How Australian police tracked one of world’s most wanted paedophiles to Borneo

Beneath the laidback veneer of Lundu in Malaysia’s Sarawak state is a dark and sinister secret that investigators from Australia played a key role in uncovering.

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Isaac was singing nursery rhymes when the blast hit

In a shaded museum garden, a child’s swing has been unveiled in the memory of the Australian toddler who lost his life in the Beirut blast.

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Why the biggest story of Peter Overton’s life is happening right now

Journalist Peter Overton says COVID-19 is the biggest, most important story he’ll ever cover, and acknowledges the strain it’s putting on family life. But, being dad to his two daughters helps centre his world.

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Kabul airport reopens to receive aid, domestic flights restart

Reopening the airport, a vital lifeline with both the outside world and across Afghanistan’s mountainous territory has been a high priority for the Taliban as they seek to restore order after their lightning seizure of Kabul on August 15.

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The lessons Stan Grant hopes to pass onto his sons

“Too often I wasn’t there. I missed a lot but I had a job to do. And you will have your jobs to do and you will make your choices and live with your regrets.”

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‘I never thought I’d fall in love again’: Felicity Urquhart on life and loss

“I talk about this loss in the hope that even one man just like him can do something and save their life, because of being loved.”

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Mitchell impact still positive despite it ending his season

The Souths star who spoke to 1050 kids on Zoom was a far cry from the one media outlets had portrayed in the previous few days.

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‘A bit scary’: Warning Delta could dwarf state’s second COVID wave

Concerned public health officials and epidemiologists say Victoria still has a chance to bring the third wave to heel, and protect the regions from uncontrolled spread, but that will require people to “follow the rules”.

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‘Most satisfying thing I’ve ever done’: Dads back call to revolutionise parental leave

Stay-at-home dad Hussain Ali advises other fathers to consider following in his footsteps and “be mindful of making the decision you are least likely to regret”.

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Calls for national school ventilation plan, more details on booster shots to protect vulnerable

Health and architecture experts and the federal opposition want a national plan for better-ventilated schools and more details on the roll-out of a booster shot program to protect the most vulnerable.

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A COVID paradox: No right to live with your own risks but free to choose death

Passing voluntary assisted dying legislation during a pandemic poses some difficult questions about life and its value.

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Grace Tame doesn’t think much of the Women’s Safety Summit, but she’s going anyway

The Australian of the Year is determined to expand the remit of the Morrison government’s big pow wow this week.

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ABBA in their 70s take me back to my, well, ’70s

The release of ABBA’s first songs in almost 40 years has been received with wide acclaim - especially to women of a certain age.

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When it comes to faith, the signs we choose to follow are crucial

Opportunities for new beginnings can come from left field: the birth of a child, the evidence of Spring, discovering what it means to love and be loved.

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Aiming for a happy Father’s Day in lockdown on repeat

Lockdown restrictions don’t have to get in the way of a memorable Father’s Day. There’s plenty to make and create to ensure dad enjoys the day.

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Before he died, my father showed me how to pierce grief with laughter

“In almost every one of my father’s letters, he tells me how much he loves me. I took those words for granted. Now the same words seem neon-lit.”

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Hunt reassures parents on vaccines after UK ruling on jabs for children aged 12 to 15

Greg Hunt has moved to reassure Australian parents after UK experts advised holding off vaccinating healthy 12-15 year olds.

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Trust or bust: Revelations that leave Tigers on collision course with Maguire

In this second part of our investigation into the Wests Tigers, we focus on the erosion of trust between the coach, club and players that is holding the team back.

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As the weather warms and resilience wanes, let us explore more of our world

The government must consider easing some restrictions before the school holidays. Doing so will give everyone some relief after a difficult winter.

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COVID hospitalisation rate for US children soars, but vaccination makes a difference

The hospitalisation rate was 10 times as high in unvaccinated adolescents as in those who were vaccinated, researchers found.

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‘Shootings, stabbings, brawls’: Event got go-ahead despite police concerns

A boxing promotion company was allowed to run a combat sports event in Melbourne despite police warnings of the potential for acts of violence from attendees.

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Speed camera bungle: Motorists in NSW’s south escape fines but not in north

The Opposition has described the rollout of new contracts for mobile speed cameras in NSW as a “massive administrative failure”.

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Australia’s defences stronger after 20 years of the war on terror: Howard

But former prime ministers Kevin Rudd and Tony Abbott have warned about the danger arising from the Taliban’s victory in Afghanistan.

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The pandemic lays bare our confederacy of dunces

Political opportunism is clouding the hard truth: we need to open up, but higher vaccination rates alone will not be enough to allow it; some measure of social and population control will be required for a long time, possibly years.

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Just don’t call me angel, that perfect, sacrificial woman about the house

Women’s domestic workloads have risen during lockdown and the pay gap has widened. In truth, we entered the workforce but never left the home.

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Campsie residents feel the pain over their locked-down suburb’s density push

A COVID-19 struck community with severely limited open space has been asked to review a plan to increase the number of homes by more than 70 per cent while enduring the strictest lockdown the city has seen.

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Don’t despair of the COVID obsessives, they are a cause for hope

The lingering threat to democracy isn’t people who want to convince you of their nonsense. It’s people who don’t care.

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Close to a breakdown, John found solace in a fathers’ group

Parenting can be hard for everyone, and while new mums have long automatically received the support of an established mothers’ group, experts say fathers should have the same.

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Lockdown: Measuring your life in morning teas, photos, and a stitch in time

In the pandemic, many have found solace and joy from daily habits and creative practices that mark the day and distract them from doomscrolling the latest COVID-19 case numbers.

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Science is bringing the role of dads into focus. It matters

Like many men, Rory Murray thought he would never be like his father: long periods away from his kids, ending up saddled with regret about missed opportunities.

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Cows, surfing, art: Cody Weightman takes the scenic route at the Bulldogs

The young Bulldog always had talent. But it was on a month-long car trip home from Queensland after last season that he figured the rest out.

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Without my dad, I longed for the Hollywood ideal of fatherhood

When I was younger, I yearned for the kind of unconditional love from a jovial father figure I saw in movies. But I think it’s a myth, and a bit dangerous for us to expect this.

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Why comfort is king for tailor Patrick Johnson

“My focus is to be comfortable but there’s always some interesting detail – fabric, footwear or eyewear – something subtle.”

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‘Full on’: Lockdowns force families to manage screen time

For decades, parents were told to force kids to switch off after two hours of screen time. COVID-19 lockdowns have changed all that.

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Lachlan Murdoch due to leave Australia, headed for New York

Requests to front parliamentary inquiries aside, Lachlan Murdoch is due to fire up the Gulfstream any minute now and head back to the US after spending the past six months in Sydney.

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System overload: Why Victoria’s health network is on its knees

Even with limited COVID-19 cases, almost every aspect of the system is already deteriorating: ambulance responses, mental health, urgent treatment. What’s going on?

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A crisis of identity: The real tales from Tiger town

In the first of a two-part investigation into rugby league’s most maligned club, stunning revelations highlight why the sleeping giant is lost in the finals wilderness.

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‘It all comes from his mother’: the surprising force behind Bryan Brown

On screen, Bryan Brown has long been the archetypal Aussie bloke. Off screen, it’s women who’ve shaped him.

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Keith Urban’s tour production manager, 72, dies after falling from stage

The longtime tour production manager for country star Keith Urban has died after falling from a stage before an Ohio concert.

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Britain advises against vaccinating healthy children against COVID-19

British experts have said the benefits of vaccinating children against COVID-19 are not big enough to justify giving healthy teenagers, aged below 16, the jab.

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Kerevi to make Giteau Law history and start in final Bledisloe battle

The star centre will be the first overseas-based player picked for the Wallabies who does not meet the Giteau Law.

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W-League and A-League results to be combined to decide club champions

In a radical move, Australia could become the first country in the world to award a title to the team with the best combined results across their men’s and women’s teams.

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‘Unconstitutional chaos’: Biden directs White House lawyers to fight strict Texas abortion law

“Complete strangers will now be empowered to inject themselves in the most private and personal health decisions faced by women,” said US President Joe Biden.

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How to stop micro-stress ruling your life

It’s better to acknowledge moments and consider why something has bothered us, however small, rather than to soldier on.

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‘Somebody who has power in China’: How Southern Meats got its export ban lifted

After a secretive meeting in Beijing involving executives of an Australian abattoir, a ban costing the abattoir millions of dollars was overturned.

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ASX set for gains as jobs data brightens Wall Street

Wall Street is solidly higher in late trade, setting up the Australian sharemarket for a positive open

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How one COVID case upended Toyota’s just-in-time supply chain

The world’s No 1 automaker shocked the global market by announcing it would slash its output of cars this month by 40 per cent compared to previous production plans. The reasons were beyond its control.

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NAB warns businesses could ‘reach end of the line’ if lockdowns persist

National Australia Bank’s small business banking executive Ana Marinkovic has called for greater certainty around the end of lockdowns.

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Transurban says shift to per-kilometre charging on Australian roads should start now

The boss of $39 billion toll giant Transurban says Australia must start making plans to charge motorists for every kilometre they drive to pay for roads as the take-up of electrical vehicles erode fuels excise revenue.

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Trucks avoiding Sydney toll amid concerns of delayed solution

Truck movements through Sydney’s M5 East motorway and new M8 have hardly increased since the opening of a new tollway last year, even though car traffic has surged by more than 15 per cent.

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Building a winning Super Netball roster not just about affordability

Finding a group of players who fit in together is a big part of a successful squad.

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Coalition implodes in Victoria’s hour of need

Squabbling Liberal MPs are letting down Victorians who deserve a united opposition to hold the Andrews government to account.

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Lyon’s out, so who do the Blues look to now?

Ross Lyon’s decision to pull out of the Carlton coaching race has left the door wide open for several highly credentialed candidates to now be in the mix.

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Vaccine passports are our safe passage to normal life. Ignore your MPs’ backlash, Premier

The state Opposition Leader argues vaccine passports are the only fair way to restore normality.

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JobKeeper’s multibillion-dollar black hole escapes critical sunlight

If not for a Pauline Hanson sidestep, the Parliament would have forced the government to reveal details of businesses that received billions in JobKeeper support that they didn’t need. But the attempt to impose transparency isn’t over yet.

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COVID-positive woman’s fury at being forced to wash clothes in lagoon

In isolation since testing positive, Cathering Bugmy can’t use the communal washing facilities. Now she must wash her clothes in a Wilcannia lagoon.

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Children have made great sacrifices to protect adults - now it’s time to return the favour

It is important for children to get back to school and as adults who have benefited from their sacrifice, we are under a moral obligation to ensure they can do that safely,

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Why Sydney is seeing red over the Harbour Bridge

Should lockdown restrictions permit and you find yourself near Sydney Harbour Bridge, you may wonder why there is an unfamiliar red flag.

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After early success, has bickering got in the way of national cabinet?

While political brawling between premiers and PMs is nothing new, COVID has introduced many Australians to the oddities of the federation.

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We need a bounce-back plan to prevent ‘economic long COVID’

Six months from now when we’re out of lockdown, many Australians won’t have recovered financially. We need to give them a hand – as other major economies are doing – to ensure our national recovery.

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Some say low interest rates cause inequality. What if it’s the reverse?

New evidence suggests high inequality is the cause, not the result, of the low interest rates and high asset prices evident in recent years.

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Mitchell pays another huge price with NRL extending ban to Indigenous All-Stars match

The man who has been a powerful voice during the week of the pre-season fixture won’t even be allowed to play practice matches in 2022 because of the seriousness of his offence.

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The way old friends do: ABBA reforms, plans virtual tour and new album

As the world faces its Waterloo, 2021 has one more surprise for us: the return of 1970s supergroup ABBA.

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‘It just set a bomb off’: how the controversial movie Kids changed a group of teenagers’ lives

Eddie Martin has made a documentary that shows the fall-out from an art-house classic from the 1990s.

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ASX set to edge lower as Wall Street makes a mixed start to September

A mixed day on Wall Street as investors continue monitoring the latest economic data for a better sense of the economic recovery’s path forward.

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Amazon says it’s looking to hire 55,000 people

While other companies laid off workers during the pandemic, Amazon’s workforce continues to balloon

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How the rollout rolled past First Nations - and why NSW blames Canberra

The tensions in Coalition ranks between the NSW government and the Morrison government have been heightened by a failure to vaccinate the state’s Indigenous communities.

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The SAS postpones its ‘new era’ as a ceremonial disbanding is delayed

Friday was meant to mark the end of the controversial 2 Squadron of the SAS. Now, citing COVID, the brass has delayed the ceremony.

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Data company powering Atlassian and Canva bullish on Australia as growth surges

The company that builds the infrastructure underlying the data and artificial intelligence capabilities of Australia’s top technology companies including Atlassian and Canva is seeing revenue surge as the sector continues to grow locally. 

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Latrell Mitchell doesn’t have to change – he just needs to chill

The Souths fullback didn’t intend to break Joey Manu’s cheekbone, but he needs to rein in his emotion because it’s costing him and South Sydney.

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Hotspot GPs ‘kept in dark’ when patients fall ill with COVID

Doctors in Melbourne’s west say they are finding out too late when their patients have coronavirus, leaving some to call ambulances for people who have deteriorated in their homes.

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States splurge on education, hospitals and roads to fend off pandemic slump

In the war against the pandemic, state governments turned to building hospitals, railway tracks and roads to keep the economy in fighting shape.

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Electoral Commission urged to probe funding of ‘Voices for’ movements

A grassroots movement trying to oust dozens of federal Coalition MPs at the next election is facing a push to investigate its funding sources.

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Morrison and Frydenberg are odd housemates, but they’re tied together now

Mutual support, loneliness, convenience or a dose of good old-fashioned paranoia appears to have brought the two closer together. The object of that paranoia is Peter Dutton.

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McGorry withdraws from event run by shadow pandemic mums’ group with links to Liberals

It describes itself as “a group of mums speaking out for the shadow pandemic crippling our children” but Shadow Pandemic Victoria has close ties to the Liberal Party.

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Delay to removal of flammable cladding from NSW apartment buildings

The removal of cladding from the apartment towers as part of a state government project has been delayed until early next year.

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‘They’ve stuck around’: Metcash boss confident new COVID shoppers will stay

The chief of grocery wholesaler and home improvement retailer Metcash says he’s confident the dramatic changes in consumption habits caused by the COVID-19 pandemic are here to stay, at least until international borders reopen.

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Business urges government to take net zero pledge to UN climate talks

Industry groups are calling for Australia to set a net zero emissions deadline before international climate talks in Glasgow as the Nationals push back again.

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What goes wrong when uni students mark their teachers

A major university wants to publish the results of students’ course evaluations on a public website. It won’t be hard to figure out the individual teachers involved in these often unfair assessments.

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Overwhelmed by email? Here’s how to get that inbox under control

Think of your inbox as a garden you must prune. Experts share the best way to establish boundaries around when we check it, and keep it in order.

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Judy and her mum live in the same suburb, but lockdown has kept them apart

Rules permitting outdoor recreation with another person do not apply to people who live in aged care homes – much to the frustration of families.

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We live longer and healthier than ever, but Australia’s COVID mismanagement jeopardises this proud record

Recent weaknesses in the strategies adopted by the federal and NSW governments are having serious health and economic consequences.

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‘Some plants are too crazy’: muso’s sonic map retunes the daily walk

Instead of just looking, smelling and touching plants, artist Dylan Martorell gets us listening to them.

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Top plants that will survive the average home gardener

Two hundred plants were put to the test and 40 were shown to survive the care and the conditions in the average Sydney garden. Now the results of the trials by the Royal Botanic Garden Sydney are revealed.

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‘The dial hasn’t shifted’: Concrete action needed after 12 years of plans to stop family violence

Ahead of a national summit on women’s safety, hundreds of experts are calling for the government to commit to more concrete actions to fight the “chronic issue”.

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Halep powers past Kucova as rain stops play at Flushing Meadows

Former world No.1 Simona Halep has continued her fine form at Flushing Meadows with a convincing 6-3, 6-1 win over Kristina Kucova to move into the third round.

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It’s about skin correction: Real men wear make-up but it’s not what you think

Convincing Australian men to pick up a make-up brush is a profitable but difficult business.

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Warren Buffett’s $US6b bet on Japan has paid off

Warren Buffett shocked Tokyo markets last August with a $US6 billion bet on the country’s five largest trading houses. One year on, his investments are paying off.

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Australia news LIVE: NSW, Victoria and ACT COVID-19 cases continue to grow; more Pfizer jabs on the way

Victoria plans a modest easing of coronavirus restrictions, the Prime Minister says he’s secured another 500,000 Pfizer vaccines and US President Joe Biden labels the Afghanistan evacuation a success.

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Elderly man found dead after granny flat fire

The man’s body was found after a fire ripped through the flat in Glenfield in Sydney’s south-west.

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‘Climate of hatred’: Politician targeted by foes of Italy’s vaccination campaign

Demonstrators have said they will gather in front of many train stations in Italy and block the railways, to protest against the health pass obligation on trains.

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Biden calls evacuation from Afghanistan an extraordinary success

In his first comments since the withdrawal of the last US troops, President Joe Biden called the evacuation from Afghanistan an extraordinary success, ending a 20-year war.

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Why Dylan Alcott and Heath Davidson are the best mates worth cheering for

The Australia duo have a special on-court understanding born of shared experiences growing up, and are one match away from winning a second Paralympics gold.

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When the colour equation doesn’t add up

Sally Rooney’s Normal People has been criticised for its white privilege, but not every novel, play, film or podcast can be like the United Colours of Benetton ad.

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Melbourne falls silent again in September

The unsettling silence around the MCG is a poignant reminder that it should be the vibrant centre of an animated city.

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ASX set for losses as Wall Street slides lower; $A rises

Wall Street is lower in afternoon trading as the market closes out a strong August.

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Xi Jinping approves action on everything from monopolies to pollution

Chinese President Xi Jinping chaired a high-level meeting that “reviewed and approved” measures to fight monopolies, battle pollution and shore up strategic reserves in his push to improve the nation’s 1.4 billion people.

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‘Those days are well over’: No Mad Monday for NRL stars in Queensland

The NRL will remind players to avoid traditional Mad Monday celebrations and be on their best behaviour while guests in Queensland.

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‘Humanitarian crisis’ in Wilcannia as NSW considers extra quarantine

A leaked letter from a respected Aboriginal organisation has labelled the COVID response in far western NSW as “chaotic” and says mistakes are “mounting”.

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Greene case is about respect for umpires, not contact with them

Toby Greene deserved to be suspended, but the AFL has let a lack of respect towards umpires drift on for too long and this is the result. A conversation about what is acceptable is now necessary.

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A debate we need to have if we want to make a better world after lockdown

ACCC chief Rod Sims says market power is hurting Australians – and he has some solutions.

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It’s time to consider booster jabs for healthcare workers

Israel’s experience offers a valuable indicator of where we might find ourselves in the months ahead.

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Universities push back on plan to require academics to declare foreign political links

One proposal would see only academics involved in sensitive research or from high-risk countries required to disclose their links to overseas political parties.

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Isolation gave Mark McGowan the gift of time. He would be wise not to squander it

The WA Premier should be preparing for a surge in the disease when it inevitably comes.

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Snap Shot: Dangerfield, Wines, and Boak, 38 years on from a famous granny

The local grand final that spawned champions; the Cats’ doctor helping the Giants; and I saw it, but I didn’t believe it.

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I’m waking up to dozens of after-hours emails from my boss. Help!

This is a tricky one since working from home does mean everyone’s usual routines are completely tossed about, but Dr Kirstin Ferguson says bosses have a responsibility to their staff.

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Man from Snowy River ‘had to be Aboriginal’, says author

Poem places the epic ride in an area where all stockmen were Indigenous, says Anthony Sharwood, the author of The Brumby Wars.

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‘Insult to injury’: Harvey Norman’s JobKeeper refund reignites calls for review of $70b scheme

Retailer’s decision to pay back JobKeeper money on the back of record profits has reignited calls for more transparency around the multibillion-dollar wage subsidy scheme.

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On the anniversary of ANZUS, there’s good news

Australia’s Asian neighbours no longer view its alliance with the US as a handicap.

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‘I was too scared to leave my hotel room’: Why Cecchin is retiring from NRL

Regarded by many as the best referee in the league, Matt Cecchin is retiring amid a crisis of confidence following the Sharks-Knights game in round 22.

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No deaths in young US adults with myocarditis after Pfizer shot

The update from the CDC comes one day after a New Zealand died of myocarditis, after getting the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.

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Spoiler alert: we’re in a recession, even if it’s not ‘official’

Look around. Jobs have vapourised. Businesses are shutting. Make no mistake: Australia is in recession

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Buying power: It’s legal but is it democratic?

While campaign spending remains uncapped, parties and candidates will be tempted to chase donations that may have strings attached

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Australia must prepare for the return of anarchy to world affairs

The world has enjoyed three-quarters of a century of relative order. It’s an aberration and it’s coming to an end.

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Schools are adapting, but the best learning is done face to face

It will be a long time, if ever, until schools return to normal.

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ASX set for gains as Wall Street pushes higher

Wall Street is mostly higher to kick off the week and remained near record highs after investors welcomed an update from the Federal Reserve.

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‘Wild West’: China’s trade hopes in Afghanistan now hostage to nation’s security

While some private investors see opportunity, larger impediments are likely to bedevil the Chinese government’s Belt and Road projects.

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Peak medical body backs mandatory jabs for all health sector workers

Vaccinations would be mandatory for doctors, nurses, pharmacists and even hospital cooks and cleaners under an Australian Medical Association plan.

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Injuries to Sydney food delivery drivers fall as industry booms amid pandemic

Less than a year after a spate of rider deaths sparked a state government crackdown on the industry, reported injuries have fallen.

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Terror attack blocks Australian embassy worker’s exit from Kabul

After working for the Australian embassy in Kabul for five years, an interpreter and his family have been left stranded in the city.

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‘No point quitting’: How the pandemic is delaying retirement

When will I retire? The coronavirus crisis has convinced some older workers to hang on to their jobs longer.

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The little things can make lockdown life more bearable

I’ve always loved a domestic flourish, but during lockdowns they’ve proved their worth.

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Rift between top Nationals ministers over inland rail threatens more unrest

A five-page document arguing the case for changing the inland rail route through Queensland was circulated among several Queensland Coalition MPs about 10 days ago.

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Andrews knows the value of the Parliament; he should keep it open

Premier Daniel Andrews should be answering questions in Parliament this week. Instead, it is closed - again. At a time when the government is spending vast sums of taxpayer money, we should not have restrictions on accountability.

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Three in 10 promised car parks won’t arrive until after 2022

The federal government has been accused of using “delay tactics” to avoid releasing a marginal seats list used to decide where to fund commuter car parks.

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Push to get more than 60,000 aged care workers vaccinated as deadline looms

The federal government in June set a deadline for all aged care workers to have at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine by September 17.

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University students will be trained to spot foreign interference

The measures are contained in draft guidelines that are being debated among university leaders and government officials.

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More than 100 people caught COVID-19 in Sydney’s public hospitals

A death linked to a developing cluster at Cumberland Hospital, a mental health facility in Sydney’s west, was announced on Monday.

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Safran’s golden rules: ‘Be funny, get into danger and don’t whine’

Writing a book about the nefarious marketing strategies of a tobacco company, John Safran hit a problem: he was getting “too judgy”.

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How exercise may help keep our memory sharp

A hormone produced by muscles during exercise can cross into the brain and enhance the health and function of neurons, improving thinking and memory, a mouse study suggests.

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Power out across Louisiana as Hurricane Ida leaves trail of devastation

Ida crashed ashore at a time when Louisiana is reeling from a resurgence of COVID-19 infections that has strained the state’s healthcare system.

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Millman bundled out of US Open on day one as fans return to Flushing Meadow

Australian John Millman was an early first-round casualty at the US Open, proving no match for Swiss qualifier Henri Laaksonen.

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I give the state government a fail for preparation when it comes to this year’s HSC

I’m an HSC student and I feel let down by the system that has educated me for the last 12 years.

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ASX set for gains as Fed chief soothes markets

The Australian sharemarket is set for a positive start to the week as Jerome Powell calmed fears over the tapering timetable and sent investors in a buying mood.

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Top scientist says APRA climate risk guidance ‘flawed’

Documents obtained under Freedom of Information laws show Professor Andrew Pitman AO has warned the prudential regulator its guidance for protecting companies against climate change is at odds with available climate science.

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Poll suggests the debate over coal is ‘electorally dead’

The largest poll of Australian climate politics to date shows broad support for more climate action and a rejection of new fossil fuel. It’s not going to end the debate.

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Cycleway construction under way for eastern suburbs ‘goat track’

The bike and pedestrian paths will run along Darley Road, connecting the beachside suburbs to cycleways at Centennial Park which connect to the city.

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‘We feel sorry for Latrell’: Manu’s family plead for calm after brutal tackle

Joseph Manu’s father has asked for social media users to stop online attacks on Latrell Mitchell, who won’t play again until 2022 after officially accepting a six-game suspension.

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Australia’s biggest climate poll shows support for action in every seat

The survey of 15,000 Australians conducted by YouGov on behalf of the ACF found 67 per cent of voters believed the government should be doing more to address climate change, including a majority in all 151 national seats.

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‘We don’t want to be collateral damage’: Coal country concerns grow as climate reality hits

Fifth-generation grazier Kyle Beale hails from a long line of staunch Liberal National voters. In a break with family tradition, the farmer says the role climate change has played in years of successive droughts would likely see him vote Labor for the first time come the next federal election.

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Strings attached: Osaka striving to balance activism, inner peace and tennis

Naomi Osaka claimed her two US Open titles amid controversy and social unrest. She begins her campaign for a third this week and life remains complicated.

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First Nations land rights deal in limbo after Federal Court decision

The National Native Title Tribunal’s refusal to register a key element of a $34 million land rights agreement between the Taungurung people and the Andrews government has reopened a bitter territorial dispute between Aboriginal clans in Victoria’s north-east.

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The serious shortfalls in our COVID response give me no confidence our hospitals will cope

The government needs to stop backslapping about vaccination rates and gear up properly for COVID.

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Scott Morrison has set a trap, but Anthony Albanese doesn’t need to fall into it

Morrison – as he always does – is determinedly putting the past behind him.

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‘The market misunderstands us’: Delany pitches growth as Foxtel finds its footing

Foxtel’s Patrick Delany is determined to change the narrative around the News Corp controlled pay TV business, which thanks to streaming is growing once again.

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Wooldridge pushes for gender equality as part of COVID recovery

Closing the gender pay gap may be a lower priority for businesses in the pandemic, but the new director of the Workplace Gender Equality Agency says the conditions could drive change.

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Kakadu report delayed by lockdowns after relationship fracture

Environment Minister Sussan Ley has confirmed a report assessing the joint management model of Kakadu National Park has been delayed until the end of 2021.

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As Australia’s war crimes investigations drag on, misinformation is catching up

Soldier X confessed to murder. Now, in a concerted media campaign to obscure evidence of war crimes, even testimony like his is at risk of being obscured by half-truths, lies and spin.

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Bank share buyback bonanza shows lack of growth options

With the market expecting billions more in bank share buybacks, there are clear signs the big lenders lack compelling growth opportunities.

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‘Most risky’ certifiers of NSW apartment buildings in watchdog’s sights

Almost a dozen certifiers will be put under intense scrutiny by the state’s building watchdog as it attempts to boost public confidence in apartments.

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Shows and venues stampede COVID-19 crisis money

Opera Australia has received a $5 million lifeline from the federal government after it cancelled its blockbuster season of Wagner’s The Ring Cycle.

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Freedom beckons for bar hoppers, but my mum’s in indefinite incarceration

The job of protecting nursing home residents from COVID is only half done if it means no one can visit them.

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Jacques Rogge, IOC president for 12 years, dies at 79

Jacques Rogge, who oversaw an era of political and financial stability in the Olympic movement after its worst ethics scandal and pursued a hard line against doping during his 12 years as IOC president, has died, the Olympic organisation said on Sunday.

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Fauci backs COVID-19 vaccine mandate for US schoolchildren

Dr Anthony Fauci, the top US infectious disease expert, said on Sunday he supports COVID-19 vaccine mandates for children attending schools as the highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus continues to fuel a surge in cases in the nation.

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Hurricane Ida makes landfall in Louisiana with winds stronger than Katrina

Hurricane Ida made landfall in the United States on Sunday as an extremely dangerous Category 4 storm that was set to plunge much of the Louisiana shoreline under water as the state grapples with a COVID-19 surge already taxing hospitals.

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