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Coronavirus pandemic
WestConnex sale to pay down debt, not fund $5b recovery fund
The bulk of the NSW government’s pandemic recovery spending is earmarked for western Sydney, but only a fraction of the money will come from the sale of the motorway.
Cracked trams take inner west light rail out of action for at least a month
Transport Minister Rob Stokes will direct the state’s safety investigators to look into the cracking that has grounded the fleet. “We’ll be asking them also to undertake a review into this incident. I’m obviously concerned because it affects the entirety of the fleet,” he said.
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Melbourne Cup
Minister criticises activists, Tralee Rose cleared of serious injury after leg cut
Victorian sports minister Martin Pakula has questioned the motives of animal welfare activists after no runners were seriously injured at the Melbourne Cup.
Almost very elegant fashion at Flemington wins the Melbourne Cup
Colour, tradition and a dash of celebrity produced memorable looks on the field at Flemington’s signature race day.
Analysis
AUKUS
Officials fear leaking Macron’s texts crossed a line amid US tension
Australia’s decision to leak text messages from French President Emmanuel Macron made some officials believe a line had been crossed that risked alienating the Biden administration.
Opinion
Coal
BHP’s exit from thermal coal would be gift wrapped for COP26
Market forces have done the heavy lifting on Australia’s decarbonising push but, in part, it’s a default leadership courtesy of a government policy vacuum.
Elizabeth Knight
Business columnist
Editorial
Foreign relations
Morrison should end this schoolyard fight with France
Notwithstanding the bad feeling over the cancelled submarine deal with France, Australia now finds itself at the centre of a geopolitical row which is testing our PM’s diplomatic skills.
The Herald's View
Editorial
Malnourished aged care residents left to fend for themselves during COVID outbreaks
Distressed aged care residents were left to fend for themselves in deadly coronavirus outbreaks last year, with a new report re-igniting calls for a national inquiry.
State hires sleuths to investigate anti-vax teachers
COVID-19 restrictions are being eased in schools from next week, with volunteers allowed back in and music ensembles permitted for instruments played with masks.
Cambodia’s strongman takes pot shot at Australia on ‘overdue’ vaccines
Hun Sen has questioned when Australia will deliver on a pledge of 2 million Pfizer doses, saying he will buy more from China if they don’t turn up.
Troy Grant’s father ‘drinking red wine, dozing in chair’ before hit-and-run, court told
A sleep expert has told the District Court it is unlikely Kenneth Grant was sleepwalking when his car fatally ran over a man in 2019.
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Crime
Attempted murder charge after officer slashed on the head
Police say the 38-year-old man allegedly attacked a probationary constable about 11.20am at a unit on Punt Road, Gladesville.
Cleo Smith abduction probably ‘opportunistic’, taskforce boss says
Superintendent Rod Wilde said police were trying to understand how Cleo could have been taken from the family’s tent without anyone realising until the morning.
How ‘twin stress’ affects women when they take on too much
While the post-pandemic WFH lifestyle may be a godsend for working women practically, it may well be detrimental to our health.
AIS to provide mental health support as part of FA investigations
Mental health experts from the Australian Institute of Sport will be on hand to assist those impacted by the complaints process into Football Australia.
GLASGOW CLIMATE SUMMIT
Opinion
PM needs to tell a good story, not just a strong climate plan
Rebecca Huntley
Researcher and author
Analysis
Slurs, lies and sledges: is Macron or Morrison telling the whole story?
At the heart of the collapse of Emmanuel Macron and Scott Morrison’s relationship are two questions.
Analysis
Carbon offsetting: does it actually work?
Australia’s plan to reach net zero by 2050 claims up to 20 per cent of reductions will come from carbon offsets. But should they only be used as a last resort?
Sydney
Cycleway, 30-metre high sculpture and parks for new airport motorway
A shared cycling and walking path branching off into surrounding parks will be a key feature of a 16-kilometre motorway connecting the future Western Sydney airport to the rest of the city.
School restrictions ease in NSW, but instruments can only be played with masks
COVID restrictions in NSW schools will ease slightly from next week, with assemblies and presentations allowed outdoors and day excursions permitted.
NSW brings forward more freedoms for vaccinated, delays easing of restrictions for unvaccinated
Fully vaccinated people will be able to have unlimited visitors to their home among eased restrictions brought forward across the state.
NSW Premier will await ICAC findings before reviewing rules on phones
Dominic Perrottet will await advice before considering whether rules around private phones and technology used by ministers need strengthening.
NSW optimistic about 95% vaccine coverage target
Data shows 93.6 per cent of NSW residents aged 16 and over have received a first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.
MELBOURNE CUP
Updated
Tralee Rose to be monitored after being galloped on in the Cup
Tralee Rose was sent to Werribee Veterinary Hospital for precautionary scans after the 161st running of the Melbourne Cup, but she has escaped serious injury.
Analysis
‘Substandard? It will go down as one of the great Cups’: Beaten Euro
There was plenty of debate about the quality of this year’s Cup field, but the European raiders say critics don’t know what they are talking about.
Politics
Stokes advisor gets position on WA stadium operator board
Sport and Recreation Minister Tony Buti announced Guy Houston’s appointment to the VenuesWest board alongside UWA director Chris Massey.
Business
Opinion
Epstein fallout
The reign of Barclays boss Jes Staley was haunted by ghosts
Jes Staley quit as Barclays chief because of controversy over his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. It’s a sudden end to a six-year stint in which professional success has been tainted by personal misjudgments
Paul J. Davies
World
Last-ditch bid to spare mentally impaired man from hanging
“He doesn’t get what’s happening,” say lawyers for the convicted drug trafficker, who will be the first executed prisoner since 2019.
Opinion
An extraordinary political moment that is dangerous for Morrison
David Crowe
Chief political correspondent
Serious questions, much at stake as ICAC probes Berejiklian’s assertions
Anthony Whealy
Chair of the Centre for Public Integrity
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Property bydomain
The city where 13 new suburbs have joined the million-dollar-plus club
Interstate movers are outbidding local buyers, and setting suburb records in the process.
Tamarama smashes suburb record with $25m house sale
Who needs harbourfront housing when the oceanfront eastern beaches market is producing records like this?
Lifestyle
‘I felt like something was missing’: Emily Ratajkowski is a work in progress
The supermodel’s first book, titled My Body, is a collection of essays that “were written to try to figure out what I believed,” she says.
Culture
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Review
Tori Amos’ latest songs protest the final days of the Trump presidency
This week, critics listened to new tunes from Tori Amos, The War on Drugs and Lana Del Rey.
Sport
In 160 years, no horse had won from gate 18. Then McDonald showed up
The best jockey in the country came up with a Melbourne Cup ride for the ages from a barrier that had long been cursed. How did he do it?
‘I didn’t want to run her’: Waller’s startling admission over Verry Elleegant’s Cup triumph
While other Sydney-based trainers and even Ireland’s Joseph O’Brien made last-minute dashes to Melbourne, the champion conditioner watched his first Cup victory from home.
‘New lease of life’: Munster prepares to exit rehab
Melbourne star is in a ‘really good headspace’ as he recovers from alcohol issues, according to Storm chairman Matt Tripp.
The best of the best deliver a Verry Elleegant Melbourne Cup success
Verry Elleegant showed she is best of her generation with dominant Melbourne Cup victory.
Updated
Melbourne Cup
‘She is a champion’: Verry Elleegant stamps pedigree with Melbourne Cup win
Verry Elleegant has won the 2021 Melbourne Cup, the mare’s first and a maiden Cup win for trainer Chris Waller and jockey James McDonald.
AIS to provide mental health support as part of FA investigations
Mental health experts from the Australian Institute of Sport will be on hand to assist those impacted by the complaints process into Football Australia.
‘I wanted to win it for her as much as anything’: McDonald hails champion
Verry Elleegant has been a project for James McDonald - and the work the jockey has put in over the last three years was rewarded in spectacular style at Flemington on Tuesday.
Have Your Say
Trio get ‘Big C’ tag after win befitting Light Fingers, Higgins and Bart
Surely, those that want to bag the Melbourne Cup and treatment to horses couldn’t find fault with Tuesday’s chapter.
