Riding a bike is sweet freedom, even if it might kill me

A relatively small upgrade to the CBD that has people like me feeling more confident to leave their car at home and ride to work.

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Big name may not be best fit for Pies in coach search: Licuria

Club football director Paul Licuria will consult Mick Malthouse about the type of coach the Pies will pursue, and reveals he “virtually begged” former president Eddie McGuire not to leave.

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Would you punt the house to restore your name?

The glaring problem with defamation laws is that ordinary citizens have no hope of litigating to protect their reputations.

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Wear a turtleneck, buy an indoor plant. But watch this show first

Netflix’s fashion bio-series about 1970s’ US designer Roy Halston is driving interest in several home and style trends thanks to its blend of aspiration and fantasy.

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‘They had fear in their eyes’: how to handle motherhood rage

More overwhelmed parents are losing it in front of their children. Here’s how to stop it from happening. Or fix things if you’ve crossed the line.

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G7 leaders discuss Wuhan lab leak theory and back new investigation

Prime Minister Scott Morrison says more work is needed to find out what caused the global “carnage” of the coronavirus pandemic.

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Fittler’s leadership masterstroke the key to Mitchell’s remarkable Origin return

Latrell Mitchell’s arrival as a superstar at Origin level warmed the hearts of league fans in NSW and was anything but an accident.

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There’s a lot at stake as the maths wars erupt

Australia can’t rely on parents to teach their kids maths basics.

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All-male club where gents fear ‘bossy’ women while confronting the prospect of ‘shrinkage’

The exclusion of women from the Australian Club in Sydney is not so threatening to women, but their potential inclusion as members is clearly threatening some among the all-male membership.

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Only one bit of good news in the sorry story of a little girl let down on Australia’s watch

Why on earth did it take so long to get a three-year-old adequate medical attention?

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After a perfect Sydney trifecta - sunrise, swim, strong coffee - I read some unbelievable news

How can it be that Sydney is no longer in the top 10 livable cities?

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Fake blood, artificial stomachs and state-of-the-art technology: Inside the TGA

Australia’s medical regulator has become a household name over the past year thanks to its work approving coronavirus vaccines, but that’s just a fraction of the TGA’s work.

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Helena Christensen: Yes, women have come a long way but we’ve said that for years

“There’s still such a long way to go,” says the supermodel, who makes a conscious effort not to talk about age in interviews, because she feels that men are not asked in the same way.

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Seasonal flu ‘nowhere to be seen’ in Australia

Experts who have spent decades studying the flu in Australia have never seen anything like it, but they have warned the strange phenomenon may not last.

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Just a few minutes daily learning a language can boost your brain power

Usually, when you’re learning something new, the brain-boosting benefits tend to fade once you get the hang of things. But that doesn’t happen when you’re trying to conquer another language.

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Stunning footage of Huni getting knocked out emerges ahead of Gallen fight

Justis Huni got knocked out by a cruiserweight in a sparring session, raising questions about his chin ahead of his anticipated fight with Paul Gallen.

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Faced with destruction of the reef, a small band do ‘coral carpentry’

Members of the Coral Nurture project are taking living donor corals and fixing them to dead coral to help preserve life. “I didn’t want to feel helpless anymore,” says scientist Christine Roper.

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‘Sydney’s favourite question’: Where the city’s powerbrokers went to school

A Sun-Herald analysis of the schools attended by more than 50 of Sydney’s powerbrokers - men and women who influence the politics, business, and culture of the city - found almost 10 per cent attended the same school.

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Global Sony boss investigating bullying and harassment claims in Australia

Sony Music’s head office in the US has held confidential discussions with at least four former and current staff members.

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Andrews government secretly negotiating permanent pandemic laws to replace state of emergency

Health Department officials have been meeting with three powerful crossbenchers whose demands are set to radically change the way the government manages COVID-19.

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‘It’s complicated’: My faith guides me without containing me

As the nurse asked which religion I belonged to, I thought for a heartbeat before saying “Hinduism”, secretly wishing one of the options could be “it’s complicated”.

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America is back: France’s Macron says Biden is ‘part of the club’

The United States is back as a cooperative leader of the free world under President Joe Biden, France’s Emmanuel Macron said on Saturday, illustrating the relief felt by many key US allies that the tumult of Donald Trump’s presidency is over.

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Barbora Krejcikova wins the French Open

Barbora Krejcikova won the French Open on Saturday, beating Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in three sets, 6-1, 2-6, 6-4.

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The church stripped bare: high rate of domestic abuse among Anglicans exposed

For too long, the church has been in denial. This weekend, every minister, bishop and archbishop should be preaching on the scourge of domestic violence.

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A land of flooding cliches, parched of eloquence: the empoverished vocabulary of Australian politicians

The former foreign affairs minister and longest-serving NSW premier laments what has become of the language of politics.

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The rollout that’s even worse than the vaccine debacle

Where is the Prime Minister on electric vehicle policy?

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Cops and robbers reboot: why we need the long arm of digital trickery to defeat global crime

The success of worldwide law-enforcement operations this week redefines the way investigators must work - and how legislators, Australia’s included, will need to accommodate them.

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Online dating lacks the ‘magic’, according to social researcher Hugh Mackay

“Physical intimacy is a beautiful expression of emotional intimacy that is achieved through attraction, and getting to know and feel you love someone.”

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Labor offers deal on airport security but holds out on shipping checks

The government has listed the bill for debate in the upper house on Tuesday to give the AFP more scope to vet workers.

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‘It’s gone on far too long’: Nationals MP says Biloela family could have answer in two weeks

A Queensland LNP MP says he has spoken to Immigration Minister Alex Hawke and been told the Tamil family detained on Christmas Island will get an answer within two weeks.

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How PM’s pal put ‘Satanic paedophile’ conspiracy in the public eye

A Herald investigation reveals Tim Stewart’s business dealings include links to a trio of one-time bankrupt Liberal powerbrokers from the Sutherland Shire.

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History is at stake as two sides face off in the Ben Roberts-Smith case

At the heart of the case will be whether Roberts-Smith will walk away labelled a murderer, or whether the Victoria Cross-winner will retrieve his place as one of Australia’s greatest war heroes.

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Treasurer’s message to unis: Get local students back on campus

NSW Treasurer Dominic Perrottet wants university bosses to explain how they will get more local students back into the classroom as the sector prepares for the long-awaited return of international students.

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‘Economic challenges will echo for years to come’: Migration drought puts the squeeze on NSW

More than 40 per cent of NSW firms say skill shortages are taking a toll on their business as economic disruptions caused by the pandemic-induced slump in overseas migration become increasingly apparent.

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Anthropologist and archaeologist say Dark Emu was littered with weak evidence and unsourced claims

Two leading Australian academics have savaged the best-selling Indigenous history book Dark Emu for being riddled with mistakes and ignoring Aboriginal voices.

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‘Complex, wicked problem’: Creaking towers are alarming engineers

Structural engineers claim building regulators have been slow to act, as new construction technology has allowed buildings to bend with the wind but wall and ceiling framing designs have not kept up.

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Aged care group awarded contract to vaccinate remaining 6000 residents

A Victorian aged care home operator has been hired by the Morrison government to provide COVID-19 vaccines to thousands of elderly residents who are still haven’t got the jab.

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Meet the next Mr Big in the criminal underworld: He’s known as Mr Blonde

The An0m bust in Operation Ironside took down hundreds of organised criminals globally. But crime does not sleep and another cartel is waiting in the wings.

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Go deeper and find the narrative for survival during difficult times

Reading and writing has helped one woman gain control when the pandemic and lockdowns has sometimes forced us to give it up.

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The ugly truth about men who get beauty treatments

I think I speak for most women when I point out that we prefer our fellas witty to pretty. What women love most is a big, thrusting organ: the one between a man’s ears.

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Bunkers, Utzon and a little bit of Denmark in Newcastle

A new family home was inspired by Denmark’s concrete wartime bunkers and pays homage to Jorn Utzon. It combines hygge, the Danish word for comfort, with a love of concrete construction.

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Squeezing one last drop from Big Oil: The great climate debate shaking Australia’s energy sector

A dark cloud hangs over the energy sector as it faces a climate change reckoning. But some are convinced there is money to be made as the world recovers from COVID-19.

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Convicted socialite fraudster’s podcast appearance causes a stir

“I wanted to throw up” was how one victim described her reaction to the news of Annabel “Belle” Walker’s somewhat sanitised account of her lies and deception.

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Debunking Dark Emu: did the publishing phenomenon get it wrong?

In 2014, Bruce Pascoe’s Dark Emu revolutionised interpretations of Indigenous history, arguing that Aboriginal people engaged in agriculture, irrigation and construction prior to the arrival of Europeans. Now, in a new book, two highly respected academics say that there is little evidence for these claims.

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‘Black armbands or white picket fences’: debating the Dark Emu divide

In this episode, academic Peter Sutton and freelance writer Stuart Rintoul discuss the factual gaps in 2014 publishing phenomenon Dark Emu.

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Socceroos trounce Nepal to reach next World Cup qualifying stage

As expected, Australia made light work of their unfancied opponents to seal top spot in Group B with one game to spare.

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Matildas fall to third straight loss heading into Tokyo Olympics

Late goals to Mary Fowler and Clare Polkinghorne weren’t enough to undo a horror 10-minute period in the first half where Tony Gustavsson’s team conceded three goals.

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Infected couple had no permit for entry to Queensland, state’s CHO says

Queensland government said the pair may have been relocating for work, but had not applied to for an exemption permit to travel into the state from Melbourne.

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The US faces a hangover as it drives the global economy

With its aggressive pandemic aid measures and rapid vaccine rollout, the US is propelling the world economy. But the risk of a post-stimulus economic hangover looms.

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CNN legal analyst returns to TV after exposing himself on Zoom meeting

“Nothing is really in my defence,” Toobin said. “This was deeply moronic and indefensible. . . . It was wrong, it was stupid, and I’m trying to be a better person.”

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Australia news LIVE: COVID restrictions eased in Melbourne as NSW, Queensland remain on high alert for cases; Ben Roberts-Smith trial continues

Melburnians are now able to travel up to 25km from their home, Ben Roberts-Smith will continue giving evidence in his defamation trial today and Brisbane is one step closer to hosting the 2032 Olympic Games.

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Bitcoin put in highest risk category in bank capital plan; JP Morgan warns of bear market

Powerful group of global regulators propose tough new rules for banks holding bitcoin as it continues further on its road to becoming mainstream.

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Cases of heart inflammation found in young men after Pfizer, Moderna vaccines: US CDC

The US agency and other health regulators have been investigating heart inflammation cases after Israel’s Health Ministry reported it had found a likely link to the condition in young men.

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Was State of Origin I the fastest game of rugby league ever played?

NSW coach Brad Fittler admits he stuffed up his approach to last year’s Origin series. Game one’s 50-6 win against Queensland was his finest hour.

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‘The pencil will come out again’: Fittler faces big call on Crichton

Will Blues coach Brad Fittler be tempted to bring back the Roosters back-rower to a NSW team coming off a record-breaking victory?

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Research tips thousands of COVID deaths without restrictions and more vaccinations

Modelling by a medical institute has found thousands of people could die of COVID-19 in Victoria in the event of a highly infectious outbreak if no restrictions are in place,

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How COVID forced the planet’s luckiest raincheck

The pandemic delayed the global climate summit until November this year - one of the most fortuitous postponements in history.

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At $10 a pop, rapid COVID tests are the way to a safer, more open Australia

Britain is already offering free rapid antigen testing to all citizens twice weekly. Australia doesn’t need to build more quarantine

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Wall Street rises despite inflation surge

Wall Street gains across the board despite inflation figures coming in higher than economists had expected.

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Queen to make rare appearance at G7 summit before meeting with Scott Morrison

Marking an end to the turbulent tenure of Donald Trump, Boris Johnson described Joe Biden as a “breath of fresh air”.

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Entire NSW rail network to go green by 2025, smaller ferries to go electric

The plan would see smaller harbour ferries - including the River Class fleet - retrofitted with electric engines within five years, while Sydney’s train network would achieve net zero emissions by 2025.

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Deliberate cruelty to punish parents: Former High Court chief justice slams Tamil treatment

A former High Court chief justice has slammed the “deliberate cruelty” inflicted on the children of a Tamil family detained on Christmas Island.

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Morrison uses international crime bust to target Labor but misfires

Eager to start a political fight, the Prime Minister blamed the Opposition for blocking laws aimed at stopping transnational crime, but he got some of his facts wrong.

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Melissa Caddick’s auditors may face class action over financial statements

Liquidators of the missing fraudster’s company have also identified assets they are seeking to recover, including her husband’s Audi, and shares and jewellery.

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Australia is in no rush to join global stampede to green bonds

Don’t expect us to join the growing ranks of countries issuing debt to fund environmental objectives any time soon.

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‘From the river to the sea’: Labor’s havoc over Palestine and Israel

A little-seen social media post with a Labor MP and the phrase “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” shows the depths of division in the party over Israel.

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Global An0m operation was terminated as app’s popularity stretched police resources

Before the takedown of another shadow encrypted app in March, there were 3000 active users of An0m. This surged to 9000 by May.

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Puppies! At work? Wishful thinking or the future of office life

It’s no secret Luna Hill is the office favourite. But Luna’s not like any employee, the Border Collie has come to work with owners Silvia and Matt Hill since she was eight weeks old.

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Scott Morrison eyes September trip to US to mark ANZUS anniversary

Australian and US officials are hoping to co-ordinate the visit with a high-powered joint summit with the Japanese and Indian prime ministers in Washington.

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Fastly says single customer sparked internet chaos

The company said an “undiscovered software bug” was triggered by routine activity by a single customer.

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Woman shot dead after answering front door in Newcastle: police

The woman died at the scene and is yet to be formally identified, but she is believed to be aged 61.

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Medieval role-player who slapped Macron linked to far-right royalist fringe

Damien Tarel’s motives for slapping the French President remain unclear but his cry “Montjoie! Saint Denis!” is a centuries-old royalist call to arms.

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Russia bans Navalny’s supporters as ‘extremist’ ahead of Putin Biden summit

The extremism label carries lengthy prison terms for anyone who has worked with Navalny’s groups, donated to them, and even shared the groups’ posts.

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‘I’m not a grub’: Munster escapes with fine for kicking Martin

Cameron Munster escaped with a fine for kicking Liam Martin in Origin I but maintained he was not a grub, while Jai Arrow thought Nathan Cleary kicked him in the head.

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‘He just wanted to talk to the team’: Inside Blues’ frantic efforts to stop Cleary bleeding

The Blues doctor said Cleary needed a painkiller in his face but wanted to shun medical attention to talk to his teammates at half-time in NSW’s record-breaking win.

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El Salvador becomes first country to make bitcoin legal tender

President Nayib Bukele said that bitcoin will help counter El Salvador’s low banking penetration rate and cut the cost of transferring money.

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Australia ‘must act’ to halt Indonesia falling under China’s sway

While high-ranking politicians from the US, UK and Asia have visited Indonesia in the last year, Australia hasn’t sent anyone - but China is strengthening links.

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Debt reality check: there are limits on governments spending to thrive

Our government has rightly spent our way out of pandemic trouble, but that doesn’t mean we can abandon the notion of fiscal restraint.

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Why NSW doesn’t need a purpose-built quarantine centre

It’s time to ramp up vaccination, not quarantine.

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Biloela family’s plight puts nation at the crossroads

The images of Tharnicaa on a hospital bed are ones that no one can or should look away from. But what is happening to Tharnicca is not an aberration but the intended outcome of our cruel approach to people seeking asylum.

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Wall Street mixed, while ‘meme’ stocks swing again

Wall Street is on track for another mixed session while “meme” stocks swung wildly again.

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Biden administration plans to share 500m Pfizer vaccines with world

As well as preventing severe illness and death around the globe, the plan would allow the US to pull ahead of China in the “vaccine diplomacy” contest.

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Beef fears take UK trade deal down to the wire when PM Morrison visits

Australian negotiators are seeking to overcome British fears of a flood of beef and lamb imports under a $36.7 billion trade deal that could be signed within days.

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Stockings, tunics and leather shoes: why uniforms stop girls playing

Parents and teachers support students being allowed to wear their sports uniform every day to encourage activity, but principals are reluctant.

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‘Ludicrous’ 50-person rule means many pubs won’t reopen after lockdown

Melbourne’s two weeks of lockdown will ease on Thursday night but hospitality owners say the 50-person indoor limit means many large venues will stay closed.

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Minister wants electrification of all NSW vehicles to overcome health concerns

Transport Minister Andrew Constance said he wanted to make health concerns over air quality from massive motorway projects like WestConnex a thing of the past by electrifying the entire Transport for NSW fleet and eventually all vehicles.

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Vice-chancellors’ pay cut as NSW universities feel heat over salaries

Some universities are paying their new vice-chancellors less than their old ones while others are taking a pay cut, amid controversy over university bosses’ high salaries

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Nephews of Australia’s most wanted man swept up in global app sting

Three relatives of Istanbul-based drug kingpin Hakan Ayik have been implicated in the ambitious global law enforcement operation involving the An0m platform.

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NAB’s use of casual contract workers in financial crimes team adds to compliance concerns

NAB has extensively used casual workers in its financial crimes department, adding to concerns about its ability to clean up its anti-money laundering compliance.

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Pharmacists wait on green light to vaccinate

Pharmacies across NSW are working with the state government to determine which locations will be the first to start using chemists to administer the COVID-19 vaccine, with more than 1200 earmarked by the federal government as suitable for the job.

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I made a resolution to reduce my family’s waste. Here’s how

After being horrified by the waste her family produced in lockdown in Italy, Kate Langbroek shares how she’s been rethinking sustainability.

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Record number of Australians have two jobs as recovery gains speed

A record number of Australians with second jobs and a record number of house demolitions point to the ongoing strength of the economic recovery.

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‘Can’t get a break’: ransom recovery sends bitcoin tumbling towards key level

Bitcoin slumped to a two-week low, with analysts pointing to a technical breakdown as well as the recovery of Colonial Pipeline’s ransom as evidence that crypto isn’t beyond government control.

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America’s uber rich pay next to no income tax at all

A source leaked tax data to ProPublica on the wealthiest people in the US, including Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Rupert Murdoch and Mark Zuckerberg.

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France yet to agree to quarantine conditions ahead of Wallabies Test series

There are just two weeks before France board a flight bound for Sydney but the FFR remain unhappy with the quarantine protocol set to be placed on their team.

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Top Australian universities climb global rankings

Australia’s leading universities have climbed the latest international rankings, but the impact of the pandemic on international students was not taken into account.

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He won a Dally M at five-eighth but Fittler may use Wighton as a forward

Jack Wighton is a genuine No. 14 who has been training in the backrow and is likely to spend time on an edge against the Maroons.

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‘Snapshot from a previous era’: Victorian universities rise in world rankings

The state’s universities continue to climb in global rankings but are forecast to face a grim few years as Australia’s borders remain closed to international students. 

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Aussie aces deal with Serena Williams’ hubby for cult chicken nugget alternative

A 21-year-old Australian entrepreneur has secured $65 million for his alternative chicken nuggets ‘Nuggs’ in a funding round lead by Serena Williams’ husband Alexis Ohanian.

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Breach hotel housed man linked to Delta variant outbreak

Despite concerns of a quarantine leak, the government is expecting to release Melbourne from tough lockdown restrictions on Thursday.

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The mega-musical Hamilton does a great disservice to its hero’s mother

Dismissed as a whore, Alexander Hamilton’s mother is clearly the parent from whom he inherited his brains, drive and energy.

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Australia, we do need to talk about Taiwan

That this is the third time Morrison has been invited to the G7 stands as a testament that Australia’s warnings on China are being heard.

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My new hero, Mathias Cormann, now valiant for truth and on the winning side

Now he is head of the OECD, new insight has come to Cormann in a blinding flash: market principles work to cut carbon.

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ASX set for gains, Wall Street struggles to find direction

Wall Street investors continue to navigate a choppy market but the ASX is poised to open in positive territory.

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‘A moral responsibility to act’: NSW to create anti-slavery commissioner

However, the NSW opposition and advocacy groups fear the laws are about to be watered down, with the government signalling it will make several changes to the act this week.

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Deputy Premier called in to broker peace deal over cemeteries shake-up

John Barilaro has been drafted to broker an urgent peace deal with church groups over the government’s proposed overhaul of the state’s cemeteries.

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Council vaccinates lifeguards, librarians while many over 50 wait

Thousands of older Australians are yet to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, but librarians, waste collectors and lifeguards at an eastern Sydney council have already had their jabs. 

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COVID is hurting all of us but it is time to put our children first

There is a lack of urgency in making schools COVID-safe to minimise the risk of future closures.

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Defence warned keeping Afghanistan honours posed ‘unacceptable risk to moral authority’ of the ADF

Senior Defence officials warned the government that failing to strip military honours from special forces troops would cause further harm to Afghan victims and Australia’s relationship with Afghanistan.

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Munster Mash: Why Storm five-eighth gives me nightmares on Origin eve

The Queensland playmaker is rugby league’s modern-day rock star. NSW need to silence him if they’re to win the Origin opener in Townsville.

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‘Not impossible’: Australian Medical Association’s plan for reforming healthcare

The head of the peak doctors’ group worries the health lessons of the pandemic could be forgotten.

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As a part-time employee, is my overtime reasonable?

When does overtime begin to feel like wage theft? Before you have a conversation with your boss, Dr Kirstin Ferguson says there are a few factors to consider.

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NAB’s secretive ‘Project Apollo’ to fix financial crime loopholes

NAB has launched an internal program to overhaul its approach to monitoring suspicious customers after a series of internal audits were knocked back by AUSTRAC.

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‘Assembling her army’: Friend of Porter accuser vows to keep telling her story until there’s an inquiry

Jo Dyer says Kate entrusted a tight circle of friends with a trauma she said had haunted her for decades and they won’t rest until it is investigated.

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To CBD or not to CBD? COVID’s question for the future of Melbourne

Politicians talk about reviving the city centre but there’s a view that COVID has achieved the decentralisation agenda that years of policy could not. Some say this is a good thing.

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Apple unveils new FaceTime features, privacy controls in iOS 15

Apple has previewed its next-generation operating systems, focusing heavily on making FaceTime a better experience to compete with Zoom and adding more privacy controls.

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Socceroos see off Chinese Taipei as World Cup march continues

The 5-1 victory was Australia’s sixth win in a row, and the three points guarantee them a spot in the final phase of qualifying for the next World Cup in Qatar.

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Djokovic, Nadal beat Italian teens to reach French Open quarters

The world No.1 and defending champion took a while to warm up but normal service soon resumed with the pair into the last eight alongside women’s 2020 winner Iga Swiatek.

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Australia news LIVE: COVID-19 exposure sites grow in Melbourne; Ben Roberts-Smith defamation case resumes

Melbourne’s list of exposure sites has once again topped 300, the Ben Roberts-Smith defamation trial enters its second day and Dylan Alcott has won another grand slam in France.

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‘The jabs are working’: Only three fully vaccinated people hospitalised in UK with Delta variant

Nearly 76 per cent of adults in the UK have had at least one shot of vaccines by AstraZeneca, Pfizer or Moderna, and 52 per cent two doses. 

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Reinventing the wheel: The new way big tech is shaking up the world

A restaurant meal served to you by Tesla. An Apple store that doesn’t seem to be selling anything. An Amazon haircut. After years of inventing new products, big tech is causing new upheaval.

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‘Now it really starts to smell’: ‘Rabs’ Warren concerned by rise in diving in NRL

The voice of rugby league has called games for 55 years, but has been disturbed by what he has seen in recent weeks with players staying down.

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US seizes ransom paid to Colonial Pipeline hackers

Georgia-based Colonial Pipeline, which supplies roughly half the fuel consumed on the East Coast, temporarily shut down its operations after the intrusion.

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All I can think is: what am I paying for?

With rising fees and falling class time, domestic university students are starting to feel like cash cows.

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Victorians are suffering and need mental health support

Demand for psychologists is exceeding supply amid the coronavirus pandemic, and we need tangible solutions to our mental health crisis. 

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New deal sets scene for Australia, China to squabble over who gets to tax big miners

The G7 agreement puts Australia’s claim to tax the profits of BHP and Rio in play.

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Australia takes China to task for secret trials, but one could be happening here right now

Secret trials are the hallmark of authoritarian regimes yet Witness J was tried in complete secrecy in Canberra.

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ASX set to slip as Wall Street treads water

Wall Street has continued its choppy trading with a mixed session to kick off the week.

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Gridlock on the grid stalls the transition to renewables

New wind farms are being prevented from delivering clean power to homes and businesses across Victoria as problems plaguing the state’s outdated, coal-based electrical grid jeopardise a smooth transition to renewable energy.

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Power, passion and the winds of change

South-west Victoria is emerging is a key corridor for wind energy, but a battle for hearts and minds is playing out as the turbines add up.

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From newsman to bluesman: What Phil Williams did next

ABC’s former foreign correspondent Phil Williams has reinvented himself as the frontman of a country-folk outfit.

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Home ownership a fading dream for many Sydneysiders

A bigger percentage of Millennials will be locked out of home ownership in coming decades, sparking a surge in demand for social housing and dragging on the state’s finances, according to the NSW intergenerational report.

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NSW coal industry would die in 20 years, worst-case scenario predicts

The NSW coal industry is set to rapidly shrink and may even end within 20 years, according to Treasury projections.

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NSW Treasurer tables secret $50m bid to keep Qantas in Sydney

The NSW government has put millions of dollars in taxpayer funds on the table to keep the flying kangaroo in NSW, according to a confidential letter.

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‘He’ll revel in it’: Why Maloney is backing Luai to buck No.6 hoodoo

James Maloney knows his former Penrith teammate needs to play his natural game and back himself if he’s to break a disturbing NSW No.6 trend.

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After months stranded in a Cyprus village, family is finally home in Melbourne

Shayne Ryan and his family waited eight months to secure a spot on a repatriation flight to Australia – and when the chance finally arrived, they almost missed it.

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Electric vehicle taxes not needed to offset falling fuel excise revenue: report

The report argues the federal government should instead upgrade the nation’s energy grid and push the mining sector to convert from diesel to electric-powered off-road vehicles.

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‘Historic moment’: US regulators approve landmark Alzheimer’s drug

The US Food and Drug Administration’s controversial decision delighted advocacy groups but defied the wishes of many top experts in the field.

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Just you wait - Hamilton thrilled with move to Melbourne

Jason Arrow, who plays the title role in Hamilton, says moving to Her Majesty’s Theatre will create a more intimate show for Melbourne audiences.

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Reactions to the birth of Meghan and Harry’s baby Lilibet Diana

British TV presenter Piers Morgan, who had clashed with the couple, declined to comment on Lilibeth ‘Lili’ Diana Mountbatten-Windsor’s birth in California.

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Scott Morrison’s the man for optimistic narratives but one day Australia will need hard truths

A conversation about what risk the nation is prepared to live with is coming but can this government do it with the honesty and complexity required?

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Chris Minns’ best path to victory could be through Western Sydney

Labor’s western Sydney vote surged at the 2019 NSW election.

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Remote learning security concern after threatening strangers breach online classrooms

Incidents last year included one in which an abusive stranger entered an online Google Classroom session and attempted to engage in what was described as concerning sexual behaviour.

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ASX to edge higher as US jobs report calms Fed fears

The US jobs report showed that companies are still struggling to find enough workers as the economy rapidly recovers from the recession caused by the pandemic.

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Judgment on unseen Delta spread key to lockdown call, as vaccine supply doubled

Victoria’s top public health advisers will over the next few days make a crucial judgement call on whether it is likely that the Delta variant is spreading undetected in the state.

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ABC versus the government is a song that remains the same

Tensions between the ABC and the government have once again boiled over, despite Scott Morrison’s intentions to steer well clear of the ABC controversies his predecessors delighted in stoking.

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Colleen lost $175,000 to an investment scam. Here’s how she was tricked

The consumer watchdog says Australians lost a record $851 million due to scams last year, up 34 per cent on 2019. They fear the real total is much higher.

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AustralianSuper dismisses member privacy concerns over The New Daily

One of the country’s largest superannuation funds says it complied with its internal policies when handing over member data to news website The New Daily.

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Tolling giant signals appetite for reform on Sydney motorways

Motorway giant Transurban has signalled it is open to working with the NSW government to reform Sydney’s huge toll road system.

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Embryo research law needs tweaking to catch up with science

Australia needs to revise its legislation around research into early human life, to reflect new international recommendations and allow crucial breakthroughs to happen.

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The Sydney and Melbourne suburbs where every house sells for $1 million plus

There are 156 suburbs in Sydney and 15 in Melbourne where every house sold this year has changed hands for more than $1 million.

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Sterlo reveals the trait that has Cleary on course to match legends

Nathan Cleary has played more games, scored more tries and kicked more goals than three legends of the sport at the same time in their respective careers. There’s still one box to tick.

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Morrison needs the gumption to save business (and the unions) from their folly

It would be bad for our economy for us to stay a hermit kingdom. But it’s wrong to imagine that re-opening our borders would immediately strengthen the recovery given low wage growth.

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‘Millions impacted’: Industry super group faces ransomware attack lawsuit

IFM has been hit with a class action that alleges millions of consumers, from large businesses to regular motorists, paid higher prices for fuel when the pipeline was closed following a ransomware attack.

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‘An ethical albatross’: Sydney council could fold over ICAC probe

A top silk has warned that two Sydney councillors under investigation by the corruption watchdog could plunge their council into administration.

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NBN Co may have to pay telcos millions for scheduling blunder

NBN Co is planning to pay telcos for every complaint made to the telecommunications ombudsman about a scheduling problem in addition to rebates for failure to appear at appointments.

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The very busy chairman who is ‘as Australian as they come’

The patriarch of the Washington H Soul Pattinson empire says he has no plans to retire after 22 years in the role.

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‘The big tech companies are hard to deal with’: Senator Bragg

Senator Andrew Bragg’s warning to the tech giants comes as the Guardian Australia finalises a major long-term deal with Google and Facebook.

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Pope voices ‘pain’ over Canadian school deaths, doesn’t apologise

Pope Francis on Sunday expressed his pain over the discovery in Canada of the remains of 215 Indigenous students of church-run residential schools and pressed religious and political authorities to shed light on “this sad affair.”

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Serena Williams loses at French Open

Serena Williams’ wait for a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam singles title goes on after the American was beaten by an inspired Elena Rybakina in the French Open fourth round on Sunday.

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Leaked WhatsApp messages show Coalition infighting over ‘low’ tactics

Members of the Coalition’s two parties trade barbs about strategy of purchasing website domains bearing the names of political opponents.

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