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New scheme to save jobs as Sydney braces for at least 100 cases, longer lockdown
Premier Gladys Berejiklian has conceded her government cannot predict when Sydney’s lockdown will end, prompting NSW and the Commonwealth to devise a new scheme to protect jobs.
Remote learning may last longer than a week as lockdown drags on
Families are bracing for a return to remote lessons as the Premier warns online learning may last longer than the four days she initially predicted.
Live
UEFA Euro 2020
It’s coming Rome: Italy the Euro champions after defeating England in penalty shootout
Italy have won their first European title since 1968 after an enthralling final in London ultimately decided by three horror England penalty misses.
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Sydney
The ex-con, the CEO and the dodgy invoice
Alarm bells sounded for senior managers within a Sydney club over an invoice for “relocation of machinery.” Not only did Marconi have no machinery to move but the club was shut down during the pandemic.
A decade on from plain packaging, what is the result?
There’s a whole generation of young Australians who only know cigarettes with plain packaging. It took a fight to achieve, but the results are in the numbers.
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The Future of Work
Slacking off working from home? The productivity tsar doesn’t think so
Leading economists say an increase in the number of workers logging in from home is unlikely to harm the nation’s productivity, while also delivering a big overall boost to happiness.
The five-day office week is dead, long live the hybrid model, says productivity boss
After 18 months of COVID-induced Zoom calls, corporate Australia has no plans to force staff back to the office fulltime.
How to stop your headphones from damaging your hearing
Hearing loss is on the rise with our lives increasingly spent plugged in. But there are simple things you can do to keep your headphone use safe.
Chammas on Monday
NRL 2021
Operation relocation: How the NRL plans to keep season alive in Queensland
Everything you need to know about the NRL’s desperate move to keep its competition going by relocating 12 teams to Queensland for at least the next month.
Analysis
Tokyo Olympics
Wimbledon and the Euros finish to packed houses, why can’t Tokyo have any fans?
There were 60,000 fans in Wembley stadium and 20,000 in Wimbledon on Sunday, but none will be in the stands at Tokyo’s opening ceremony.
Coronavirus pandemic
Federal money to flow to NSW for extended lockdowns
The new federal assistance will offer help to NSW residents already forced to stay at home but will be available to households in any location subject to a lockdown that lasts for more than two weeks.
Graphic content
New ad tells Sydney to stay home: ‘Meant to be graphic’
The federal government prepared the ad last year but has not needed to use it until now because of the accelerating NSW outbreak.
Sydney
NSW Rural Fire Service exonerates itself over backburn gone wrong
The NSW Rural Fire Service investigated itself concluded that the Mount Wilson backburn was the result of “careful planning”.
Cost to ratepayers of businesses voting in City of Sydney election nears $13m
Controversial changes in 2014 that gave each business two votes have forced the council to bear the cost of maintaining a register of non-residential voters.
When normal school is not enough: Aussie kids sign up to new online high
Australia is the second-biggest market in the world for a new online high school that offers global qualifications and accelerated learning.
Council elections to go ahead despite Sydney’s COVID-19 outbreak
In-person, postal and online voting will be available and a failure to vote will set you back $55.
Politics and a blow dry: Why an election could be decided in Joh Bailey’s salon
An army of Southern Highlands socialites is determined to back a winner in the coming local council elections.
Politics
Government urged to build 17,000 homes for domestic violence victims to fix ‘shocking’ situation
As refuges overflow, a new report shows spending $7.6 billion on homes for family violence victims would provide upfront economic benefits worth $15.3 billion.
Business
Team behind Nuix disaster backs a new tech gem
The controversial team behind the disastrous float of Nuix is involved with another tech startup, Haventec - a company closely associated with the troubled e-forensics group.
World
Richard Branson soars into space aboard rocket plane
British billionaire Richard Branson has succeeded in his attempt to complete the world’s first fully crewed private space flight, reaching an altitude of around 88 kilometres over the New Mexico desert
Opinion
Deliver us from the Delta blues
Sean Kelly
Columnist and former adviser to Labor prime ministers Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard.
Parents need to know facts before sending children to school
Karen Armstrong
Ash Barty always had it in her to climb Wimbledon mountain
Andrea James
Playwright, director and dramaturg
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Property bydomain
Concord home sells for $4.015m as Sydney auctions steam ahead
The five-bedroom home was a fixer-upper with the buyer now looking at options of what they can do on the 800-square-metre block of land.
Sea-change surge: Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast rents hit new heights
Rents have soared, pushing the Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast markets so high that experts warn the boom that’s left some locals homeless is far from over.
Life & Culture
How to get through another week of lockdown? Binge garden shows
You may not be able to visit some of the world’s best gardens but you can still see them on screen.
Sport
Live
UEFA Euro 2020
Italy win Euro 2020 after nail-biting penalty shootout at Wembley
Italy have won their first European title since 1968 after an enthralling final at Wembley decided by a Bukayo Saka penalty miss.
Chammas on Monday
NRL 2021
Operation relocation: How the NRL plans to keep season alive in Queensland
Everything you need to know about the NRL’s desperate move to keep its competition going by relocating 12 teams to Queensland for at least the next month.
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Wimbledon
Djokovic beats Berrettini to claim record-equalling 20th grand slam title
Novak Djokovic dropped the first set of the Wimbledon men’s singles final before bouncing back against Matteo Berrettini.
Tight Five
Wallabies
Why Australia may be roadblock to Pasifika rugby’s big step forward
The Fijian Drua’s attempts to recruit players for Super Rugby have been hindered in recent weeks as a “split” RA board decides its next Super Rugby move.
‘Like a little sister’: Goolagong Cawley lauds Barty after Wimbledon win
Beaming with pride, Australian tennis legend Evonne Goolagong Cawley has described Ash Barty as “like a little sister” after the 25-year-old won her first Wimbledon title on Sunday morning.
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Match report
‘At a loss’: Brown baffled as Johnson delivers hammer blow to Warriors
The Sharks and Warriors game went ahead at Kogarah despite a number of staff from Georges River Council being asked to leave the facility over a COVID scare.
Revealed: the two Dragons players that won’t sign sworn statement
The duo’s reluctance raises fresh concerns over claims that the players were the only people at Paul Vaughan’s BBQ, or if they breached the bubble on the way home.
Have Your Say
Barty’s Wimbledon win was the one we all needed
Ash Barty was the right person winning Wimbledon the right way at the right time. We needed a champion like her.
Greg Baum
Sports columnist
