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‘Lockdowns less likely’: 70 per cent vaccination target revealed
Scott Morrison hopes Australia gets to a stage where 70 per cent of the population is fully vaccinated, by the end of the year, but says “we’re not going to put timetables on it.”
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Coronavirus pandemic
‘Special rules’: Vaccinated Australians to avoid lockdown restrictions once 70% target hit
Vaccinated Australians will be able to avoid some lockdown restrictions and international border rules will be loosened once enough people get both doses of a vaccine.
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Hawthorn
Clarkson to receive near-$1m payout as he and Hawthorn part ways
Hawthorn have asked the AFL about the rules for spreading a termination payment out over multiple years, perhaps three seasons.
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Tragedy
‘Instructor cushioned blow’: Man dies in tandem skydiving incident, another critical
Police say the skydiving instructor attempted to cushion the landing for the other man and asked paramedics if he could stand up during the 20 minutes they treated him before he died.
The Age Book of the Year: It’s coming back and here’s the shortlist
After a hiatus of a few years, the newspaper is bring back its literary award.
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Tokyo Olympics
Australia has another gold as sailor Matt Wearn opens up an unassailable lead
Wearn opened up the lead in the Laser category after the 10th race at Enoshima today. He finished the race in eighth spot, ensuring regardless of where he ends up in the double points medal race he will still walk away with gold, the third straight Olympics Australia has won the category.
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Loading‘I’m so proud of you’: McKeon pips Campbell in 100m freestyle final
Australia has its sixth gold medal in the pool, and ninth of the Games, making Tokyo more successful than Rio.
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Tokyo Olympics
Japan tops 10,000 coronavirus cases per day
Hospitals are now filling up in Tokyo with half of all beds already occupied and three more prefectures hosting events are going into a state of emergency.
‘I can’t believe it’s over’: Australian BMX star Saya Sakakibara out after crash
Sakakibara led throughout the course. As she leapt into the final ditch of the concrete course her bike appeared to skid, before another rider landed on top of her.
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Fire
Fire breaks out at Tesla Big Battery; toxic smoke warning issued
Emergency services have issued a toxic smoke warning after a fire erupted during testing of Victoria’s new Tesla Big Battery, the biggest lithium-ion battery in the country.
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Population
Tasmania among best places to ride out global societal collapse, paper says
But if the skies were to darken, seas swell and economies crumble, the best place to ride out global collapse of civilisation, would be New Zealand.
‘It was just like being on Mars’: The prize-winning image that says so much
Sydney photographer Joel B. Pratley has won this year’s National Photographic Portrait Prize.
Discovering the real Stockholm Syndrome: hotel quarantine in 14 not-so-easy stages
A fortnight in a five-star hotel with 24-hour room service. Easy as, right? So are the best-laid plans of mice and men.
Jodie Whittaker to leave sci-fi series Dr Who in 2022
The British actor, who was the first woman to take on the lead role in sci-fi series, described the role as “the best job I have ever had”.
Tokyo Olympics
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Rowing
‘Pretty upsetting’: Australia miss medals in rowing eight, Canada and NZ win
- by Malcolm Knox
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Coronavirus pandemic
‘Not there yet’: Minister urges compliance as Victoria records three local cases
Health Minister Martin Foley has urged Victorians to stick to social distancing rules as Melbourne wastewater detections cause concern.
Housing groups call for ‘ring of steel’ to protect struggling renters
A Tenants Victoria survey of 400 renters found that 70 per cent had taken a financial hit during the state’s latest lockdown, losing an average of $1280 in income.
‘All my life was a room’: Refugee sues for ‘unlawful’ hotel detention
Mostafa “Moz” Azimitabar, 35, was held in suburban Melbourne hotels for more than a year in makeshift detention which he intends to prove in the Federal Court was unlawful.
‘He lost it’: Finks bikie boss turned stay-at-home dad fined over strip club assault
The current world president of the Finks bikie gang says he is a reformed stay-at-home dad after pleading guilty to assaulting a man outside a Melbourne strip club. Watch the video here.
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Courts
Man killed Victorian wife just months after forced marriage
The court heard Mohammad Ali Halimi had become frustrated about his failed attempts to kindle the marriage before he brutally murdered his wife in WA.
CORONAVIRUS CRISIS
NSW records 170 new COVID-19 cases, year 12s to be vaccinated at Qudos Arena
Only 65 of the cases were in isolation for their entire infectious period.
AstraZeneca creator says Australia’s mixed messages on vaccine may cost lives
Dame Sarah Gilbert made the intervention amid a heated debate over whether the wider use of the vaccine could have prevented lockdowns in Sydney and Melbourne.
Politics
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Defamation
Sky News pays $40,000 plus costs to avoid Hanson-Young defamation suit
The money will be donated to the Australian Youth Climate Commission after Sky News wrongly aired claims the Greens senator involved her niece in a dangerous anti-logging protest.
Business
Opinion
Competition
Why politics has gone bad: bureaucrats down, party advisers up
Ministers are relying less on advice from public servants and relying more on the political advisers in their own offices.
Ross Gittins
Economics Editor
World
Afghan forces face enemies within as Taliban infiltrate crumbling ranks
As a senior US official admitted: “If you don’t have fuel, the Afghan army doesn’t fight. And if they’re not being paid, they don’t fight.”
Opinion
The ruthless decision Albanese had to make
David Crowe
Chief political correspondent
Every tool must be deployed to suppress outbreak
Melinda Cilento
Are employees a cause of bad management?
James Adonis
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Property bydomain
Revealed: Inside Melbourne's flash new $40 million-plus listing
The most expensive property for sale in Melbourne this year was treated to a $15 million international designer renovation. Take a look.
The tale behind Brett McLeod's Fitzroy North terrace
The Nine News presenter is packing his bags to take up one of media’s most coveted gigs in Europe and selling his treasured terrace with a story of its own.
Life & Culture
Opinion
Comedy
Does this new Prince George spoof step over the line?
A new HBO cartoon portrays a Family Guy-style royal family starring a bitchy, sassy Prince George. Is that OK?
Nick Miller
Arts Editor
Sport
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NBA
‘It means the world’: Josh Giddey joins Oklahoma City with the sixth pick in the NBA draft
Josh Giddey will join the Oklahoma City Thunder after being selected with the sixth overall pick in Friday’s NBA draft.
Mixed 4x100m medley relay explained: Australia’s possible medal-winning combinations
Kyle Chalmers or Emma McKeon? Kaylee McKeown or Mitch Larkin? Ahead of the first Olympic mixed 4x100m medley relay, we examine who Australia should pick.
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Hawthorn
Clarkson to receive $900,000 payout as he and Hawthorn part ways
Hawthorn have asked the AFL about the rules for spreading a termination payment out over multiple years, perhaps three seasons, as The Age revealed the four-time premiership coach would leave the club.
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Australian cricket
Chief selector Trevor Hohns, the last link to Australia’s dominant era, retires
Trevor Hohns, whose time in charge of selection adds up to a combined 16 years, quietly managed successful transitions of several generations of international cricketers.
Who to watch on the track in Tokyo
The Olympics’ biggest, most watched, sport has started, with the athletics launching into 10 days of track and field in Tokyo. This year there’s no Sally Pearson, no Usain Bolt, and no crowds. It truly will be different.
Pies bear little resemblance to 2018 ahead of date with Eagles
Nine first-gamers and a new coach at Collingwood this season highlight just how much change the powerhouse club has undergone since the 2018 grand final thriller against the West Coast Eagles.
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Tokyo Olympics
Tokyo Olympics LIVE updates: Wearn, McKeon win gold in sailing, pool; bronze for Campbell, Matildas face Great Britain in quarters
Emma McKeon claimed gold in the 100m freestyle final while Cate Campbell took silver, with the Matildas set to play for a place in the medal rounds.
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The stakes are high for David Teague - has he lost the players?
St Kilda are only half a game outside the eight, and Carlton not far behind, but Friday night’s clash is between arguably the two biggest disappointments of the season.
