Coalition gains on pandemic management as Morrison holds ground, Labor vote falls

Latest data from the Resolve Political Monitor shows the Coalition’s primary vote back to the level that won it the 2019 election.

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‘A real turning point’: Novice investors chase startup unicorns

A wave of new investors are joining the ranks of investors in startups and early stage companies with everyone from accountants to laundry owners taking the plunge. 

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West Ham top Premier League after Antonio double sinks 10-man Leicester

Pablo Fornals and Said Benrahma had opened the scoring for the Hammers, who made it two wins out of two after a superb performance at the London Stadium.

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After months of supply troubles, Taiwan rolls out a homegrown vaccine

Critics say they worry that the vaccine is being used before its effectiveness and safety have been proved.

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Australia news LIVE: NSW, Victoria COVID-19 cases continue to grow amid harsher restrictions across the nation

NSW is set to hit 6 million vaccines today, Victorian authorities are concerned about a rise in mystery cases and a leading infectious diseases expert says it will be safe to reopen the country once 70 to 80 per cent of people are vaccinated even if daily case numbers remain high.

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GM and LG’s too-big-to-fail ties are being tested by a $1.4b bill

It has looked like one of the most promising partnerships in the burgeoning world of EVs. But a spat is escalating over who will pick up the tab for a vehicle recall.

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Zero COVID: when is the time to change our mindset?

We need to shift from chasing zero cases to looking at how many people are being hospitalised and dying.

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White House insists Biden, not Taliban, will set Afghan withdrawal date

The Taliban has labelled the August 31 withdrawal date a “red line”, raising the possibility of violence between the group and US forces. 

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Pfizer to buy cancer drug developer Trillium in $3.1b deal

Trillium’s two lead molecules, TTI-622 and TTI-621, block signalling proteins involved in blood cancers, and are both in human trials across several types of disease.

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R. Kelly accuser says singer demanded sex before granting audition

The woman said she met Kelly in his room at a hotel in Orlando, Florida, in 2015 after a member of the singer’s entourage gave her his number during a concert.

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Wall Street gets a vaccine boost, oil jumps

Wall Street rallied higher to start the week as investors digested full FDA approval of a COVID-19 vaccine.

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Super funds could short heavy emitters to meet net zero targets, US hedge fund titan warns

One of the world’s most powerful hedge funds says investors will increasingly short sell high emissions stocks - sparking fresh concerns the ASX is vulnerable.

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Biden’s Afghanistan botch-up will invite Beijing to try its luck

In giving up on Afghanistan, Biden has undercut America’s position everywhere.

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Pearse ploughs on through murky dam and lockdowns to realise dream

Col Pearse thought his chance of Paralympics selection had passed two months ago before a late twist.

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The Manly winger set to out-score the entire Bulldogs team in 2021

There have only ever been three players who’ve scored more points than a whole team in a rugby league season. Reuben Garrick could soon be the fourth.

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Lockdown payments reach $3.6b as COVID cost grows

More than 1.6 million people on the east coast have now received COVID disaster-related payments, prompting criticism from Labor the economic cost is growing.

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Are you suffering ‘middle-class pandemic guilt’? Perhaps you should be

The absence of support for low-income Australians during this phase of the pandemic is accelerating wealth inequality.

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‘Deserve our recognition’: Three political trailblazers immortalised in bronze

The first two women and the first Indigenous man elected to federal parliament will be immortalised in bronze statues in Canberra’s parliamentary triangle.

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Hospital boss fears having to stand down doctors and nurses

Operators of rehabilitation facilities say they could be doing more to assist during Sydney’s Delta outbreak.

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Rain the bee’s knees after bushfires but honey, the bees need more

Beekeepers are bouncing back from the devastating Black Summer bushfires, enjoying two bumper years, but they worry drought will return before the forests fully recover.

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Former quarantine worker fears hundreds of admin errors ‘put people in harm’s way’

Administrative mistakes made while documenting the personal details of high-risk returned travellers in Victoria’s hotel quarantine system are reigniting concerns of another coronavirus escape.

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NSW’s extraordinary vaccination rates give it a fighting chance against Delta

Vaccination is the most powerful lever in our efforts to control the Delta variant.

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Do not give the Taliban the legitimacy it craves

The international community should withhold recognition of the new government of Afghanistan.

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Whelan and dealing to the top of ANZ’s banking ranks

Mark Whelan’s track record in reshaping the institutional bank, combined with his ‘authentic’ approach to leadership, could see him become the chief executive of the country’s fourth largest bank.

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ASX set to rise as Wall Street’s Fed jitters wane

The Australian sharemarket is poised for a bright start as Wall Street wrapped up a rocky week with a rally.

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I thought I would find isolation easy. It wasn’t

Given my profession as a mental health nurse, I hoped I could handle the challenges of self-isolation with grace. However, I soon learned why solitary confinement and separation from a child are such effective forms of torture.

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Hands-off Prime Minister prefers to share his humble pie

The Prime Minister’s comment last week, in which he shared regret about Afghanistan, showed a familiar pattern.

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‘Exciting and terrifying’: Crypto just like nineties tech boom, says Seek co-founder

Matt Rockman says investors can no longer ignore cryptocurrencies, likening Bitcoin and Ethereum to the development of the internet.

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Political push to ease restrictions heating up, but is it what voters want?

Federal Parliament is split, like the community, over the best way out of lockdowns that have put the economy into reverse and forced millions into their homes.

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Clash looms over Prime Minister’s lockdown exit target

Labor leader Anthony Albanese, though, is calling for the public to see the full health advice so people could know whether it was safe to ease the rules.

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How Morrison can get going towards net zero - if he wants to

If we take as many easy shots as we can now at reducing emissions, that will buy us more time for technological advances to help with the harder stuff.

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Tennis Australia taps former Nine boss Hugh Marks to help with media strategy

Former Nine boss Hugh Marks is working with Tennis Australia on its media strategy.

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‘As committed as I’ve ever seen’: Meet the Paralympian with Steve Waugh in his corner

Boccia has taken Dan Michel all over the globe and, as world No.4, the 26-year-old is tipped to win Australia’s first medal since Atlanta 1996.

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Coroners call for ‘once in a generation’ change to how deaths in NSW are investigated

Top lawyers are mounting the case for an overhaul of the NSW Coroners Court as they warn of unnecessary distress and delays for victims’ families.

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Australia on verge of electric cars boom amid sharp jump in sales figures

The world’s leading economies have pledged to begin a transition away from petrol and diesel cars as they strive to hit Paris Agreement targets and achieve net zero by 2050.

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‘No checks and balances’: $5b Aussie fund manager dumps Chinese stocks

Munro Partners has sold its shares in Chinese technology giants such as Tencent and Alibaba since the Communist Party started its unprecedented regulatory crackdown on the companies.

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‘Honey pot’: Consultants charge $550,000 for six weeks’ work on NSW rail entity

Boston Consulting Group is among consultants who have charged the government millions for advice on the state’s controversial rail corporation.

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NRL jab campaign masks impending showdown over vaccines

The NRL won’t pick a battle with some of its players when it can wait for the government to dictate the ramifications of not getting vaccinated.

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Misinformation was rife in Whatsapp groups in Nayana’s community, so she made her own

As Victoria’s most-multicultural areas lag on vaccination rates, community members are using Whatsapp groups and Zoom sessions to break through motivational and practical barriers.

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In Australian first, loan interest rate linked to company’s Indigenous reconciliation goals

The interest rate on a new corporate loan will be tied to the implementation of a reconciliation plan.

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‘But the story gets worse’: what happened after a police employee said she’d been raped

After she reported that she had been raped by a detective, a NSW Police employee said she was sent to a “dumping ground” for troubled officers.

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‘About who you know’: Pregnant women in Sydney struggle to find Pfizer shots

Pregnant women in Sydney are finding it hard to access the COVID-19 vaccine, despite emerging evidence they experience severe disease if they contract the virus.

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Blaming individuals for breaking COVID-19 rules takes focus off policy failures

Politicians blaming people for breaking lockdown rules does nothing to improve the health and safety of the community

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Premier, abandon your plans to open up when we hit 6 million jabs

There is no modelling anywhere that suggests “6 million jabs” should trigger any easing of restrictions.

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Morrison must show he stands with the Afghan people

After Tiananmen Square, Bob Hawke stood by those affected. Now it’s Scott Morrison’s turn.

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Kabul chaos continues as US orders commercial airlines to support evacuation

A NATO official said at least 20 people had died in the past seven days in and around the airport. Some were shot and others died in stampedes, witnesses said.

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The low-down on an at-home dermabrasion facial device

It’s a bit like a cat licking my face with its rough tongue, with some suction thrown in, and really quite addictive.

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Tilly Lawless: ‘I became a sex worker to help me through university’

In the novel, Nothing But My Body, Tilly stresses the belief that “sex workers aren’t always passive victims” who have been forced into the work, or need to be saved.

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Victoria ‘unlikely’ to eliminate Delta as PM backs NSW on reopening

A leading epidemiologist says lockdowns, intensive contact tracing and vaccination would be required to merely flatten the curve of the current outbreaks because the ability of the virus to spread had drastically changed.

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New rail lines desperately needed, but beware soaring costs

We must not get carried away on a wave of Victorian-era enthusiasm, particularly as COVID has inured us somewhat to what-the-hell levels of government spending.

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