ClubSocial: 2021-07-18

Tokyo Olympics LIVE updates: Swimmers go for gold, Olyroos chase history; Boomers open against Nigeria

Australia has four chances to win gold across three events in this morning’s swimming finals.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

The Age photos of the week, 25 July, 2021

The week in photos from our award winning staff photographers and regular contributing photographers at The Age.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

Australia COVID LIVE updates: NSW Police open probe into lockdown protests; federal government to buy 85m Pfizer booster doses

Protests highlight lockdown unrest as COVID-19 infections continue to rise in NSW; Victoria on track to end lockdown as scheduled.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

Big sporting crowds should be banned, says WHO adviser

Victoria is “on track” to emerge from lockdown next week, but a leading adviser to the World Health Organisation says we shouldn’t go back to minimal restrictions.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

‘Corruption’ can thrive in a space where weak regulation is parked

The chain of decision making on two federal grants scandals goes deep into Scott Morrison’s own office. Will it cost him?

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

Could Sex and the City’s leaked script point to the real bigamist?

Specific details of the plot have remained largely under wraps until this week, when a scene from the upcoming reboot made its way onto the internet.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

‘Did he really do that?’: Delly amazed at new Boomers in gold chase

Matthew Dellavedova is in awe of the athleticism of the Australian Boomers side at the Tokyo Olympics as the team begins its campaign against Nigeria on Sunday.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

NSW begs you Scott Morrison, please use your authority to redirect Pfizer to Sydney

In a bushfire you rapidly shift resources to extinguish the hotspots. Yet we are not doing that in south-western Sydney.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

If Sky can put Jones’ dangerous stuff to air, what can’t you put on Australian TV?

The broadcasting watchdog doesn’t have the teeth to bite down on Alan Jones’ anti-vaxxer nonsense.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

‘I was successful, rich and terribly unhappy’: Natalie Imbruglia on life after Torn

After a rocket ride to stardom via Neighbours, the huge international hit Torn and a string of acclaimed releases, Natalie Imbruglia is back with a new album … and the child she’s always wanted.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

The melting ice caps have broken my heart

When I asked for my first prescription for antidepressants, my doctor was surprised. Especially when I revealed what had brought me to this point. It was love … for snow.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

How author Nikki Gemmell healed after being jilted at the altar

“He’d envisaged me as the woman who’d look after the kids, not being a flourishing writer. He didn’t see me as a creative equal,” says the Dissolve author.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

‘I want to be there for him’: SBW takes Pangai jnr under his wing

Sonny Bill Williams was Tevita Pangai jnr’s idol as a kid. Now the retired superstar is set to mentor the Bulldogs-bound enforcer.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

Not a Rudd or a Turnbull: discarded Clarkson takes the high road

Privately, Clarkson has been extremely disappointed by Hawthorn’s decision. Gutted. But he says he’s coaching Hawthorn in 2022 and we should believe him. He has given his word to players and staff.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

From lockdown, our horizons keep vanishing. But look, is that an apology! No, sorry, false alarm

Home schooling is a cosmic joke enacted on locked-down working parents – overwhelmingly women. We’re all doing our bit. A heartfelt apology might have been too much to expect.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

Feminism’s gatekeepers deaf to its conservative trailblazers

Any feminists worth their salt should want to celebrate the pathfinders, regardless of their politics.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

‘Bring back JobKeeper now’ demands Perrottet

The NSW Treasuer Dominic Perrottet wants the Morrison government to ramp up financial support as Sydney endures an extended coronavirus lockdown.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

The plan to transform ‘overlooked’ Botany Road with offices, laneways

Building heights are set to rise south of Redfern station under a City of Sydney plan to provide more offices, entertainment space and affordable housing.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

Deeds, not words, the essence of faith

Let’s hope that as we rediscover the importance of community and relationships, we do not go back to old ways and lose sight of the richness of faith.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

Morrison’s political calculus: bare his throat now, go to the polls in May

As one Liberal texted after the PM’s interview: “If you’re getting f**ked on FM radio, you’re in trouble.”

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

My early love for glitter hinted at my future diagnosis

As a child, simple stimuli – glitter, fireworks – could hypnotise or terrorise Clem Bastow. Later came her autism diagnosis that helped make sense of it all.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

The second-hand gift that sparked one soprano’s lifelong bag obsession

“The only thing I really get into is bags. Bags fit me, you see,” says Jessica Pratt.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

‘A thing of beauty’: How do you build the perfect swimmer?

Power dives and snappy tumble turns – elite swimmers work hard to hone these “skills”, and there’s their stroke. What are their secrets?

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

What’s wrong with the ABC’s once-mighty Q+A, and how to fix it

The departure of host Hamish Macdonald after 18 months has prompted questions about Q+A’s future - and an opportunity to get it right.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

Why Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson is the action hero we need during lockdown

He might be Hollywood’s highest-earning actor but there is a likeably human side to The Rock.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

COVID adviser: Tokyo Olympics not prepared for the worst

Leading virologist Hitoshi Oshitani does not accept assurances from Games organisers that the Olympic village is well protected against an outbreak.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

Tokyo Olympics: your coverage starts now

A team of Herald journalists has cleared a series of logistical hurdles to be in Japan, and they will have the privilege not only of bringing you the drama of the enthralling sporting contests that are sure to unfold, but of conveying the unique atmosphere of an Olympics like no other.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

The world gallops to Glasgow while Australia trundles the other way

Countries are acting with increasing urgency on climate change. Australia is not among them.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

Home ownership plans ‘indefinitely shelved’ as soaring prices lock out young buyers

When Nina Betts and Harry Malcolm realised a Sydney home was out of reach, they looked elsewhere. Now they’ve put their home ownership dream on ice completely.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

Good to have ‘thoughtful’ Labor person onboard, says Menzies Institute architect

It comes amid a campaign from students and academics to prevent Robert Menzies Institute being housed in the university’s Old Quad.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

Top private school’s attempt to climb out of the legal trenches and start to heal

Xavier College has had a number of sexual abuse cases and its governing religious entity has fought them hard. Now the school’s prinicpal wants to take a different approach.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

‘The market is insane’: Many voters fear home ownership is out of reach for young Australians

Only 18 per cent of voters think many young people in their area will be able to buy their own homes, according to a new survey that challenges government assurances about a boost to confidence from higher prices.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

Jeff Browne's faltering campaign for Pies presidency

It’s time for Jeff Browne to stand up and he counted, or call the challenge off.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

Treasurer promised car park for a train station that soon won’t exist

Josh Frydenberg promised $65m for car parks at four stations in his electorate ahead of the last election, but if they’re ever to be delivered costs will balloon.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

In quest of the beyond, where an old sled still lives

In this time of lockdowns and disappointment, the hopes of a beyond might best be pursued modestly, at that intersection where memories and imagination reside.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

Stopping all marginal seats: A Melbourne guide to the car parks controversy

The controversial $660 million program promised to deliver for commuters around the city. Here’s a guide to where the money was supposed to go and why it’s gone wrong.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

Telstra’s Pacific adventure: a radical pivot or a deal to good to refuse?

Telstra’s offer for a telecom operator in the South Pacific has caught the attention of political and national security figures, not just its investors.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

Plastic fantastic as architect wins big prize for small project

A Sydney architect has again won a major award by turning unloved waste into building materials.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

Why you should embrace the discomfort of being awful at something

I recently took up two new activities. It’s nerve-racking, draining and frustrating. But, also, exhilarating.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

Drowning in her possessions, Jennifer turned to a ‘freeing’ new lifestyle

Minimalism isn’t just about decluttering; it is about living a life aligned to values that include simplicity, sustainability and being a conscious consumer.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

The lowdown on lockdowns: Do they work?

We are being asked to do something against human nature, but it’s our social ways that spread the virus. So what do we know about lockdowns so far?

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

‘Pay or play’ clause means Hopkins is set to pocket full $200,000 fee

She may have been booted out of the country on Tuesday, but right-wing motormouth Katie Hopkins looks set to laugh all the way to the bank back in Dear Old Blighty.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

The Taliban conquest of a thin strip of land could change Afghanistan

When a small group of armed insurgents in cars arrived in a village in the Wakhan Corridor, it put a sharp focus on Beijing’s role in Afghanistan.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

‘The battery hen of the sea’: the fight to clean up Tassie salmon farms

The state’s most renowned author Richard Flanagan, along with a host of scientists and environmentalists, are pitted against an industry and government they say are risking the very core of Brand Tassie: its pristine natural environment.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

Xi Jinping becomes first Chinese leader to visit Tibet in 30 years

The visit shows the ruling Chinese Communist Party’s confidence in having established order and gained support in the once-restive region, analysts say.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

Farmed salmon: ‘the fish finger of the 21st century’

In this episode, acclaimed author Richard Flanagan discusses the Tasmanian salmon industry with journalist Gabriella Coslovich.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

Didi set to feel China’s wrath after controversial Wall Street IPO

Regulators see the ride-hailing giant’s decision to go public despite pushback from the Cyberspace Administration of China as a challenge to Beijing’s authority.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

‘Convinced this is a misunderstanding’: Guinea to compete after IOC intervention

Five athletes from Guinea will take part in the Olympics after all despite a decision the previous day from the West African nation to pull out due to COVID-19.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

In fighting COVID misinformation, White House risks falling into same feedback loop

A comment by White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki set off a new round of misinformation in a microcosm of how quickly inaccuracies can spread.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

The invisible hand behind the Tokyo Olympics

It’s not an official sponsor of the Olympics. It will remain invisible to the millions of viewers who begin tuning in this week. But without it, the Tokyo Games could not have happened.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

‘Final blow’: Rugby Football League chair blasts Australia’s boycott of World Cup

Simon Johnson also warned organisers were now grappling with whether to cancel the whole tournament.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

In a risky world, the road to safety leads to the US dollar

Investors are betting that the US dollar’s blistering rally has further to run.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

Australia news LIVE: NSW COVID-19 cases soar as Victoria fights to keep Delta under control

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has urged under-40s in her state to consider getting vaccinated, Victoria appears on track to come out of lockdown next week and Prime Minister Scott Morrison says he is sorry for the country’s sluggish vaccine rollout.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

Australia v West Indies ODI suspended due to positive COVID-19 case

The match was suspended minutes before the scheduled start in Barbados due to a positive COVID-19 case.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

Merkel declares Nord Stream 2 pipeline deal with US ‘good’ for Ukraine

The Ukrainian government, however, strongly deplored the agreement on the pipeline which it sees as a political weapon to be used by Russia.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

The world’s biggest governments are still propping up fossil fuels

In the five years from 2015 to 2019, G20 governments provided $4.5 trillion of direct support to coal, oil and gas, and fossil fuel-fired power generation.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

Liberal-aligned institute considered La Trobe, Monash before striking Melbourne Uni deal

Melbourne University students and academics are now mobilising against the Robert Menzies Institute, which counts conservative commentator Peta Credlin and the IPA chairman on its board.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

Political war chests crushed by COVID as regular donors keep their money in the bank

Shrinking donations as a result of the pandemic are set to force parties to review strategies in the lead-up to the state and federal elections.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

Wall Street swings higher but ASX set to open in the red

The ASX is set to open lower despite Wall Street edging higher, as investors reviewed the latest corporate earnings and a surprise increase in the number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

The Amazonification of space begins in earnest

What was once largely the domain of big government is now increasingly the realm of Big Tech. The people who sold you the internet will now sell you the moon and the stars.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

The people missing out on COVID-19 disaster recovery payments

Workers and students who have lost paid work in NSW due to the lockdown are missing out on federal COVID disaster payments because they already receive support payments like youth allowance.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

‘It’s a shemozzle’: Calls to postpone council elections due to COVID outbreak

Millions of NSW residents are set to vote in local council elections within weeks, despite Greater Sydney and parts of regional NSW being in lockdown.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

From Jimmy Brings in quarantine to an Olympic dream come true

If you think the Olympics are past their use-by date, consider the incredible journey of this Australian athlete.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

Doctors seek better communication, more transparency from expert vaccine group

Health experts say poor communication of scientific advice on COVID-19 vaccines has undermined AstraZeneca while the nation’s peak medical group wants more transparency around decisions.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

Locked down, demoralised, demotivated: why this HSC cohort has done it especially tough - and what we can do to help

Some students may despair, but parents, teachers and medical practitioners must not. They can help teenagers confronting the mounting stresses of multiple lockdowns.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

Living la vida lockdown: how Australians are adapting to the isolation economy - and spending up

More than half the nation is locked down, but this time around we’re more confident, we’re buying more and we’re developing habits that will stay with us long after the pandemic.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

Calls to overhaul solar panel scheme for renters amid slow take-up

While the program has been popular with owner-occupiers, solar panels have been installed on fewer than 1500 rental properties three years into the scheme.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

Police may lose legal power to ban suspected criminals from casino, racetracks

A 16-year-old policy that stops alleged gangsters from doing business at Crown and on the track may be declared legally invalid.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

Plenty of build-up in Kate Beckinsale’s new movie, but no pay-off

In Jolt, Kate Beckinsale’s character has violent impulses restrained by electrical shocks. It’s a zany concept that should have been played more deadpan.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

ASX to follow Wall Street higher; Oil rises, bitcoin bounces

The ASX is expected to chase Wall Street higher this morning after strong earnings and renewed optimism about the US economic recovery fuelled a risk-on rally.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

Why WA is missing its chance to stop Perth’s urban sprawl

Perth’s biggest problem is its lack of infill of existing land - targets the McGowan government directly counteracted through its own policies - an independent infrastructure advisory body says.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

Show me the money: London staff want pay rises to return to office

Londoners are not keen to return to the office but a cash incentive of roughly $9500 might get some over the line, according to a survey.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

Drug companies offer $US26 billion to settle thousands of opioid lawsuits

The deal was the second-largest cash settlement ever, after the 1998 $US246 billion tobacco agreement, though the companies still deny they flooded the market.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

Australia news LIVE: COVID cases continue to grow in NSW and Victoria; greater AstraZeneca takeup urged by PM

NSW is struggling to vaccinate as many people as it would like in coronavirus hotspots, Victoria’s state opposition has called for tougher border restrictions and the PM has promised to make up for lost ground when it comes to the national vaccine rollout.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

Reading the Zoom tea leaves

Zoom is just an app, but its corporate decisions reflect a mood and beliefs about what post-pandemic life might look like.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

‘Unprecedented’: Nancy Pelosi rejects two Republican picks for January 6 riot probe

The two rejected Republican congressmen voted to challenge certification of President Joe Biden’s Electoral College victory on the day of the attack on the Capitol.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

JPMorgan entices chief Jamie Dimon to stick around with a lucrative carrot

His future has long been a topic of speculation but JP Morgan’s billionaire chief has been granted a special gift to persuade him to lead the giant for another “significant number of years.”

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

Dozens dead as rains deluge central China’s Henan province

More than 500 were pulled to safety after a subway tunnel flooded, state media reported, while social media images showed train commuters immersed in chest-deep waters in the dark.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

Why COVID strengthens the case for abolishing stamp duty

The pandemic and lockdowns have made people think about their ideal home but the cost of stamp duty is stopping many from moving.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

ASX set to jump as Wall Street bounces higher

The Australian sharemarket is poised to open sharply higher as a raft of positive corporate earnings help boost Wall Street.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

Students, academics battle opening of Liberal-backed institute at Melbourne Uni

Students and staff want the university to sever its contract to open the Robert Menzies Institute in September.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

Woodside tipped as lead contender if BHP quits Australian oil and gas

Woodside is being touted as the leading contender to buy BHP’s Australian oil and gas assets if the mining giant moves to accelerate its fossil fuel exit.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

Voters question speed of lockdown but Berejiklian still popular

A small majority of NSW voters say Sydney was too slow to go into lockdown and the state government should have done more to encourage people to get vaccinated.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

Who wouldn’t break a teeny rule? A tiptoe through the moral minefield of lockdown

We might not even know the consequences of our transgressions.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

‘No patience left’: Lengthy delays plague COVID testing regime amid record swabs

Some people are missing work and cancelling vaccination appointments because they are stuck in days of isolation while Laverty Pathology struggles to return test results.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

Racecars and seaside apartments: Inside Papas’ offshore assets

The colourful soccer identity accused of orchestrating a $400 million fraud against Westpac and other lenders owns a $630,000 competition racing car and a handsome portfolio of property in Greece.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

Former judge labels $660 million car park fund ‘corruption’

A leading former Victorian Supreme Court judge says the Commuter Car Park fund meets “any appropriate definition of corruption”.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

The thing about your polls being in rude health, Premier

Voters are still widely behind the Premier’s handling of the pandemic, but there are tensions - and polls can turn quickly.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

Without Moses, Parramatta can show they’re not flat-track bullies

The Eels start a tough month of football without their Origin halfback, who is sidelined with a fracture in his back.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

Liberal pick for Sydney lord mayor plays down chances of beating Moore

Lawyer and executive Shauna Jarrett says her focus is on winning the Liberal Party three or four seats on the City of Sydney council.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

Waking up in the middle of the night? Try these sleep hygiene habits

To increase your odds of sleeping soundly through the night, experts recommend tweaking certain daytime behaviours such as wake time and alcohol intake.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

Startups join CSL, Moderna in local mRNA vaccine manufacturing push

Beyond the big household names, smaller local manufacturers have told the government they can help make a new generation of mRNA medicines here.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

Hamish Macdonald to rejoin Ten’s The Project after quitting ABC’s Q+A

The 40-year-old will embark on his third stint with Ten after 18 months at the ABC, in a role that will combine presenting and reporting roles.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

Could a Jeff Bezos space flight unite America? You gotta be dreaming

Long before he transformed the way people buy everything from books to baby wipes, Jeff Bezos was a space nut. Now the billionaire has fulfilled his dream.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

BHP mulling gas and oil exit in retreat from fossil fuels: report

BHP is considering getting out of oil and gas in a multibillion-dollar exit that would accelerate its retreat from fossil fuels, according to people familiar with the matter.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

Big WA projects face slowdown to help manage state’s skills shortage

Road, rail, and other WA government infrastructure projects could be set for delays as the Planning Minister flags a delay on its schedule of works.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

WA quarantine hotels wear big risk for little reward as ‘temporary’ fix drags on

In other states, hotels sign contracts with state governments to provide quarantine services – but in WA they do not have much of a choice in the matter.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

‘Red flags’ hang over WA’s controversial private sector pitches

A leading government transparency advocacy group says there are a number of issues with WA’s market-led proposals policy.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

How WA government massaged the message to dodge political heat days out from election

A major property developer was champing at the bit to announce its success in the West Australian government’s market-led proposal process in February, but was told to hold off until after the state election a month later.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

Australia news LIVE: Victoria lockdown extended by a week; NSW COVID cases continue to grow; SA begins first day of lockdown

An additional 60,000 people have been caught up in NSW’s stay-at-home orders after the virus leaked into the regions, Victorians attempting to return home from red zones will be barred from entering the state from today and South Australians are waking up to their first day of a 7-day lockdown.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

From Sydney to Shanghai: China’s luxury retirement homes draw millions from investors

William Tang wants ‘a second life’ in his Shangai luxury retirement resort and Lendlease is betting there will be others like him as China’s population ages.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

Trump’s inaugural committee head accused of being unregistered foreign agent

Tom Barrack was among three men charged in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, with conspiring to act as an unregistered foreign agent for the United Arab Emirates.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

COVID surge fears put Australia’s tour of Bangladesh in doubt

Concerns of a spike in COVID cases, similar to the one that closed down the IPL in April, have left Cricket Australia considering whether or not to proceed with the tour.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

Getting electric cars on the road in Australia could be easier than you think

A key step is to get the price down by removing taxes.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

COVID restrictions might be a challenge for some, but not my family

For us, every discount is valued. Every seed is food. Every hardship endured.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

ASX set to jump as Wall Street roars back; Bitcoin drops

Wall Street rebounded strongly from the previous day’s heavy falls, setting up the Australian sharemarket for gains this morning while bitcoin dropped below $US30,000 for the first time in a month.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

NSW Transport workers sought for contact tracing effort amid Delta outbreak

Sydney transport workers have been asked to assist NSW Health contact tracing efforts as the state battles to track and contain the spread of the latest coronavirus outbreak.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

‘That’s where the risk is’: One in ten infected people caught COVID at work

NSW health authorities have confirmed that 123 people have caught the virus through their workplace since the first case reported in June, with about 30 per cent going on to transmit the disease outside their household, including in healthcare and aged care facilities.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

Car parks program shows country on a ‘corruption slippery slope’

Governance experts say the federal government should toughen its integrity commission to deal with programs such as the Commuter Car Park fund.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

Narrow majority of voters wants lockdowns phased out as vaccination rate grows

The findings are part of an exclusive survey that also reveals a fall in vaccine hesitancy at the same time as the recent surge in coronavirus case numbers.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

How do I turn down a request to be someone’s work referee?

Giving a job reference is a serious undertaking never to be taken lightly, Kirstin Ferguson warns. In fact, she set herself a rule 20 years ago to not say yes to providing any.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

‘Part of the strategy’: Why HSC students should attempt harder courses

Analysis of band 5 and 6 HSC data shows that more students are able to achieve marks above 80 by doing difficult courses, not less-challenging ones.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

Remote work tailwind propels Employment Hero to $800 million valuation

Human resources technology startup Employment Hero has raised $140 million, US VC giant Insight Partners leading its latest funding round.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

Harvey Weinstein extradited to California to face sexual assault charges

New York prison officials have handed over convicted rapist Harvey Weinstein for transport to California to face additional sexual assault charges, ending the former movie producer’s protracted fight to delay his extradition.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

Prime ministers, presidents and a king found on list that includes phones targeted by spyware

Among 50,000 phone numbers, the Pegasus Project found those of hundreds of public officials, including French President Emmanuel Macron.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

‘Illicit gain’: Australia accuses China of criminal cyber attacks

Australia and other countries - including the United States and all NATO members - have accused China’s Ministry of State Security of carrying out cyber attacks itself as well as paying for criminal large-scale hacks.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

In England, first came the pandemic. Then along came the ‘pingdemic’

Over half a million people in England and Wales have been pinged in the past week, removing many of them from the economy and forcing businesses to close.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

Robinhood looks to shake up Wall Street again with IPO

The online brokerage that found itself at the centre of the meme stock frenzy will go public next week, and is targeting a valuation of $US35 billion..

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

Australia news LIVE: NSW and Victoria COVID-19 cases continue to grow; Victorian lockdown extended

Victorian authorities are expected to announce today when the state might come out of lockdown, the mother of two Sydney removalists who spread the virus interstate has been found dead and there are three new cases of COVID-19 in South Australia.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

Pegasus spyware: Amazon reportedly shuts down NSO Group’s cloud infrastructure

NSO Group’s spyware was used in attempted and successful hacks of 37 smartphones belonging to journalists, government officials and human rights activists around the world,

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

NSW man arrested over body found in container in Brisbane

A body was found in a large container at an apartment complex in Hamilton overnight.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

Collapse of China’s microchip giant tests Beijing’s plan to beat US tech

China’s would-be microchip champion looks more like a national disappointment and is a setback in Xi Jinping’s quest for semiconductor self-reliance.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

Red-ball cricket to be prioritised under ‘Operation Ashes’

Cricket Australia will announce an unprecedented summer schedule this week and it is has one goal: retain the Ashes

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

Vast majority of Australian Muslims suffer prejudice

A new report shows Islamophobia is most common when dealing with law enforcement, in the workplace or when seeking employment, at shops or restaurants, and online.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

Jingoistic posturing out of China hasn’t sent the usual Olympic message

A friendly voice from across the Sea of Japan last week threatened a nuclear attack on the Olympic host country.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

ASX set for heavy falls as virus fears rattle Wall Street; $A tumbles

Resurgent pandemic worries knocked stocks lower from Wall Street to Tokyo, fuelled by fears that faster-spreading variants of the virus may upend the global economy’s strong recovery.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

Australia’s giant carbon capture project fails to meet key targets

Analysts say the $54 billion Gorgon project to extract and export gas from fields off the WA coast has missed key benchmarks agreed to five years ago.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

Eddie Obeid likely to return to jail after guilty verdict on rigged tender

Eddie Obeid, Ian Macdonald and Moses Obeid were found guilty over a rigged coal exploration tender that resulted in the Obeid family receiving a $30m windfall.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

Showdown over millions in mining royalties to Indigenous trust

The Adnyamathanha people of South Australia are battling to find out what’s become of millions of dollars in mining revenues.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

Lockdown to extend but zero cases not target to lift curbs

The state government is preparing to extend Victoria’s lockdown by at least three days and is unlikely to ease restrictions until most emerging cases have been in isolation for their entire infectious periods.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

The animals causing more carbon emissions than a million cars

There’s calls for more to be done to manage this feral species, which new modelling has shown produce carbon emissions equal to more than a million cars every year.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

‘That’s a reality’: CBA chief warns on economy, more lockdowns

Even if outbreaks are brought under control, CBA’s chief says the transmissibility of the Delta strain means more lockdowns are a real possibility.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

Experts blast local research into COVID treatments, decry lack of effort to understand vaccine take-up

A team of six medical research experts issued the damning indictment of taxpayer-funded COVID-19 research and called for reform of the sector.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

Do you live in an area going easy on parking fines in lockdown?

Sydney councils are divided, with Bondi residents copping fines if they overstay their welcome while people in Randwick, the CBD and the inner west might be shown a little leniency.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

‘Up there with pay day loans’: Calls for crackdown on wage advance apps

“Nobody likes waiting” is the slogan salary based buy now, pay later startup MyPayNow broadcast across prime time television as a sponsor of top rating show Married At First Sight.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

Prince Harry writing ‘wholly truthful memoir’ including his ‘life lessons’

Prince Harry’s publisher said he will share the definitive account of the experiences, adventures, losses, and life lessons that have helped shape him.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

‘Boys will be boys’: Lack of support hurled Perth bullying victim further down the abyss

Bella was only 10 years old when a moment in a principal’s office triggered her long struggle with self harm and suicidal thoughts.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

‘No safety’: Perth student forced to flee, ‘bullies’ stay after VRO overruled by school

A family has been forced to leave their local public school and pay private school fees after two teenagers linked to a youth gang known to terrorise the area allegedly assaulted their child.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

Australian government cancels Katie Hopkins’ visa

Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews says Katie Hopkins will be leaving Australia as soon as the government can possibly arrange it. “I’m hopeful that it will happen imminently.”

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

Journalists, activists and leaders ‘targets of mass Pegasus hacks’

Among those hacked by Israeli-based spyware were the fiancee of murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi, and journalists from AP, Reuters, CNN, The Wall Street Journal, Le Monde and The Financial Times.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

Bob Carr appeals to UNESCO over Warragamba Dam

Bob Carr, a former NSW premier and Australian foreign minister, has appealed to UNESCO to send a team to survey the threats to the World Heritage status of the Blue Mountains.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

Legal bill for hotel quarantine probe tops $15 million

State government agencies and departments racked up more than $15 million on lawyers for an inquiry that was unable to pinpoint who made the decision to use private security in hotels.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

Schools that Excel: Sirius College’s melting pot proves a recipe for success

Sirius College’s Eastmeadows campus has been selected as The Age Schools that Excel winner for 2021 among non-government schools in Melbourne’s north.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

Schools that Excel: Diversity and discipline pay off for Reservoir High

Reservoir High School is The Age’s Schools that Excel winner among government schools in Melbourne’s north.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

Schools that Excel 2021: View results over the past decade for your school

Now in its third year, The Age’s Schools that Excel dashboard allows you to track school results over the past decade.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

Schools that Excel: St Andrews a standout in the east

St Andrews Christian College encourages its students to go “MAD” − to Make A Difference.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

ASX set to open lower as Wall Street wobbles

The ASX is set for a negative start to the session as the S&P 500 index finished with more losses, posting its first weekly fall in four weeks.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

How Morrison could ride the national tide of impatience

Voters are losing their patience with the pandemic. It’s a risk for all politicians, but the timing may yet work in the Prime Minister’s favour.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

It’s time to stand up for freedom, Mr Albanese. Mandela said so

Why the Labor leader risks losing support in ALP seats after his strident defence of Israel.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

I worried for my inquiry into Parliament as a workplace. I’m glad to say I was wrong

Her task is to address bullying, sexual harassment and sexual assault at Parliament House. Australia’s Sex Discrimination Commissioner is taking inspiration from the people who’ve come forward to tell her what they know.

from Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
Read More

Pages

Total Pageviews