ClubSocial: 2021-03-28

American Psycho: The Musical brings ‘unlikely candidate’ to the stage

“There was a perverse joy in taking this misogynistic, homophobic, racist hero and trying to do a musical-comedy about him,” says the book’s writer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa.

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COVID-19 vaccine is safe, most effective protection against infectious disease: WA Chief Health Officer

The state’s Chief Health Officer Andy Roberston is reassuring West Australians the AstraZeneca vaccine is safe and the “most effective” way to protect against infectious disease.

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‘Intense falls of 250mm’: Fraser and Sunshine coasts brace for a battering

Brisbane was expected to be in the firing line of the offshore trough on Monday, with up to 120 millimetres forecast for the capital.

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Australia wants to work with China to ensure peace in Indo-Pacific, says Dutton

The Defence Minister says Australia is committed to achieving stability and peace across the region.

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One man dead, another arrested following late night brawl in Haymarket

Police have arrested a man over a death that allegedly occurred in the hallway outside his room at the Oaks Sydney Castlereagh Suites.

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‘Analog legislation in a digital world’: Are strict sports rights laws fit for the streaming era?

“Anti-siphoning” rules preventing major sporting events from being put behind a paywall are the strictest in the world. But are they out of date?

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When life doesn’t hand you lemons, you may need to water the tree

I believe there’s a secret chemical compound the general public don’t know about that makes everything look good - until you get it home.

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US halts vaccination production at plant after mix-up ruins 15m doses

The Biden administration has put Johnson & Johnson in charge of a Baltimore manufacturing plant that ruined 15 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine, and moved to stop the facility from making another vaccine developed by AstraZeneca.

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City running away with title, Liverpool closes in on Chelsea

Liverpool’s 3-0 victory over Arsenal was a reminder of the quality that saw the champions still leading the standings in December before imploding.

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Amazon apologises, acknowledges issue of drivers urinating in bottles

Amazon.com has apologised to US congressman Mark Pocan, admitting to scoring an “own goal” in its initial denial of his suggestion that its drivers were sometimes forced to urinate in bottles during their delivery rounds.

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Adding a ‘W’ to everything will not protect and promote women

If the Prime Minister thinks his cabinet reshuffle will refashion the way women feel about him, he should have another think.

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Man dies after freak accident at Portarlington Golf Club

A 69-year-old man has died days after he was hit in the head by a golf ball in a freak accident at the Portarlington Golf Club.

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‘She is shattered’: NRLW player charged after allegedly assaulting Northies bouncers

Maynard is currently playing in the NSWRL Harvey Norman Women’s Premiership with the North Sydney Bears ahead of the NRLW season.

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Argentine President tests positive to COVID despite vaccination

Argentine President Alberto Fernández says he had an initial positive test for COVID-19, despite having been vaccinated in January.

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‘A redo of first year’: Second-year uni students finally get a taste of campus life

University campuses are returning to normal with students hanging out on the lawns, going for drinks at the uni bar and joining clubs and sporting teams.

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Man dies in Koo Wee Rup aircraft crash

A pilot has died after the microlight aircraft he was in crashed in Koo Wee Rup on Sunday morning.

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In show of Pharaonic heritage, Egypt parades royal mummies

Egypt has held a gala parade celebrating the transport of 22 of its prized royal mummies from central Cairo to their new resting place in a massive new museum further south in the capital.

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How do you talk about consent with your kids?

What do we understand by the word “consent”? And how do you talk about it with your children?

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‘Trailblazer’: Carla Zampatti’s family accepts state funeral offer

Premier Gladys Berejiklian said details of the funeral would soon be released and extended her sympathy to the fashion designer’s family on behalf of NSW.

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Rapper DMX on life support after heart attack, lawyer says

The influential rapper and actor is gravely ill after a heart attack.

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No new local COVID-19 cases in Queensland but one in hotel quarantine

Health Minister Yvette D’Ath confirmed the state only had one new case on Sunday, who was believed to have been infected in Pakistan.

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Jordan prince says he’s under house arrest in video

The half-brother of Jordan’s King Abdullah II said he has been placed under house arrest and accused the country’s “ruling system” of incompetence and corruption.

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Perth’s smallest bookshop: Only 14 square metres but packs a punch

It’s housing thousands of books. It’s employing 20 volunteers (one at a time, obviously). And it’s bringing back to life a little-known but fascinating history.

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AstraZeneca vaccine rollout to continue after clotting case in Melbourne

Deputy Chief Medical Officer Michael Kidd says the evidence points to link between the vaccine and the rare clotting condition.

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Making the Yards tick - Collingwood’s bold new arts precinct

In the grounds of the former Collingwood TAFE, Collingwood Yards is designed to bring together artists of all disciplines.

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Teenager among four charged for allegedly raping girls at a Brisbane party

The accused, charged with more than 50 serious offences, were due to appear in Brisbane Magistrates Court on Saturday after three teenage girls were allegedly drugged and raped in Toowong.

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‘Bigger than life’: Tributes for Carla Zampatti after fashion icon’s death at 78

The designer has been remembered as someone who championed talent and thrived in the cut-throat world of Australian fashion.

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Dees like it hot: Melbourne surge into AFLW preliminary finals

Maddison Gay’s late goal and some hard tackling from the Demons saw them outlast the Fremantle Dockers to win Saturday’s qualifying final at Casey Fields.

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Friend could remain with Roosters if he chooses to retire

Jake Friend will go into a crucial meeting on Tuesday to decide his playing future knowing there is a post-career job at the club waiting for him if he wants it.

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Eels rest marathon man Gutherson, but don’t blame speed of the game

The Eels skipper was ordered to take it easy at training this week after chalking up more than 10 kilometres against Cronulla.

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Gallery: Carla Zampatti’s life in pictures

Legendary fashion designer Carla Zampatti has died at the age of 78.

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Senior Andrews government minister needs part of bowel removed, off until June

Lisa Neville has battled Crohn’s disease for 32 years and will require three months off work as she undergoes surgery.

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An Easter memory from childhood will always define my brother’s love

There’s an unspoken contract within my family about which stories are to be uttered and which we don’t mention, ever.

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Major League Baseball to move All-Star Game from Atlanta to protest Georgia voting law

“Major League Baseball fundamentally supports voting rights for all Americans,” said MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred, following discussions with the baseball clubs and players.

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Ashes let-down driving Australia’s world record push

Meg Lanning’s all-conquering team has its date with history on Sunday in New Zealand when it aims to eclipse the 21 straight one-day international victories of Ricky Ponting’s men in 2003.

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AFL 2021 LIVE updates: No Buddy, but unbeaten Swans take on Dusty’s Tigers

Follow all the action on our AFL live blog for this Easter Saturday.

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Carla Zampatti, 78, dies in hospital one week after fall

Australian fashion designer Carla Zampatti has died at St Vincent’s Hospital, one week after a fall at a gala opera premiere.

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In three games, Walker has already kicked more goals than last season

Adelaide key forward Tex Walker has started the season on fire with 17 goals from three games as the Crows look a far better side than 2020.

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‘Beautiful, sunny’: Melbourne basks in balmy Easter weather

Melbourne is expected to reach 32 degrees on Saturday, with the beaches and pools state-wide sure to be under siege as Victorians tries to cool off.

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‘It’s suspicious’: Patients relocated from PA Hospital’s COVID-19 ward

Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young says the hospital will not be receiving any more COVID-19 patients, while Queensland records three new cases overnight.

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Sexual consent: Why ‘no’ is not enough in some states

Do you understand sexual consent? It's more complex than you might think.

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Why we need to hold fire on AFLW expansion

The women’s game at the top level is making great strides but with COVID-19 having an impact at grass-roots level there’s a need for patience.

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Nearly intact piece of SpaceX rocket lands at Washington state farm

The US National Weather Service said the widely reported bright objects in the sky on March 25 were remnants of the second stage of a SpaceX rocket.

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Gustavsson puts his stamp on Matildas, naming his first squad

Kerr heads experienced Matildas line up with a sprinkle of fresh faces and old favourites, as Gustavsson selects squad for Germany, Netherlands games.

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‘Separated by distance but united in faith’: Holy Week celebrated in shadow of virus

At one point, Pope Francis prayed that God would give people his hope so that “we will be able to recognise you even in the darkest moments of our life.”

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Apartment tower gets green light to reshape Scarborough’s skyline despite local angst

The Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority Board allowed US developer Sentinel Real Estate to build double the amount of storeys allowed under local planning laws.

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Queensland ‘strained’ with up to nine infected travellers daily: Premier

Annastacia Palaszczuk says she believes Queensland is taking in the highest number of COVID-positive travellers.

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‘It’s incumbent on me to be the bigger man’: Chris Scott on that incident

Chris Scott accepts that the AFL need to send a signal to lower levels about what behaviour is acceptable after he received a suspended sanction for interacting with Lions players.

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Coin converter honours pay cheque paid in pennies

Andreas Flaten’s former employer dumped more than 90,000 oil-covered pennies — equivalent to about $1180 — on his driveway.

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Keep an eye on chaotic Castagna: the Tigers personified

No rookie had won three flags in their first 100 VFL/AFL games. Until Jason Castagna came along.

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‘Real risk of censorship’: Claim academic research funding is becoming politicised

A former policy adviser to the Australian government says academic projects that are critical of the government are less likely to be funded.

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Kuol runnings: A-League’s brightest young star to be poached by German heavyweights

The teenager is on the cusp of a “life-changing” move engineered by the same talent-spotter who discovered Robert Lewandowski, Shinji Kagawa and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.

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No sure thing: The two questions at heart of Smith’s captaincy campaign

The former Test skipper has gone public with his desire to return to the role. Some big names have already backed him. Any more laying of the ground and you would call it pitch-doctoring.

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Tens of thousands fully vaccinated in NSW, new daily data reveals

Almost 30,000 people in NSW are fully inoculated against COVID-19 and more than 94,500 are halfway there, the state’s latest vaccination count reveals.

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Stuck from stem to stern: The 144-hour scramble to pry loose the Ever Given

Tugboat worker Eslam Negm thought about all the ship memes- the world was laughing at Egypt. “No one was able to see how much pressure we were under,” he said.

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Herald Opinion weekly wrap: Wrestling with who we are

After weeks of soul-searching about the way we treat women in Australia, Nyadol Nyuon, our new columnist, exposed another ugly layer to our national character.

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Up to 150mm of heavy rainfall possible for Queensland coast

Bureau says flood watches had been issued across parts of the south-east, including the lower Brisbane River and the Lockyer Valley.

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Queensland music venues raise hands for $80,000 COVID lifelines

After meeting with the Queensland government on Wednesday, live music venue operators have been offered $80,000 grants to cover gig cancellations and crowd restrictions.

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Is there a ‘smarter’ way to enjoy chocolate as part of a healthy diet?

When it comes to choosing chocolate this Easter, it’s not only what’s in it but how you eat it that can deliver maximum benefit.

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Smoking ban to be enforced on Mornington Peninsula beaches

The smoking ban is part of a six-month trial that may lead to more widespread restrictions on lighting up.

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‘I’m not sure if I’m allowed to really say too much’: Neale reveals concerning back scan

Speaking after his Brisbane Lions opened their 2021 account with a one-point win over Collingwood at Marvel Stadium courtesy of a goal after the siren from Zac Bailey, Neale said he was “battling a fair bit” with his body early in the season.

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Drug history of Olympian and brother goes beyond sea cocaine plot

Champion athlete Nathan Baggaley and his brother Dru were found guilty over a 2018 plot to import cocaine worth millions. Now their criminal histories can be revealed.

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How our primal instincts fuel Afterpay’s buy now, pay later juggernaut

To understand why Afterpay and the buy now, pay later phenomenon has become so popular, behavioural scientists are harking back to our early days on the African savannah.

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‘Missing link’ to Brisbane PA Hospital cluster found

Queensland has recorded no community transmission of COVID-19 on Good Friday, a day after greater Brisbane was seeing out the last hours of lockdown.

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The trip to Singapore you could soon be taking

What would an Australia-Singapore travel bubble look like? After relocating to our new foreign bureau, I can perhaps provide a little insight into how it may work.

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Hotel security guards, cleaners still refusing to get jab as WA explores mandatory vaccinations

New figures released by WA Health show of the 1752 hotel quarantine workers, just one in every four was fully immunised.

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Easter trading hours: What’s open on Good Friday?

Find out what you can and can’t do over the Easter long weekend.

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A ‘campaign of envy’ or a serious threat? WA’s GST share back in the spotlight

WA Premier Mark McGowan says our share of the GST pool is under threat from the east just 28 months after national reforms secured WA a fairer deal. WAtoday explains where WA stands, who said what and what’s at stake.

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‘Soldiers are the greatest peril’: How did Myanmar descend into chaos?

What’s behind the latest coup? Why is Aung San Suu Kyi in detention? And isn’t Myanmar a democracy?

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Uniformity at risk as defamation reforms set to start in three states on July 1

NSW, Victoria and South Australia say they will forge ahead with introducing defamation changes on July 1 ahead of laggard states and territories, creating two separate defamation regimes in Australia.

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The rise of the reducers: Why some of us are putting less meat on our plates

New research has found that almost one in five Australians are making a conscious effort to reduce their consumption of meat for health and environmental reasons.

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‘Delly sighting’: Cavs hopeful Aussie will make long-delayed season debut

More than a year since his last regular-season NBA game, the Cavaliers’ popular veteran Australian guard could make his season debut on Friday.

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‘I have done nothing, yet’: Tszyu cites Kostya to put Hogan win in perspective

After making short work of Dennis Hogan, Tim Tszyu compared his career to date to that of famous father Kostya. It was not a flattering assessment.

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The stars align as comedy big-hitters win rave reviews

Our Comedy Festival reviewers have handed out their first five-star awards. Check out this firehose of hot-off-the-press reviews to find out who was on the receiving end.

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Perth properties selling the fastest they have in 15 years

Property prices across Australia increased at their fastest rate in 30 years over March, while Perth house values have risen tens of thousands of dollars in since January.

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Scientology shifts millions to Australia, books multimillion-dollar profits

Australia has become an international haven for the Church of Scientology’s wealth as it shifts tens of millions of dollars into the country.

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Benedict Cumberbatch in wide-eyed transformation as real-life spy

The British actor plays a businessman-turned-MI6 agent whose friendship with a Soviet colonel threatens his mission.

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‘Not adequate’: SunSuper, QSuper members criticise funds’ climate policies

Members say the funds, which are merging to create a $200 billion super giant, are lagging behind peers on climate action, and have called for net zero targets and divestment strategies to be made public.

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NSW records no new COVID-19 cases, Brisbane lockdown to lift

No new local coronavirus cases were reported in NSW on Thursday after Byron Bay was placed on alert on Wednesday following the state’s first community transmission in 14 days.

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‘She loves it here’: Personal homes in on Vinery

Co-trainer Tom Dabernig believes Personal is ready to show her best as she steps up to 2000m at Rosehill on Saturday.

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The MCA’s Liz Ann Macgregor on the dinner invite that changed her life

When the director of Sydney’s Museum of Contemporary Art, Liz Ann Macgregor, arrived in Australia from the UK, she bonded immediately with artist Lindy Lee. Later, an invite to a Lee family dinner led to a life-changing event.

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NRL considers action against Roberts after biosecurity breach at Tszyu fight

The NRL is investigating why Wests Tigers player James Roberts attended Wednesday night’s Tim Tszyu fight in Newcastle without a face mask.

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The moshpit is back

Keen punters had a blast at Skegss’ first “standing” show since Covid.

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Dreading school holidays? Easter decorating ideas to keep kids busy

Impress your guests with some handmade decorations that will also keep the kids amused at the start of the school break.

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Changing the name of Boydtown is a chance to remake history for better

Boydtown on the South Coast of NSW is named after a slave trader. Let’s recognise the amazing Indigenous heritage of this area and rename it and the surrounding national park.

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Geelong coach Chris Scott receives $10,000 suspended fine

The Geelong coach received a $10,000 suspended fine for the quarter-time incident with Lions players at GMHBA Stadium on Friday night.

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Sydney in the ’60s was black and white on the plate as well as the TV

It was accused of being a monotone place – constrained by limited international travel – but haunts like Cahills offered a gaudy simulacrum of that missing world.

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Barty’s No.1 ranking safe as Osaka’s 23-match win streak ends

Defeat to Maria Sakkari was Naomi Osaka’s first since February 2020, and it ended any chance of reclaiming the No.1 ranking this week from Ash Barty, who is in the semi-finals at the Miami Open.

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Just the raw truth: Archie Roach is frail but unbowed

Every visit from the legendary performer seems like a lesson in living.

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CBA sued for overcharging customers $55 million in account fees

The corporate watchdog says the bank wrongly charged customers including pensioners, full-time students, recently-arrived migrants, and people with a home loan package deal.

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Brisbane lockdown to end at noon

Brisbane’s lockdown will end at noon after Queensland recorded one new locally acquired coronavirus case on Thursday.

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Ronald Brierley pleads guilty to possessing child abuse material

The former corporate titan entered pleas to three charges at Downing Centre Local Court on Thursday, with a number of other charges withdrawn.

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Vaccine feud erupts between NSW and federal government

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian and Health Minister Brad Hazzard have blasted federal government claims the state has been slow to administer COVID-19 vaccines, revealing a shipment of 45,000 doses was “dumped at our front door” with no warning.

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Denial, dementia and devilry: Anthony Hopkins shows us horrors

As memory loss takes hold, Hopkins becomes King Lear in a cardigan. It’s an extraordinary performance in a film that puts us inside his disintegrating mind.

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Better Call Saul star’s surprising decision

This violent action movie may verge on deadpan parody, but there’s no questioning its star’s commitment.

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Upper Hunter MP Michael Johnsen resigns from NSW Parliament

Deputy Premier John Barilaro has released a statement confirming the Upper Hunter MP had tendered his resignation.

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Connecting the dots: Explaining the strange behaviour in markets

A raft of seemingly unrelated incidents and developments have shaken up global markets. But there are two things that connect them.

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The streaming platform anticipating the future of social media

Live Streaming as a trend in today’s infotainment industry is no surprise.

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‘I’m proud of her’: The father behind a special cafe in Balaclava

Jonathan Wenig was concerned about a career for his daughter, who has autism, and so he started All Things Equal cafe. Half of its staff have special needs.

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Queensland will give out vaccine faster if supply is made public

The state has been hoarding vaccines vials because it does not trust the consistency of supply coming from the federal government.

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Look, don’t touch: Poisonous mushrooms set to boom across Victoria this autumn

Above-average rainfall combined with Victorians’ post-lockdown curiosity has authorities on the front foot against toxic mushrooms like the death cap, which can kill within 48 hours.

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Women’s financial security in retirement should be high on minister’s agenda

An open letter to Australia’s new Minister for Women’s Economic Security.

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Person at bachelorette venue tests positive, restrictions for northern NSW

It brings an end to 14 days without community transmission of the virus in NSW.

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Used soup bowls and worn shorts among the joys of op-shopping

Second-hand clothing is a vote against fast fashion and a protest against the “buy more” marketing mantra.

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‘It wasn’t much fun’: Hunt on the pain of playing for 71 minutes with a broken leg

The tough-as-nails Dragons skipper copped a knock in the ninth minute and played on, thinking it was a cork. X-rays revealed he’d broken his leg.

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G. Gordon Liddy, operative convicted in Watergate scandal, dies

With his intense stare, cannonball head, bristling mustache and machine-gun style of speaking, Liddy looked like the archetypal bad guys he later depicted on TV.

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Joe Biden’s dog Major bites again

The German shepherd nipped someone while on a walk on Monday while still adjusting to his new surroundings, a White House staffer said.

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Why Bontempelli is ‘the logical player to challenge Dusty’

This week on the Real Footy podcast, Michael Gleeson, Caroline Wilson and Jake Niall discuss whether Bontempelli is the logical choice to challenge Dusty as the best player in the AFL.

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Everybody dance now: New York’s post-pandemic live scene revival

The city that never sleeps slipped into a COVID-era coma last March. But New York’s nightlife is back, with lights on for clubs and live shows from Friday.

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‘Incredibly stupid’: Volkswagen hoaxes media with fake statement on name change

Volkswagen of America could find itself in hot water after issuing false statements this week saying it would change its brand name to “Voltswagen”, only to reverse course and admit that the supposed name change was a joke.

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Morrison should kick Laming out of government: Turnbull

The Coalition’s decision in NSW to kick a state MP accused of serious transgressions out of the party was the right path, Malcolm Turnbull said.

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Hacks to give your fridge the Marie Kondo treatment

Giving more thought to how we organise our shelves could benefit our health, not to mention our bank balance and carbon footprint.

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Pet psychic business blossoms in Taiwan as people seek connection without kids

Some see Taiwan’s religions of Daoism and Buddhism as encouraging the trend but experts say it is driven by a growing sense of isolation in the middle-class.

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Suncorp warns against building in flood zones, flags $250m in claims

Suncorp’s chief has urged governments to improve their planning decisions and avoid building new homes in highly flood-prone areas as it revealed claims from this month’s disasters will cost it up to $250 million.

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Three new COVID cases recorded overnight as Brisbane lockdown continues

Queensland has recorded three new cases of COVID-19 over the past 24 hours.

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‘Very uncomfortable’: Another woman says Andrew Cuomo forcibly kissed her cheeks

“I felt he was acting in a highly flirtatious and inappropriate manner, especially in front of my family and neighbours,” the woman said.

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Samantha Azzopardi to plead guilty to child stealing charges

The lawyer for the notorious au pair says a plan to fight the charges in court has been dropped, and she now plans to admit to her offending next month.

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Swans granted exemptions to train in wake of COVID outbreak

Swans players will resume training on Tuesday but must follow strict protocols in the wake of the latest coronavirus outbreak in Brisbane.

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‘Are you OK’: The last words Michaela Dunn said to her killer

Mert Ney has given evidence in a Supreme Court sentence hearing, telling the court his victim’s last words before he stabbed her to death still play on his mind.

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Vaccines now mandated for workers treating COVID patients

Health workers must have received at least one dose of the coronavirus vaccine before treating COVID-19 positive patients after two separate clusters were linked back to a Brisbane hospital.

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New restrictions placed on NRL players as Brisbane COVID-19 cases grow

All NRL players have now been banned from catching public transport and will be required to wear masks at any indoor venues, as the cluster continues to grow.

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More than 40 per cent of COVID doctors surveyed by AMAQ had no jab

As survey becomes public, AMAQ president calls on Queensland Health to hasten the immunisation of doctors and healthcare workers.

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Panthers roll the dice with Burton in different role as Manly axe new recruit

Early mail ahead of round four of the NRL as Penrith make a double switch and the axe drops at Manly.

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The COVID-19 outbreak and what it means for the AFL

The competition is once again needing to adjust on the run as the coronavirus outbreak in Queensland throws the AFL into chaos.

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Greed is not good: Hedge fund’s implosion hurts some of the world’s biggest banks

It is curious why a collection of the world’s larger and important banks lined up to provide so much funding and leverage to a character with Bill Hwang’s history.

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‘Astounding betrayal’: Liberal Party gender quota proposal sparks backlash within party

A NSW Liberal Party executive says a push to institute quotas to boost the number of women elected to Parliament goes against the party’s fundamental beliefs.

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‘It’s extreme’: Plan to transform Sandown racetrack into new suburb meets resistance

Dandenong Council warns traffic congestion may result from a plan to end horse racing at Sandown and redevelop the site into a new suburb the size of Wangaratta.

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Headless bodies litter streets of Mozambique town

Palma is the centre of one of Africa’s biggest gas deposits, where Total plans to extract liquified natural gas from offshore sites in the Indian Ocean.

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‘I’m too old’: James Maloney rules out answering an SOS from Roosters

James Maloney would be an ideal candidate to help the Sydney Roosters as they endure an injury crisis but the 34-year-old has zero interest in leaving the south of France.

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Victorian government blocks AGL proposal for Crib Point gas import terminal

Planning Minister Richard Wynne said the project would have unacceptable effects on the environment.

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‘Pain and shame’: Mexican President says police murdered woman during arrest

The state prosecutor is preparing femicide charges for four Tulum police officers after an autopsy concluded they broke her neck when kneeling on her back.

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TAFE sell-off approved on the same day minister met with Racing NSW

Within weeks of making an offer to buy Scone TAFE, Racing NSW met with the state government and a decision to sell the site was approved on the same day as the meeting.

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Pregnant Perth woman given morphine, left waiting for 26 hours at King Edward Memorial Hospital

Madeleine Cusworth was told by a midwife that King Edward Memorial Hospital was trying not to send the same people home twice. ’They were accepting that a lot of people were being sent home once, but they were prioritising people that had already been sent home once so they weren’t sent home again,” she said.

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The Suez Canal crisis is over but the blame game begins

Investigators are likely to examine the performance of the two Egyptian canal pilots aboard the Ever Given who were supposed to advise the captain.

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Woman dead after house fire in Brisbane’s south

A crime scene has been declared after a woman died in a house fire on Monday night.

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Man dies after car and truck crash in Moreton Bay area

A man has died after a fiery crash between a semi-trailer and a car in the Moreton Bay region.

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News Corp buys Lord of the Rings publisher in $US349m deal

In the latest news of consolidation in the literary world, Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp announced it’s buying the book publisher of releases such as The Lord of the Rings trilogy and George Orwell’s 1984.

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Brisbane lockdown: Eight new cases of community transmission overnight

Eight new local cases of COVID-19 have been added to Brisbane’s growing cluster, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has confirmed.

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NSW government says Berejiklian’s pick has scored coveted position

The Berejiklian government has moved to end a bitter standoff in the upper house and says legal advice shows Natasha Maclaren-Jones has scored a coveted position.

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Champion racehorse owner Damion Flower pleads guilty to drug importation

The racing identity was arrested in May 2019 alongside a Qantas baggage handler for importing cocaine from South Africa hidden in the holds of commercial flights.

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Fury in Mexico after video captures woman’s death in police custody

Video from Tulum shows a police officer kneeling on a woman’s back as she cries out, before four of them stand around her body, then load it onto a truck.

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Nine cyber attack has all the hallmarks of ransomware, without the ransom

Nine Entertainment computers were encrypted and shut down as staff arrived on Sunday, but who’s responsible for the attack has been difficult to determine.

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Blue Mountains councillors cleared after inquiry into asbestos crisis

The council’s failings in handling an asbestos crisis have been fixed and there is no reason for councillors to be sacked, an inquiry has found.

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Raising dam wall could lead to more development on floodplain, Emergency Minister says

As residents return to the Hawkesbury-Nepean Valley to count the cost of the floods, NSW Emergency Services Minister David Elliott said raising the height of Sydney’s largest reservoir could benefit the future growth of the area.

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New York lawmakers agree to legalise recreational marijuana

The laws to expand the state’s existing medical marijuana program and set up a a licensing and taxation system for recreational sales are expected to pass within days.

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Malcolm Turnbull set to head NSW government’s climate advisory board

The former prime minister will head a new board to advise the NSW government’s long-term climate policy in his first major political post since being toppled three years ago.

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Panthers reject latest swap deal offer from Bulldogs for Burton

Canterbury club officials approached Penrith last week to offer one of their players in exchange for an early release.

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Wall Street’s $US20b fire sale raises unsettling questions

The $US20 billion of stocks dumped into the market after a massive margin call highlights hidden leverage in the markets even as the markets appear to be evolving.

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Bride-to-be Jacinda Ardern talks wedding plans

“It’s about time... I have spent more time on housing plans than wedding plans,” the NZ Prime Minister said on Monday.

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Pandemic shopping habits are giving inflation experts a headache

Financial markets are obsessed with where inflation is headed in the world’s largest economy. But with COVID-19 turning consumption upside down, statisticians are struggling to figure out where inflation is at.

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