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Police clash with lockdown protesters, arrest several
Police have arrested protesters criticising coronavirus restrictions as crowds clashed with dozens of officers at Victoria Park in Sydney.
‘A growing problem’: NSW records 163 new cases as Hazzard appeals for more Pfizer
The state’s Health Minister renewed an appeal to other states for assistance in procuring doses of the Pfizer vaccine to control the outbreak.
Opinion
Federal politics
Scott Morrison’s reckoning has arrived
Peter Hartcher
Political and international editor
Live
Tokyo Olympics
Typhoon the latest worry for Olympics organisers; Aussie rowing crews dominate
The Tokyo Olympics, already struggling with an outbreak of COVID-19 among athletes, is on alert about another kind of disaster next week – a typhoon.
Meet Australia’s most consistent team, who saved the London campaign
Despite the country’s fluctuating fortunes from Beijing to London and then Rio, Australia’s sailors have consistently brought home gold medals. How many will they win in Japan?
Millman edges into second round, Stosur crashes out of fifth Olympics
In the same week his hometown was announced to host the Olympics in 2032, John Millman flew the flag with a gritty opening round win in Tokyo.
Analysis
Coronavirus pandemic
Code red: NSW plunged into COVID national emergency
Gladys Berejiklian is running out of strategies to contain the outbreak of the Delta strain, which means no end in sight to Sydney’s lockdown.
Exclusive
Health
‘Flu on steroids’: Ex-deputy health officer warns of epidemic among unvaccinated
Australia is likely to experience a coronavirus epidemic in unvaccinated people once the nation is reopened to the virus, Allen Cheng says.
The reason Australia Post delivery drivers aren’t knocking on your door
They are required to knock on the door three times and call out when possible, but a growing number of people say postal delivery drivers are just leaving collection slips.
77 shootings within a mile of home: Why our family left America
After eight years in New York, it was time to resettle our family in Australia. Why? Let me count the reasons.
Caroline Kennedy set to be US ambassador to Australia: report
The daughter of the late president John F. Kennedy previously served as US ambassador to Japan under Barack Obama.
Plastic fantastic as architect wins big prize for small project
A Sydney architect has again won a major award by turning unloved waste into building materials.
‘Virtually no protection’: Why Aussie homes are so cold
Low building standards, various design features, and a warm-weather mentality work against us in winter.
Turia Pitt: ‘I hope I’ve helped to shift the idea of what a model looks like’
The author, athlete and engineer discusses what makes her feel attractive, her near-death experience and why she feels lucky.
German reporter suspended after mud fakery is revealed
A German reporter has made a mess of her career after smearing mud on her face and clothes for a report on flooding.
Analysis
Q&A
What’s wrong with the once-mighty Q+A, and how to fix it
The departure of host Hamish Macdonald after 18 months has prompted questions about Q+A’s future and an opportunity to get it right.
Sydney
‘I do not consent’: Arrests after anti-lockdown protesters converge on Sydney’s CBD
Thousands of protesters are marching in Sydney’s CBD to protest widespread lockdowns in NSW, as crowds opposing COVID-19 restrictions gather in major cities across Australia.
John Barilaro asked to pass legislation to allow Friendlyjordies defamation defence
The NSW Deputy Premier is suing YouTube personality Jordan Shanks-Markovina, also known as Friendlyjordies, for defamation over two videos.
‘Real difficulties’ in moving Roberts-Smith defamation trial interstate: judge
The war veteran’s barrister has suggested the trial might be moved to Adelaide or Canberra to avoid a worsening COVID-19 outbreak in NSW.
Watchdog orders more defects to be fixed in Sydney’s Opal Tower
The orders were issued after inspectors found incorrectly fitted shades on the tower’s facade and fire-safety problems.
‘It’s a shemozzle’: Calls to postpone council elections
Millions of NSW residents are set to vote in local council elections within weeks, despite Greater Sydney and parts of regional NSW being in lockdown.
CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC
Pandemic stress: Lockdown threatens women’s jobs boom in NSW
One hallmark of the recovery from last year’s deep recession has been a surge in women’s employment but Sydney’s lockdown is likely to disrupt that trend.
Opinion
Experts undermining AstraZeneca rollout will cost lives
A section of the medical and scientific commentariat has peddled extreme anti-AstraZenecism. It’s academic dishonesty - and it will cost lives.
Dr Nick Coatsworth
Former Deputy Chief Medical Officer
Politics
Exclusive
Property market
Many voters fear home ownership is out of reach of young
Only 18 per cent of voters think young people in their area will be able to buy their own homes, according to a new survey that challenges government assurances about a boost to confidence from higher prices.
Business
Opinion
MyCareer
Think of your life’s legacy before others write about it
Obituaries can be inspiring in ways that perhaps we rarely feel about CVs.
Jim Bright
World
Climate crisis poses threat to world’s underground transportation
The designs of underground trains, based on the expectations of another era, are being overwhelmed, and investment in upgrades could be squeezed by the pandemic.
Opinion
What’s changed 17 years after I wrote a book about media, women and politics
Julia Baird
Journalist, broadcaster, historian and author
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Property bydomain
With just the bare essentials, this two-room weekender is jaw-dropping
"You just need to bring clothes," says the architect of this project in one of Victoria's most picturesque regions.
Sold: One of Sydney's most expensive holes in the ground finds a buyer
Elsewhere, rock publicist Patti Mostyn makes $6.6 million return to Sydney and Julie Singleton buys part of the Fairfax family's Retford Park estate.
Life & Culture
Why Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson is the action hero we need during lockdown
He might be Hollywood’s highest-earning actor but there is a likeably human side to The Rock.
Sport
Live
Tokyo Olympics
Tokyo Olympics LIVE updates: Kookaburras triumph; Millman into second round; Typhoon concern
The Kookaburras, John Millman and Australia’s rowers have started the local campaign in style.
Kookaburras overcome plucky Japan in opener
The hosts had led at half-time before the Australians regained their composure.
Updated
Tokyo Olympics
The Defiant Games: The Tokyo Olympics begins at last
Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike said the Japanese public would have to sacrifice their freedoms for the good of the athletes.
Tight Tour-to-Tokyo turnaround makes Games road race ‘a lottery’: Porte
Richie Porte believes his chances of winning a medal at the Olympics hinge on how he recovers from the gruelling, three-week event that finished last Sunday.
The 10 Australian swimmers you must know about at the Tokyo Games
Australia has medal prospects all over the Tokyo pool. Here are some of the key names as the Olympic program prepares to roar into life over the weekend.
Updated
Australian cricket
No new positive cases in West Indies, relief after ODI series cleared to finish
It was possible that both the West Indies series and the subsequent tour of Bangladesh may have been called off due to isolation requirements for either positive cases or close contacts.
Cowboys 16 Storm 20
Match report
Storm survive Cowboys surge to equal club record for consecutive wins
Melbourne Storm equalled their club record of 15 wins in a row when they saw off a spirited challenge by the North Queensland Cowboys.
Have Your Say
Coates’ cutting behaviour is exactly according to his cloth
So Coates and Palaszczuk worked out the details of her public belittling off-stage you say? That makes no sense.
Peter FitzSimons
Columnist and author
