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NSW records 1485 new local cases, three more deaths
Premier Gladys Berejiklian said 40 per cent of the state’s eligible residents are now fully vaccinated, with 73 per cent getting their first dose.
A baby and a nine-year-old on ventilators, another child with COVID-19 in intensive care
The children also have underlying health conditions and Sydney Children’s Hospital Network is supporting more than 2000 children with COVID-19.
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Jobs
Searching ‘non-stop’ for work for two months as lockdown crushes job creation
Job creation in Sydney has been slashed by the lockdown as new online employment postings in parts of the city’s west and south-west plunge more than 60 per cent.
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JobKeeper
Australian Christian Lobby received JobKeeper despite revenue surge
The conservative lobby group is one of a number of industry groups, think tanks and not-for-profits that received the JobKeeper payments even though their revenue surged or held up.
Shark attack north of Coffs Harbour, man in 30s dies from injuries
A man has died after being bitten by a shark at Shelly Beach on the NSW North Coast on Sunday morning.
‘We can’t just run away’: The everyday Kiwis who jumped into action during terror attack
When a known terrorist sympathiser launched a knife attack at an Auckland supermarket, ordinary people jumped into action.
‘He will be long gone’: Parent visas taking decades to process
Australia’s parent visa system has been labelled “completely and utterly broken” with some applications taking up to 50 years to be processed.
‘Go home’: Premier blasts Bartel friends for visiting house
The Victorian Premier says he expects authorities will treat those caught on video partying with Nadia Bartel the same as the people who attended an engagement party that breached lockdown.
‘Cracked screen’: the story behind footy WAG’s powder-snorting video
Nadia Bartel is dealing with the fallout from footage accidentally posted by her friend and business partner Ellie Pearson.
Opinion
Pop music
ABBA in their 70s take me back to my, well, ’70s
I found myself tearing up listening to ABBA’s first new songs in almost 40 years. It’s true I am a sucker for sentimental songs. But the depth of my emotion surprised me, and, it seems, my group of female friends - who I still call girlfriends though we are long past girlhood.
Helen Pitt
Journalist
Exclusive
Domestic violence
Surveillance, drones and kill switches: Abusers use technology to terrorise women
Technology is becoming an enabler, but also an extension, of the terror that women may already be experiencing through physical violence and emotional abuse, experts warn.
Analysis
Coronavirus pandemic
‘A fine line’: Labor grapples with a policy to open up
The next few months promise to be difficult for the federal Labor opposition as it tries to balance political support for the plan to re-open Australia with some ALP state premiers reluctant to budge.
‘The most amazing person’: De Rozario hails hero Sauvage
Madison de Rozario entered Paralympic folklore with victory in the T54 marathon by a single second as her coach Louise Sauvage watched on.
‘I gave everything’: Barty praises conqueror after shock defeat
The Australian’s quest for back-to-back major titles came to an end after Shelby Rogers staged a dramatic third-set comeback.
Opinion
Streaming
I laugh at the problematic plots, but romcoms are my lockdown lifeline
Can’t travel or meet people? Resort to a “Destination Romcom” where workaholic women meet handsome men in exotic locations.
Jessie Tu
NRL 2021
Opinion
Latrell Mitchell impact still positive despite it ending his season
Danny Weidler
Sport columnist
Rabbitohs 20 Dragons 16
Rising stars shine but Bennett not ruling out moving Walker to No.1 for finals
The Rabbitohs coach was coy when asked if 21-year-old fullback Blake Taaffe had done enough to retain his place in the squad to face Penrith next week.
Cowboys 16 Sea Eagles 48
Another night, another Trbojevic masterclass for Manly
Manly raced in 22 points in the final 10 minutes to smash North Queensland and cement a top-four finish as Tom Trbojevic starred yet again.
Sydney
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Coronavirus pandemic
‘We’re lucky to have help’: It takes a village to remote-school a child
Working parents trying to supervise remote learning are recruiting outside help because they are concerned about their children’s academic progress.
Selling homes, living on food vouchers: Performers suffering in long lockdown
The lockdowns in Sydney and Melbourne have pushed performers to their limits. This is how they describe the financial and emotional toll of the COVID-19 crisis and repeated lockdowns.
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Euthanasia
AMA ethics chair offers broad support for NSW assisted dying bill
Independent MP Alex Greenwich said he wants to see the issue resolved by the end of this parliamentary year.
Live performance may wait until 2022, need 85 per cent capacity to reopen
The peak body warned governments will need to “fund the gap” if venues are forced to operate at reduced capacity.
‘Reckoning’ over mistakes later: Labor leader backs plan to open at 70 per cent
“We can deal with what happened later on, but right now we have to focus on opening up,” says NSW Opposition Leader Chris Minns.
WEEKEND READS
Enduring the slights of a new partner’s children
Whimsical, insightful, amusing: Paul Connolly’s Kitchen Sink Drama is a slice of domestic life, captured masterfully in only 100 words, with watercolour illustrations by Jim Pavlidis. This week, gelling with a new partner’s children.
Two minutes with Danny Katz: when should a dog obey paw-ful English?
Once you know the intellectual proficiency of your dog, it’s a game-changer.
Politics
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Coronavirus pandemic
Hunt reassures parents on vaccines after UK ruling on jabs for young
Greg Hunt has moved to reassure Australian parents after UK experts advised holding off vaccinating healthy 12-15 year olds.
Business
First-home buyers struggle as prices continue to rise
First home buyers are losing out to cashed-up investors as higher prices start to bite.
Opinion
Home loans
My best 12 tips and tricks for first-home buyers
Jessica Irvine
Senior economics writer
World
Isaac was singing nursery rhymes when the blast hit
In a shaded museum garden, a child’s swing has been unveiled in the memory of Australian toddler Isaac Oehlers who lost his life in the Beirut blast.
Opinion
COVID paradox: No right to live with own risks but free to choose death
Parnell Palme McGuinness
Columnist and communications adviser
Without my dad, I longed for the Hollywood ideal of fatherhood
Brooke Boney
Entertainment and politics reporter
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Property bydomain
Inside Sydney's new luxury $500m+ apartment block
One of Sydney's most luxurious apartment developments is set to finally open its doors this month, five years after smashing price records.
Chris Meehan buys Palm Beach trophy home Gaelforce for $18.7m
Chris Meehan, the New Zealand property developer and close friend to Crown Princess Mary of Denmark, has made a grand return to Sydney’s property books.
Life & Culture
Bryan Brown’s first crime novel is ‘an extraordinary piece of work’
If the veteran actor ever decides to leave the industry, there is clearly another career waiting for him.
Sport
Titans 44 Warriors 0
Match report
Four sin-bins in a minute: Titans edge Sharks for last finals spot as Warriors implode
Needing to win by 11 points or more, the Gold Coast cruised into the finals at the expense of the Sharks. But that was only half the story as the Warriors lost the plot.
‘I gave everything’: Barty praises conqueror after shock US Open defeat
Ash Barty’s quest for back-to-back major titles came to an end in New York after world no.43 Shelby Rogers staged a dramatic third-set comeback.
Investigation
NRL 2021
Trust or bust: Revelations that leave Tigers on collision course with Maguire
In this second part of our investigation into the Wests Tigers, we focus on the erosion of trust between the coach, club and players that is holding the team back.
‘The most amazing person’: De Rozario hails hero Sauvage after marathon glory
Madison de Rozario etched herself into Paralympic folklore on Sunday with victory in the T54 marathon by a single second in front of her coach and mentor Louise Sauvage in the stands.
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US Open
Tomljanovic out of US Open, Djokovic lets emotions show
Ajla Tomljanovic had no answers for the power serving of Karolina Pliskova and Novak Djokovic continued his charge toward a Grand Slam year.
Cowboys 16 Sea Eagles 48
Match report
Another night, another Trbojevic masterclass secures Manly fourth spot
Manly raced in 22 points in the final 10 minutes to smash North Queensland and cement a top-four finish as Tom Trbojevic starred yet again.
Opinion
NRL 2021
Mitchell impact still positive despite it ending his season
The Souths star who spoke to 1050 kids on Zoom was a far cry from the one media outlets had portrayed in the previous few days.
Danny Weidler
Sport columnist
Have Your Say
‘I am a Paralympian’: How Clifford embodies true spirit of these Games
Despite Jaryd Clifford’s extraordinary running ability, he would not begin to concede my first assumption: that it would be more glorious for him to run in the Olympics than the Paralympics.
