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‘Australia needs a plan’: How other countries are emerging from COVID
Home quarantine, vaccination certificates and enticements for people to get the jab are getting the rest of the world moving again while Australia dithers.
Exclusive
Vaccination
Fears AstraZeneca reputation has been ‘tarnished’ beyond repair
Vaccine experts say the negative public sentiment is unfair, and the AstraZeneca jab could be the key to avoiding death and serious illness in Australia this year.
‘Irrigation hunger games’: Battle over Australia’s food bowl soon to heat up
In the heartland of the Riverina, where farmers famously burned copies of the government plan to cut their water allocations a decade ago, scepticism is mounting that the $13 billion effort has been worth it as the clock ticks down towards a major review.
Exclusive
Trucking
‘It is astounding’: Push for truck drivers to be on the road for up to 16 hours a day
The regulator is promoting an initiative that allows participants to “set their own work and rest hours” rather than abiding by the standard rules and regulations.
Marise Payne declines to confirm rumours of Chinese defection
Reports of the defection of Dong Jingwei have been gaining traction for days. Australia’s Foreign Minister is declining to comment.
Even as Brazil hits 500,000 COVID-19 deaths, many reject available vaccines to demand Pfizer
Brazil has recorded half a million COVID-19 deaths, a toll second only to the US that shows few signs of easing.
Opinion
Coronavirus pandemic
A never-ending state of emergency or: how I learned to stop worrying and love the app
There is a blurry middle ground between herd immunity and when Australians might get back lost personal freedoms and privacy.
Peter de Kruijff
Journalist
Exclusive
Workplace culture
‘They need to focus on supporting the victims’: Sony Music expands workplace investigation
After it was revealed Sony Music’s US headquarters were investigating the workplace culture in the Australian arm of the company, an external counsel has been engaged to hear allegations of bullying, harassment and more.
Burford breaks through myth to bring Jim Morrison’s story to stage
Preparing for a tribute show on the 50th anniversary of Jim Morrison’s death, Perth’s Justin Burford discovered there was more to the musician’s infamous life than hedonism and excess.
Opinion
Gender equality
Club members send wrong message not only to our daughters, but also our sons
I would hate to be a man justifying to his daughter, daughter-in-law or partner that they support feminism, but also want to join the Australian Club. But what are they telling their sons?
Daisy Turnbull
Director of wellbeing at St Catherine's School, Sydney.
More to TikTok than viral dance trends – and these Aussies are proving it
TikTok is best known as the home of kooky viral dances but a new trend is emerging on the platform – with narrative storytelling becoming more and more popular.
No more stigma: Gen Y and Z are flocking to see sexologists
A new cohort of young social-media-savvy practitioners are working almost exclusively with young people who are treating their sexuality as an extension of their mental health and an avenue for self-improvement.
Opinion
Money Makeover
40 things I wish I knew about money before turning 40
Experience is everything. Here are a few helpful hints if you are young to put you on the right path to financial freedom.
Jessica Irvine
Senior economics writer
Opinion
Property prices
Boomers aren’t to blame for Australia’s property mismatch
I worry about the future of this country when even the most basic of needs – housing – is out of reach.
Liz Allen
Demographer
Opinion
Income tax
A six-step guide to lowering your tax bill
Here’s some actions you have less than two weeks to take that will make this past year far more lucrative.
Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon
Money contributor
Western Australia
New Perth bikie gang’s clubhouse firebombed amid turf war
Fears of a WA bikie war erupting were heightened on Thursday after a New Zealand gang trying to establish a chapter in Perth had their clubhouse firebombed.
Murdoch Uni digs deeper into debt in the pursuit of new ‘attractive’ buildings over staff
An ambitious timber building, estimated at $134 million before COVID-19 and the price of timber hiked up an average 20 to 50 per cent, along with more selective staff promotions continues.
Analysis
University
‘Netflix’ degrees and robot teachers: How big tech could shape WA universities
Welcome to Western Australia’s campuses of the future, if American communications giant Cisco and dwindling Commonwealth funding has anything to do with it.
Decision on ‘anti-Clive Palmer’ law to be revealed on Tuesday
A decision on mining magnate’s bid to have WA’s ‘anti-Palmer’ legislation thrown out — opening the door for the state government to be liable for $28 billion in damages — will soon be revealed.
WA native title bodies say new heritage law will not stop another ‘Juukan’
Aboriginal groups from Perth to the Kimberley are campaigning against an updated Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act which still leaves it up to a government minister as to whether significant sites can be damaged.
Politics
Opinion
Property prices
Boomers aren’t to blame for Australia’s property mismatch
I worry about the future of this country when even the most basic of needs – housing – is out of reach.
Liz Allen
Demographer
Business
‘String of disasters’: China’s shipping delays set to widen trade chaos
Still reeling from the pandemic and the Suez Canal blockage, an exhausted global shipping industry faces the biggest test of its stamina.
World
Cuba encouraged by early results of homegrown COVID-19 vaccine amid worst outbreak
Cuba, whose biotech sector has exported vaccines for decades, has opted not to import foreign vaccines but rather to rely on its own.
Opinion
Want to be part of the fashionable set? Don’t join the ‘freethinkers’
Parnell Palme McGuinness
Columnist and communications adviser
Family-work balance: the sensitive issue football needs to talk about
Caroline Wilson
Football columnist for The Age
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Property bydomain
The tips and tricks to sell your home in winter
The weather is bleak, but that doesn't mean you can't sell your home. Here's how to style your property to warm buyers' hearts and appeal to all their senses.
Revealed: These are the biggest housing bubbles in the world
Interest rates are at ultra-low levels, potential buyers have saved cash during lockdowns and governments are splashing stimulus. Sound familiar?
Life & Culture
‘Choking on sanctimony’: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie pens essay scorching social media generation
The novelist said social media had created a cohort of young people terrified of having the wrong opinions and robbed of the opportunity to think.
Sport
‘We’re in a real pit’: Teague says disconnected Blues have lots to work on
The Blues placed finals on the public agenda this year but after 13 rounds their season is shot, with only 0.2 per cent separating them from the bottom four.
Analysis
Formula 1
Ricciardo missing a gear in battle with his McLaren
Australian Daniel Ricciardo’s three-race bid to save his Formula One season starts in France on Sunday.
Max delivers unexpected with pole in France
Formula One championship leader Max Verstappen snatched a comfortable French Grand Prix pole for Red Bull at a track that had until now been a happy hunting ground for rivals Mercedes.
Updated
European Championships
Germany find form, France held by Hungary
Germany finally clicked into gear at the European Championship as France needed a second-half equaliser from Antoine Griezmann to avoid the biggest upset of the tournament.
Selwood fined after two incidents against Bulldogs
Geelong skipper has escaped with a fine for making unnecessary contact to the face of Western Bulldogs opponent Bailey Dale, and for rough conduct when his boot made contact with Taylor Duryea’s leg.
‘Goosebumps’ for Hughes with maiden major in reach
It was “goosebumps” for 30-year-old Canadian Mackenzie Hughes, who rocketed up the leaderboard at the US Open on Sunday and will play in the final group of a major for the first time in his career.
Storm 66 Tigers 16
NRL 2021
Shell-shocked Tigers hit rock bottom as Storm run riot
To regain the competition lead from Penrith, Melbourne needed to improve their for-and-against by 18 points. The feat was achieved after just 10 minutes.
Have Your Say
Why four wins from 10 Tests this year would be pass mark for Wallabies
With three Tests against France, three against the Kiwis and two each against South Africa and Argentina, even five wins would be very positive for Australia.
