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Energy
Coalition fury as Kean rejects nuclear power in new climate role
The new chair of Australia’s peak climate change agency, former NSW Liberal minister Matt Kean, has rejected nuclear energy in public remarks that have infuriated the Coalition.
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Nuclear energy
Going nuclear: Facts and fictions of Dutton’s claims on Australia’s energy future
Will the government’s renewables plan cost $1 trillion? Is nuclear energy cheaper? Can a reactor be up and running by 2037? We answer the nuclear debate’s biggest questions.
Dutton’s climate politics put our children’s future at risk
At 1.5 degrees, we trigger a domino event where a warming planet reinforces further warming that is irreversible.
‘It kills me’: Bad reviews, social media and finances key issues for hospitality
Our panel of experts discussed the hospitality industry’s biggest challenges at a live event in Sydney on Monday.
All-Stars cricket promoter says Warnie’s death left him helpless as businesses went under
Poker player Raj Ramakrishnan once rubbed shoulders with cricket’s elite but now faces allegations of tax fraud.
This council job pays up to $633,852 a year. But there’s an easy way to lose it
Council general managers and chief executives are supposed to be non-political. However, they’re being hired and fired by councillors.
Vapes to be sold behind counter under watered-down ban
The last-minute changes have provoked the fury of pharmacists, who said they were healthcare professionals and not tobacconists.
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Trains
High-speed trains are no silver bullet, but they could help shift house prices
A business case cannot be made for bullet trains in Australia, but faster rail connections in and around Sydney and Melbourne would be a winner for decentralisation.
Millie Muroi
Business Reporter
This Sydney GP inherited $24m from a patient. Now, he’s been reprimanded
Dr Peter Alexakis can continue practising under restrictions after a tribunal found him guilty of professional misconduct.
Four members of UK’s richest family given jail sentences for exploiting servants
The members of the billionaire Hinduja family were accused of spending more on their pet dog than one of their employees.
Jury’s motive query in missing campers murder trial
Jurors ask the judge what happens if they can’t reach a unanimous verdict.
Chinese dissident recalls secretive jet-ski escape across the Yellow Sea
Kwon Pyong escaped China on a jet-ski last summer. He strapped five fuel barrels to his craft, and brought five water bottles and five sandwiches for the dash across the sea.
Doing this workout in your 60s can preserve strength for years
Leg strength is a key indicator of health and mobility among older people.
Cash crisis averted as banks, retailers throw Armaguard $50m lifeline
Armaguard will receive funding from its biggest customers, in a move aimed at securing supplies for at least the next year.
Your luggage can become gross. Here’s how to clean it
Exposure to other people and places can cause dirt, dust and germs to accumulate on your bags.
New direct flight just made this paradise easily accessible
With more than 300 islands and a pristine reef system, Palau has been touted as a Maldives right on our doorstep.
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Documentaries
Becoming a Celine Dion fan had nothing to do with her songs
A funny thing happened last Thursday night. I fell in love with a singer I’d always shunned.
Michael Ruffles
Deputy state topic editor
Analysis
Paris 2024
The USA’s Olympic swimming trials have finished. Australia’s stars have work to do
Five weeks out from the Olympics, we crunch the numbers to see just how Australia’s swimmers are faring against their US rivals.
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Taylan May hit with second show-cause notice following DV charges
The career of the Penrith premiership winner remains up in the air as the issue is set to escalate again on Wednesday.
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On AFL grounds, rugby league’s best kickers can get ‘lost’ in Origin
Since the NRL started taking a match to non-traditional states each year, the game’s best kickers have grappled with playing on AFL grounds. Does an oval field make a difference?
Sydney
‘I thought it was a horse’: Rogue pigs run amok across NSW
Oscar Pearse was sitting on his tractor planting a crop of chickpeas when he looked over his shoulder and saw his nemeses approaching.
Man arrested after ride-share driver allegedly assaulted, car stolen
Two men ordered the driver to taxi them around for an hour before assaulting him and stealing his car in an early morning ordeal, police allege.
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Education
Private school teachers push for pay rises above public sector colleagues
The Independent Education Union is calling for an increase to private school teacher salaries to “maintain the traditional premium” above public schools.
John Howard and a patriotic dessert menu: The Liberal Party turns 80
Ahead of Peter Dutton’s savage speech at the Liberals’ 80th federal council, the party’s top figures gathered in Sydney for an evening of factional festivities.
Six months ago these HSC students picked their degrees. Do they think they made the right choice?
Passion or practicality? These students reflect on one of the biggest decisions in their young lives.
Politics
New governor-general to receive massive salary increase
Proposed legislation to amend Sam Mostyn’s salary says it was calculated to “moderately exceed” the five-year average salary of High Court Chief Justice Stephen Gageler.
Business
Opinion
Solomon Lew
How Lew is lining himself up to be the ultimate winner
He has taken his sweet time, but Solomon Lew is putting the pieces in place to cash out a decent part of the retail empire he has spent decades building.
Elizabeth Knight
Business columnist
World
Footage captures teen stumbling in Tenerife nightclub before vanishing
Jay Slater, 19, has been missing on a Spanish island for a week. He was last heard from during a phone call in which he told a friend he was injured and thirsty.
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Woollahra’s $8m designer digs fit for fashion’s high priestess Edwina McCann
As Vogue Australia’s Edwina McCann prepares to move into her new digs, private equity boss Mark Chiba has paid $22 million cash for his landmark Darling Point residence.
Vaucluse unit with 48 stairs? That will be $2.915 million
Despite the number of steps up to the home and different wallpaper in every room, 14 buyers still registered to bid.
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Lifestyle
Do we need digital detox to save our skins?
Is blue light skin damage something we should be concerned about or just another industry ploy to sell skincare? Experts weigh in.
Culture
Opinion
Documentaries
Becoming a Celine Dion fan had nothing to do with her songs
A funny thing happened last Thursday night. I fell in love with a singer I’d always shunned.
Michael Ruffles
Deputy state topic editor
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Ten seconds into this Origin ad, Queensland had seen enough
Origin TV broadcaster Channel Nine rolled out the first of its commercials over the weekend, promoting Wednesday’s must-win second game for the NSW Blues.
‘I want him here with me’: Galvin’s pitch to Stefano as crunch talks loom
Rising star Lachlan Galvin has committed his future to the Wests Tigers. Now he is urging teammate Stefano Utoikamanu to do the same, with Canberra and other NRL rivals ready to pounce.
‘Ready to rock’: Luai promises Mitchell will rip into Queenslanders
NSW’s five-eighth needed just three words to sum up the mood of his teammate before his return to State of Origin on Wednesday.
Analysis
Paris 2024
The USA’s Olympic swimming trials have finished. Australia’s stars have work to do
Five weeks out from the Olympics, we crunch the numbers to see just how Australia’s swimmers are faring against their US rivals.
‘Hypocritical’: Khawaja wants Australia to end Afghanistan ban, tips Warner reputation revival
Usman Khawaja believes David Warner will regain the Australian public’s love in retirement, much as Shane Warne’s image softened after his playing days
‘It’s the pinnacle of the game’: Beale relishing return to Wallabies fold
During his year-long exile from the game, the veteran fullback had plenty of time to reflect on his career. It was then that he truly realised how much the national team meant to him.
‘A bit of OCD’ and tears as Doueihi’s superstition caps comeback from third ACL tear
The Wests Tigers fan favourite raced 80 metres for a fairytale try on Sunday. And every time the Tigers scored, Adam Doueihi put himself at ease with his own personal post-try ritual.
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