweigh the risk to the Australian community”.
Ministers back One Nation motion on treatment for transgender children
Linda Reynolds and Michaelia Cash backed the motion condemning the use of medical treatment for transgender children in a vote that split the Coalition.
John Ibrahim’s son should get ‘substantial’ damages, court told
Daniel Taylor is suing The Sunday Telegraph over a series of stories about his family labelled “Inside the House of Ibrahim: Unauthorised”.
‘The greatest race in history’: King Kyle locked in for Tokyo rumble
Kyle Chalmers has locked in his spot for one of the biggest races of the Tokyo Olympics as he prepares to defend his 100m freestyle Olympic crown.
Lam ‘highly concerned’ about reported leaks at nuclear plant
The French joint operator of the Taishan Nuclear Power Plant in Guangdong, China, said it was dealing with a “performance issue”.
Opinion
Immigration
The treatment of Biloela’s Murugappan family shows cruelty never works
Government without heart will always founder, because they are actually irrational.
Steve Biddulph
Author
Russell Crowe backs new Coffs Harbour film studio
The new venture is not far from the Oscar-winning actor’s Nana Glen property.
Sydney
$108 million set aside in NSW budget to remediate disused mines
The Berejiklian government will significantly boost spending to remediate the state’s disused mine sites in a move welcomed by environmentalists and the mining industry alike.
UTS professor allegedly sent threatening letters to herself, court told
Dianne Jolley is on trial in the NSW District Court after pleading not guilty to 20 charges relating to the letters sent in 2019 and 2020.
NSW woman staying in Tasmania found dead, man arrested
The 22-year-old woman, found with injuries consistent with knife wounds, was staying with another woman who had called police about a “prowler”.
Exclusive
Roads
Work begins on new harbour tunnel to link up Sydney’s inner west
Excavators are working to connect a vast spaghetti junction beneath Sydney’s inner west with the future harbour crossing.
‘From a paddock to CBD’: More than $1b dedicated to Sydney’s future city
The NSW government will dedicate more than $1 billion in funding to the development of the new western airport city.
Politics
COVID’s ‘lost generation’: OECD warns of long-term impact of remote learning
But researchers note reading to children at home can improve literacy outcomes, which in turn boost ongoing skill levels as they became adults.
Business
REA aims to ‘significantly’ speed up mortgage approvals with $15m tech play
REA chief Owen Wilson is betting the company can use its clout in real estate listings to grab a growing share of the mortgage broking market.
World
‘Blood snow’ in the Alps probed as a sign of climate change
Experts believe the snow algae may be a marker of climate change but also that their rise could hasten the shrinking of glaciers and snow caps.
Opinion
Skipping the Q: How to handle your conspiracy-loving friends
Julie Szego
Author and freelance journalist
We need to ensure online safety before big tech profits
Julie Inman Grant
Democracy on the defensive as G7 leaders dither over China
Peter Hartcher
Political and international editor
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Property bydomain
Before and after: 8 homes that will have you wanting to renovate
Whether you're looking for a renovated gem, or inspiration for your own project, here are some new and improved properties that are on the market.
These are the 10 most in-demand Sydney suburbs at auction
Buyers are flocking to big blocks of land and lifestyle locations, new data measuring the number of bidders per auction reveals.
Life & Culture
‘Waratah rising from the fires’: Powerhouse funds get mixed reviews
Critics dispute the $500 million cost of renovating the Powerhouse Museum at Ultimo but Sydney’s fashion designers say it can’t come soon enough.
Sport
Exclusive
Tokyo Olympics
Groves set to meet with Swimming Australia to expand on ‘misogyny’ claim
Madeline Groves has made contact with Swimming Australia and is prepared to outline the issues she raised in social media posts on the eve of the Olympic trials.
2021 Australian Swimming Trials as it happened: Chalmers blitzes 100m freestyle final
Rio gold medallist Kyle Chalmers is one step closer to defending his Olympic crown after clocking 47.59s in the 100m freestyle final in Adelaide.
Exclusive
Wallabies
After seven months out with concussion, Haylett-Petty looks overseas to continue career
Dane Haylett-Petty has no plans to retire despite not having played in the 2021 Super Rugby season with the 38-Test Wallaby poised to leave Australian rugby.
‘The greatest race in history’: King Kyle locked in for Tokyo rumble
Kyle Chalmers has locked in his spot for one of the biggest races of the Tokyo Olympics as he prepares to defend his 100m freestyle Olympic crown.
‘Left with no alternative’: NRL flags potential rule changes to combat milking
NRL football boss Graham Annesley said the game will be forced to consider rule changes if coaches and players do not self regulate the problem.
‘They’re looking up to him now’: Cordner heaps praise on his successor
Boyd Cordner has heaped praise on his No.11 successor, and says the Bondi club can still win the 2021 premiership.
Ten backs soccer to become ‘No.1 sport in Australia’ after $300m investment
Ten has increased its massive investment in football by adding Socceroos and Matildas fixtures to the A-League.
Have Your Say
Ledecky clocks slower time than Titmus but was the American star foxing?
Ariarne Titmus came as close as anyone has to breaking Katie Ledecky’s world record. The US superstar’s response in Olympic trials was understated – but she’s still Olympic favourite.
