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Defamation
‘I never agreed to being locked down’: Reynolds defends leaking top-secret legal letter
Linda Reynolds has defended her decision to leak a top-secret letter about the compensation claim levelled by former staffer Brittany Higgins, insisting she never agreed to being “locked down” by the Commonwealth.
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Paris 2024
Australian hockey player arrested allegedly trying to buy cocaine in Paris
Tom Craig, 28, was taken into custody after French police alleged .an Australian was attempting to obtain the drug in a trendy Paris neighbourhood
When it comes to cost-of-living pressures, there is one group being hit hardest
Working families are bearing the brunt of inflation pressures, with insurance and housing costs pushing their cost-of-living measure far higher than inflation.
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International students
Labor’s international student caps ignite recession fears
Australia could be pushed into a recession if universities are forced to slash their international student numbers under Labor’s migration crackdown.
$25 million for rare 1700 sqm slice of riverside paradise in Perth
One of the last opportunities to buy an old apartment block on the South Perth foreshore has hit the market and is expected to fetch an eyewatering sum.
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Crime
‘Spat on, stolen from, screamed at, punched’: WA’s retail crimes revealed
Take a look at the state’s top 20 worst suburbs as new data shows shoplifting numbers have doubled in recent years.
How do they do that? Inside the most dangerous event at the Olympics
It’s both elegant and terrifying. We break down the technique, training and triumphs of Australia’s world champion pole vaulter Nina Kennedy.
The sport of tweens: Is 11 too young to compete at the Olympics?
The first era of tween medallists ended in 1936. The second began three years ago in Tokyo with skateboarding.
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Paris 2024
Paris Olympics 2024 LIVE updates: Day 12
Minjee Lee and Hannah Green get Australia’s women’s golf tilt under way from 3pm, while a golden night beckons with Matt Wearn, Nina Kennedy and the men’s pursuit cycling team all highly fancied. Follow live.
Man charged over theft of $600,000 worth of Bluey coins
Detectives with Strike Force Bandit have arrested a Sydney man who allegedly stole 63,000 unreleased coins made by the Australian Mint.
Opinion
US Votes 2024
Why Kamala Harris chose Tim Walz over Josh Shapiro
Choosing Tim Walz as a running mate is a safe but smart move for the Democrats. The challenge now for the Harris campaign is to maintain momentum.
Bruce Wolpe
Senior fellow at the US Studies Centre and former political staffer
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Crime
Man with ties to Iran arrested over plot to assassinate US leaders ‘including Trump’
US officers arrested the Pakistani national over an alleged murder-for-hire plot that aimed to carry out the killings on American soil.
Push to eject CFMEU officials in watchdog probe
Court documents show the extent of the Fair Work Commission’s probe, which calls on senior officials to be booted.
‘Do not travel’: Bangladesh travel advice upgraded
The travel advice for Bangladesh has been upgraded to ‘do not travel’ after civil unrest and widespread violence.
This Subway worker has sights set on breaking a 24-year Australian Olympic medal drought
No Australian has stood on the taekwondo podium since Sydney 2000, but a post-Tokyo program overhaul has raised hopes the team can make it rain in Paris this week.
James Hird decides against coaching Port Melbourne; Round 24 fixture confirmed
St Kilda are remaining tight-lipped about a meeting between the club’s head of player acquisition Graeme Allan and suspended former North Melbourne midfielder Tarryn Thomas.
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What’s Dusty like? I spent four years at Punt Road and this is what I know
Dustin Martin is a largely unknowable figure, who is what he does. Konrad Marshall spent four years embedded in the modern Richmond dynasty, and reflects on the career of the totemic Tiger.
Konrad Marshall
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Elizabeth Knight
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US Votes 2024
Why Kamala Harris chose Tim Walz over Josh Shapiro
Bruce Wolpe
Senior fellow at the US Studies Centre and former political staffer
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It started with the ‘straddle’. Then a radical technique changed the sport forever
Two Australians are hoping to win gold. We explore how much higher they can jump.
Teen prodigy wins gold in skateboarding – and she’s Australia’s youngest medallist
Arisa Trew was born in 2010. By winning gold in Paris, she just beat a 68-year-old record, set when a teenager won a swimming relay with Dawn Fraser.
‘I don’t care about the criticism’: Boxer Imane Khelif advances to gold-medal bout
The Algerian boxer at the centre of the gender storm at the Paris Olympics defeated her Thai opponent 5-0 in the semi-final.
‘A lot of relief’: Australia’s unluckiest Olympian finally wins a medal
Matthew Glaetzer has finally broken his run of fourth-place finishes, on a night when Australia also broke the men’s team pursuit world record.
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Western Australia
$25 million for rare 1700 sqm slice of riverside paradise in Perth
One of the last opportunities to buy an old apartment block on the South Perth foreshore has hit the market and is expected to fetch an eyewatering sum.
Jobs, costs cut at MinRes’ HQ as Chris Ellison takes the biscuit
There will no pay rises for senior employees this year and fewer perks for office workers ahead of a massive reduction in the miner’s workforce.
Perth blocks for sale shrink while prices soar past $300k
A lack of supply in the established housing market is having a knock on effect on vacant land with prices soaring and stock shrinking.
Frustration from council as Nedlands apartments given seal of approval
Planning frameworks ‘don’t make a difference’ says a Nedlands councillor in response to the approval of a 10-storey boutique apartment block.
‘This is difficult’: Reynolds’ shock testimony about 2021 political firestorm
Linda Reynolds took a break from questioning after recalling a warning from late Victorian senator Kimberley Kitching that Labor intended to “rain hell” on her over Brittany Higgins’ alleged rape – before making the extraordinary claim the saga led to Kitching’s death.
Politics
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Defamation
‘I never agreed to being locked down’: Reynolds defends leaking top-secret letter
Linda Reynolds has defended her decision to leak a top-secret letter about the compensation claim levelled by former staffer Brittany Higgins, insisting she never agreed to being “locked down” by the Commonwealth.
Business
Glencore dumps plan to quit coal as investor demands shift
Australia’s biggest coal exporter says more than two-thirds of its shareholders want the company to hold on to its coal mines.
World
Colombia moves to ban souvenirs of drug lord Pablo Escobar
Shop owners oppose plans to outlaw the sale of merchandise depicting the dead cartel kingpin, but others believe the country should shed its image of being home to mafia bosses.
Opinion
Why I hang around public toilets watching what you do with your hands
Jenna Price
Columnist and academic
Taxpayers will come dead last at the Brisbane Games
Shane Wright
Senior economics correspondent
Kamala Harris has just one route to power. But Trump has two
Peter Hartcher
Political and international editor
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Property
$25 million for rare 1700 sqm slice of riverside paradise in Perth
One of the last opportunities to buy an old apartment block on the South Perth foreshore has hit the market and is expected to fetch an eyewatering sum.
How years of higher rates helped cheaper properties outpace the top end
While rates remain on hold, the prospects of cuts may add fuel to the fire as sheer demand for affordability has pushed prices higher.
Good Food
Lifestyle
Why humans are such good long-distance runners
A horse can run three times faster than the fastest human, but a human can beat horses in a marathon. Here’s why.
Culture
Gold for going viral: Who is winning the internet Olympics?
It’s a photo finish between South Korea’s cyberpunk, the Turkish shooter with his hand in his pocket, and a well-endowed pole vaulter.
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Paris 2024
Paris Olympics 2024 LIVE updates: Day 12 - Opals into medal rounds for first time since 2012; Aussie teen through to 800m semis; Jemima Montag storms home to claim bronze for Australia in walking relay;
Minjee Lee and Hannah Green get Australia’s women’s golf tilt under way from 5pm, while a golden night beckons with Matt Wearn, Nina Kennedy and the men’s pursuit cycling team all highly fancied. Follow live.
Saints coy on Thomas meeting; Hird won’t coach; Round 24 confirmed
St Kilda are remaining tight-lipped about a meeting between the club’s head of player acquisition Graeme Allan and suspended former North Melbourne midfielder Tarryn Thomas.
Opinion
AFL 2024
What’s Dusty like? I spent four years at Punt Road and this is what I know
Dustin Martin is a largely unknowable figure, who is what he does. Konrad Marshall spent four years embedded in the modern Richmond dynasty, and reflects on the career of the totemic Tiger.
Konrad Marshall
Senior writer
Money Talks
AFL 2024
Where this Eagle lands could unlock future trades
A low-profile Eagles key defender could be the unlikely key to unlocking some of the biggest deals in this year’s AFL trade period, while the race to be this year’s No.1 draft pick is heating up.
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Paris 2024
If this was Patty Mills’ final Olympic act, it belongs in the Louvre. It wasn’t enough
The best of the last generation of Boomers – and their next-gen star – were superb. But the end to this Olympics campaign was sadly poetic.
‘A lot of relief’: Australia’s unluckiest Olympian finally wins a medal
Matthew Glaetzer has finally broken his run of fourth-place finishes, on a night when Australia also broke the men’s team pursuit world record.
Analysis
AFL 2024
Without Dusty, Tigers would not have that glorious treble of flags
Careers were made and unmade by Dustin Martin’s astonishing combination of brute power and his genius as an architect with the ball in his hands.
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Graham Thorpe was a cricketing great – and a better mate
The former England captain pays tribute to his teammate, who was his batting partner when Vaughan scored his first Test hundred.
Michael Vaughan
Former England cricket captain
