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Australia votes
Albanese stands firm on climate policy; More than 1 million people cast informal votes
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has fronted reporters at the Quad leaders’ summit in Tokyo reiterating Labor’s pledge not to close coal mines or change Labor’s climate policies taken to Saturday’s elections.
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Loading‘If you fall asleep while you’re here, it’s OK’: Biden shares joke with Albanese
The US president joked that he wouldn’t be surprised if the new prime minister fell asleep during the Tokyo talks.
Analysis
Political leadership
Labor’s childcare boost a big win for women
The Albanese government’s extra $5 billion in spending on childcare will have the biggest positive impact on the hip pockets of young families.
John Collett
Liberals at lowest proportion of seats since party’s first poll in 1946
The combined count of seats held by Labor and progressive crossbenchers is similar to Tony Abbott’s 90-seat victory at the 2013 election.
Exclusive
Michael McCormack
Joyce, Canavan must share blame for Liberal wipeout, McCormack says
Michael McCormack, who is considering a bid to regain the Nationals’ leadership, says some in the party gave people an excuse to park their votes with the teals.
Chalmers back to treasurer’s office with same issue ahead - inflation
In 2007, the biggest issue facing then-treasurer Wayne Swan was inflation. Jim Chalmers, working for Swan at the time, now faces the same challenge.
Opinion
Kourtney Kardashian
The troubled marriage between the Kardashians and fashion’s bad boys
By committing to Dolce & Gabbana as the hosts of Kourtney Kardashian’s wedding to Travis Barker, television’s most famous family are turning their backs on past controversies.
Damien Woolnough
Acting National Fashion Editor
Guy Sebastian denies letting down former manager’s tyres, making explicit phone call
The claims were detailed in an AVO sought by Sebastian’s former manager Titus Day, which was read out in a Sydney court.
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Review
In this haunting film, one question is asked: what would you do?
I can’t offer this as a cheerful night’s entertainment, but Francois Ozon’s film about assisted dying is superbly made, completely engrossing and very grown-up.
‘I was scared he was going to bleed out’: Teen seriously injured in Carlton gelato store stabbing
A witness said the 17-year-old was being chased by a group of males when he ran into the popular Lygon Street ice creamery.
Police hope $1m reward will crack 1991 murder of St Kilda sex worker
Witnesses told police they saw a woman’s legs protruding from a van’s passenger door on the night Amanda Byrnes was last seen.
Safety fears: School defies council demand to open gates to public
Yarra City Council has ordered a private school to permanently open its front gates to the public in a move the school claims will put children at risk.
‘A pleasant surprise’: The niche party challenging Pauline Hanson in Qld
The Legalise Cannabis Australia party is still within striking distance of snatching the sixth and final Queensland Senate vacancy from Pauline Hanson’s One Nation.
Riding the world’s biggest waves, without a surfboard
Kelly Slater described Kalani Lattanzi’s performance of bodysurfing a notorious break as “one of the all-time great rides in the surf world”.
Analysis
AFL 2022
The reborn Blue playing himself into a new contract
From shaping as a key plank to almost walking the plank, Lochie O’Brien appears to have turned his career around, and is eying a contract extension.
Updated
AFL off-field behaviour
‘I only saw myself as an athlete’: Past-player welfare back in the spotlight
Premiership player and leading mental health advocate Wayne Schwass says players are being “institutionalised” by the AFL system and more balance is needed in spending on mental health and physical health at clubs.
Australia votes 2022
Albanese seeks briefing on COVID-19 ‘step-up’ as experts push for fourth jab
The new PM has directed the Health Department to prepare a briefing on COVID-19 as one of his first agenda items after returning from Japan.
Nationals MP lashes the Victorian Liberals as an ‘election-losing machine’
Outspoken Nationals MP Darren Chester has slammed the state Liberal Party after three Coalition seats in country Victoria went from safe to marginal.
Victoria
Updated
Victorian Parliament
Liberals expel controversial MP after abortion comments
Bernie Finn is adamant he’s “done nothing wrong” after he was expelled from the parliamentary party for disobedience after the saying abortion should be banned in the state, even for rape survivors.
Updated
Fire
Arson squad probes fire that gutted former city strip club
Window panes smashed as flames issued from the former Goldfingers club at the corner of King and Lonsdale streets.
Parts of Northcote public golf course set aside for community in ‘win-win’
The City of Darebin will also seek to restrict golfers from accessing the greens after 3pm as it renegotiates a golf course management contract.
Law firm considers class action against Victoria’s triple-0 authority
Slater and Gordon says it is already acting for multiple clients, including children, who have suffered significant injuries following problems with call handling at the Emergency Services Telecommunications Authority.
Mourners in purple remember ‘beautiful soul’ who suffered incomprehensible loss
Cindy Gambino-Moules, whose three sons were murdered by their father when he drove them into a dam, has been farewelled at a funeral in Colac.
AFL 2022
Drug abuse a ‘massive issue’ among AFL players: Riewoldt
St Kilda great Nick Riewoldt says drugs are a “massive” issue for former and current players, and has taken aim at the players’ association for its handling of his former teammate, Sam Fisher.
AFL crowds slump to lowest levels in 26 years, excluding COVID seasons
While it would be unrealistic to expect attendances to bounce back to pre-pandemic levels, crowds in 2022 are, on average, at their lowest since 1996.
Politics
Albanese government turns around its first asylum seeker boat
Border Force has safely returned an asylum seeker vessel to Sri Lanka as an investigation is ordered into the disclosure of its arrival on election day.
Business
The Wrap: China and tech stocks send ASX lower
The ASX 200 closed 0.3 per cent lower, down 20 points, to 7128.8, with miners and the energy giants succumbing to China worries.
World
Vast sandstorms blanket Middle East in bleak sign of climate change
Iraq urged everyone to stay home and shelter from the 10th storm in two months, as cities from Riyadh to Tehran choked under orange skies.
Opinion
There’s a growing sense of panic in China
Stephen Bartholomeusz
Senior business columnist
Climate action is the undisputed winner of the federal election
Tim Flannery
Chief councillor of the Climate Council
Why Bridget Archer is the jewel in the Libs’ tarnished crown
Jenna Price
Columnist and academic
Climate shift: Albanese agenda warms bilateral relationship
Peter Hartcher
Political and international editor
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Property
Albanese’s property story goes from one form of public housing to another
In 1927, two public housing projects were completed that were to play a significant role in the life of Australia’s prime minister elect.
Modern Carlton North home sells for $1.615m in election day auction
Bidders were up early to vote, then fought it out for the keys to the townhouse, leaving the vendor thrilled with the result despite the slowing property market.
Lifestyle
The bride wore Dolce: Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker's Italian wedding
Inside the lavish wedding of Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker.
Culture
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Arts
Great drama from climate catastrophe? Or is it too hard?
Cli-fi – climate fiction – is a growing category, with two new stage shows on this week. But can coherent drama come from the big issue of our age?
Sport
Analysis
AFL 2022
The reborn Blue playing himself into a new contract
From shaping as a key plank to almost walking the plank, Lochie O’Brien appears to have turned his career around, and is eying a contract extension.
Updated
Giro d'Italia
‘Not here to put socks on centipedes’: This Aussie is seven seconds off Giro lead
Jai Hindley is a genuine chance to become the first Australian to win the Giro d’Italia if he can survive the notoriously difficult and treacherous third week and a serious assault from compatriot Richie Porte’s team, who are leading the race.
Updated
AFL 2022
‘I only saw myself as an athlete’: Past-player welfare back in the spotlight
Premiership player and leading mental health advocate Wayne Schwass says players are being “institutionalised” by the AFL system and more balance is needed in spending on mental health and physical health at clubs.
Riding the world’s biggest waves, without a surfboard
Kelly Slater described Kalani Lattanzi’s performance of bodysurfing a notorious break as “one of the all-time great rides in the surf world”.
AFL crowds slump to lowest levels in 26 years, excluding COVID seasons
While it would be unrealistic to expect attendances to bounce back to pre-pandemic levels, crowds in 2022 are, on average, at their lowest since 1996, when fewer than 30,000 people per match attended the footy.
‘I don’t care’: Semenya says she offered to show track officials her body
The dual Olympic champion has also accused the world athletics body of making her take medication that “tortured” her and made her fear she was going to have a heart attack.
‘More like an exhibition’: Osaka out of French Open, may skip Wimbledon
Naomi Osaka is out of Roland Garros and Wimbledon is up in the air after she said the decision to strip the tournament of rankings points would likely affect her motivation.
Have Your Say
Wimbledon ban ‘a damaging precedent’? Tell that to the people of Mariupol
By removing rankings points from Wimbledon, the ATP and the WTA are cutting off their noses to spite their faces.
Greg Baum
Sports columnist
