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Rapid antigen tests flagged for businesses; States agree to vaccine targets
Speaking after the national cabinet meeting, the Prime Minister said the Doherty Institute would undertake more work on re-opening for vulnerable groups.
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Vaccination
High risk businesses in COVID-19 hotspots to get mandatory vax backing
The industrial regulator is updating its guidance to employers over staff vaccination after previously advising the majority of businesses were unable to require employees to be vaccinated.
‘God is in control’: Hillsong comforts flock after founder charged by police
The board of the megachurch has offered comfort to members and criticised media coverage of Brian Houston’s handling of his late father’s sexual abuse of children.
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Federal politics
Man summonsed to appear over Brittany Higgins rape allegation
A 26-year-old man has been summonsed to appear in a Canberra court, in which police will allege he raped a woman in Parliament House.
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Arts
Art Gallery of NSW forecourt to be transformed with pools, removal of parking
Hoardings will go up within days at the Art Gallery of NSW as work begins on a new pedestrian plaza.
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Tokyo Olympics
Australian diver within reach of semi-final
Australian diver Cassiel Rosseau has moved up to fifth position in the preliminary rounds of the men’s 10m platform event.
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Hannah Green in medal position, but will she be able to play final round?
Tournament organisers have ordered the field back on course at dawn as they desperately try to avoid an approaching tropical storm in the final round.
‘Like a nutter’: How only one man could get Ash Moloney over the line to a medal
Cedric Dubler screamed at Ash Moloney to drive him to the line for Australia’s first decathlon medal ever and Australia’s first athletics medal of the Tokyo Games.
Opinion
Sunday Life
I’m losing patience with the endless pandemic positivity
Achievers who exceed the Recommended Daily Allowance of Smug really should be strung up by the nipples till, oh, about the start of the next millennium.
Kathy Lette
Writer
The Wallabies tactic to try to sink 35-year jinx
Wallabies coach Dave Rennie has gone about this year’s Bledisloe opener in Auckland a little differently.
‘Above and beyond anything seen’: Biggest rap yet for Turbo
Senior Manly players have delivered their highest and best praise yet for Tommy Trbojevic, who will try to end Melbourne’s white-hot run on Saturday night.
Opinion
Good Weekend
‘Classic self-mythologiser’: the larger-than-life story of Jock Zonfrillo
Celebrity chefs, Indigenous ingredients and the fallibility of human memory. Listen to our podcast to hear more about this charasmatic, tattooed MasterChef judge.
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Review
Billie Eilish uses new songs to take on trolls and stalkers
Billie Eilish’s Happier than Ever, Joe Lovano & Dave Douglas Sound Prints’ Other Worlds, Danil Trifonov’s Silver Age and Dot Allison’s Heart-Shaped Scars.
Tokyo Olympics
Opinion
Opinion
At end of an unprecedented Olympics, is it time to backpedal on the medals?
- by Malcolm Knox
Sydney
Students in Sydney hotspot areas will not return to school under new plan
Students in Sydney’s eight LGAs of concern will not return to school and all HSC trials and assessments will be done at home under the government’s revised plan.
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Crime
Hillsong pastor charged for allegedly concealing child sex abuse by father
Brian Houston, who has been living in the US and recently travelled to preach in Mexico, says he will return to Australia and fight to clear his name.
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Population
‘Echoes of the White Australia policy’: Minister wants discussion on population
Planning Minister Rob Stokes said that, despite having policies on everything from fruit flies to mythical panthers, NSW had no “policy on people”.
Cases surge in under-40s as virus spills to the regions
More than two-thirds of new COVID-19 cases in Sydney in 24 hours were in people aged under 40, increasing concerns about the long-term health impact of the Delta strain.
Families fear students with disabilities left behind in switch to remote learning
Renae’s 11-year-old son has two learning disabilities, as well as ADHD, which places him four years behind his peers. Now she fears he’s slipping even further, as his usual supports have dwindled during lockdown.
Politics
Opinion
Coronavirus pandemic
PM’s sermon to his worried troops from a ‘muddy track’
Scott Morrison has told his MPs they’re in a tough spot, but can still win. Anthony Albanese’s ranks, meanwhile, are not free of worry.
David Crowe
Chief political correspondent
Business
‘Half full’ Phil: RBA governor rebuffs recession fears
Governor Philip Lowe says the economy will shrink in the September quarter due to the latest lockdowns before rebounding in the final three months of the year, making a recession “quite unlikely”.
World
‘Big-hearted decision’: Joe Biden offers ‘safe haven’ to Hong Kong residents in US
China’s Foreign Ministry said Biden’s asylum offer “slandered and smeared Hong Kong’s national security law...and blatantly trampled on international law”.
Opinion
JobMuddle: Why didn’t we just bring back JobKeeper?
Andrew Charlton
Economic adviser to former Labor prime minister Kevin Rudd
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Property bydomain
Vaucluse house resold after one year for $15m, a $12,225 gain each day
The grand home was sold by the British Foreign Office a year ago for $10.66m, and if you were wondering how it is the rich are getting richer, read this.
Five lavish homes we'd rather spend lockdown in right now
Dreaming of a bigger abode? These are some of the bigger and better homes we wish we were spending lockdown in (if money wasn't an object).
Life & Culture
‘You can either find what’s funny or choose to be offended’
British art star Sarah Lucas is full of mischief and provocative comment. Take the banana-eating self-portraits coming to her first solo show in Australia.
Sport
Opinion
Tokyo Olympics
At end of a Games like no other, is it time to backpedal on the medals?
There are lots of reasons not to get sucked in by the medals table, a gimmick and guilty pleasure too often turned into a boast. It excludes too many successful achievements.
Malcolm Knox
Journalist, author and columnist
Australia fall short of record gold in beach volleyball final
Taliqua Clancy and Mariafe Artacho del Solar were trying to win Australia’s first beach volleyball gold medal since Sydney 2000 - but were swept aside by the gun Americans.
The Wallabies tactic to try to sink jinx and blossom in garden of Eden
Whether it will help the Wallabies snap a 35-year losing run to New Zealand in Auckland, Dave Rennie has gone about this year’s Bledisloe opener a little differently.
Analysis
Tokyo Olympics
Forget heartbreak, there are lessons for Matildas to learn for 2023 World Cup
Matildas coach Tony Gustavsson is trying to use disappointment to fuel Australia’s 2023 World Cup campaign. But tactical failures can’t be forgotten.
Bloods brothers: How COVID has strengthened ties that bind Swans
Already tight-knit after the challenges of 2020, this year’s tumult has further strengthened the connection among Swans players, says Callum Mills.
Life in the fast lane: McSweyn keen for a hot pace in 1500m final
Stewart McSweyn wants a fast final but he won’t need to take the lead to force the pace, believes Australia’s middle-distance coach Nic Bideau.
Biff, beers and Brookvale: why Hasler and Bellamy are best of enemies
The intense rivalry between Manly and Melbourne has produced many famous - and infamous - moments. The one constant has been two coaches cut from the same cloth.
Have Your Say
Where the All Blacks are strong, and where the Wallabies will target them
The partnership between Richie Mo’unga and David Havili is where the All Blacks’ strength lies, but also where the opportunities present themselves for Australia.
