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Watch: Foley gives update; NSW scraps quarantine for fully vaccinated
Hotel and home quarantine will no longer be required for people entering NSW, including those coming from overseas, from November 1 if they’re fully vaxxed.
Breaking
Coronavirus pandemic
Statewide vaccine mandate comes into effect as Victoria records 2179 cases, six deaths
All authorised workers now must be vaccinated with at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine to keep attending their workplaces.
Exclusive
Organised crime
Student ‘money mules’: Police smash multi-million dollar money laundering ring
Police believe former international students sold their identities and bank details, which were used to deposit cash and move it around the world.
Editorial
LGBT
Peter Dutton should find better ways to spend his time
Surely, such pettiness should be beneath an industrious government minister?
The Age's View
Editorial
Exclusive
Organised crime
Organised criminals operating with impunity, says AFP boss
A top police officer has described the size of Australian organised crime as ‘stunning’ as a new alleged crime ring is broken open at Sydney airport.
Banksy painting, returned to scene of shredding, auctions for $34.3m
‘I can’t tell you how terrified I am to bring down this hammer,’ joked Sotheby’s auctioneer Oliver Barker after 10 minutes of bidding.
Exclusive
Australian music
Aussie band Rufus Du Sol using ice baths and meditation in rise to top
The three-piece indie dance band Sydney has the big time internationally. Ice baths ensured they were literally chilled as they recorded a new album, Surrender.
Breaking
Glasgow summit
The Queen condemns ‘really irritating’ world leaders for snubbing Glasgow talks
Audio reveals the 95-year-old monarch sharing her unguarded views about the COP26 climate summit: “they talk, but they don’t do.”
Opinion
Climate policy
The ‘net’ in net zero emissions offers a huge temptation to cheat
We won’t get to zero emissions without the ‘net’, but that’s hard and presents us with a great temptation to turn the whole exercise into a rort.
Ross Gittins
Economics Editor
BHP shareholders strongly endorse climate plan
BHP shareholders have offered a resounding endorsement of the Australian mining giant’s climate transition strategy.
Access all areas: the Australian photographer celebrities embraced
Robert Rosen was a fixture in London’s clubs and catwalks and on the Sydney social scene in the 1980s and ’90s. But don’t call him part of the paparazzi.
Streets white with hail, floods in Gippsland as wild weather lashes Victoria
Hail blanketed select streets in Melbourne, there was flash flooding in Traralgon and a tornado has hit Armidale, north of Sydney.
Exclusive
Tax reform
‘The hardest thing’: Why there’s little progress on tax reform
Experts are warning past failures with tax promises will keep necessary reforms off the table at the 2022 election.
Exclusive
Government grants
Department in dark on car parks merit
Internal documents show the infrastructure department was unsure if commuter car park projects had merit.
Opinion
Daniel Andrews
Losing one cabinet minister is unfortunate, but seven is just careless
While it’s premature to call for Daniel Andrews to step aside, the Coalition should be highlighting the broader question of ministerial propriety.
Annika Smethurst
State Political Editor
SEE & DO
Eight things to watch once you’ve finished Squid Game
If, like much of the world, you’ve been binging the Korean hit all week, these similar suggestions should keep you in a pleasant headspace.
Opinion
The Home Alone reboot has me rooting for the robbers
Why can’t they just leave Home Alone, alone?
Thomas Mitchell
Culture reporter
Local
Anti-lockdown protester accused of plot to capture premier
An anti-lockdown protester accused of lighting a 5G phone tower on fire allegedly told police he dug a large hole in his backyard to imprison Premier Daniel Andrews.
‘Unprecedented’ tornado destroys properties in northern NSW
The Armidale tornado tore roofs off homes and damaged properties, following a similar weather event in Bathurst two weeks ago.
Analysis
Coronavirus pandemic
Pandemic border wars reveal the state of our nationhood
Australians risk jail by crossing a border within their own nation. But this strange federation has seen it all before ...
‘This is about our kids’: Masks ‘part of uniform’ for teachers
Teachers will wear protective gear to supervise some students sitting VCE exams as the state prepares for the staged return to campuses.
Cash for cyclists, new motorist fees to calm post-pandemic traffic
Cash incentives for cyclists, higher kerbside parking fares and new charges for motorists could pave the road to recovery for the CBD, after suffering the shocks of the COVID-19 pandemic.
TIME FOR TRUTH
Analysis
How preserving First Nations languages is a key part of preserving culture
Indigenous affairs journalist Jack Latimore joins Nathanael Cooper to discuss the importance of language in this edition of Please Explain.
20 Indigenous words you should know and some you might think you already do
Wurundjeri woman Mandy Nicholson explains the meaning of some of the most common Woiwurrung words.
Politics
Updated
IBAC Labor inquiry
Federal Labor MP quits intelligence committee role after admitting to branch stacking
Labor’s Anthony Byrne has quit as deputy chair of Parliament’s intelligence committee after his admission of branch stacking during an anti-corruption inquiry.
Business
A third of Tesla investors voted against James Murdoch’s reappointment
James Murdoch has suffered an investor rebellion at Tesla after coming under pressure over pay for his board role at Elon Musk’s electric carmaker.
World
In Beirut, deadly tensions flare amid anger over port blast probe
The Iran-backed Hezbollah accuse a Christian party of attacking its supporters, who were gathering to demand the removal of the judge investigating last year’s port blast.
Opinion
Sexual violence is a serious offence no matter the victim’s age
Daisy Smith, Meghan Wright, Amelia Grossi and Joseph Ibrahim
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Property bydomain
House price to continue to boom, but 'trickier territory' ahead
One of the big four banks has lifted its property price forecasts once again, but warns Australia is at the 'pointy end' of the property cycle.
The looming housing crisis that could leave a Covid hangover
It could be a slow path out of lockdown this summer, and one change that's fast approaching could leave many in housing stress.
Life & Culture
Cousin Greg as the next Logan Roy? Nicholas Braun on playing the man least likely
The Succession star has turned his character into a (bumbling) one to watch.
Sport
Breaking
Test cricket
‘I was devastated’: Paine shattered by latest Pucovski blow
Test captain Tim Paine has been in close contact with Will Pucovski since the exciting young batsman suffered his 10th concussion during a net session with Victoria.
Former premiership Hawks take aim at Kennett board
Former Hawthorn premiership players are part of a campaign, including a website, GoFundMe page and a paid political operative, aimed at changing the composition of Jeff Kennett’s Hawthorn board.
Skipper Finch says he’s ready to go for T20 World Cup
David Warner and Steve Smith’s underwhelming form and lack of matchplay are problems for Australia, but there is at least clarity on the fitness of the skipper.
Fan who caused Tour de France crash faces suspended sentence
As plans for a revived women’s Tour next year were unveiled, prosecutors called for a suspended sentence for the fan who caused a spectacular crash in this year’s race.
‘Extraordinary’: Walsh hailed after claiming maiden John Nicholls Medal
Sam Walsh, already an All-Australian and the fourth-placed finisher in this year’s Brownlow Medal, has capped a fine season by claiming Carlton’s top individual honour.
Updated
AFL 2021
Magpies keen to retain Cox but Sier and Thomas finishing at Collingwood
Collingwood want to keep Mason Cox for 2022 after losing back-up ruckman Max Lynch to Hawthorn.
Staff forced out of racing after refusing COVID-19 vaccine
On the eve of the Caulfield Cup, Peter Moody – the trainer of favourite Incentivise – is saying farewell to three of his staff who have chosen not to get vaccinated.
Have Your Say
Why the WBBL is better than the BBL
Comparisons really should be made between the WBBL and the BBL: they reveal how the women’s tournament is superior
Daniel Brettig
The Age chief cricket writer
