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Australia votes
Full election results‘No justification’: Albanese tells China to lift Australian trade bans
The new prime minister criticised Chinese economic coercion while pledging stronger security ties with the US, Japan and India.
Analysis
China relations
Anthony Albanese will tread carefully in responding to China’s olive branch
The new government knows it needs to be careful not to learn the wrong lessons from recent years.
Analysis
Climate policy
Beneath the Woodside and Santos carbon claims lie big problems
Australia’s gas producers are relying on carbon capture and storage to convince investors they have a future.
Updated
Crime
Perth teen faces court over stabbing murder of good Samaritan
The promising junior baseball player appeared in Perth Children’s Court on Tuesday morning flanked by his parents.
WA’s free lollipop RATs ‘wildly inaccurate’: parents
The state government spent $38m on its free RAT program but many users say the swabs being handed out in bulk to households don’t work.
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.
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
Tax reform
What Treasury told the new treasurer... probably
Jessica Irvine
Senior economics writer
New words to capture a new era for bushfires
What gets measured gets managed, and a new team believes it’s time to get serious in the way we talk about bushfire.
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.
So, you’ve broken a COVID rule. Are you a bad person?
You’re over putting others’ needs before your own. Are you still a good person? Ethicists weigh in.
Facebook’s Australian tax bill just $24m as profits double
Facebook Australia funnelled nearly $1 billion in local advertising revenue to an international subsidiary.
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
AFL Briefing
AFL 2022
Switkowski’s ‘chicken wing’ costs him two, Ziebell backs Noble, Higgins’ concussion return stalled
Sam Switkowski has been suspended for two weeks; Jack Higgins to miss again - this time in health and safety protocols; North’s Jack Ziebell backs under-fire coach David Noble.
Explainer
Drugs in sport
How does the AFL’s illicit drug policy work?
Former Saints skipper Nick Riewoldt says there is too much “wiggle room” in the AFL’s drug policy. What does he mean?
Australia votes 2022
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Australia votes
Joyce, Canavan must share some blame for Liberal wipeout, McCormack says
Michael McCormack, who is considering a bid to regain the Nationals’ leadership, says Barnaby Joyce and Matt Canavan gave people an excuse to park their votes with the teals.
Analysis
Australia votes
Senator ‘Bam Bam’: Pocock to enter a whole new ball game
David Pocock joins a growing list of top athletes entering politics. Can he make this transition work?
Opinion
World politics
Climate shift: Albanese agenda warms bilateral relationship
Peter Hartcher
Political and international editor
Western Australia
Man blinded after potato gun fired from car in Trigg
The victim was left with severe facial injuries, including permanent loss of vision in one eye, several facial fractures and a fractured arm.
McGowan unleashes on Dutton, Libs and media in post-election spray
McGowan insulted Peter Dutton’s intelligence. “He’s an extremist and I don’t think he fits with modern Australia at all” he claimed.
Trio rescued after yacht rolled in rough seas off Jurien Bay
The men were sailing from Carnarvon to Perth and thought they would be just ahead of the severe weather warning when they got caught up in five-metre swells.
Identity of Perth good Samaritan stabbed during bike theft revealed
The father was rushed to hospital in a critical condition after his offer to help a group of boys who had one of their push-bikes stolen turned fatal.
Opinion
Education
Why are Perth schools just political footballs?
My research into where in Perth to school my son is taking me to a deep, dark place I didn’t expect. In fact, it really stinks. And all children deserve better.
Emma Young
Journalist
Politics
Biden greets Albanese with quip about quick arrival at international meeting
The US president joked that he wouldn’t be surprised if the new prime minister fell asleep during the Tokyo talks.
Business
Opinion
Aviation
‘Earn and burn’: Why Qantas wants to become a package tour operator
With money pouring into a new fleet, new routes and now curated package holidays, Qantas is spending its way back to growth.
Elizabeth Knight
Business columnist
World
Analysis
China relations
Strategic confusion: Biden’s fifth Taiwan gaffe baits Beijing, rattles White House
The White House is again walking back the president’s gung-ho remarks about Taiwan. Is Biden confused or just indiscreet?
Opinion
Explore
Property
There’s a new government, so what’s next for house prices?
There was a raft of pre-election promises made to tackle housing affordability, so what effect will Labor’s victory have on property prices?
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.
Opinion
Australia votes
Do we even want to solve housing affordability?
Waleed Aly
Columnist, co-host of Ten's The Project and academic
Lifestyle
Is climate positive activewear the future? This Byron Bay designer says yes
Nagnata founder Laura May Gibbs has found success and controversy but remains focused on creating her version of a better fashion business.
Culture
‘I wish I was exaggerating but I am not’: The hidden toll of teaching
There will be another training session about punctuation and calculating percentages, but what about the skills that aren’t quantifiable?
Sport
Snap Shot
AFL 2022
Snap Shot: Why Simon Black threw triple premiership teammates Voss and McRae under the bus
Collingwood coach Craig McRae and Carlton counterpart Michael Voss can’t outrun their past; the Neighbours star fighting for his AFL dream; and the war cries of Dreamtime at the ’G.
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.
Opinion
Real Footy Podcast
Key forwards have been the feature of the season so far. Which would you choose?
This week on the Real Footy podcast, Michael Gleeson, Caroline Wilson and Jake Niall discuss which forward they would pick, if they could only have one.
Riewoldt: Drug abuse a ‘massive issue’ in AFL ranks
St Kilda great Nick Riewoldt says drugs are a “massive” issue for former and current players.
Langer fall-out continues as sacked physio sues CA
All eyes are on Cricket Australia’s high-performance manager Ben Oliver.
AFL crowds slump to lowest levels in 26 years
They are, on average, at their lowest since 1996, when fewer than 30,000 people per match attended.
Osaka out of French Open, may skip Wimbledon
She said the decision to strip the tournament of rankings points would likely affect her motivation.
Have Your Say
Senator ‘Bam Bam’: Pocock to enter a whole new ball game
David Pocock joins a growing list of top athletes entering politics. Can he make this transition work?
