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Residents of Richmond apartment block asked to isolate
Residents of a Richmond apartment building have been told to isolate for 14 days after it was connected to a positive case.
Four new local cases in Victoria linked to known outbreaks; Qld red zones spark footy scramble
Victoria has recorded four new local cases on Sunday, all linked to current outbreaks and all of which were in isolation while infectious.
COVID carrots and sticks: How sport, arts and business grapple with the jab
What sort of incentives may be offered to the vaccinated masses? And what penalties might be imposed on people who hold out?
Opinion
Australia's Pandemic
The pandemic is hitting us all but the message isn’t cutting through
In any emergency — bushfires, floods, pandemics — the most important resource is communication.
Jon Faine
Columnist
Live
Tokyo Olympics
Records tumble as Australian women win thrilling 4x100m medley relay
Cate Campbell was heroic in what may be her final swim in the Olympic pool. Emma McKeon was immense in the butterfly leg. Chelsea Hodges hung so tough in the breaststroke leg. They win with an Olympic record
Breaking
Swimming
Australia win ninth gold in pool as McKeon snares her own seventh medal
Emma McKeon won gold in the 50m freestyle before Australia came from behind to defeat the US and re-write the record books in the women’s 4x100 medley relay.
Opinion
Olympics
Simone Biles shows the quiet dignity of refusing to participate
Jacqueline Maley
Columnist and senior journalist
A reel Melbourne story: Kodak collection a 17-year focus for curator
A new online Museums Victoria exhibition gives a snapshot of some of the 40,000 pieces from Kodak’s Australian business.
Exclusive
Science
‘My son does not have a grandad’: Allegations of unethical conduct after man dies of prostate cancer
The children of the man who died in 2015 made an official complaint to the regulator over his treatment by a practitioner at the National Institute of Integrative Medicine.
Exclusive
Census
What the religion question in the census really measures
Australians have been asked to identify their religion since the 1911 census but the seemingly simple question is increasingly contentious.
Opinion
Investing
Should you borrow money to invest in shares?
Riding the rollercoaster of volatile sharemarkets using the proceeds of an investment loan secured by your home is fraught with risk.
Jessica Irvine
Senior economics writer
Updated
AFL 2021
Victoria holds the key to keeping the AFL season alive
Victoria holds the key to the completion of the AFL season, after three matches had to be postponed and relocated because of Queensland’s snap lockdown.
‘After the car hit me, I saw myself on the bonnet, begging the driver to stop’
Former lawyer Kate Cliff, 36, radically altered the course of her life after she had a brush with death 10 years ago.
Hugh Sheridan: ‘I wasn’t opposed to meeting a girl, but it just so happened I met a guy’
“I’d actually met another guy at the same party who was kinder and nicer,” says the actor on his relationship.
Saying goodbye to my awful menopause symptoms with HRT
Like many women, I’d heard mixed reports on using hormone therapy, so naturally had quite a few questions for my gynaecologist beforehand.
Local
Exclusive
Coronavirus pandemic
From 6000 to 60,000 a day: How Victoria’s testing rate has climbed
On Tuesday last week a record 59,355 coronavirus tests were processed in a day, and although it challenged the system, it didn’t break it.
The new questions that will (and won’t) be asked in next month’s census
Census night is just around the corner, with millions of people set to log on to provide a snapshot of the country’s demographics.
Men in their 40s warned of risks of ‘advanced paternal age’
As research shows the sperm of fathers, especially in those over 45, is less vigorous than in younger men, researchers warn men not to delay fatherhood.
Remote Cape Howe on the ocean front line for climate change
A remote marine wilderness in eastern Victoria is on the front line of climate change.
One million Victorians fully vaccinated as door opens to tens of thousands more
The milestone comes as Victoria widened the gap between Pfizer doses, allowing ‘many tens of thousands’ more people to get at least partial protection against the Delta variant.
WEEKEND READS
Losing my mum sent me on a path to sobriety. One year on, I’m grateful it did
In many ways, my main reason for staying off the grog is strangely similar to those who don’t want to give it up.
‘Lap of the Map’: Meet the families beating border restrictions to explore Australia
A growing number of families are choosing to travel around Australia but the COVID-19 crisis can cause havoc with even the best-laid plans.
Politics
‘Targets are too low’: Experts warn road map has herd immunity shortfall
While the move by national cabinet to set targets for vaccination has been welcomed by health experts, some warn the 70 per cent goal is too low to achieve herd immunity.
Business
Opinion
Property market
Don’t let FOMO rush you into the property market
Do your utmost to limit your borrowings. And, most importantly, remember that the time to buy a home is when you are ready.
Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon
Money contributor
Opinion
Banking products
A $30b bank buyback bonanza in store for investors
Adele Ferguson
Investigative journalist and columnist
World
Murder charge for man accused of killing Australian in ute attack
Jeremy Barrett was killed and nine other injured when Shawn Chock last month sped his ute into a group of cyclists taking part in a community road race.
Opinion
Biles shows the quiet dignity of refusing to participate
Jacqueline Maley
Columnist and senior journalist
The world gives Australia a glimpse into its own COVID future: let’s not waste it
Parnell Palme McGuinness
Columnist and communications adviser
Pressure valve released at the pool as meet turns into a carnival
Malcolm Knox
Journalist, author and columnist
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Property bydomain
The COVID effect: Once-quiet coastal spots soar 75 per cent in a year
These former holiday towns have seen the COVID effect hit, with home buyers looking to escape the coronavirus pandemic arriving en masse.
The love stories that sparked a house price boom in this far-flung town
While the 25 per cent house price growth has taken onlookers by surprise, locals know there are a thousand touching love stories behind the numbers.
Life & Culture
Opinion
Private Sydney
Brummer found peace in anonymity, but his death reveals he is far from forgotten
Dieter Brummer was a product of Australia’s very well-oiled television soap machine. But glories did not await him as he became one of many one-time household names from the world of soaps who disappeared into the pop culture.
Andrew Hornery
Private Sydney Columnist
Sport
Breaking
Cricket Australia
A new generation: Bailey replaces Hohns as selection chair
George Bailey’s appointment as Australia’s new selection chair marks an enormous generational shift, following the retirement of Trevor Hohns - making the former national white ball captain the youngest helmsman of the national panel in living memory.
Breaking
Tokyo Olympics
Australia win ninth gold in pool as McKeon snares her own seventh medal
Emma McKeon won gold in the 50m freestyle before Australia came from behind to defeat the US and re-write the record books in the women’s 4x100 medley relay.
Analysis
AFL 2021
Not Buckley’s hope: the road ahead for Sam Mitchell after Clarkson
There are some hazards ahead for Sam Mitchell in following coaching icon Alastair Clarkson, but he has been given a better hand than Nathan Buckley inherited from Mick Malthouse.
World’s best ‘on my hit list’: Australian soars into 100m semis with 10.01s heat run
Rohan Browning has delivered when the stakes were highest, in the biggest race of his life at the Olympics against the best field he has raced and ran into history for Australia.
Live
Tokyo Olympics
Tokyo Olympics LIVE updates: Records tumble as McKeon, women’s 4x100m medley relay win more gold, Martin claims first ever BMX gold
All sorts of records have tumbled in the pool as Emma McKeon claimed two gold medals today. The first in the 50m freestyle, the second in a thrilling 4x100m medley relay.
Updated
Tokyo Olympics
‘Less than a beer can’: Denny’s personal best discus throw agonisingly short of a medal
Matthew Denny produced a career-best performance to fall agonising short of becoming the first Australian man to win a medal in discus at an Olympic Games.
Updated
AFL 2021
Victoria holds the key to keeping the AFL season alive
Victoria holds the key to the completion of the AFL season, after three matches had to be postponed and relocated because of Queensland’s snap lockdown.
Have Your Say
Not Buckley’s hope: the road ahead for Sam Mitchell after Clarkson
There are some hazards ahead for Sam Mitchell in following coaching icon Alastair Clarkson, but he has been given a better hand than Nathan Buckley inherited from Mick Malthouse.
