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NSW records two locally acquired cases of COVID-19 as Bondi cluster spreads
NSW has recorded two local COVID-19 cases and more than 1000 people are in isolation as the state races to get on top of a cluster in Bondi.
From Moscow to Mississippi, COVID’s Delta variant is spreading fast
The World Health Organisation’s chief scientist says the new variant, more infection than others, will soon be dominant globally.
Investigation
Private schools
Top private schools build up multi-million dollar investment portfolios
Australia’s richest schools have hundreds of millions invested in the stock-market reaping big financial returns while also receiving more than $600 million a year in government funding.
How Canberra’s problem with women has shaped Peta Credlin 2.0
Peta Credlin has transformed herself from political aide to one of the most powerful conservative commentators in Australia. What comes next?
Exclusive
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.
How a ‘boisterous’ teen from western Sydney became an ‘ISIS bride’
Good Weekend senior writer Tim Elliott talks with The Age investigations editor Michael Bachelard about the radicalisation – and repatriation – of so-called “ISIS brides”.
‘A hard sell’: the Aussie dad battling to get his ‘ISIS bride’ daughter home
After Kamalle Dabboussy learnt his daughter had travelled to Syria with her Islamic State fighter husband, he was told to stay quiet. Now, after years of little action, he’s battling for her return.
‘We’ve missed Australians so much’: Bali vaccinates its tourist ‘green zones’
Indonesia is experiencing its biggest surge of the virus since February but Bali’s deputy governor says the province is ready to welcome foreign tourists in July.
UN General Assembly condemns Myanmar coup, calls for arms embargo
In a rare move, the United Nations General Assembly has voted overwhelmingly for an arms embargo against Myanmar’s junta, although China and India abstained.
No booze until menopause: WHO’s alcohol guidance sparks female backlash
The head of the British Pregnancy Advisory Service said calls for women “of childbearing age” to avoid alcohol sounded like advice from The Handmaid’s Tale.
Opinion
WordPlay
It haunts me still. I had helped our family’s real estate man to fib
When my brother-in-law wanted another word for opulent, I offered palatial. Am I now implicated in his trade’s jiggery-pokery?
David Astle
Crossword compiler, The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age
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
From Congo to Campbelltown: The refugee who became the star of Macarthur’s A-League run
When Charles M’Mombwa was growing up as a refugee in Zimbabwe, he never dared to dream about becoming a professional footballer. Now, he’s one step away from an A-League grand final.
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.
Review
Gadgets
Sony’s earbuds retake the audio quality and noise cancelling crown
Latest true wireless earbuds improve on every aspect of what was already a category-leading product, and beat Apple’s AirPods for noise cancelling and sound.
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
Police charge Sydney man, 24, with Islamic State membership
Police allege the man’s rhetoric online was escalating, that he was in possession of a large amount of extremist material, and that he possessed several improvised explosives recipes.
Exclusive
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.
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.
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.
Exclusive
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.
WEEKEND READS
Exclusive
Urgent intervention needed to address Australian sport’s ‘uncomfortable truth’
Former Sex Discrimination Commissioner Liz Broderick likens the cultural problems of high performance sport to the Australian Defence Force.
The question about men that made this woman a billionaire
At 17, she asked herself, “Why are men always in control in relationships?” Meet Whitney Wolfe Herd, whose woman-focused dating app Bumble has made her the world’s youngest female self-made billionaire.
Politics
Exclusive
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.
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
'It's so manic': The upgraders driving up demand for limited house stock
The housing market is being dominated by those upgrading to bigger, better or more beautifully located homes. But what do they have to gain – or lose?
Harry Potter's Daniel Radcliffe sells $2m Melbourne pad to his parents
Accio, real estate deal! Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe has sold his stylish, north-facing Toorak apartment to some buyers he knows very well indeed.
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.
Exclusive
NRL 2021
Legendary All Blacks coach says there is light at the end of the tunnel for Bulldogs
In his only interview since arriving in Australia to work with the Bulldogs, Steve Hansen has backed Trent Barrett to lead the once proud club out of the wilderness.
Exclusive
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.
From Congo to Campbelltown: The refugee who became the star of Macarthur’s A-League run
When Charles M’Mombwa was growing up as a refugee in Zimbabwe, he never dared to dream about becoming a professional footballer. Now, he’s one step away from an A-League grand final.
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.
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
