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Merlino comes out swinging over federal vaccine rollout
Acting Premier James Merlino has made some of his strongest comments to date criticising the Commonwealth’s vaccine provision to states.
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Victoria
Masks? Footy crowds? Travel? Here’s a look at Victoria’s new COVID restrictions
The government has eased rules for Victoria’s latest lockdown, here’s everything you need to know.
Driver tests positive in NSW, exposure sites listed
A man from Sydney’s east has tested positive to COVID-19, the state’s first local case in 40 days. The man, in his 60s, works as a driver in a role which includes transporting international air crew.
Pushing back against China will take global effort ‘not seen for many decades’: Morrison
The Prime Minister warned in a speech to the OECD that rising tensions in the Indo-Pacific were a threat to the financial prosperity of other nations.
Opinion
Gender equality
Sign of changing times - BHP in court for jobs for women over men
Elizabeth Knight
Business columnist
Miles Franklin Literary Award 2021 shortlist announced
Stories of loss – including from a Booker Prize winner and two debut novelists – form a left-of-field shortlist for Australia’s most famous literary prize.
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Review
Loki is a genre-bending buddy-cop show – and it works brilliantly
Tom Hiddleston as superhero Loki and Owen Wilson, playing a grizzled detective, are a hoot in this latest instalment of the Marvel franchise.
This ugly souvenir became my prized possession
Items like this, collected from around the world, have taken on new meaning for me in the last year.
Colourful businessman Geoffrey Edelsten remembered at small, simple funeral
After a life lived in the headlines, flamboyant businessman Geoffrey Edelsten’s death was marked with a subdued, small and simple funeral at a Melbourne cemetery.
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AFL 2021
‘Incredibly disappointing’ more fans aren’t allowed in to see Cats v Dogs
Geelong coach Chris Scott was unhappy with an AFL press release that the league has stood by, as the government confirms 7000 fans can attend Friday night’s clash.
Opinion
Aviation
‘Common threat’: The US and EU move to thwart China’s ambitions in the air
Mutual interest is a strong motivation for détente. The US and EU have settled a 17-year trade dispute and plan to work together to limit China’s attempt to gatecrash the global aviation industry.
Stephen Bartholomeusz
Senior business columnist
Hungary bans all LGBTQ information in schools, children’s books, TV
The European nation has made it a crime to show portrayals of homosexuality or gender fluidity to minors, as the far right PM prepares for next year’s election.
China on G7: ‘The era of a bloc of countries dictating world affairs is over’
Foreign affairs spokesman Zhao Lijian was on the attack, saying “the affairs of the globe should be guided by the UN Charter, and not decided by a small clique”.
CORONAVIRUS CRISIS
Fake coronavirus tests may have fuelled India’s outbreaks
The festival, Kumbh Mela, which ran throughout April, is widely believed to be responsible for a coronavirus surge in many parts of India. Many pilgrims were likely given false results.
Government weighs lifting outdoor mask rule, regional travel ban
Senior Andrews government ministers were meeting late on Tuesday to discuss easing restrictions statewide.
Local
‘Spectacular’ silken spider webs blanket Gippsland town after floods
For some, it’s the stuff of nightmares. For entomologist Ken Walker, it’s a beautiful sight.
‘Crippled in one night’: Townships reeling a week after wild storms rip through properties
Trees crashed through John Carlyle’s loungeroom roof and destroyed much of his Kalorama house, yet he has chosen to remain among the devastation.
Exclusive
Roads
West Gate Tunnel project faces $4b blowout amid contaminated soil crisis
The tolling giant building the West Gate Tunnel claims the cost of the project has blown out by a further $1 billion to a total of $11 billion, more than double the original estimate.
Free speech does not override transgender safety: uni head
The University of Melbourne is considering a policy that would prohibit public events or speech that could harm transgender people.
Analysis
Paris Agreement
Should we pay a carbon tax to our own government or to someone else’s?
Foreign governments are telling us they will not stand by and allow Australian industry to operate free of the carbon taxes their producers pay.
Politics
Roberts-Smith feared media would ‘intercept’ his phone calls, court hears
The former special forces soldier told his Federal Court defamation trial that a family friend bought him a prepaid phone to speak to former comrades.
Business
Homeowners on alert as fixed-rate mortgages rise
Homeowners with variable-rate mortgages who want to lock in record-low interest rates may need to move quickly, with lenders hiking their four- and five-year fixed rates.
World
Peruvians re-weave 500-year-old Incan bridge broken in pandemic
“It’s like an answer to the pandemic itself. This bridge is strung up across the Apurimac and we can tell the world we are coming out if this little by little.”
Opinion
Israel needs to stop stalling and release aid worker jailed five years ago
Tim Costello
Former CEO of World Vision Australia.
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Property bydomain
How to find and keep the best tenants for your investment property
Attracting the right tenants for your investment property is always a challenge, but there are things you can do to keep them there longer.
Lockdown's big deals: Melbourne buyers spend $10m+ remotely
Melbourne locals continued undeterred on their search to buy a bigger home in their own neighbourhood.
Life & Culture
I’m a permanent-casual employee. Am I entitled to a pay rise?
Casual workers may be paid an hourly rate but that doesn’t mean it should be fixed, says Dr Kirstin Ferguson.
Sport
Opinion
AFL 2021
‘You don’t do a review then punt the property steward’: Why big change is afoot at Carlton
Carlton are undertaking a review after a disappointing first half of the season, and fans can expect big change.
Wayne Campbell
AFL recruiters frustrated by school footy ban
AFL clubs have been told they will not be allowed to send recruiters to watch matches in person for two school leagues this weekend.
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Australian cricket
Smith, Cummins among withdrawals from tours
Withdrawals of some of the biggest names in Australian cricket highlights difficulty for players and officials in staging international cricket during a pandemic.
His dream looked over. Now young gun’s on way to Tokyo
After a disqualification at the Olympic swimming trials, Zac Incerti was shattered. Hours later, he was back on the blocks ready for the race of his life.
Ronaldo breaks record after billion-dollar snub
Cristiano Ronaldo sent pulses racing in sponsors’ boardrooms when he removed two bottles of Coke from a press conference before Portugal’s 3-0 win over Hungary.
‘Baby steps’ but Wimbledon still in Barty’s sights
Ashleigh Barty remains on track for Wimbledon in 12 days but any tournament play before the grasscourt major remains highly unlikely for the world No.1.
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Racing integrity
RV asked to investigate whether stewards breached racing rules
Racing Victoria has been asked to investigate whether the conduct of two stewards, which jeopardised a doping case, breached the Australian rules of racing.
Have Your Say
The Hawks coach Pies should look at to replace Buckley
There’s an assistant coach at Hawthorn who the Magpies should speak to in their coaching search. Spoiler alert, it’s not who you think.
