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Masks recommended on public transport as COVID cases rise
While cases are rising rapidly, the trajectory of the wave is well below previous waves over the past year, with each successive wave peaking at lower and lower levels.
Mega donors, daughter Ivanka abandon Trump at the starting blocks
Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka, who was an adviser to him in his administration, said she would not be part of her father’s latest tilt for the White House.
Opinion
US Votes 2024
Why a Trump win might signal the end of Trumpism
Donald Trump has announced he will run for president again. But a few things are different this time around.
Waleed Aly
Columnist, co-host of Ten's The Project and academic
Live
NSW floods
Third person feared missing in Eugowra; aerial vision shows flood devastation
Police are appealing to the public after a body was spotted in floodwaters at Eugowra.
‘Most Australian thing ever’: Yabbies swim inside flooded Forbes shop
As Forbes residents remain stranded by floodwaters, the owner of the town’s Mitre 10 store is watching yabbies swim through her shop.
‘It truly is an inland tsunami’: Coming face-to-face with a raging torrent
Three years ago, environmental and weather factors screamed that NSW was entering a fire season on a scale unseen. Now, those same factors are stacking up in the reverse.
Kristina Keneally’s police officer son pleads not guilty to fabricating evidence
Daniel Keneally allegedly claimed anti-police activist Luke Moore made threats against the police commissioner and other officers in a phone call to Newtown police station last year.
Opinion
Cryptocurrencies
The FTX horror show might have a silver lining
The collapse of Sam Bankman-Fried’s cryptocurrency exchange has rattled the industry and seen billions wiped away. But one certainty has emerged.
Stephen Bartholomeusz
Senior business columnist
Opinion
Cryptocurrencies
I invested in crypto, but I’m glad it’s crashed
I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t enjoying it, just a tiny bit. Watching the cryptocurrency house of cards folding is an exercise in schadenfreude.
Doug Hendrie
Freelance writer
Man to face trial over Sydney samurai sword attack
Karl Howard is accused of attacking two women, hitting one with a sword, at his Annandale home in February 2021.
PM to visit India after ‘successful’ G20 summit
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced he will travel to India with an Australian business delegation to cement his relationship with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
ABC to delay release of Israel Folau documentary
The two-part documentary intended to take a holistic view of Folau the person, and examine the ramifications his actions had on culture, faith, sexuality, politics and sport.
Heroin chic is back. Has the inclusion backlash begun?
Hollywood is driving a return to thinness as an aspirational ideal, and it’s coming from a dark place.
Cannibal movie sets tongues wagging, but not for the reason you think
Timothee Chalamet is cinema’s unlikeliest horror star, but he brings a human touch to the taboo-busting Bones and All.
Heartbreak High is (literally) making its mark on high schools
The show’s creator is up for a screenwriting award this week, but she’s “not sure how to feel about” a new phenomenon inspired by her work.
Everything you need to know about the FIFA World Cup
What ungodly hour will you need to wake up? What are the Socceroos’ chances of winning? How can you watch the matches? Find out here.
How a dying mum gave Socceroos coach Graham Arnold the kick he needed
A tough childhood, a desire to please his father, a roller-coaster ride as Socceroos coach: on the eve of the World Cup, Graham Arnold reflects on his life.
Not straight, not blonde: Tyler Wright on trumping surfing’s monoculture
The two-time world champion talks about surfing’s idea of womanhood, coming out as bisexual, and how a brush with death changed her life.
NSW FLOODS
The ‘great unknown’: Forbes residents hunker down in anxious wait
Forbes locals know they live in a flood-prone town. What’s different this time is the water level and the speed at which it arrived.
What happens when your town is decimated? In Eugowra, the answer is ‘rebuild’
“We need the government to step in. Don’t legislate us out of existence, give us a hand,” said Jack Barnes, who has lived in the Central West town for 70 years and runs the local men’s shed.
Sydney
Exclusive
Education
Principals notch up pay packages of nearly $1 million
Confidential data that shows some private school principals receive remuneration packages of up to $970,000 has put the spotlight on transparency around top staff pay.
Exclusive
Gambling
Gaming workers won’t kill cashless card, union says
Staff see the worst side of gambling addiction, with patrons becoming aggressive when they lose, and urinating at their seats to avoid breaking play.
Coogee frying pan murder started with a birthday wish
Peter McCarthy texted Narelle Smith, and in return received a home-made dinner and a fatal blow to the head.
Sydney woman who murdered mum, faked home invasion is jailed
Isabela Carolina Camelo-Gomez was found guilty by a jury of murdering her mother Irene Jones who was found stabbed and strangled in her kitchen 21 years ago.
‘Water had lifted the house’: How Henry’s home floated away with him still in it
Henry Hoswell was trapped in his home when flash flooding lifted the building off its foundations and carried it down the street.
SEE AND DO
Tim Minchin takes a risk with his proudest project yet
The unfiltered all-rounder tells of his heartbreaking Hollywood experience, how he almost starred in Penguin Bloom and why he’d cut his hair for a role.
‘Extraordinary achievement’: Nobel winner gives us one of his finest creations
Orhan Pamuk began writing his prescient novel about a sweeping illness four years before the pandemic began.
Politics
Exclusive
Franking credits
Crackdown on franking credits loophole for corporates coming
Assistant Treasurer Stephen Jones will announce changes to close a loophole.
Business
‘We’re back, baby!’: Webjet soars on bullish outlook
Webjet’s chief executive John Guscic expects the group’s profits will exceed pre-pandemic levels by the end of this financial year.
World
Updated
US politics
Republicans win slim House majority, complicating Biden agenda
More than a week after Election Day, Republicans secured the 218th seat needed to flip the House from Democratic control.
Opinion
Win or lose, Dominic Perrottet can’t escape this rift
Alexandra Smith
State Political Editor
The secret weapon to fighting cybercrime is secrecy itself
William Stoltz
Policy Director at the ANU National Security College
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Property
‘I’m in the downsizing phase of my life again’: Noni Hazlehurst to sell home
Hazlehurst first downsized 20 years ago to her Queensland acreage, The Gables. Now she’s downsizing again.
The most popular coastal towns for city escapees this year
The rising cost of living is prompting city dwellers afresh to consider a sea change, even after public health orders eased.
Lifestyle
Still grieving the loss of one twin, I went into early labour at 26 weeks
Having a baby prematurely has changed me irrevocably. It’s only now, two years on, that I can fully appreciate the magnitude of what we went through.
Culture
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Review
Unmaking a monster: The women who helped bring down Harvey Weinstein
‘She Said’ tells the story of New York Times journalists Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey and their Pulitzer-prize-winning investigation into Harvey Weinstein.
Sport
Why Scottish football is living vicariously through the Socceroos
Australia and Scotland have shared a footballing brotherhood that stretches back more than a century, but in recent years it has gone to a whole other level.
Nawaqanitawase earns surprise Wallabies start against Ireland
After a handy debut in Italy, despite the shock result, Mark Nawaqanitawase will be unleashed by Wallabies coach Dave Rennie for the second week in a row.
Opinion
Sexism
Bravo Jane Gross and the women who smashed sports media’s glass ceiling
American sports writer Jane Gross was a pioneer in the field for women, and some of Australia’s best sports reporters followed in her footsteps.
Peter FitzSimons
Columnist and author
‘It shouldn’t be set in concrete’: Rooney says FINA’s transgender ban needs regular review
Giaan Rooney backs female swimmers who support FINA’s policy excluding trans athletes, but she said much more research is needed.
Fading one-day cricket may return on free-to-air television
As the relevance of one-day cricket continues to be questioned, Cricket Australia may consider taking white ball cricket out from behind the pay wall.
‘The players felt a complete lack of support from the nation’: How Arnold turned around Socceroos’ fortunes
A tough childhood, a desire to please his father, a roller-coaster ride as Socceroos coach: on the eve of the World Cup, Graham Arnold reflects on his life.
Everything you need to know about the FIFA World Cup
What ungodly hour will you need to wake up? What are the Socceroos’ chances of winning? How can you watch the matches? Find out here.
Have Your Say
‘They would certainly be strong’: Bold proposal for Indigenous World Cup team
Imagine an Indigenous team boasting Latrell Mitchell, Cody Walker and Josh Addo-Carr at the next World Cup. The new All Stars coach wants to make it happen.
