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Language used to describe culture risks being ‘too sanitised’
A new study has recommended a standardised approach to counting cultural diversity in the workplace.
- by Anna Patty
The library books readers couldn’t get enough of during the pandemic
The Civica Libraries Index is based on more than 34 million loans in Australia and New Zealand.
- by Amelia McGuire
Where Queensland’s secondary schools of the future are heading
It had a politically challenged delivery, but the birth of Brisbane South State Secondary College gives Queenslanders a hint at the future of secondary education.
- by Tony Moore
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Courts
‘Bizarre’ court fight kicks off with bombshell offer
A man who claims his reputation was ruined by an ex-girlfriend who accused him of being a sex addict and cheat offered to settle on the opening day of their defamation trial for $5000.
- by Tom Cowie
Untidy, obstructive advertising signs in Brisbane council’s sights
Complaints about advertising on footpaths, retail strips and in Queen Street Mall have triggered proposed changes to the city’s advertising bylaws.
- by Tony Moore
‘It’s left them guessing’: DCE wants players consulted before major changes
Manly captain Daly Cherry-Evans, who is the president of the RLPA, has questioned how the game can make changes so quickly without the consultation of players.
- by Sarah Keoghan
States, PM squabble over path to reopening borders
The row over Australia’s quarantine regime comes as a top business chief calls for a faster plan even if “some people may die”.
- by David Crowe and Stuart Layt
‘Last chance highs’ face funding cut as students fail to return from lockdown
Schools that educate the most challenging students say COVID-19 has undone a year’s progress and that some kids have become so disengaged they might never return.
- by Adam Carey
Monty the ram shrugs off ba-ba-backyard frost on chilly Queensland morning
The wind-chill factor saw the mercury fall by up to four degrees on Monday, with another chilly morning on the way.
- by Toby Crockford
‘Abject failure’: Fewer than 1000 disability residents vaccinated against COVID-19
The disability royal commission heard in some states less than 10 people living in residential homes had been vaccinated, three months into the vaccine rollout.
- by Rachel Clun and Aisha Dow
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NRL match review
Griffin tells Dragons to suck it up after stars accept big bans
St George Illawarra’s season threatens to unravel after four of their players took early guilty pleas, meaning they will miss a combined 13 matches.
- by Adam Pengilly
Glimmer of hope in India as COVID cases drop in big cities
In the last week, the number of new cases plunged by nearly 70 per cent in India’s financial capital Mumbai, home to 22 million people.
- by Krutika Pathi and Aniruddha Ghosal
$40 million Fox Sports funding on Auditor-General’s radar
The Auditor-General will consider reviewing $40 million in federal government grants provided to Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp since 2017 to support coverage of women’s sport.
- by Jennifer Duke
Crown ‘lied’ to watchdog investigation into China arrests
Victoria’s gambling regulator has told the Crown royal commission that the casino group lied to the watchdog’s investigation into how 19 of its staff were arrested in China in 2016.
- by Patrick Hatch
Australia news LIVE: NSW eases COVID restrictions; Israel-Palestine conflict continues
Social restrictions eased in Greater Sydney on Monday after no new COVID-19 cases were linked to an eastern suburbs couple, and the UN has weighed in on the escalating Israel-Palestine crisis.
- by Michaela Whitbourn and Broede Carmody
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Australian Open
Australian Open boss insists 2022 grand slam will remain in Melbourne
Australian Open tournament director Craig Tiley insists the tournament will go ahead in Melbourne following a report that said it could be forced offshore because of border closures.
- by Daniel Cherny and Jon Pierik
Sikhs defend students’ right to carry ceremonial daggers at school
The NSW government is “urgently” reviewing laws allowing students to carry knives to school for religious reasons after a student used one in a stabbing.
- by Jordan Baker and Laura Chung
Nobody rushed to get vaccinated in COVID-free Taiwan. Now it’s in lockdown
Taiwan, Singapore and South Korea all flattened the curve with quarantine and contact-tracing. Now their sluggish vaccination programs are being questioned.
- by Eryk Bagshaw and Chris Barrett
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Australian cricket
Former BBL cricketer in court on child abuse charges
Aaron Summers, 25, has been charged with possessing child abuse material and grooming a minor after his alleged behaviour was brought to the attention of cricket authorities.
- by Daniel Cherny
Would you pay $3500 for a ‘sculpture’ made from second-hand Lego blocks?
Architect-turned-sculptor Jan van Schaik says his Lost Tablets series was inspired by the Parthenon.
- by Karl Quinn
Suncorp’s new banking boss says speed trumps price in home loan push
Former CBA banker Clive van Horen says Suncorp does not need to be the cheapest offer in the market as the bank accelerates its push into the lucrative mortgage market.
- by Charlotte Grieve
Virgin CEO calls for open borders, even if ‘some people may die’
The head of Virgin Australia says the nation needs to get used to living with COVID, and believes it’s “not in anyone’s interests” to keep the borders locked forever.
- by Stuart Layt
Analysis
Please Explain podcast
What closing international borders is costing states and businesses
Today on Please Explain, Tory Maguire is joined by state political editor Alexandra Smith to discuss how businesses and state governments are handling extended border closures.
- by Tory Maguire
Opinion
Super Rugby
Fairy floss football: The problem areas awaiting next Waratahs coach
NSW pushed the boundaries with their investment in youth and it is fair to say the boundaries are pushing back. Their next coach has a big job on his hands.
- by Wayne Smith
‘It’s a good reason to wear it’: NRL caves to Souths’ Indigenous strip
South Sydney and the NRL were locked in a stand-off over wearing their Indigenous strip two weeks in a row before the latter acquiesced to the club’s request.
- by Christian Nicolussi
‘Totally preventable’: Queensland records highest number of road fatalities in ‘many years’
A woman remains in hospital in a critical condition after a fatal school bus crash west of Brisbane, as the state recorded an unusually high number of road fatalities by this time of year.
- by Cloe Read
Who’s going to win Eurovision? Not Australia, probably
The song contest’s back after a year scrapped by COVID. But what exactly’s in store? And does Montaigne have a chance performing from home?
- by Robert Moran
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Review
Despite its star power, almost nothing works in this new thriller
Two years after it was scheduled to debut, The Woman in the Window has arrived quietly on Netflix, like an unwanted party guest.
- by Paul Byrnes
Mr Homer goes to Macquarie Street to save the farm
A disparate coalition of surfers, Shellharbour residents and the wider NSW beachgoer community is fighting to stop a multimillion-dollar tourism development at Killalea State Park, popularly known as The Farm.
- by Heath Gilmore
Man allegedly drove dangerously in front of police while four times over limit
A Sunshine Coast man has been charged by police after he was allegedly driving dangerously in front of officers and found to be four times the legal limit.
- by Cloe Read
US Space Force leader claims Marxists taking over military, loses job
Lieutenant Colonel Matthew Lohmeier also decried anti-racism training and education and Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin’s diversity and inclusion initiatives.
- by David Matthews
Breaking
Emergency services
Skydiver in serious condition after rough landing north of Brisbane
A man has been flown to hospital in a serious condition after a hard landing during a skydiving incident at Toogoolawah, north-west of Brisbane.
- by Cloe Read
Nearmap forced to explain disclosure of US legal battle
Aerial mapping provider Nearmap has been forced by the ASX to explain its disclosure of a legal battle with US rival Eagleview that sent its share price sharply lower this month.
- by Colin Kruger
Opinion
Trade wars
China’s not winning its trade war with Australia
China hasn’t been able to hurt the Australian producers of the two big commodities that really matter. If this is a trade war, Australia is winning its first phase quite handsomely.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
PM again dismisses Queensland’s Toowoomba quarantine proposal
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has again rejected suggestions a quarantine facility should be built near Toowoomba in southeast Queensland, saying the plan “lacks detail”.
- by Stuart Layt
Pharmacist accused of trying to kill partner in Brisbane house fire named
A Queensland pharmacist accused of setting a Brisbane house on fire with his partner inside will spend at least the next month behind bars.
- by Toby Crockford
Chilly morning ahead after Queensland town ‘feels like’ minus 6.6
Brisbane can expect similar conditions on Tuesday after recording its coldest morning of the year on Monday.
- by Toby Crockford
‘It gives hope to athletes’: Study reveals brain fades not all down to CTE
A former Australian rules umpire is working on research in the US that offers some reassurance about head knocks in footy.
- by Greg Baum
Long working hours a mass killer and COVID could be making it worse
Working long hours is killing hundreds of thousands of people a year in a worsening trend and Australia is part of the region that is worst affected, the World Health Organisation says.
- by Emma Farge
Liverpool keeper’s stoppage-time header saves day for Reds
Alisson headed home from a corner to secure what could be a precious three points for Liverpool in their bid to qualify for the Champions League next season.
- by Christian Radnedge
He’s a Dogecoin millionaire. And he’s not selling
In February, when Glauber Contessoto decided to invest his life savings in Dogecoin, his friends had concerns.
- by Kevin Roose
Nuix to face investor music as shares tumble to record low
Data analytics group Nuix has confirmed that former chairman Tony Castagna still has a consulting role with the company.
- by Colin Kruger
Bill Gates’ history of questionable behaviour
On at least a few occasions, Gates pursued women who worked for him at Microsoft and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, say people with direct knowledge of his overtures.
- by Emily Flitter and Matthew Goldstein
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Tragedy
Woman found dead in Gold Coast home
A woman’s body was found at Mermaid Waters on Monday morning.
- by Cloe Read
Updated
Energy
Rescue deal for Australian oil refineries saves 1250 jobs
Ampol and Viva Energy reach a deal with the federal government to continue operating refineries in Brisbane and Geelong for at least another six years.
- by Nick Toscano
Drug designed as ‘heat-seeking missile’ to target COVID-19
Researchers from Queensland and the US have developed a promising new drug which they say can directly target COVID-19 virus particles and destroy them.
- by Stuart Layt
Tribunal upholds Qld cop’s dismissal for drunk driving, public urination
Former senior constable Isaac Cavanagh was sacked after crashing a police vehicle while drunk and off duty, and for urinating off a balcony at an office party.
- by Cloe Read
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AFL 2021
Giants dealt severe blow with Greene injury, Buddy to travel west for Swans
Greater Western Sydney’s stand-in captain Toby Greene will be sidelined for the next month after suffering a shoulder injury against Richmond.
- by Vince Rugari
Crown rejects Blackstone offer, still considering The Star proposal
Crown Resorts has formally rejected an improved takeover offer from US private equity outfit Blackstone saying it materially undervalues the company.
- by Patrick Hatch and Alex Druce
Why the Israeli-Palestinian conflict exploded again
A police raid on the Al-Aqsa Mosque, one of the holiest sites in Islam, was one of several actions that led, less than a month later, to the sudden resumption of war between Israel and Hamas.
- by Patrick Kingsley
‘Taste of her own medicine’: Barca rub salt into Kerr’s wounds after UCL rout
A two-year-old tweet has come back to haunt the Matildas superstar after Barcelona destroyed Chelsea 4-0 in the UEFA Women’s Champions League final.
- by Vince Rugari
‘Mind-blowing’: Jackson first Australian player in basketball Hall of Fame
Jackson was a seven-time WNBA All-Star and three-time MVP who also won four Olympic medals and a world championship over her spectacular career.
‘Just awful’: Inbound Story Bridge, Riverside Expressway clogged
4BC traffic reporter Olympia Kwitowski said many roads heading into the River City were “just awful”.
- by Toby Crockford
Bitcoin tumbles after Musk hints Tesla may have dumped its holdings
Elon Musk continued to whipsaw the price of bitcoin, sending it to the lowest since February after implying in a Twitter exchange that Tesla may sell or has sold its cryptocurrency holdings.
- by Patrick McHale and Yueqi Yang
Are World War II-era rules to blame for Tokyo’s Games crisis?
Japan, a country that’s witnessed the consequences of too much government power, has proved reluctant to implement strict rules to combat a mounting health crisis ahead of the Olympics.
- by Eryk Bagshaw and Christopher Jue
India, reeling from COVID, faces new disaster in Cyclone Tauktae
Heavy rainfall and winds from the cyclone, which formed in the Arabian Sea, had already pounded some states along India’s western coast, causing power outages, downing trees and resulting in deaths.
- by Isabella Kwai
Man allegedly set Brisbane house on fire with two women inside
A 34-year-old Wooloowin man is due to face a Brisbane court on Monday morning over the incident.
- by Toby Crockford
Britain’s Jews should not have to endure ‘shameful racism’, says Boris Johnson
Johnson was responding to a video that showed a convoy of cars bearing Palestinian flags driving through a Jewish community in north London, broadcasting anti-Semitic messages.
- by William James
Associated Press wants probe into Israel’s bombing of its Gaza office
The attack took place one day after Israel’s military was accused of misleading foreign journalists by announcing it had launched a ground invasion of the Gaza Strip, then retracting that claim an hour later.
- by Raphael Satter
ASX set to jump; inflation concerns continue to hover
Wall Street investors are looking for clues on the pace of inflation and consumer spending and whether companies can sustain their strong earnings momentum.
- by Lewis Krauskopf
Multibillion-dollar rescue package for oil refineries
Prime Minister Scott Morrison will on Monday unveil the final details of the $2.4 billion plan aimed at retaining self-sufficient refining capability and limiting costs on motorists and businesses.
- by Rob Harris
UK warning: COVID-19 complacency in winter will ‘bite you on the backside’
Victoria’s vaccination program is running well below capacity due to a shortage of AstraZeneca doses and public hesitancy about the locally manufactured vaccine.
- by Chip Le Grand
War? What war? Business as usual as Israel promotes itself as a tourist destination
It’s an odd proposition at an odd time given that major airlines have suspended flights to Israel amid the deadly violence.
- by Aya Batrawy
Top rugby medico says NRL on right path with send-off and sin-bin spree
Dr Martin Raftery led rugby union’s push to reduce contact with the head or neck. But he said concussion levels only reduced when referees started issuing red and yellow cards more frequently.
- by Adam Pengilly
Exclusive
Coronavirus pandemic
Families of Australian Open tennis players had 100 per cent hit rate on exemptions
Cricketers and the partners of elite tennis players appear to be receiving special treatment when it comes to entering Australia.
- by Katina Curtis
Exclusive
Nuix investigation
‘Anaemic at best’: The inside story of how the Macquarie-backed Nuix float went sour
It was heralded as Australia’s next great technology company, but a joint investigation has revealed questions about Nuix’s governance and financial accounts were raised well before its stock market listing last year.
- by Adele Ferguson, Kate McClymont and Neil Chenoweth
Coalition farm policy quietly grows climate plan alternative
Ambitious policies launched by the federal government could deliver similar outcomes to a carbon price and take the sting out of the climate culture wars.
- by Mike Foley
Deadliest strike: Attacks on Gaza City accelerate amid ceasefire attempts
The Gaza Health Ministry says Israeli air strikes in the heart of Gaza City have killed dozens of people in the deadliest single attack since the start of heavy fighting a week ago.
- by Fares Akram and Joseph Krauss