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Eastern suburbs on high alert; NSW driver has highly infectious variant
A third person has tested positive to COVID-19 in NSW after a driver who had contact with international air crew and his wife tested positive yesterday.
Breaking
Coronavirus pandemic
AstraZeneca vaccine age recommendation raised to 60
While Australia’s expert immunisation panel has updated its recommendation, at this stage there has been no decision from the federal government to change the vaccine rollout.
Jobless rate tumbles to pre-pandemic level: ABS
Australia’s jobless rate has fallen to 5.1 per cent after the creation of 115,000 jobs through May.
Analysis
Biden's White House
Biden’s Trumpian outburst puts his Putin challenge on full display
Biden’s outburst felt like a flash back to the Trump era: a US President putting a CNN reporter under fire as the world watched on.
Opinion
Interest rates
The Fed just got everyone’s attention with its abrupt change of tone
Fed chief’s Jerome Powell’s indication that US interest rate rises are coming sooner than thought has made markets uneasy.
Stephen Bartholomeusz
Senior business columnist
Exclusive
Courts
Magistrate who had relationship with young court clerk wins her super benefit
Ashleigh Petrie died at 23, just weeks after her relationship with magistrate Rodney Higgins, 68, made news. She left her superannuation to her mother, then Higgins claimed it.
Updated
Aviation
Sydney-Melbourne airfares are at their cheapest in a decade
Airlines are cutting ticket prices to coax travellers back into the sky and country carrier Rex is injecting fresh competition into major city routes.
Breaking
Tokyo Olympics
Cody Simpson surges into final of 100m butterfly at Olympic trials
The pop star has continued to make remarkable progress as he returns to swimming, booking himself a spot in the 100m fly final at Australia’s national trials.
Opinion
NRL 2021
What the NRL can learn from Bruce Springsteen
That 82 per cent of players think, given what has enveloped the world over these past 15 months, that the NRL should not require players and staff to be vaccinated is alarming.
Darren Kane
Sports Columnist
Why beaten Gallen may not activate Huni rematch clause
Paul Gallen has a rematch clause in his contract with Justis Huni, but after his comprehensive defeat the former footballer isn’t sure if he wants to activate it.
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Review
There’s a hint of melancholy as Fast & Furious nears its end
The fast-car franchise is more like a live-action cartoon than ever, and all bets are off as it begins its allegedly final ‘blaze of glory’ trilogy.
Bold eyes, big brows: you’re never too old to master a cat-eye
Forget neutrals and beige. This season’s biggest beauty trends are bright, shiny and fresher than ever. Here’s how to achieve them.
The essential guide to Sydney’s best omakase dining
The chef’s table-style of Japanese cuisine is finally entering the mainstream. Here’s where to try it, plus tips on booking the most coveted seats.
Roger Waters snubs Instagram song request, calls Zuckerberg a ‘powerful idiot’
The Pink Floyd co-founder swore a blue streak as he revealed the Zuckerberg-owned company wanted to use Another Brick in the Wall in a campaign.
Analysis
Retail
Amazon is treating paying customers like guinea pigs
Many have learned a hard lesson about what it means to be an Amazon customer. At any moment, the company could surprise you with an unwelcome change to an Amazon product you own or decide to kill it altogether.
Brian X. Chen
Sydney
‘Not enough to be tough on crime’: Pioneering NSW Drug Court expands to tackle regional ice epidemic
The court, which aims to keep drug-dependent offenders out of prison, has achieved a reoffending rate 17 per cent lower than for those outside the program.
Track-laying under harbour finished in key Metro tunnel
Commuters have been given a glimpse of the new metro train lines under Sydney’s harbour which will connect the future Barangaroo and North Sydney stations.
From Byron to Bega: Push for more homes in regional NSW to ease shortage
NSW Planning Minister Rob Stokes says the desire for city-dwellers to “spread out” had triggered a boom in regional towns.
Roberts-Smith’s lawyer casts his line with the practised art of a fly fisherman
On the last day of the former soldier’s evidence, it fell to lawyer Bruce McClintock to coax from the witness a demonstration of the emotional impact on him.
Exclusive
Bushfires
Robots, drones and satellites: NSW to research new bushfire fighting technology
Treasurer Dominic Perrottet said the funding would prepare the state for future natural disasters and position it to lead the world with new technology.
Politics
Breaking
National security
‘Hate speech’: More right-wing groups could be listed as terrorist organisations
The UK-based group, Sonnenkrieg Division, is the first right-wing extremist organisation to be listed as a terrorist organisation in Australia.
Business
Coles goes big with $2.5b spend on data, online, new self-serve checkouts
Coles is “pressing the accelerator” on a range of new investments as it seeks to put itself on a stronger footing in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
World
‘Totally f---ing hopeless:’ Dominic Cummings leaks Boris Johnson’s bombshell texts
Dominic Cummings has leaked Boris Johnson’s private messages in a sensational escalation of their feud.
Opinion
NSW budget needs to imagine our post-pandemic world
Alexandra Smith
State Political Editor
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Property bydomain
Property Unpacked: How to find a property bargain
Are there bargains to be had in a hot market? We also hear about the rising trend of Australians moving to smaller cities.
Sirius penthouse sold for $35m to Point Piper buyer
Just three years after the last of the housing commission residents moved out of the building, one of the penthouses has sold for $35 million.
Life & Culture
‘Don’t F it up’: why In The Heights is more than just another Hollywood movie
The director of Crazy Rich Asians has brought Lin-Manuel Miranda’s first hit musical to the screen, and the story resonates loudly.
Opinion
Literature
Lisa Taddeo’s first book was a bestselling sensation. Her second is just as explosive
Jane Sullivan
Books columnist and reviewer
Sport
Opinion
NRL 2021
What the NRL can learn from Bruce Springsteen
That 82 per cent of players think, given what has enveloped the world over these past 15 months, that the NRL should not require players and staff to be vaccinated is alarming.
Darren Kane
Sports Columnist
Breaking
Tokyo Olympics
Cody Simpson surges into final of 100m butterfly at Olympic trials
The pop star has continued to make remarkable progress as he returns to swimming, booking himself a spot in the 100m fly final at Australia’s national trials.
Why beaten Gallen may not activate Huni rematch clause
Paul Gallen has a rematch clause in his contract with Justis Huni, but after his comprehensive defeat the former footballer isn’t sure if he wants to activate it.
Opinion
NRL 2021
Why Tom Trbojevic could end up as the greatest of them all
The young fullback is changing the game – for both Manly and especially the Blues.
Andrew Johns
League columnist
Cate Campbell seals spot at fourth Olympics as McKeon edges sprint finish
Emma McKeon held off a lightning field to win the 100m freestyle ahead of an ecstatic Campbell, who has secured her spot at a remarkable fourth Olympics.
Updated
Australian cricket
Cricketers told to put country before franchise after mass tour withdrawals
David Warner, Steve Smith, Pat Cummins and Glenn Maxwell have withdrawn from Australia’s upcoming tours of the West Indies and Bangladesh in a big disruption to the team’s T20 World Cup plans.
‘You might not know who you are in 20 years’: NRL players told to stop hiding concussion
One of Australia’s leading concussion experts has argued for a cultural revolution as a leading club doctor fears players throughout the game are disguising symptoms.
Have Your Say
After $5b snub, Ronaldo may have discovered his most powerful voice yet
Only Ronaldo can explain his exact reasons for disdaining Coke and urging his audience to drink water instead. But it also smacks of a rethink of how he wields his influence.
