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Nationals accept net zero target by 2050
Nationals MPs backed the goal in a tense meeting on Sunday that cleared the way for policies within days to adopt cleaner fuels, electric vehicles, and more renewable energy.
Opinion
Emissions
Joyce’s reluctance was key to outcome
The net zero pledge is a defining moment, but the real test is the action, not the promise.
David Crowe
Chief political correspondent
The case of solicitor XY and the six-figure payout that went missing
Hanadi Rafraf was awarded $453,472 for injuries she sustained in a car accident. But that’s not what her solicitor told her.
NSW’s ‘extraordinary’ vaccination rates save state from horror October
NSW’s ‘extraordinary’ vaccination rates has prevented the horror October the state was warned to expect.
Corporate Australia bites the bullet to mandate vaccines
As Australia re-opens, the nation’s largest employers are no longer shy about enforcing the COVID-19 jab.
Doughnut day for Parramatta as vaccination rates soar
More than 85 per cent of eligible Parramatta residents are fully vaccinated, and 94 per cent have received at least one dose.
For the first time in 30 years, the IB exams will begin before the HSC
Dylan’s mates picked the HSC over the IB because it finished earlier. Now he’ll do his last exams when they are doing their first.
Sydney’s newest oldest neighbourhood to help revive the CBD
Just when your back is turned, Sydney has spawned a new neighbourhood in the heart of the city.
Turning a NSW ‘dumping site’ into a world-class farm
A community not-for-profit group set out to create jobs for refugees, and ended up with one of the world’s largest urban permaculture farms.
Car seen on Blow Holes Road around time Cleo went missing
Police issued an urgent call for the driver or its occupants to contact them to establish what they were doing there.
Exclusive
Media & marketing
Experts say fracking website is fake grassroots campaign
A website purporting to represent people from the Northern Territory who support fracking was registered by a former Liberal staffer in Sydney.
Opinion
Tragedy
Conditions on set where Hutchins was shot sickeningly familiar to Aussie crews
No protocols can keep people safe in an environment where an employer is willing to cut corners.
Kelly Wood
Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance director
‘Needle spiking’ in Britain stirs alarm over new kind of assault
Lizzie Wilson was in a nightclub when she felt a pinch in her back. Minutes later, she was struggling to stand.
Explainer
Aviation
‘A lot of box-ticking’: What will it be like to travel overseas again?
Thinking of heading up, up and away? Pack your vaccination documents along with your passport and toothbrush.
From bikes to booze: global supply chain is on its knees
The integration of the global supply chain has served the world well for years. However, it’s now under pressure just as the economy recovers.
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Opinion
Five Minutes with Fitz
In one word, Fran Kelly, how would you describe ... Barnaby Joyce?
Peter FitzSimons
Columnist and author
GLASGOW CLIMATE SUMMIT
Top oil exporter Saudi Arabia pledges net-zero emissions by 2060
The announcement from the major fossil fuel producer was timed to make a splash before the start of the global COP26 climate conference being held in Glasgow, Scotland.
Exclusive
Nationals MPs’ group chat explodes over climate, PMO leak claims
Leaked messages reveal Nationals MPs believe the Prime Minister’s office is leaking against them.
Sydney
Why university students are still hanging out with their high school friends
Thanks to COVID, campus has become a place for undergraduates to visit just once or twice a week.
Schools turn to solar power, helping state cut emissions
Jamison High School is the latest to ramp up its renewables systems and use solar energy and batteries to help fuel its operations.
Westmead saved Kobi’s life. His family is trying to give back
Kobi Doyle spent the first year of his life at Westmead’s Grace Centre for Newborn Intensive Care after turning blue.
Exclusive
Emerald City
Macpherson turns heads with deleted ‘Aborigine’ ancestry remarks
“My eyes are almost black, that’s the Aborigine in me,” the mother-of-two stated during an online beauty tutorial.
Opinion
Private Sydney
When it comes to Wilkinson’s salary woes, I’m struggling to sympathise
It turns out getting sacked may have been one of the best money spinners in Wilkinson’s career.
Andrew Hornery
Private Sydney Columnist
WEEKEND READS
Thomas Keneally: ‘If my wife didn’t sort me out, I wouldn’t be the bloke I am now’
“We’ve been married for 56 years. After that time you know what brought you together and what’s driven you apart.”
Extract
Australian flies blind into eye of an Arctic storm and into history
The first men in history to complete the hardest, most dangerous and most improbable flight flew 22 hours and 20 minutes non-stop over the Arctic.
Politics
Christian Lobby boasts religious freedom laws will include ‘Folau clause’
Australian Christian Lobby boss Martyn Iles said the Religious Discrimination Bill will include the controversial clause.
Business
After ‘watershed moment’, second US Bitcoin fund makes quiet debut
It always helps to be first, and the US group launching the second Bitcoin Futures ETF have found that out the hard way.
Opinion
Ask an expert
Benefits in cashing in investment property and paying off your home
George Cochrane
World
Italian ex-minister slams decision to call Gere as witness to kidnapping trial
Right-wing politician Matteo Salvini has been charged with kidnapping over an incident in 2019 when he was interior minister.
Opinion
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Gretel Packer sells Hudson House office for $13.5m
Billionaire Gretel Packer just can't seem to help but turn a profit since she settled on her share of her father Kerry Packer's estate.
Regional rent crisis: 'Unsustainable prices' spread acute stress
Rapidly rising rents, some upwards of 20 per cent, are pricing tenants out of their communities as locals struggle to compete against tree-changers.
Lifestyle
How a self-confessed ‘yes woman’ learned to say ‘no’
There’s a big difference between healthy give and take and endlessly putting up with requests or expectations that are making you miserable.
Culture
Comedian and actor Bill Bailey goes in search of the new normal
Bailey has been taking stock of how the world has changed during the pandemic and where we go from here.
Sport
‘I wanted white skin’: Why Khawaja went from changing himself to game changer
When he was younger, Usman Khawaja wanted to change himself to fit in. Now, he wants to change cricket.
‘There was no pressure’: Matildas say fans were their only motivation
The Matildas’ first home game in nearly two years came against a backdrop of poor form and allegations of a toxic culture, but they responded with their best display in a year.
Langer expects runs to be at a premium in T20 World Cup
Justin Langer expects more low-scoring matches and tight finishes in the T20 World Cup after Australia scrambled home against South Africa.
Perry admits Sixers need to take stock after second straight defeat
The Sixers were unable to chase down the Renegades’ target modest target of 119 on Sunday after another failure by the top order.
Analysis
Wallabies
Japan are no pushovers, so don’t diminish value of the Wallabies’ win
After a full Rugby Championship campaign, the idea that Australia’s struggle in beating the Brave Blossoms was down to rust is almost laughable.
Updated
Cox Plate
‘A brush, not a bump’, but Hall of Fame jockeys argue Cox Plate call was wrong
Victoria’s top steward has shot down speculation his panel were split over whether to take the race from State Of Rest, but described the decision as a “very tight call”.
Analysis
Cricket World Cup
Australia rewrite blueprint to come up with winning Twenty20 formula
Australia made several significant changes to their strategy, dominating South Africa’s batsmen in their T20 World Cup opener.
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It’s coming home: Matildas return in style after thrilling win against Brazil
After a month of intense scrutiny, the Matildas lapped up every moment of their first match on home soil in almost 600 days.
