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Coronavirus pandemic
WestConnex sale to pay 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.
NSW delays freedoms for unvaccinated residents
The changes will mean restrictions set to ease for all residents on December 1 will instead ease only for people who have received both doses of a COVID-19 vaccine.
Analysis
AUKUS
Officials fear leaking Macron’s texts crossed a line amid US tensions
The co-ordinated leak to three newspapers wouldn’t just make an already toxic relationship with the French even worse. But it risked further alienating the Biden administration.
Climate summit struggles to agree as Australia promises technology help
Australia has made its pitch to the world for technology, not taxes to deal with climate change, putting it at odds with other nations’ plans.
Analysis
China
Fighting fires at home, Xi Jinping makes a two-way bet on climate
Xi told his colleagues in Rome and Glasgow that he was “delivering concrete actions”, while trying to put out a fire in his own backyard.
Bezos says space trip made him see Earth’s fragility
The Amazon founder and one of the world’s richest men announced a $2.6 billion pledge from his Earth Fund, which has committed $10 billion to fighting climate change.
The Cup everyone needed but no one saw coming
Verry Elleegant, the winner of this year’s Cup, bolted down the Flemington straight like a teenager released from lockdown.
Almost very elegant fashion at Flemington wins the trophy
Colour, tradition and a dash of celebrity produced memorable looks at Flemington’s signature race day.
‘I didn’t want to run her’: Chris Waller’s startling admission
Melbourne Cup-wining trainer Chris Waller has admitted he agonised over the decision to run the horse until minutes before the deadline.
Malnourished aged care residents left to fend for themselves during 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.
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.
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Victorian Parliament
Tim Smith defies leader’s call to quit Parliament after crash
The embattled Liberal is refusing to quit State Parliament, defying Victorian Opposition Leader Matthew Guy.
Cleo Smith abduction probably ‘opportunistic’, taskforce boss says
Police are trying to understand how she could have been taken from the family’s tent with no one realising until the morning.
AIS to provide mental health support as part of 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.
State hires sleuths to investigate anti-vaccination 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.
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.
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.
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Crime
Attempted murder charge after police 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.
Cracked trams take inner west light rail out of action for at least a month
Transport Minister Rob Stokes will direct safety investigators to look into the cracking that has grounded the entire fleet.
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.
Martin Place ‘mayor’ and homelessness activist dies
Lanz Priestley was known as the leader of the “tent city” in Sydney’s Martin Place in 2017, when he and dozens of other homeless people were evicted from the site.
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
An alienated father picks up a gun – but this story is not what you think
Robert Machoian’s The Killing of Two Lovers is an unexpected journey into one man’s emotional crisis.
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.
Analysis
Melbourne Cup
Melbourne Cup finishing order: Assessing each runner and what the jockeys said
The finishing order is in for the 161st running of the Melbourne Cup at Flemington. It’s the race that stops a nation and this year was no different. Future Score was scratched on Tuesday morning.
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.
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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.
‘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.
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.
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.
