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Australian Open
Visa bungle delays Novak Djokovic’s entry into Australia
The Victorian government rejected a request from Border Force to support the world No. 1’s visa just hours before he landed in Melbourne.
‘Ride the wave’: PM says Australia has no choice, confirms major testing changes
About 6.6 million Australians on concession cards will be eligible to pick up 10 free rapid antigen tests after national cabinet agreed to a series of changes to testing.
Rain and Omicron temper a buoyant crowd on day one of the Sydney Test
Sledging matches, crocodiles, beer bottles and Omicron were all part and parcel on the first day of a very strange Sydney Test.
From Bondi to Byron: NSW postcodes with the highest rates of COVID-19
An interactive map shows COVID-19 case numbers in your postcode, while an analysis of data points to high infections in suburbs populated by Sydney’s youth.
‘I was just so scared’: COVID-positive face long waits for care at home
Paramedics have been dealing with record call-outs as those managing symptoms at home seek advice and assistance.
NRL COVID-19 chaos as clubs missing dozens of stars upon training return
Penrith are among the worst affected, but Peter V’landys insists the code’s testing regime will give it every chance of not postponing matches.
Craig Ruddy, artist of controversial Archibald Prize-winning portrait, dies of COVID aged 53
The artist, whose memorable portrait of the late actor David Gulpilil was at the centre of a legal battle, died on Tuesday night.
$2000 for an hour: Zoo’s offers to ‘impress guests’ with koalas in homes, hotels
Save Sydney’s Koala committee member Pat Durman said that taking the marsupials to hotel rooms or homes was unacceptable.
Collaroy Beach a ‘hellscape’ as sand in front of seawall washed away: residents
Beaches along the eastern coastline have experienced heavy erosion and scientists fear climate change will only make these events more frequent and more intense.
Opinion
US politics
Biden’s petty intolerance over Capitol riots will be politically costly
A year on from Washington’s Capitol riots, President Biden’s inauguration promise to display “tolerance and humility” towards his political and ideological enemies is ringing hollow.
Salvatore Babones
Opinion
World markets
Apple’s $US3 trillion milestone highlights corporate USA’s sickness
As America tears itself apart, its corporate giants continue to grow, with predatory takeovers and abusive market practice widely tolerated in a way that would have been unthinkable 50 years ago.
Jeremy Warner
Tattoo blue as EU bans inks over cancer concerns
Around 4,000 chemicals used in tattooing will be banned from Wednesday.
The big, the bold and the buzz-worthy: 2022’s TV season fires up
Prequels for The Lord of the Rings, Game of Thrones and Star Trek, plus new series from The Gilded Age to outer space.
Sydney
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Coronavirus pandemic
‘Extraordinary pressure’ on hospitals as NSW records 35,054 cases, eight deaths
It came as experts and the federal opposition called on the Morrison government to make rapid antigen tests free to ease pressure on testing sites.
The race to pull the wreck of the Baragoola from Sydney Harbour
The 99-year-old former Manly ferry sunk beside the coal loading wharf at Waverton on Saturday night.
Premier ‘incredibly confident’ kids will be in class on first day of term
Premier Dominic Perrottet said rapid antigen tests and masks will play an important role in keeping schools safe during first term
Wheelie bins used to steal $460k in luxury goods from Louis Vuitton store
Police are seeking assistance to identify a man who allegedly stuffed wheelie bins full of luxury goods from a Sydney store in the early hours of New Year’s Day.
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Education
Hundreds of NSW childcare centres shut due to COVID
The early childhood sector is facing hundreds of closures and bracing for more as an already stretched workforce is hit with COVID-19.
Politics
Old Parliament House arson accused immediately went back, breaching bail
The man charged with arson at Old Parliament House, Nicholas Malcolm Reed, immediately went back to the historic building just 15 minutes after a court appearance in which he was banned from doing so.
Business
Losses from alleged rogue trading scheme blow out to $345 million
The investor claims mean former Sheffield United sponsor Union Standard International is one of the biggest investment scheme collapses in years.
World
‘Flurona’, the combination of COVID and the flu, diagnosed in Brazil
The health impact of back-to-back or simultaneous infections is still largely unknown, as the different viruses multiply independently.
Opinion
Weddings out, divorces in as COVID wreaks chaos on matrimony
Julie Szego
Author and freelance journalist
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Property
‘Hero of Australian suburbia’: Beachcomber designer Nino Sydney has died
The man dubbed ‘the hero of Australian suburbia’ for making housing style and design affordable to everyday people has died at the age of 89.
Property
Property investment
Should you buy that investment property this year?
International borders reopening will see more tenants return to the market, but investors will still have to face the uncertainty of a federal election and mortgage challenges.
Lifestyle
Coffee helps heart health? It’s more complicated than that
Two new studies about the impact of caffeine on heart health show that the evidence is mixed but the message is clear: everything in moderation.
Culture
‘A deep, dark dive into the human psyche’: Nick Frost on Why Women Kill
Made by the creator of Desperate Housewives, Why Women Kill takes viewers to all kinds of surprising places.
Sport
England shake off Ashes blues to stage late fightback
Steve Smith and Usman Khawaja have the chance to be home town heroes after a surprising England fightback.
Opinion
The Ashes
England’s bowlers learn their lessons from summer school of hard knocks
England’s bowlers have been constantly lectured on their length. But no one was mentioning luck, which they finally got at the SCG.
Malcolm Knox
Journalist, author and columnist
‘Tone deaf’: Groth takes aim at Djokovic as current players bite tongues
Former Australian tennis star Sam Groth has accused Novak Djokovic of “laughing in the face of Victorians” after the world No.1 was given a medical exemption to play in the Australian Open.
Strain starting to show on cricket as COVID wreaks more havoc
More people tested positive to COVID-19 in NSW on Wednesday than there were fans on the first day of the Sydney Test, as an outbreak decimated the Brisbane Heat’s playing ranks.
NRL COVID-19 chaos as clubs missing dozens of stars upon training return
The premiers are among the worst affected, but Peter V’landys insists the code’s testing regime will give it every chance of not postponing matches.
Updated
Big Bash
Maxwell made bad joke about having COVID-19 before testing positive as Stars crisis deepens
Twenty20 superstar Glenn Maxwell has become the latest Melbourne Stars player to test positive to COVID-19 just hours after being caught on TV joking about having the virus.
COVID postponements could shorten A-League Men season
Five more matches have been postponed across the A-Leagues due to coronavirus cases, adding to a fixture backlog that could cut short the men’s season.
Have Your Say
Winner of matches but not hearts, Djokovic is tennis’ polarising star
To watch the Serbian stretch every sinew to return a tennis ball is to witness the most extraordinary of athletes. But then on the court has never been a problem for him.
