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New COVID-19 cases spur return to basic restrictions
NSW Health issued a health alert on Friday night expanding advice for shoppers at Westfield Bondi Junction.
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Federal politics
One-third of voters back cuts in overseas arrivals to ease quarantine pressure
Only 7 per cent of voters back the idea of expanding the existing hotel quarantine system to allow more people to enter the country.
Opinion
Superannuation
Older Australians getting fat on housing profits engage in generational betrayal
Home ownership is now out of reach for Australians under the age of 35, a new report says. Meanwhile, 70 per cent of all housing wealth in Australia is now concentrated in the hands of the over 65s.
Peter Hartcher
Political and international editor
Banking regulators poised to tighten lending standards to cool market
A runaway housing market has banking regulators poised to tighten lending standards as economists warn higher interest rates are on the way.
Inside Sydney’s collection of exclusive private clubs
The vote at the Australian Club to keep female members out has put the whole notion of private clubs - six of which are dotted across Sydney’s CBD - firmly in the public spotlight.
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State Parliament
NSW Premier dating high-profile lawyer Arthur Moses
Gladys Berejiklian is dating the lawyer who represented her at a corruption hearing into her former boyfriend Daryl Maguire.
Hamze relatives warned they face the same threat as gangster gunned down in CBD
Police are preparing to suppress any violent tit-for-tat reprisals that might stem from the brazen CBD shooting of gangland “mover and shaker” Bilal Hamze.
Analysis
Roberts-Smith case
Media’s barrister circles Ben Roberts-Smith, campaign by campaign
Ben Roberts-Smith had a challenging day in the witness box on Friday, on day 10 of the 10-week trial.
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City life
Cahill Expressway to be closed for seven-day New Year’s Eve party
The maligned stretch of road that cuts Sydney city and Circular Quay in two will be opened up for foot traffic for a week-long party between December 31 and January 6.
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Performing arts
‘They don’t send you off to the glue factory’: what retired dancers did next
A new national dance collective, for recently retired dancers from the country’s major companies, hopes to push the boundaries of what was thought possible.
Nail your technique, go the distance: Your complete guide to running
With experts guiding the way, this five-week plan will kickstart your running journey or, if you’re already running, take it a step further.
Crusaders boss warns Waratahs against chasing short-term success
Can it get much worse at NSW? No head coach. No wins in 2021. Few experienced heads. An average of 5922 spectators per home game. But Colin Mansbridge warns against a quick fix.
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NSW budget
Public sector wage freeze to be lifted as NSW budget sets a path to recovery
The state budget will also forecast NSW’s unemployment rate to drop to 4.75 per cent in 2023-24 and to 4.5 per cent the following year as the state’s lost jobs continue to be recovered.
Opinion
Architecture
Powerhouse project reeks of empty immensity
Enthusiasm is lovely and I have nothing against frocks, or even wallpaper, but really? What are they on?
Elizabeth Farrelly
Columnist, author, architecture critic and essayist
NRL 2021
Panthers 38 Roosters 12
‘Conducting the orchestra’: Cleary produces a masterclass as Penrith run riot
Nathan Cleary was outstanding in the Panthers’ big win over the Roosters as Penrith got back to winning ways after two weeks without their Origin stars.
Jake Trbojevic ruled out of Origin II with hip injury
Saturday looms as D-day for COVID protocols before game two as the Queensland government closed the border to those who have visited the Waverley area.
Sydney
Roberts-Smith denies ‘inventing’ evidence in tense day in witness box
The former special air services soldier told his defamation trial on Friday that he had made a mistake in his evidence.
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Waratahs
Penney calls out NSW Rugby for $3m profit before winless Waratahs season
The Waratahs spent nearly $1 million under the salary cap for this season and lost every game, but recorded a profit in 2020.
Federal minister threatens to override NSW on feral horses
A political stoush is brewing between NSW and the Morrison government over the removal of feral horses in Kosciuszko National Park.
Mega-development plan for 1900 apartments rejected
Billionaire Harry Triguboff has suffered a defeat after a planning panel rejected Meriton’s Little Bay proposal.
Cruise giant loses bid to block volcano survivors suing in US
The Federal Court has cleared the way for Marie Browitt and her daughter to sue Royal Carribean over the 2019 White Island trip.
Politics
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History
National Archives poised to get funding to save disintegrating records
The National Archives will be able to save disintegrating documents, film and other at-risk materials with an imminent funding package from the federal government.
Business
Opinion
Nuix investigation
Passing the buck on Nuix fiasco a bad look for ASIC
The corporate regulator’s scrutiny of the ailing data analytics outfit’s prospectus may not have been a ‘tick and flick’ exercise but it wasn’t a deep dive either.
Adele Ferguson
Investigative journalist and columnist
World
Australian economist has ‘close to zero’ chance of fair trial in Myanmar
Friends of Australian Sean Turnell fear that the junta need to convict him if they’re to find Aung San Suu Kyi guilty of passing information to foreigners.
Opinion
Want to be part of the fashionable set? Don’t join the ‘freethinkers’
Parnell Palme McGuinness
Columnist and communications adviser
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Property bydomain
One month, $110m buying binge: Garbo Ian Malouf's trophy home spree
The founder of Dial-a-Dump has long preferred to rent, until now. He's snapped up three trophy homes, including a $30m beachfront spread in Double Bay.
Millionaires' Row: The suburbs that have joined the million-dollar club
More than 200 suburbs reached the million-dollar mark over the past year as property values soared, and they're more widespread than you might think.
Life & Culture
Recasting monsters as women: lunch with Maria Lewis
The 32-year-old has written seven novels and has her eye on writing across film, television and comics.
Sport
‘I want to break the cycle’: The story driving Dragons debutant fullback Tyrell Sloan
Tyrell Sloan makes his NRL debut on Saturday, and foremost in his mind will be his grandmother Colleen, who raised him from when he was two months old.
Jake Trbojevic ruled out of Origin II with hip injury
The star Manly forward suffered a hip pointer injury at training and called Brad Fittler to tell the NSW coach the news.
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Waratahs
Penney calls out NSW Rugby for $3m profit before winless Waratahs season
The Waratahs spent nearly $1 million under the salary cap for this season and lost every game, but recorded a profit in 2020.
Panthers 38 Roosters 12
Match report
‘Conducting the orchestra’: Cleary produces a masterclass as Penrith run riot
Nathan Cleary was outstanding in the Panthers’ big win over the Roosters as Penrith got back to winning ways after two weeks without their Origin stars.
‘I want to fix it’: Arnold eyes Socceroos redemption over old foe Iran
Graham Arnold’s last match as a player for the Socceroos was on a night that left a deep scar on the psyche of Australian soccer. But the opportunity for payback could be just around the corner.
The suburban Sydney club that became the AFL’s unlikeliest football factory
How can a team based in Sydney’s Upper North Shore be such a big producer of AFL talent? The answer lies deeper than just what’s in the water at Pennant Hills.
Cowboys 24 Sharks 26
Match report
Can Chambers make an Origin return? Sharks survive late Cowboys rally to move into top eight
Despite losing six games in a row earlier this year, Cronulla vaulted North Queensland into the top eight as several Sharks put their hands up for Queensland jumpers.
Have Your Say
Boyd Cordner’s brain was rattled for years on end. The damage is done
All the published exultations and broadcast burblings about how at least Cordner got out of rugby league at the peak of his powers with no damage done etc, are complete and utter nonsense.
Peter FitzSimons
Columnist and author
