Is there any way to stop Tom Trbojevic when he goes roaming?

The NSW ace touched the ball as many times on the left as he did on the right when the Blues had attacking ball in game one. So can Queensland counter him?

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Designed in Manchester, made in Melbourne: Pep talk drives City

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola may be a world away, but he – and former Oasis star Noel Gallagher – will have Melbourne City and the A-League grand final on their minds.

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‘It’s an enormous loss’: Panthers, Tigers brace for $1 million COVID hit

The announcement of a full lockdown could not have come at a worse time for the Panthers and Tigers, who were preparing for blockbuster games.

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Three Women author Lisa Taddeo doesn’t do shapewear

The US-based journalist spent eight years talking to women about their sex lives and desires. Here, she opens up about her personal style.

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Don’t forget where this pain-in-the-arse disaster rolling over Sydney came from

And if you’re refusing to get the jab, don’t whinge about lockdowns.

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Britney Spears was crying out for help but instead we watched the circus

What should we make of the pop star’s unwavering belief that nobody will listen to her?

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Now Sydney is back in lockdown, spare me the scare science

With science communication it’s getting harder to tell where the scare ends and the science starts.

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‘Babies shouldn’t eat vegetables’ and other myths author Alice Pung had to battle

Alice Pung had not long finished her new novel – about a pregnant 16-year-old forced to stay at home by a superstitious mother – when she found herself, her husband, their two sons and their child-to-be in a similar situation.

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As a third-generation survivor, this was hardest topic to explain to my child

Judy Batalion finally found a way to talk about the Holocaust with her daughter, with a little help from a well-known movie.

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The bizarre reason Hilary Mantel was once ordered to give up writing

One of the greatest living authors, Hilary Mantel discusses writing her latest book, living with chronic pain and putting the monarchy under the microscope.

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Author Toby Roberts: How I ended up with one dad and two mums

“I love women who get a kick out of writing and music, and I like kindness; all the things modelled to me by Mum.”

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Best book club bets: the must-read books for winter

From twisty thrillers to period dramas, these books will keep you spellbound as you rug up and stay warm inside.

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Australian Michael Matthews second after fan causes huge crash at Tour de France

Michael Matthews has asked fans at the Tour de France to give riders more space after a roadside spectator caused a crash on a dramatic first stage that Julian Alaphilippe won.

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The loved ones who stand behind our Olympians, even when COVID keeps them apart

Five years ago, Australian surfer Owen Wright’suffered a major concussion in the water, leaving him with bleeding on the brain and unable to walk and talk. He and now wife Kita Alexander had only been together for five months.

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Time for school: No consensus on benefits of changing starting time

As families fret about how later or earlier school start times will affect them, the NSW education minister says any changes will be entirely voluntary.

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The good, the bad and Sydney’s COVID outbreak

As Sydney moves through a nerve-racking stretch of COVID transmission, I am torn in my reactions.

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A non-surgical facelift is put to the test

The non-invasive ultrasound on the face is designed to remodel collagen, help smooth fine lines and address sagging skin.

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Why book clubs are a therapist approved form of self-care

Being absorbed in a mindful activity gives your brain a “much-needed break” from mental chatter, and allows you to flex your imagination.

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Could too many habits be bad for our brains?

Relying on habits too much means that you forgo a lot of that active thinking which can help the brain thrive and stay healthy.

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Faith is a quest for more light, not a list of dogmas

May I reveal a little-known fact about Christians? Not all of us who go to church have this faith business cut and dried.

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Greens eyeing Macnamara amid proposed boundary changes

The party argues a win in Macnamara will help it push Australia to act faster on climate change.

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Britain’s home COVID testing kits: the future or a misguided gamble?

Made in China by American company Innova, the pregnancy test-style kits are simple to use and are even being handed out on street corners.

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Rehabilitation comes more easily to some than others in the public eye

I suspect Craig McLachlan would like to have whatever it is Barnaby “family values” Joyce is having.

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A wild ride with the bushwhacker: Barnaby Joyce’s return transforms Morrison’s easy dominance of his government

The Liberal Party is rightly anxious. The new Deputy Prime Minister and Nationals leader has put his Coalition partners on notice: his party will do its own thing.

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Imagine if she was Brian, not Britney. Would he be locked in his home and forced to have a vasectomy?

Perhaps it’s that men who have erratic episodes return to “normal”, while women who have erratic episodes are considered mad.

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Unblocking Sydney’s congested heart: Central Station renewal pulses with life

At last, a major project to celebrate. But let’s not stop here. We can add further life-giving stents to the city’s ailing heart.

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Renewed hope as aged care emerges from a shattering year

Last year’s devastating coronavirus outbreak in aged care was harrowing for residents and staff on the front line. This year there is cautious optimism in the sector.

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Two-thirds of staff in aged care homes not vaccinated

Vaccinations for aged care staff lag well behind the initial schedule promised by Aged Care Minister Greg Hunt in February, new federal figures show.

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Kennett and Clarkson: the game behind the game at Hawthorn

What happens with the contract of the AFL’s most successful coach will have ramifications across league.

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‘Everyone gets a turn’: Bill Henson on the destructiveness of cancel culture

The acclaimed photographer says it’s become easier to trash something than create something meaningful.

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How my time on a fishing trawler helped me face my own trauma

“There, on the boat, I knew at last what I had to do, to claim my fury and my story. Name the mess. Name the trauma. That was the way forward.”

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Tokyo residents torn as pandemic ushers the Games into town

The city will begin the 2021 event next month as a candidate for the most unpopular Olympics in history. This is how its people feel.

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‘I’ve done the limbo with Salman Rushdie, eaten oysters with Helen Garner’

Writers are my favourite species, and it’s been said that everyone has a novel inside them. But, in my experience, that’s probably the best place to keep it.

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‘Wake up moment’: Nuix whistleblower’s lawyer breaks silence

A public inquiry is needed to restore confidence in the financial sector following regulators’ failure to act on warnings about the embattled tech company.

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‘The smartest bloke in the room’: The big brain powering Tommy Turbo

There was something other-worldly about the way Tom Trbojevic dominated the Blues’ win in Origin I. But there’s more to the Manly fullback than natural gifts.

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Down and out in lockdown? No, I’m grateful - and a little wiser this time

I’m sad. I’m angry. But I’m also proud of my suburb. We take care of each other.

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Emission impossible: Barnaby Joyce’s power play fires up the Nationals

The decision to re-elect Barnaby Joyce as leader marks a hardening of the Nationals’ opposition to climate action. But are they paying attention to changing attitudes in the bush?

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GPs fear AstraZeneca vaccines could go to waste

While many patients who had already received their first dose of the vaccine are returning for their second, demand for first doses has taken a blow.

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Daniel Andrews urged to ditch ‘North Face jackets and daily briefings’ and find a new way

The Victorian Premier has a unique opportunity to reboot his approach to government. His Labor colleagues say he needs to.

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Roberts-Smith under fire in the witness box

Decorated soldier Ben Roberts-Smith has seen plenty of action in the field, but this week he was under siege from barrister Nicholas Owens SC.

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‘A unique remnant’: How a former judge returned to fight for the bushland he loves

Retired Supreme Court judge David Kirby QC calls it the “deep green”, the unique sliver of inner-Sydney bushland he played a decisive role in saving from becoming a freeway decades before.

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Sydney socialites caught up in eastern suburbs COVID cluster

Smartphones and WhatsApp groups went into meltdown as news spread almost as fast as the virus around Sydney’s eastern suburbs.

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‘Investors thought all floats go up’: How the IPO boom of late 2020 went bust

Having been wedged shut for most of the coronavirus pandemic, the IPO window blew wide open in September 2020. The results since then haven’t been pretty.

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Outside it was 12 degrees. Inside it was T-shirt weather without turning on heating

Because of the rammed earth walls, Sally and Rob Hawkins’ house is at least 10 degrees warmer inside on cold days, and 10 degrees cooler on hot days.

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‘Don’t be disrespectful. He’ll be upset if you don’t sleep with him’

Missionary Richard Daschbach has admitted to sexually abusing countless young girls in an East Timorese orphanage – yet locals still support him.

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Crowd confronts alleged knife attacker with chairs, sticks after fatal rampage in Germany

Videos posted on social media showed pedestrians surrounding the attacker and holding him at bay after three people were stabbed to death in the southern city of Wuerzburg.

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Japan’s emperor ‘concerned’ about Tokyo Olympics going ahead

Emperor Naruhito’s warning will embarrass the government and the International Olympic Committee (IOC), but it has come too late to cause a change of heart among organisers.

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Bulldogs trio in isolation after attending COVID-19 exposure site

Dylan Napa, Brandon Wakeham and Aaron Schoupp have undergone immediate testing and the rest of their teammates banned from training after breaching an NRL directive.

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New Chadstone tower chases city workers to move to the suburbs

City offices may be hemorrhaging tenants and workers from the pandemic but landlord Vicinity Centres see enough demand in the suburbs to push ahead with a $130 million office tower above the country’s largest mall, Melbourne’s Chadstone.

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Microsoft debuts Windows 11, first major update in six years

Microsoft has unveiled the next generation of its Windows software, called Windows 11, that has sleeker visual features and is more open to third-party apps.

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Which MP outspent every other on Facebook ad binge?

And the honour goes to....

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ASX to rise as Wall Street hits fresh records; Tesla jumps

The Nasdaq and the S&P 500 indexes hit all-time highs as US President Joe Biden embraced a bipartisan Senate infrastructure deal.

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It’s Australia’s springtime for workers: we’re more likely to be in jobs than at any time in our history

Despite the pandemic gloom, this could be the most buoyant labour market conditions of our lifetime. We need to seize this opportunity to lift wages and productivity.

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What’s Bill Nighy doing on the outskirts of Broken Hill? A bit, actually

The urbane British actor finds himself on the edge of Broken Hill with a creditable Australian accent and a dingo co-star in Buckley’s Chance.

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The best ever action scenes, according to Aussie director Patrick Hughes

The director of Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard talks through the iconic action scenes that left a lasting impression.

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Government lifts efforts to get young Australians out of residential aged care

The government has committed funding to help get young disabled people out of aged care, where they occupy 5 per cent of beds and don’t have adequate support.

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Nationals MPs fear ‘vindictive’ reshuffle of cabinet posts rewarding Joyce backers

Barnaby Joyce is preparing to announce his new ministerial team as soon as Friday, with casualties expected to include Veterans’ Affairs Minister Darren Chester and Regional Health Minister Mark Coulton.

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Qantas pilot was ‘incapacitated’ by oxygen mask: ATSB

The captain of a Qantas freight plane was incapacitated by emergency oxygen, forcing the first officer to declare a MAYDAY.

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The 24 hours that plunged NSW Parliament into COVID chaos

NSW Parliament was plunged into chaos on Thursday after a Nationals’ minister tested positive

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Barnaby Joyce’s frenzied energy keeps all alert to being burned

Like a Catherine wheel on bonfire night the re-elected Nationals leader throws off sparks posing a risk to anyone who comes close.

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Swimming Australia to be hit with fresh misconduct complaints

Madeline Groves will meet swimming officials on Friday as a wave of new complaints adds to calls for an external investigation into the sport’s culture.

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Dandenongs generators delayed for lack of fuel, TV images, say emergency services

A number of volunteer fire brigades in the Dandenongs say they have been hamstrung by bureaucracy in trying to deal with the clean-up of the massive storms in the area.

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High-fee private schools reap more than $6 million each in JobKeeper

Moriah College was given almost $7 million in JobKeeper subsidies, while The King’s School at Parramatta claimed around $8.5 million

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Wallabies legend says it’s ‘now or never’ for getting Origin star back to rugby

Angus Crichton was never going to miss out on Origin II with NSW, but one Wallabies legend wants him back in rugby before the next World Cup.

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Why does a gay sportsperson feel the need to come out publicly? Here’s why

When Las Vegas Raiders defensive end Carl Nassib became the first active NFL player to come out, some ask why he felt the need. Ian Roberts knows only too well.

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Australia let down by failure to hedge bets on enough vaccines, experts say

The nation’s peak medical body and vaccine experts say the federal government made the right call at the time to back AstraZeneca, but public health specialists warn Australia was let down by a ‘narrow’ immunisation strategy.

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Cosmetic surgeon faces legal action over operation on teenager’s labia

A Melbourne cosmetic surgeon faces civil court action over the removal of a 13-year-old girl’s labia that allegedly left her disfigured and suffering serious psychological trauma.

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Lawyer, wife of O’Farrell minister tipped to take on Clover for Liberals

A lawyer and executive married to a former O’Farrell government minister is the Liberals’ frontrunner to take on Clover Moore in the city’s council elections, amid questions in the party about the government’s willingness to upset the lord mayor’s parliamentary ally.

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Help your local bees. Plant blue flowers

Cold weather changes bee behaviour. Make them happy by planting blue and purple flowers such as rosemary and French and Spanish lavender.

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Crucial details on origins of Coronavirus pandemic deleted from database

The data, which has been rediscovered by an American scientist, appears to show a previously missing stage in the evolution of the virus in humans.

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‘I deserve to have a life’: Britney Spears asks judge to free her from conservatorship

The singer gave a long, emotional and sometimes profane speech, in which she condemned the legal arrangement and her father, who has controlled it for most of its existence.

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Money to burn: the year of investing dangerously is not ending any time soon

All year, amateur investors have poured money into risky forms of investments like meme stocks, SPACs and bitcoin. But the whiplash that has defined investing in the pandemic is not going away.

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New Zealand shed bridesmaid’s tag with maiden WTC title

Beaten in the last two World Cup finals, the Kiwis became Test cricket’s first official world champions after prevailing in a match plagued by bad weather.

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Australia news LIVE: NSW COVID-19 cases surge; restrictions reimposed on Greater Sydney

Masks are mandatory in all indoor settings across Australia’s largest city, Queensland has slammed its border shut to Greater Sydney and Melburnians are hours away from being able to welcome more than two visitors into their homes.

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Top US military leader on critical race theory: ‘I want to understand white rage. And I’m white.’

In pointed questioning in Congress, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff launched into an impassioned defence of inquiry about US society and its racial dynamics.

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Two men dead after plane crashes into bushland

Two men, a 30-year-old from the northern Brisbane region, and a 46-year-old from the Sunshine Coast region, were found dead at the scene.

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Queensland to close border to NSW’s COVID-19 hotspots

With restrictions set to ease across Queensland on Friday, Annastacia Palaszczuk said the state couldn’t risk the introduction of the Delta variant into the community.

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NSW Rugby investigates allegation of racist slurs of Indigenous teenager

An Indigenous boy was left distraught after playing in the under-14s NSW Junior Rugby Union State Championship on June 14.

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Reece Walsh selection smacks of Queensland desperation

Queensland will be much better in Origin II at Suncorp Stadium, but the selection of 18-year-old Walsh at fullback is a real gamble.

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Cybersecurity software pioneer John McAfee found dead in jail cell

McAfee had been in jail in Spain since October 6 when he was accused of tax evasion and failure to disclose income charges at Barcelona airport.

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A vision too splendid: NSW budget’s COVID assumptions already too brash

Within a day of Dominic Perrottet’s budget, its bold assumptions about the pandemic behaving began to unravel.

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The National Party’s allergy to net zero - by a worried Liberal

A veteran Liberal asks who Nationals think they’re supporting with their aversion to a strong emissions target: their farming constituencies or mining and gas executives?

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John Howard in beachwear offers both shock value and affectionate humour

Josonia Palaitis’ 1979 portrait of the politician should have won the Archibald Prize.

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ASX set to retreat on back of mixed Wall Street session

Wall Street is stuck in a holding pattern as nervousness washes out of the market following last week’s jolt by the Federal Reserve, but Tesla helped propel the Nasdaq to a record high/.

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Fossil fuels’ free ride: Liberal MPs escalate calls for net zero target

Liberal MPs are escalating calls for stronger action on climate change to counter Nationals leader Barnaby Joyce, demanding he stand up for farmers rather than fossil fuels.

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Pilot of helicopter that crashed, killing five, not qualified to fly at night

The helicopter crashed into waters off Port Stephens, killing the pilot and all four passengers.

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150 NSW GP clinics to administer Pfizer jabs from July 5

The allocation of Pfizer doses is expected to increase gradually from July, with the state expected to receive up to 770,000 doses of the vaccine each week from October.

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Former Victorian premier Ted Baillieu to steer Heritage Council through assessment backlog

The federal government has appointed the former Victorian Liberal premier to chair the Australian Heritage Council.

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Triple-zero call system failures pose deadly risk

An audit found a worst-case-scenario outage could result in the deaths of at least 18 people a day.

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Mental health is a legitimate reason to take a break. Here’s how to make the most of one

“Think about why you’re taking the break and how you’d like to feel at the end of it. Do one thing each day that moves you towards that goal.”

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Sweden send Poland home in last-ditch 3-2 win, Spain hammer Slovakia

Winger Emil Forsberg scored a double including the second fastest strike in European Championship history in Sweden’s 3-2 win over Poland.

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CBA wakes up ‘sleeping beast’ in business banking

CBA senior executive Mike Vacy-Lyle says the big four banks have had a complacent approach to business banking, but CBA has “woken the beast” and is keen to take more share.

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Possibly armed man still on the run after police dog death

The police dog, Rambo, was hit by a car while he and his handler were tracking a man who allegedly fled police in Maryborough West on the Bruce Highway about 12.30am on Saturday.

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They relied on Chinese vaccines - now they’re battling outbreaks

Three nations put their faith, at least in part, in easily accessible Chinese-made vaccines. Now there are questions about how effective those vaccines are.

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Australia news LIVE: NSW COVID cases continue to grow as Bondi cluster surges to 21

Victoria has declared areas of NSW red zones, the travel bubble between NSW and New Zealand has burst and US President Joe Biden has conceded he will miss the country’s July 4 vaccination goal.

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Microsoft joins Apple in exclusive $US2 trillion club

Co-founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen, Microsoft has just taken its place in the history books as just the second US public company to reach a $US2 trillion market value.

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Iran-backed websites say they have been seized by US

A semi-official Iranian news agency agency said the US move “demonstrates that calls for freedom of speech are lies”.

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‘Choppy waters’: Bitcoin tumbles below key $US30,000 threshold before rebounding

The cryptocurrency’s fall wiped out its 2021 gains as it briefly fell below a key psychological number.

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Wall Street rises as calm returns to markets; Fed chief addresses Congress

The ASX set to dip lower at the open as calm returns to markets.

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Super Rugby negotiations stall as Australia cools on trans-Tasman competition

Rugby Australia appears to be going cold on the idea of a full trans-Tasman Super Rugby competition next year unless it is financially compensated.

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Why Bennett’s influence on Mitchell could be the undoing of Queensland

Queensland’s greatest ever coach has helped conjure many Maroon miracles but his formidable bond with a Blues star could steer NSW to a series win in Brisbane.

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‘We have to buy them chainsaws’: Crisp talked down ADF days before requesting 120 troops

Victoria’s top emergency official said the ADF did not have the right skills to assist with the storm clean-up two days before requesting 120 troops.

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Getting the jab changed my mind: we should be paid to get vaccinated

Mostly the side effects are non-serious, but some recompense for getting the jab would be welcome.

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Vaccine hesitancy horse has bolted. We need a powerful campaign.

When it comes to government ads to promote vaccination, informing is not enough. We need high emotion, designed to trigger action.

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A decade later, Louis Theroux has second thoughts about Joe Exotic

British filmmaker Louis Theroux revisits the Joe Exotic story, a decade after his first encounter with him and in the wake of the Tiger King phenomenon.

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I designed the Sirius building but I wish the government had knocked it down

The original vision has been ruined by the sell-off of the building for private profit.

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Biden White House concedes it will miss July 4 vaccination goal

White House officials said the main reason the US will miss the 70 per cent target was that not enough younger American adults have received a jab.

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Once COVID is over, there is one overlooked budget measure that could hurt the Coalition

This budget shows the government’s ability to steer NSW through turbulent times. But once the cloud of COVID-19 lifts, any measures overlooked to address the cost of living pressures could become a significant weakness for the Coalition.

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World Rugby set to approve NRL inspired rule changes in all competitions

The 50-22 and goal line dropout are here to stay. But some of the leading rugby nations aren’t happy.

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Government ducked scrutiny on state of emergency powers, integrity group says

As the Andrews government negotiates specific pandemic laws to be in place from December, an independent group of lawyers says powers must become reversible and be scrutinised to “rein in executive power”.

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A younger colleague said ‘OK, Boomer’ to me. What am I doing wrong?

To a questioner who finds junior coworkers lazy and self-absorbed, Kirstin Ferguson has some frank advice: if you want respect from your colleagues, you will need to respect them first.

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Defence and PM’s Departments holding up new sanctions against human rights abusers

Senior officials inside the Prime Minister’s department are delaying the passage of new Magnitsky-style laws to ban human rights offenders from entering the country.

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Terms & Conditions: Disney Villainous competition

Terms & Conditions: Disney Villainous competition

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NSW schools struggle to find teachers as supply collapses

The shortage is biting statewide as some schools battle to fill more than 10 vacancies each. At the same time, enrolment numbers for education degrees have fallen by a third - with a half of trainees failing to finish their degree.

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‘To be warm was wonderful’: Mountain residents grateful for small mercies

Liz Millman has finally found a comfortable place to sleep after storms left her Sassafras home without power. She is one of thousands now reckoning with the trauma of what happened to Dandenong Ranges communities on June 9.

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Man charged with sexually touching five-year-old girl in Bondi shop

The 58-year-old Dover Heights man was charged on Friday with 11 counts of sexually touching a child under 10.

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Shane Bowden shooting: Crime scene declared at rural Queensland property

Bowden, a Mongols bikie who had defected to the Finks, flew from Victoria and was gunned down in a hail of bullets at Pimpama on the Gold Coast in October 2020.

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Community picket called to defend Willow Grove

A public showdown is looming over the fate of the historic villa Willow Grove that is to be relocated to make way for the Parramatta Powerhouse Museum.

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Australia news LIVE: NSW COVID cases grow; Barnaby Joyce to be appointed deputy PM after Nationals leadership spill

Barnaby Joyce will be sworn in as deputy prime minister today, the NSW budget is about to be handed down and Victoria’s travel bubble with New Zealand is on track to resume.

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Bitcoin forms ‘death cross’ as selloff shows no sign of reprieve

After a slew of news related to renewed crackdowns from China triggered a bitcoin selloff, chartists and analysts are turning to a sinister-sounding technical signal.

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I did not dissuade Vladimir Putin from his crackdown but now Australia is employing the same tactic

Targeting charities is a tried and true political tactic deployed by autocratic and authoritarian regimes to quash dissent and gag critics.

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George Clooney, big stars to open film crew school aimed at LA’s Latino teens

Hollywood has sought to increase the number of people of colour in front of and behind the camera since the #OscarsSoWhite scandal in 2016.

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Lorde announces Australian tour for third album Solar Power

For Lorde - who sings in her latest release that “she’s kind of like a prettier Jesus” - it’s one better than a second coming.

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Top of the crops: Nasdaq-listed pot firm ready to send cannabis down under

Last year, cannabis grower Clever Leaves launched onto the Nasdaq as part of the largest SPAC deal for a pot company. Its boss is now looking for Aussie partners.

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Coronavirus might shrink parts of the brain, scientists say

The results underscore how evidence is mounting that people can still suffer from illness related to COVID-19 many months after infection.

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Banksy launches legal bid to stop famous works from being copied in Australia

The trademarks apply to the use of the images on a huge range of goods including posters, handbags, umbrellas, bedsheets, clothing, rugs and many more.

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Has there ever been a more craven collapse to a lobby group than this?

The Coalition is giving another $25 million to the greyhound industry.

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The contradiction at the heart of China’s rise

We need to understand what Isaiah Berlin called “the most important, most inhuman and still the most imperfectly understood phenomenon of our times”.

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Enter if you dare, the haunted (doll) house of horror

A new exhibition crosses into territory that would give a child nightmares.

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ASX to bounce higher as Wall Street rebounds

Wall Street has jumped higher, setting up the ASX to claw back most of Monday’s losses at the open.

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A critical error opened the door for Barnaby Joyce to unseat Michael McCormack

Nationals leader Michael McCormack thought a story about Barnaby Joyce challenging him again was just rabble-rousing. It wasn’t.

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Five minute budget: what we know so far

NSW Treasurer Dominic Perrottet will hand down his fifth budget on Tuesday. Here’s some major announcements we know so far.

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Victoria’s Pfizer allocation to rise, but most new shots will go to GPs

Almost all the extra new supply will be for the state’s GPs, with little increase in the number of doses flowing to the mass vaccination clinics run by the Victorian government.

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Waratahs have a coach short list of three, but keen to make it four

Waratahs chiefs want to hear from Simon Cron, the wildcard in a pack of coaches battling for the job.

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It’s time Tassie got a bite of the AFL pie

The sell-out crowd at the Hawks versus Bombers game furthers the case for Tassie to get its own team.

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‘Too little too late’: Government’s political donations bill criticised from within

The NSW Government is being criticised from within its own ranks about a bill to help monitor suspicious donations to council candidates as being too little too late, with the Liberal Party in disarray over the upcoming local government elections.

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Build a capsule wardrobe with six key pieces this winter

If 2020 taught us anything, it’s that we can get by - and thrive - with less.

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Netherlands beat North Macedonia 3-0 to complete clean sweep in Group C

Meantime, a coronavirus infection created disruption for two teams after a positive test for Scotland midfielder Billy Gilmour also led to two England players having to self-isolate.

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Taliban enter key cities in Afghanistan as US prepares to leave

In the past 24 hours, around a dozen districts have fallen to the Taliban — mostly in the country’s north - the culmination of an insurgent offensive.

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Million-dollar reward for information into 1975 suspected murder of Juanita Nielsen

Sydney journalist, activist and heiress Juanita Nielsen disappeared from Kings Cross in 1975. Her body has never been found, but an inquest determined she was murdered.

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Jamieson swings WTC final towards New Zealand after blitzing India

The Black Caps reached 101-2 at stumps on the third day to trail India by 116 runs after a five-wicket haul by Kyle Jamieson. The Kiwi now has an average of 14.13.

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Australia news LIVE: NSW COVID-19 cases continue to grow as restrictions implemented across Sydney

Tens of thousands of Sydneysiders are being urged to get tested, Australia’s vaccine rollout will be discussed at a national cabinet meeting today and there’s fresh leadership rumblings in the National party.

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China risks isolation over probe into coronavirus origin, Joe Biden aide says

China has rejected the theory that the virus originated in a lab in Wuhan, the Chinese city where the first cases were reported. 

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Better labelling of plant-based protein might help, not hinder, the vegan industry

Duping people, intentionally or otherwise, into buying or eating vegan protein is both economically and morally unwise.

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Australians in France stuck without pensions call for help

Australia has reciprocal social security agreements with 31 foreign governments, but citizens in other countries are left without financial support.

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Storing CCTV data should be mandatory to help nail sex offenders

The man who assaulted me is still at large, but I’m fighting to improve laws regarding use of CCTV to help victims/survivors like me.

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Barilaro’s ‘brumby bill’ has been a catastrophe for the high country

Despite the many warnings, political bloody-mindedness over the culling of feral horses in the Kosciuszko National Park has created an environmental disaster.

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Witness K became a scapegoat of the powerful

The revelation of spying has been deemed as the crime in this case, rather than the spying (on an impoverished neighbour) itself.

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ASX set for heavy losses as Fed official spooks markets

The Australian sharemarket is facing a horror start to the week as Wall Street Street was spooked by comments from Federal Reserve official James Bullard.

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Scott Morrison’s secret G7 side trip to explore his family history

Scott Morrison’s office spent weeks planning a secret G7 side trip for the Prime Minister to explore his convict family roots.

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Millennials’ FOMO fuelling the new YOLO economy

YOLO may not be a new idea, but Millennials have made it their own and are changing the economy along the way.

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‘Most dangerous side in Europe’: Why France are being compared to the All Blacks

Scott Johnson says it would be a mistake to believe the French will be vulnerable because a number of stars won’t tour Australia for three Tests against the Wallabies.

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‘I am innocent’: Urgent pleas to release Australian-Iranian citizen held in Tehran prison

An Australian grandfather has been held in a notorious Iranian prison for 18 months, with authorities denying him medication and specialised healthcare.

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‘Harrowing’: SBS journalist sues network after allegedly being bullied then sacked

Former SBS journalist Pallavi Jain launches legal action against the multicultural public broadcaster to get her job back after an independent investigation found she suffered workplace harassment.

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‘Creating massive uncertainty’: Government told to act on responsible lending laws

Greens senator Nick McKim will move a motion on Monday to get the federal government’s planned changes to lending laws knocked off the notice paper unless it is taken to a vote by the end of the week.

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This SBS journalist was allegedly bullied, harassed, then sacked. Now she’s fighting back.

A lawsuit over the departure of a former SBS journalist adds to concerns about a dysfunctional culture at the public broadcaster.

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‘Buyer beware’: Sydney agents selling units despite defect notices

Real estate agents are selling apartments off the plan when defects have been identified, but they say they haven’t been told about the new building commissioner’s orders.

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When did the cost of buying gifts become so exorbitant?

It’s no longer uncommon for people to spend a huge amount on gifts, ranging from weekends away to designer handbags. Candles and hand lotion don’t quite cut the mustard.

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‘Miracle worker required’: Sheens’ new job just got a lot tougher at Tigers

Tim Sheens will be tasked with trying to work out what’s going wrong at the Tigers, and his relationship with Michael Maguire will make for compelling viewing.

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Ten-man Wales survive Italy loss to make knockout stage, lifeline for the Swiss

Italy had already guaranteed their spot, while Wales secured a berth by finishing ahead of Switzerland on goal difference. The Swiss will need to await the outcome of the other group games.

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‘A delicate balance’: Talks to revive Iran nuclear deal fail

The breakdown in talks coincided with confirmation that Iran’s only nuclear power plant had undergone an unexplained emergency shutdown.

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