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The NSW government has granted extended trading hours to licensed venues showing major events live from the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.

Venues given extended trading hours for Olympics

The NSW government has granted extended trading hours to licensed venues showing major events live from the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.

  • by Sam McKeith
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese with Brendan O’Connor and Linda Burney on Thursday.

Australia news LIVE: Truth-telling set to fill Voice gap; Gladys Berejiklian to learn ICAC appeal fate

Keep up to day with today’s headlines with our national news live blog.

  • by Josefine Ganko
The jury heard Carroll had met Benjamin Parkes and Robert Sloan while living in motels around Liverpool.
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Courts

The hidden microphones that caught a plot to get away with murder

Najma Carroll had been a gifted HSC student and rising sports star. Before she died, she put her trust in the wrong people.

  • by Perry Duffin and Sarah McPhee
A stop sign warns tourists of extreme heat at Badwater Basin.

Tourist gets third-degree burns walking on blazing hot sand dunes in Death Valley, rangers say

Rangers said they were not immediately able to determine whether the 42-year-old Belgian’s flip-flops were somehow broken or were lost during the short walk. 

  • by Anita Snow
Vice President Kamala Harris campaigns this week.

So Kamala is the ‘childless cat lady’? White male power plays its hateful gender card

Brace for more attacks on Kamala Harris as the hounds of misinformation, juiced on the steroids of misogyny and racism, are unleashed.

  • by Julia Baird
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Australian swimming coach Michael Palfrey at training on Thursday in Paris.
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Paris 2024

Swimming coach spared axe over helping Korean rival – months after he was told not to

An email obtained by this masthead reveals that Australian coaches, including Michael Palfrey, were warned four months ago about links to foreign athletes.

  • by Tom Decent

Musician, model, producer: what the world needs now is Eartheater

On her way to Australia, the genre-defying Alexandra Drewchin takes a moment out of her head-spinning schedule.

  • by Sarah-Jane Collins
A man evaded arrest after the eastern suburbs chase.

Two men to face court after daylight eastern suburbs police pursuit

A man allegedly confronted a resident nearby John Ibrahim’s clifftop mansion while armed with a pistol before leading police on a chase. There is no suggestion of wrongdoing on Ibrahim’s part.

  • by Jessica McSweeney
The Matildas were comprehensively beaten by Germany in their opening pool match.
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Paris 2024

The Matildas wanted a dream start to the Games. It was a 90-minute nightmare

Australia arrived in France with ambitions of a deep run into the Olympic tournament. Against Germany, it was the worst possible start.

  • by Emma Kemp
Caitlin Foord has had the best chances for the Matildas so far.

As it happened: Matildas lose 3-0 to Germany; Australia’s men’s rugby 7s advance to semi-finals

The Matildas’ Paris Olympics campaign has gotten off to the worst possible start with a 3-0 thrashing by Germany, as Australia’s men’s rugby 7s side advance to the semi-finals against Fiji.

  • by Chris Paine and Megan Levy
Wall Street gained after a surprisingly strong economic report boosted hopes of a soft landing.

ASX set for gains, Wall Street’s tech giants fall again

Wall Street’s split widened, as smaller stocks and other formerly downtrodden areas of the market rose up while superstar Big Tech stocks gave back more of their stellar gains.

  • by Stan Choe
Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during the American Federation of Teachers’ 88th national convention.

Donald Trump leads Kamala Harris among registered voters in latest poll

Harris, on the campaign trail, vowed to empower labour unions and prevent school book bans, while Trump branded Harris a “radical left lunatic”.

Grammy nominated musician Jess Cerro has backed calls for an ACCC review.

‘Anti-competitive’: Calls mount to break corporate live music domination

Australian musicians are calling for authorities to investigate the market power of major corporate players like Live Nation.

  • by Linda Morris
Effective job-hopping can further your career, but employers may have questions in your interview.
Opinion
Careers

More pay, better skills: How job-hopping can turbocharge your career

Job-hopping divides employers, but a growing number of professionals are embracing it as a strategy for career advancement.

  • by Téa Angelos
An excerpt of the Port Authority of NSW’s Bays Port Plan, marked “final draft for consultation”, obtained by the Herald.
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Revealed: Huge plan for new offices and parks at Glebe Island - but no homes

A political stoush has erupted over the future of Sydney’s Bays West precinct, with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese saying housing was a better option.

  • by Michael Koziol
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While being rostered on to work on a public holiday can feel like a tough gig, if your work has given you enough notice, there may not be much you can do.

Why is my colleague making fun of my standing desk?

Your slightly crabby teammate may think you’re participating in a frivolous fad rather than making a change for genuine health reasons. They’d be wrong.

  • by Jonathan Rivett
The man who loves his hat: Barnaby Joyce.

Barnaby Joyce has a new hat sponsor in Gina Rinehart

Australia’s richest person gifted the former deputy prime minister a new hat. The price will shock you.

  • by Kishor Napier-Raman and Stephen Brook
Celine Dion is rumoured to be performing at the opening ceremony

Celine Dion, Lady Gaga and 45,000 police officers ready for the greatest show on earth

City on high alert as security is beefed up ahead of what promises to be a spectacular opening ceremony … if it all goes to plan.

  • by Rob Harris
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese with the retiring Brendan O’Connor (left) and Linda Burney.
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Truth-telling set to fill Voice gap as Leeser urges PM to step up

As retiring Indigenous Australians Minister Linda Burney declared history would look kindly upon the Voice effort, Liberal MP Julian Leeser lamented the “national silence” that has existed since its defeat.

  • by Paul Sakkal and James Massola
Sydney Metro tunnel.

Sydney metro rail line’s opening on August 4 goes down to the wire

The rail safety regulator is yet to grant approval, just 10 days before the first passengers are due to hop on board.

  • by Matt O'Sullivan

The nanny and the billionaire – steamy, and that’s not the ironing

Lauren Asher follows two wounded souls who make beautiful music – together

  • by Jessie Tu
Anse Source d’Argent, La Digue Seychelles

Indulge: 31 ways to add luxury to your holiday for free (or close to it)

Love the finer things in life? There are ways to add that something extra to your holiday without forking out thousands.

  • by Julietta Jameson
Byron house prices are rising again.

‘It’s a special place’: NSW tree-change towns where house prices rose most

House prices in regional NSW have reached a record high as buyers chase lifestyle and affordability, but can it last?

  • by Tawar Razaghi and Elizabeth Redman
Let’s let trees be.

Birds, bees and trees: My guilty winter pleasure

This weekend’s National Tree Day highlights how planting trees can help make our world a better place.

  • by Megan Backhouse
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Scams

Banks no longer protect us from scammers. It’s time they paid the price

We now live in a world where even the savviest, best educated people cannot protect themselves. Australian banks should reimburse scam victims, as UK banks are set to do.

  • by Waleed Aly
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A Belgian investigating judge will decide whether the suspects detained will be formally placed under arrest.

Belgium police detain seven terror suspects ahead of Paris Olympics opening ceremony

Authorities in Belgium carried out 14 raids across the country over suspected terrorist activities, a day before the opening of the Olympic Games in neighbouring France.

Australian swimming coach Michael Palfrey at training on Thursday in Paris.
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Paris 2024

‘Un-Australian’: Swim coach could be sent home for helping Korean rival

Michael Palfrey has been admonished by the AOC for saying he hopes a South Korean swimmer he coaches wins gold – even though he will compete against two Australians on night one at the Games.

  • by Tom Decent
Golden State star Stephen Curry presents Vice President Kamala Harris and President Joe Biden with Warriors jerseys at the White House last year.

NBA superstar Steph Curry backs Kamala Harris at monster Olympics press conference

In front of almost a thousand members of the world’s media, the four-time NBA champion was asked about the presidential hopes of his “friend”, Vice President Kamala Harris.

  • by Michael Chammas
Rupert is moving to ensure that his son Lachlan remains in charge of his television networks and newspapers.

How to ruin a family with one quick court case

As Rupert Murdoch attempts to set his legacy using his family trust, thousands of Australians are following suit. So, who gets to keep what – and why does it matter?

  • by Jenna Price
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Opinion
Column 8

Cross words for the PM

While we wait on the Speaker of the (smallest room in the) House.

Big name arrivals at The Australian newspaper’s 60th birthday celebration at the Australian Museum in Sydney’s Darlinghurst.

Lachlan Murdoch hosts Albanese, Dutton, billionaires amid real-life succession drama

The chair of News Corp and Fox Corp hosted an event celebrating the 60th anniversary of The Australian on behalf of his 93-year-old father, Rupert Murdoch.

  • by Calum Jaspan and James Massola
How Good Weekend covered the artificial heart story in April.
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Medicine

‘Can I get a soda?’ First words from historic artificial heart recipient

In a world-first operation, a revolutionary Australian-designed titanium heart has been implanted in a human.

  • by Amanda Hooton
Australian swimming coach Michael Palfrey addresses South Korean media ahead of the Olympics in Paris.
Opinion
Paris 2024

Palfrey backed a rival swimmer. Now he must pack up his goggles and go

With a flipper in both camps, Australian swim coach Michael Palfrey’s position is untenable. Swimming Australia must move him on.

  • by Greg Baum
Grant Anderson celebrates a try for Melbourne.

The four Storm bargains that strike a perfect balance with Munster’s $1.25m deal

As has been Craig Bellamy’s calling card for more than 20 years, an unheralded low earner will be punching well above his wage outside returning superstar Cameron Munster.

  • by Dan Walsh
Liverpool Mayor Ned Mannoun.

Liverpool Council prepares for legal siege after damning report

Liverpool Council has called for every copy of a damning investigative report to be deleted, as it prepares for broad legal action.

  • by Max Maddison and Kate McClymont
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The kids will be all right, so long as their teachers are trained in the new syllabus.

A great leap forward for school children (as long as we don’t forget their teachers)

The overhaul of the NSW primary school syllabus should benefit 800,000 students, but we must teach their teachers how to implement it.

  • by Jordana Hunter and Nick Parkinson
John Coates was central in securing the Olympics for Brisbane in 2032.

With Coates clause, Olympic supremos build influence on Brisbane 2032

Olympic powerbroker John Coates has been joined as a vice president of the Brisbane organising committee by AOC president Ian Chesterman under new Queensland law.

  • by Chris Barrett
Melbourne archer Laura Paeglis, 22, takes aim during the ranking round for Olympic archery in Paris.

Draw your quivers: Archers aim for gold in the grandest of venues

The ranking round of Olympic archery began on Thursday, but the setting was the story. The historic Hotel des Invalides might be one of the grandest stages in an already grandiose Games.

  • by Konrad Marshall
MAGA attacks on Kamala Harris have already become personal.

Harris faces the sexism directed at Clinton and the racism directed at Obama

The Democratic Party’s next test is protecting Kamala Harris from the vile onslaught coming her way. The MAGA attacks on the US vice president have already become deeply personal.

  • by Charles M. Blow
White Bay

A working Sydney Harbour is absolutely essential for NSW

Maintaining the working harbour is absolutely essential, as it removes thousands of large trucks from our busy roads.

The coffin of David Morrow is taken into St Brigid’s Catholic Church in Coogee.

‘One of the best broadcasters this country will see’: Sporting greats farewell David Morrow

The longtime radio and television veteran was farewelled on the same day competition begun in Paris - with a new tribute announced in his honour.

  • by Adam Pengilly
Staff from Nine’s newspapers will walk off the job on Friday after a pay deal could not be agreed.

The Age and SMH staff to strike after pay offer rejected

Staff at The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and The Australian Financial Review will down tools for the first time since 2017 after last-minute talks and an improved pay offer failed to deliver a resolution.

  • by Calum Jaspan
Senior Labor ministers Linda Burney and Brendan O’Connor.

As it happened: Linda Burney and Brendan O’Connor retire; PM says cabinet reshuffle imminent

Read the national news headlines for Thursday, July 25.

  • by Josefine Ganko and Lachlan Abbott
Cameron Munster will spearhead the Storm’s finals charge.

‘These old legs are coming to an end’: Munster set for double hip surgery

Cameron Munster returns from a lengthy injury lay-off for ladder leaders Melbourne – but confirmed he will require double hip surgery at the end of the year.

  • by Christian Nicolussi
Wall Street is on its way to its worst day since 2022.

ASX hits two-week low after Wall Street suffers worst day since 2022

The Australian sharemarket posted a poor session, with investors bailing on the local tech sector, Macquarie and Fortescue.

  • by Sumeyya Ilanbey and Millie Muroi
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Glebe island.
Editorial
Planning

Housing at Glebe Island requires a proper debate

The Minns government’s decision to review the future of the working ports at Glebe Island is an idea worthy of debate.

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Hugh Cox with grandson Drake Linn. When Cox fell unconscious while driving on the highway on July 15 in Georgia, Drake pulled the car over.

Man faints while driving 110km/h on a US highway. His grandson, 10, took the wheel

Grandfather Hugh Cox, 68, was chatting on the phone with a co-worker when suddenly something was very wrong.

  • by Sydney Page
 
Modern careers advice may be powered by an algorithm but it seems hopelessly out of date.
Opinion
Careers

The careers advice for my daughters is obsolete rubbish - they might as well aim for a job at Kodak

There’s an exciting future of work ahead of us - so why is the high school careers algorithm pushing unrealistic careers in spying, dog walking and podcasting?

  • by James Panichi
Rupert Murdoch appears to be aiming for the next best thing to immortality: the right to rule from the grave.

Rupert Murdoch’s attempt to rule from the grave is stranger than fiction

Through the decades, the media billionaire has been no stranger to taking risks – but this latest roll of the succession dice is next level.

  • by Elizabeth Knight
Liberal Hawkesbury Mayor Sarah McMahon and her estranged partner Matthew Bennett.
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Courts

Pinned to a bed and knocked off her feet: The claims against Sydney mayor’s ex-partner

Police served the former partner of the one-time Liberal candidate Sarah McMahon with an interim apprehended domestic violence order over the alleged events.

  • by Clare Sibthorpe
Hayley Raso
Opinion
Paris 2024

No Kerr, no medal? Think again when it comes to skilled and hungry Matildas

A first-up meeting with Germany will test Australia’s women’s team, but they have proved they’re up to any challenge.

  • by Craig Foster
How ergonomic are the cardboard beds at the Olympics?

Why the beds in Paris could cost athletes their Olympic dream

The effect of poor quality sleep can be the difference between an athlete achieving Olympic glory or going home tired, medalless, and with a sore back.

  • by Sarah Berry
Young Woo Kim as Cavaradossi in Opera Australia’s 2024 production of Tosca.

Five days to get gala ready? ‘Yes it was stressful, but I’m a tenor’

Singer Young Woo Kim was two days into a holiday when a phone call saw him racing to Melbourne for a flurry of rehearsals and excitement.

  • by Elizabeth Flux
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Inquiry finds 200,000 people were abused in NZ over decades in ‘national disgrace’

The scale of abuse was “unimaginable” with an estimated 200,000 people abused over seven decades, many of them Maori, a new report found.

  • by Charlotte Graham-McLay
Police arrest a man on Old South Head Rd, and inset, John Ibrahim. There is no suggestion of any wrongdoing by Ibrahim.

Dramatic arrest vision after police pursuit through eastern suburbs

Two men were arrested after reports of a man wearing a balaclava and carrying a gun near the home of John Ibrahim. There is no suggestion of wrongdoing on his part.

  • by Jessica McSweeney and Riley Walter
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King Charles and other royals on the balcony of Buckingham Palace after attending the King’s Birthday Parade in London last month.

Royal family gets financial boost from offshore wind and palaces

Profits at the Crown Estate doubled thanks to offshore wind deals, while visitors to royal palaces are almost back to pre-pandemic levels.

  • by Stephen Castle

A black parable and fine nature writing: Eight books to read next

Our reviewers consider the merits of recently released fiction and non-fiction.

  • by Cameron Woodhead and Fiona Capp
Sam Short after his 400m freestyle victory last year at the world championships in Fukuoka.

They were the last Aussies to go 1-2 in the same race. They think it could happen again – with a world record

Sam Short and Elijah Winnington are Australia’s big gold medal hopes in the opening event of the swimming program. And it might take a world record to win it.

  • by Tom Decent
Jake Gyllenhaal

Why we need to talk about the Presumed Innocent finale

The TV adaptation of Scott Turow’s courtroom thriller ended with a twist you may or may not have seen coming.

  • by Craig Mathieson
Two Robinson helicopters similar to the one pictured have collided in WA’s far north.

Two pilots die in WA cattle station helicopter tragedy

A 29-year-old man and a 30-year-old man have died after their helicopters collided shortly after take-off at a cattle station in WA’s far north.

  • by Rebecca Peppiatt
Sydney hardcore band Speed

The Australian hardcore band that’s on the precipice of unlikely stardom

The tight-knit hardcore scene has an aversion to outside interest. But that hasn’t stopped Speed from becoming Australia’s biggest musical export in years.

  • by Nick Buckley
Double or nothing: Vincent Namatjira’s portraits of Gina Rinehart were the subject of requests for removal.
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Art

Inside the campaign to take down Gina Rinehart’s portraits

Rinehart lobbied Seven chief executive Ryan Stokes in a campaign the National Gallery of Australia feared would be weaponised by Peter Dutton in parliament.

  • by Linda Morris and Eryk Bagshaw
ANZ chief executive Shayne Elliott is trying to manage an escalating crisis.

ANZ fires, suspends traders amid alleged dealing misconduct

ANZ chief Shayne Elliott said the bank’s board is probing the alleged misconduct and would “ensure consequences will be applied to senior executives, both past and present, including myself, where appropriate”.

  • by Harry Brumpton
Joe Biden back at work on Tuesday after recovering from COVID-19.

Joe Biden speech LIVE updates: US president says ‘soul of America at stake’ in address to nation after stepping down as presidential nominee

US President Joe Biden is set to speak from the Oval Office, the first formal speech since he announced he was no longer running for president.

  • by Olivia Ireland
Girl in Red performs at Margaret Court Arena on July 17, 2024.

Charming, awkward: This pop star’s joy is infectious

Girl In Red made her Australian debut in 2023 – and this year returns to play a venue seven times the size.

  • by Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen, Cameron Woodhead, Tony Way and Sonia Nair
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Work-life balance may sound like a relatively innocuous term, but I have some major gripes with it.

Why it’s time we stopped obsessing over ‘work-life balance’

It’s a message that can be difficult to deliver to a society that’s been fed hustle culture and girlbossing, but it’s a truth we all need to hear.

  • by Tim Duggan
Burney O’Connor

O’Connor, Burney confirm retirements as MPs jostle for promotion

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says the resignations will allow him to refresh his ministry after two years with an unchanged team.

  • by James Massola and Paul Sakkal
President Joe Biden addresses the nation from the Oval Office.

Biden gives the speech he never wanted to, and does it with passion and grace

Four days after withdrawing from the presidential race, Joe Biden says the time is right to “pass the torch to a new generation”.

  • by Farrah Tomazin
Risky investments have soared

$1.1 trillion wipeout: Wall Street just got hit with a reality check

Wall Street has been riding an AI wave, but it just recorded its worst day since 2022 after investors were spooked by results from two of the world’s biggest companies.

  • by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Webster in Paris
Paris 2024

Ledecky’s stone-faced response to question about Michael Phelps being a ‘tosser’

The US swimming legend is out to trash Australia’s opening night in the pool by upsetting Ariarne Titmus in the 400m freestyle.

  • by Andrew Webster
Margaret River’s Jack Robinson tucks into a heaving Teahupo’o barrel during the 2022 Tahiti Pro.

Aussie gold medal hope ‘on track’ for Olympics after Teahupo’o wipeout

One of men’s surfing’s gold medal favourites is being assessed just days out from the start of the Olympics surfing event in Tahiti.

  • by Dan Walsh
Israeli and Malian football fans gathered inside the Parc des Princes stadium without incident.

Within a ring of steel, Israelis and Malians share a joyous two hours

The French capital was prepared for a riot when Israeli athletes competed for the first time in Paris. Then a soccer match broke out.

  • by Chip Le Grand and Marta Pascual Juanola
Australia’s ambassador to the US Kevin Rudd and former US president Donald Trump.

Trump v Rudd: who’d win, the master of the barb or the prince of persuasion?

Kevin Rudd may have called him “nuts”, but a re-elected Donald Trump would learn the former PM is a crafty diplomat, not easily intimidated.

  • by David Livingstone
Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong.

Labor ‘breaks taboo’ to sanction Israelis after months of pressure

Joining the US and UK in targeting Israeli settlers, Penny Wong said the individuals had been involved in violent attacks on Palestinians, including beatings, sexual assault and torture.

  • by Paul Sakkal and Olivia Ireland
Comedian Atsuko Okatsuka’s distinctive haircut inspires a cult following among her fans.

This comedian once thought she’d been kidnapped. She’s now a viral hit.

Atsuko Okatsuka is one of the fastest rising names in comedy – thanks to her grandma and the Drop Challenge.

  • by Lenny Ann Low
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Happy days: Lauren Jackson has been selected in the Opals’ initial 26-player squad for Paris.
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Paris 2024

‘I’ll never let us experience that again’: Rebuilding the Opals

A disastrous and disconnected 2021 was all the impetus the Opals needed to revisit and rebuild their culture. Three years on in Paris, coach Sandy Brondello, captain Tess Madgen and star Lauren Jackson say the squad has never been stronger – or closer

  • by Konrad Marshall