Protesters target MP’s home as government weighs up bill changes

The Andrews government is considering substantial amendments to pandemic legislation that has sparked weeks of debate and led to protesters turning up at a key crossbench MP’s home.

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Island nations rise up as their homelands start to sink

What happens to a nation if its territories disappear under the sea? Pacific Island nations are exploring legal and diplomatic paths to retaining statehood.

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Royal commission into veteran suicides must result in action

By the time the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide starts in two weeks, another two veterans are likely to have taken their own lives. That’s not good enough.

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‘Kids locked in bedrooms’: Delays notifying families about COVID-19 at school

Some students have received positive COVID-19 results two days before the rest of the school community was told to isolate.

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Forrest can see the wood for the trees

Billionaire Andrew Forrest has become a true evangelist for green energy, particularly using hydrogen. From the COP in Glasgow, he says that burning fossil fuels now, with all that we know, is totally irresponsible.

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Talk to the robot: How technology is changing the way you find a job

Employers are increasingly using video CVs and computer interviews as part of the hiring process.

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Star convert Tuivasa-Sheck centre of attention for All Blacks

All Blacks coach Ian Foster is convinced code-hopper Roger Tuivasa-Sheck could become an option for the 2023 Rugby World Cup.

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Why I support assisted dying (but with a devil’s advocate)

The bill before the NSW Parliament is meticulous, but it is flawed in a way that I am not sure can be fixed.

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Don’t mention the war: why John Cleese pre-emptively cancelled himself

A Cambridge University cancel culture row has sparked a new discussion about wokeness, offence and free speech.

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Labor weighs political risk before announcing year-end climate policy

All the focus has been on Scott Morrison’s climate policies, but it will shift to Labor in a matter of weeks as the opposition prepares to release details of its climate package.

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Jabs for under-12s won’t start until January, COVID commander says

The much-anticipated rollout of COVID-19 vaccines to children under 12 won’t start until January, according to Lieutenant-General John Frewen.

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Hopes AI program can treat Indigenous hearing loss in remote areas

Doctors hope to begin trials next year of an Australian-developed AI algorithm that aims to help diagnose ear problems in Indigenous children in remote areas.

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Cricketing dream team: 32 baggy green caps of the greats to go on show

Steve Waugh has gathered the baggy green caps from some of Australia’s best cricketers – including Bradman and Benaud – for a new Sydney exhibition.

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Australia’s version of the ‘great resignation’ revealed as staff swap jobs

The post-lockdown recovery is driving a resurgence in job hopping, with a 26 per increase in employees changing jobs during October.

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‘The best thing to look forward to’: Schoolies rebooked, rescheduled, relocated but not cancelled

Lucia White from Balmain and her best mates originally intended to head to Byron Bay for Schoolies Week, but the change in dates for the HSC meant they had to cancel.

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Evicted for a yoga studio: The dark side of Byron Bay’s property boom

Longtime Byron Bay resident Fintan Callaghan and his two teenagers wound up homeless when they had to leave their rental unit and were unable to find other accommodation.

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‘No better spot’: Rooftop bars have their moment in the Sydney sun

Drinkers are seeking the safety of the outdoors and embracing the city’s temperate climate after the COVID-19 lockdowns.

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‘Abandoned Soviet hospital’: Pick Sydney’s ugliest car park

City of Sydney candidate Lyndon Gannon wants to convert the Goulburn Street Car Park into an arts space. What other car parks need a makeover?

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‘The one thing we still have’: Schoolies a beacon for the class of 2021

Dance floors in nightclubs will have returned by the time the two-week party period kicks off for and coastal areas are shaping up as the destination of choice for Victorian school leavers.

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When coming out to my parents, nothing went as expected

“I was in shock. I’d wrapped myself into an emotional knot. This was the hardest thing I’d ever done and ‘That’s nice dear, see you at dinner’ was it?”

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The great electric vehicles debate: how much has the tech changed in three years?

In Australia, the transport sector is the second-biggest source of greenhouse gas emissions, after the energy industry.

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‘Middle of nowhere’: After 20 years planning, major new Grampians track opens

The $33.2 million project has been 20 years in the making and joins 160 kilometres of track along the spine of the ranges, the first complete north-to-south track through the park.

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Upbeat Scott Morrison calls on businesses to step up to the climate challenge

The Prime Minister has challenged corporate Australia to step up, stop asking for subsidies and focus on offering cheaper, sustainable solutions for emissions reduction.

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Campaigning PM believes he’s found a miraculous middle ground

Scott Morrison is banking on Australians taking less notice of his misadventures in Rome and Glasgow and more of freedom from 18 months of rolling lockdowns.

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Tough-on-crime leaders playing a game of chicken that will cost us

Disadvantaged people are paying the price for the state’s law and order addiction. That won’t change unless both major parties agree that it must.

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37 years a Pies member, but Barrie Cassidy still can’t vote

The vast majority of Collingwood’s 82,000 members can’t participate in the club’s elections, contradicting the club’s own self-image.

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Assange, the movie: his father and brother expose the human behind public enemy No. 1

Was the WikiLeaks founder naive to hold the US to account for war crimes? Let his father answer that question.

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HSC anxiety - mostly the parents’ - exposes a profound tilt in the generational relationship

So many condolences for the HSC year of 2021. Consider it a symptom of adults’ guilt over the good fortune they’ve squandered and the state of the planet they’re leaving for their children.

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Consumer-minded parents treating schools like shops, says principal

St Andrew’s Cathedral School head John Collier says parents have relinquished their authority and become chauffeurs and cheerleaders instead of guiding their children

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Pacific maps: From the days when exploration was like setting off in the dark

Rarely seen centuries-old maps charting exploration of the Pacific go on show at the State Library of NSW from Saturday. They reveal exploration in an era when sea travel was like sailing blind.

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My mother is gone, but she’s always here

“She is in the posh restaurant wanting fish and chips. She is in the room at parties, making sure introductions are facilitated and no one feels like a shag on a rock.”

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‘Highly stressful’: Red-hot property market tests banks’ home loan factories

Amid a wave of loan applications sparked by ultra-cheap debt, mortgage processing has emerged as a key battleground for the banks.

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More than 57,000 have not come back for second dose

If these people do not return for their second shot, the state’s double-dose goal of 95 per cent may be slightly further off than initially thought.

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Thick blue line: Victoria builds the country’s biggest police force

The state’s war on crime has fuelled massive growth for Victoria Police, which now has 22,000 personnel and annual government funding worth $4 billion.

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Cuff love: The politics and power of Victoria’s law and order addiction

The state now has the largest police force in the country, with one observer saying major parties are locked in a law-and-order “arms race”.

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Lies, damn lies and modelling? Why COVID forecasts haven’t all come to pass

Modelling has gained new-found fame (and infamy) thanks to the pandemic. But it’s best used to shape decisions that will prevent its worst predictions.

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Accused Sydney drug lord’s family ties to Olivia Newton-John

The pop star is the godmother of Jerusha McGrath, the sister-in-law of Mostafa Baluch who was dramatically arrested in a car inside a shipping container on Wednesday.

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From petrol to Playstations: Australians gear up for price rises

The cost of just about everything is set to rise for consumers as global supply chain problems come to roost in Australia.

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Virgin’s share of Sydney Airport slots under fire

Virgin Australia has been accused of hoarding take-off and landing slots at Sydney Airport.

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To his door: how Paul Kelly found a whole new audience

The singer-songwriter’s popularity with a new generation of collaborators and audiences has pushed three of his albums to No.1 in the past four years.

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Amazon on the High Seas

The online giant, racing to get products from factories to our homes, now lures merchants with chartered cargo ships. It’s a development that could permanently alter shopping and shipping.

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Start now and give the gift of plants this Christmas

From quick-result edible treats such as radish, rocket bowls or rosemary to easy-care, fast-growing pothos, consider a flowering gift this festive season.

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Mike Tomalaris says he was an ‘emotional wreck’ after forced resignation from SBS TV

The former Tour de France host says he struggled with depression after his sudden exit.

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ASX set for gains as tech leads Wall Street rebound

The Australian sharemarket is poised for a bright open as Wall Street’s benchmark index moved higher a day after a surge in inflation rattled investors.

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Glasgow COP26 summit nears deadlock, core 1.5 degree goal ‘on life support’

In one surprise development, a group of nearly two dozen countries are demanding the removal of a vast slab of the summit’s draft declaration.

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Employers want end to rules requiring port jobs to go to ‘family and friends’ of union members

Ai Group will suggest the federal government either tighten up competition laws on enterprise agreements or create a list of practices that pay deals in the maritime industry cannot touch.

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Labor dumps Western heartland for 2022 election gambit

Spare a thought for the ALP national secretary Paul Erickson who is currently focused on logistics

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Branch stacking’s a symptom of the two-party system

The latest investigation may put some MPs off branch stacking, but it continues to flourish because it’s legal, and it works.

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Residential land sales, prices soar despite falling population

Residential land sales in Victoria have continued to soar despite the decline in population levels and end of the federal government HomeBuilder handout.

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Perrottet to start government debate on voluntary assisted dying bill

In a signal he expects MPs to be respectful regardless of differing views, Mr Perrottet will take the unorthodox step of being the first government speaker to respond to the bill.

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Police were prevented from arresting Labor MPs over ‘red shirts’ rort: documents

The secret police files from late 2018 reveal detectives were directed by high-ranking officers to make sure that 16 named members of Parliament “not be arrested, photographed, searched”.

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The PM’s ‘can-do’ climate capitalism won’t work without a price on carbon

Fossil fuels remain too cheap for businesses to quit because they do not carry the full social and environmental cost.

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Warning: You are already behind on your Christmas shopping

The toilet paper frenzy of 2020 was nothing compared to what is about to take place in Australia over the next two months.

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There’s something easy we can all do to protect the earth

World leaders have spent almost two weeks working out how to combat climate change, but as COP26 draws to a close today, one key issue is yet to be addressed: turning waste into a resource.

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We get knocked down: Melbourne the nation’s house demolition capital

Melbourne has become the knockdown and rebuild capital of Australia, with some suburbs adding four new homes for each one lost to the wreckers since 2016.

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Senior Comanchero bikie detained in Lebanon after Interpol notice

The notice triggered by Australian authorities said Tarek Zahed was widely known for involvement in serious crimes. 

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Go mini-nuclear with AUKUS, Rolls-Royce urges Australia

A small modular reactor is roughly the size of two football pitches and would produce enough energy to power 1 million homes.

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MPs call for ‘partisan’ political transparency site to lose charity status

Two government MPs say a website that allows the public to check how members are voting on various issues shows ‘partisan’ descriptions of MPs’ votes.

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Corporate Australia watches and waits on booster shot rules

The country’s largest businesses are waiting for government guidance on the rules they should put in place for coronavirus booster shots.

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Meet the ‘ethical hackers’ fighting the rising threat of cybercrime

Ethical hackers are paid by companies to find weaknesses in security defences. The business is booming as the threat of cybercrime peaks through COVID-19.

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‘Game of inches’: New Zealand beat England to reach T20 World Cup final

Daryl Mitchell and James Neesham powered New Zealand to a stunning five-wicket victory over England to advance to the final of T20 World Cup.

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Jodie used to feel unsafe working out. These gyms want to change that

Non Gendered Fitness is one of several new gyms popping up that offer a safe space for trans, gender diverse and queer folk to train.

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Australia among nations trying to soften COP26 declaration

There is a strong expectation that the language that would pressure the Morrison government to embrace tighter emissions goals will be softened or removed.

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Jane Campion might make Oscars history, but she’s already fulfilled a dream

The visionary director is a leading contender to return to the Oscars with her new western The Power of the Dog.

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ASX set to slip as Wall Street falls; bitcoin jumps to record

Stocks are lower on Wall Street, pulled down by losses in big technology and communications companies.

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Mystery of China’s huge US dollar pile baffles world markets

China has built up a stockpile of dollars unseen since the days when the “Asian savings glut”. Working out exactly where it is being funnelled is proving to be a challenge.

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Opposition plans to derail ‘rush job’ on pandemic law

The government hopes to pass the legislation through the Legislative Council next week before the existing state of emergency powers expire on December 15.

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A modern-day whodunnit on Caroline Overington’s rinsed Wikipedia page

Who’s been cleansing the journalist’s Wikipedia entry? We couldn’t possibly guess.

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The tattoo that means the most to Tigers’ prized recruit

When his mother and sister were caught up in the Manchester terrorist attack, Wests Tigers recruit Oliver Gildart chose a special symbol to mark the event.

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Matthew Guy, Tim Smith not speaking as close ally faces challenge

The cooling of relations between party leader and fallen star comes as James Newbury – who along with Mr Smith was integral to Mr Guy’s leadership comeback – faces a preselection challenge from two Liberal women.

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‘That’s ideology’: City of Sydney Liberal team take on Moore over bike paths

Liberal lord mayoral candidate Shauna Jarrett wants free parking on the weekends, more electric vehicle charging points, and no priority for cycleways.

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Closure of hundreds of schools, childcare centres prompts calls for rapid test rollout

More than 270 NSW schools and 300 childcare centres have closed due to COVID-19 cases in the past month, forcing thousands of children into quarantine.

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Arid tram lines betray the youthful new face of NSW government

The state’s three most senior Liberals are aged 40 or under, but is there any more striking metaphor for an ageing government than a fleet full of cracked trams that will throw public transport into chaos for the next 18 months?

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Veterans from conflicts apart united on Remembrance Day

Two soldiers from different conflicts and different generations will be united in reflection when they attend the Remembrance Day service at the Cenotaph in Martin Place.

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How the pandemic has changed our commute

Coronavirus may have killed the daily commute, allowing workers to cut down their hours, change jobs or even switch career paths to save time travelling.

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Two world wars, but no land: Herbert’s skin was the wrong colour

Herbert Lovett served in both world wars. But there was no soldier’s land for him: only a shed on a squatter’s farm by Blackfellows Creek.

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Lest we forget the cost of war as China hawks beat their drums

In a few short years we have gone from our prime minister praising China for its “spectacular advance in human welfare”, to parliamentarians comparing it to Nazi Germany.

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Facebook may have to be legally forced to do deals with smaller publishers

Liberal Senator Andrew Bragg has raised concerns about Facebook’s failure to do deals with publishers for use of their content and says they might have to be forced to do so.

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Kilometres of official secrets, collecting dust and costing taxpayers

The departments of foreign affairs, Defence, ASIO and other intelligence agencies all believe more money must be sunk into preserving historical records.

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Our walking, talking, weaving, wedging Prime Minister

Scott Morrison has once again sought to vanish an inconvenient event, and emerge unmoved and untarnished.

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Electric vehicles can’t fix the problem of cars

Devoting our attention to exciting new electric and driverless cars may give us a pass from confronting a deeper question: How can we make our lives less dependent on cars?

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Fears that COP’s 1.5 degree climate goal may be slipping away

The climate envoy for the Marshall Islands said, “2030 is the cliff edge, certainly for my country, a small island developing state, but really for the world”.

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Nancy Pelosi says Republican should be investigated for tweeting threatening video

One ethics expert said that the Republican’s threatening behaviour could violate both House ethics rules and federal criminal statutes.

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Economic reform the best way to boost economy, not financial trickery

There are times when politicians use cosmetic financial tricks to make the budget look better than it is.

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‘More just’: Ocasio-Cortez says US is back with a new approach to climate policy

The congresswoman arrived at the COP26 summit to support American efforts to reclaim leadership after a four-year absence under former president Donald Trump. 

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Are you anxious, avoidant or secure?

A 2010 book is again growing in popularity, laying out how our “attachment styles” affect our romantic relationships – or lack thereof.

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ASX set to rise despite Wall Street slide

Wall Street’s winning streak is in jeopardy but the Australian sharemarket is poised for a bright start to the session.

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Pandemic reveals ‘immense opportunity’ in digital mental health treatment

Integrating digital services with in-person systems is key to revolutionising the country’s struggling mental health system, experts say.

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NSW government to spend $105m to cover cost difference for fleet EVs

Councils, taxi companies and other fleet operators will be able to bid to defray the cost of electric vehicles over fuel-driven cars.

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Despite his fall from Sky, Jones bounces back to horse around

Alan Jones is already onto the next big thing – buying a share in a young racehorse.

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‘Intimately involved’: Premier under attack over controversial $40 billion rail entity

Emails reveal Dominic Perrottet attended a high-level meeting in September last year that sealed the fate of the rail corporation.

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Threat of byelection blitz if assisting dying vote delayed

Former minister Andrew Constance and lobby groups warn that delaying a vote on voluntary assisted dying could see it become an issue in the upcoming byelections.

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Dani Laidley ‘disappointed’ after police officers share photo of her at races

The former AFL coach expressed her frustration at the image – which she has permitted The Age to publish – being circulated via text message with transphobic comments by several members of Victoria Police.

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NSW to beef up protections for travellers following cancellation chaos

As Australians rush to book their summer getaways, there are concerns more needs to be done to protect travellers at a national level.

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Monash presses go on psychedelics to tackle ‘mental health tsunami’

A new drug discovery centre for mental health treatments hopes to develop new drugs and study the impact of psychedelics on patients in hopes of commercialising new medicines.

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The ‘yay Australia!’ brigade turn our messy history into a political football

I’m worried about research indicating many young people aren’t sold on the relative merits of democracy. What I’m not sold on is Education Minister Alan Tudge’s solution.

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‘Because it matters’: What is driving Penny Wong to get out of opposition

The popular senator marks her 20th anniversary in politics on Wednesday. But it’s been eight years since she was a cabinet minister.

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‘Nation-building’ $25b plan for chain of towers linking CBD with MCG

A private investment group wants to build apartments, green spaces, restaurants, a school and a TAFE on top of the rail lines between Flinders Street and South Yarra stations.

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Eddie Obeid’s son spruiked development plan – and now one has appeared next door

Gerard Obeid was touting the development potential of a beachfront street years before a man known to his family bought up next door.

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My boss keeps denying me a pay rise. What can I do?

This week, Dr Kirstin Ferguson fields a question from a worker who is sick of being continually denied a pay rise in an industry he loves working in.

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Charcoal Pencil Portrait ( Actress Tapsee Pannu )

 

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US Capitol rioter applies for asylum in Belarus: local media

Evan Neumann “asked uncomfortable questions” following the 2020 US elections, then “lost almost everything and is being persecuted” by the US government.

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US ‘will fight back’: REvil ransomware hackers charged in operation

The REvil ransomware gang was behind the ransomware attacks on meat processor JBS in Australia in May.

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ASX set to edge higher; Tesla slips after Musk’s Twitter poll

Wall Street stocks have made a middling start to the week while Tesla is in the red after CEO Elon Musk’s Twitter poll stunt.

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Inquiry hears of budget ‘cover-up’, claims of bullying over report

The NSW government’s finances were thrown into chaos on Monday night after claims that senior Treasury officials tried to cover up a report warning of a $10 billion hole in the state budget.

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Wonks parade as contest kicks off for new head at ASPI

Already, there’s a field of well-qualified contenders vying to replace Australian Strategic Policy Institute executive director Peter Jennings

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‘It’s groundbreaking’: Football is finally getting serious about Indigenous Australia

Former Socceroo Jade North is heading up Football Australia’s first Indigenous advisory group - a new panel aimed at addressing the round-ball game’s historic deficiencies when it comes to First Nations involvement. 

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A close shave for teetering US democracy

Democrat disunity almost scuttled Joe Biden’s $US1.2 trillion lifeline for Americans.

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Australia reaches 3 million households with rooftop solar

Australian households and small businesses have more than 3 million solar systems on their rooftops, after a record number were installed last year, even through lockdowns. 

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‘I’ll do whatever’: ‘Naive’ electorate staffer admits to Liberal factional work

Jessy Jayakumaran was a Mormon churchgoer when she was recruited to work for Liberal MP Kevin Andrews. Much of her time was spent on work for his and Michael Sukkar’s conservative faction.

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Labor claims submarine plan has ‘no credibility’ as it warns of capability gap

In a signal it’s looking to fight the Coalition on national security heading into the election, Labor is escalating its concerns over the government’s submarine plan.

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Pay rise and a portrait: Outgoing MP Kevin Andrews urged to stand for Speaker’s role

The veteran MP will leave Parliament next year after losing a preselection battle, but he may be handed a farewell gift of being elected Speaker in the meantime.

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Victorian Labor MPs suspended from schools as union ramps up pay fight

Victorian teachers will banish Andrews government MPs from visiting schools and refuse to help shift NAPLAN online as they ramp up their fight for a better pay deal.

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Federal watchdog proposal a ‘sham’, intended to protect parliamentarians

Further revelations about an MPs alleged wrongdoing only strengthens the need for an effective national integrity body.

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Tax cut election pledge on the cards, blowing another hole in the budget

Both sides of politics face pressure to promise tax relief to 10 million low- and middle-income earners, at a significant cost to the budget.

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The next generation of sugar alternatives is here. But are they the answer?

As people increasingly looking to reduce the amount of sugar they consume, new replacements are being developed. But will they really do the trick?

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Ninety-eight per cent of COVID-19 patients in Moree outbreak are Aboriginal

And the vast majority with the virus are young: 90 per cent are under 40, and 43 per cent are under 20.

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The coal hard facts: the economics and the science refute the so-called ‘Australian way’

The Australian government’s position at COP26 leaves Australia in an untenable position - and in both climate and economic peril.

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Vigilance against foreign influence does not require overzealous suspicion of Chinese-Australians

Our liberal democracy needs citizens engaged in civil society - and that also goes for Chinese-Australians and their community organisations.

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‘No player thinks about medical retirement’: Croker to test knee before end of year

Canberra captain Jarrod Croker will know in the next month if revolutionary stem-cell surgery saved his knee – and his career.

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‘I would end up on the street’: Pensioner in legal fight with Gerry Harvey’s trust over home eviction

A terminally ill woman has taken on business tycoon Gerry Harvey with a lawsuit to fight a forced eviction from a property that she lived in rent-free for more than eight years.

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Labor’s test: to offer reason in the age of shouty politics

Hyperbole abounds but does all the screaming reach voters? Perhaps Labor has its chance by presenting a serious climate policy.

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State governments join forces on realities of net zero targets

The NSW, ACT and South Australian governments have set up a new group to help state and regional governments achieve their net zero emissions targets.

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Government ‘hopeful’ inner west light rail will return sooner than first feared

But the impact on the CBD’s economic recovery will be felt, the Premier concedes.

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Secrecy over outcome of whistleblower’s complaint against NSW Governor

The Premier’s department has been quietly investigating a complaint against NSW Governor Margaret Beazley, but has not disclosed the outcome.

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Vaccinating children is the final frontier in Australia’s COVID battle

Unvaccinated children carrying the virus can infect even vaccinated family members who may then pass it on.

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We have some yawning gaps in balancing the history we teach

What we teach our children does require more balance. It is unfair to simply dismiss the federal Education Minister and his concerns that the draft national history curriculum has too little focus on Christianity and Western liberal democracy,

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‘Pivotal’ drug syndicate member has bail revoked amid flight risk fear

Savas Guven, a 41-year-old property developer from Mosman, had his $7m bail revoked after international travel restrictions were lifted and a judge deemed him a flight risk.

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Still they take the children away while our report gathers dust

Just as the grandmothers feared, Indigenous child removals persist while our recommendations sit on the shelf.

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Labor pushes to end early childhood bureaucracy silos to reap economic benefits

A Labor government would bring responsibility for early childhood policies together into a single strategy, as it seeks to make childcare an election battleground.

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To the class of 2021: whatever your ‘results’ you’ve already passed with flying colours

This was the year of our collective mind. It taught you that laughter, empathy, decency and compassion were all more contagious than any virus.

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Sukkar argued for probe report to stay secret

The Finance Department has revealed that federal minister Michael Sukkar argued strongly that a report into allegations he was involved in rorting public resources for political purposes be kept secret.

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Investors warned Woodside’s $16 billion Scarborough LNG a risk without approvals

Woodside plans to risk sanctioning the $16 billion Scarborough LNG project in December without many necessary approvals in place, according to an environmental group.

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Auditor-General flags major concerns with controversial $40b rail entity

Her concerns come amid revelations the government granted the for-profit corporation an extended holiday from paying tax on billions of dollars’ worth of land

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‘It’s just an announcement’: Taiwan says Australia should legislate net-zero target

Taiwan’s representative at Glasgow says that with a firm commitment Australia could yet play a leading role in the Asia Pacific region.

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Proper corruption watchdog needed to scrutinise Sukkar’s scheme

The allegations against federal MP Michael Sukkar deserve the scrutiny of a sharp-toothed corruption watchdog. Nick McKenzie laments Canberra’s lack of such a body.

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Calls for ASIC to investigate mental health discrimination in life insurance

More Australians have sought mental health treatment during the pandemic, leaving advocates concerned people can still get treatment and access appropriate insurance.

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Let’s break the link between alcohol and mental health conversations

As a society, we need to rid the myth of needing alcohol to make it comfortable for people to talk about mental health.

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18-month delay to state’s new intercity trains arriving from South Korea

The delay to the delivery from South Korea of the new trains adds to the NSW government’s problems dealing with unions over the fleet.

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‘We need help’: Aspiring leaders face battle winning over Sydney’s stricken communities

Many of the more than 5 million adults across NSW will trudge begrudgingly to polling stations for council elections on December 4. What’s at stake?

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Pakistan in blistering form ahead of T20 semi-final against Australia

Babar Azam and Shoaib Malik cracked half-centuries as Pakistan eased past Scotland ahead of a semi-final showdown with Australia.

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