AFL 2021 LIVE updates: Bombers, Dockers square off before Dees take on Blues

The Bombers and Dockers kick us off for Sunday footy before Melbourne looks for yet another win against an inconsistent Blues side.

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Archive passes the hat in desperate bid to save Australia’s history

The National Archives has resorted to taking public donations to help digitise disintegrating records after the federal budget didn’t give it any extra money.

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Snapchat powers up to $6.8m profit as people take to screens during pandemic

Social media network Snapchat has turned around its fortunes in Australia, battling TikTok, Instagram and Facebook for market share. 

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Murray set to skip French Open and prepare for grasscourt season

Andy Murray has decided to miss the French Open as he continues to recover from a groin injury and will focus on the grasscourt swing instead, British media reported on Saturday.

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Man on life support after fight outside popular Bunbury venue

Homicide detectives have called for witnesses after an altercation outside a Bunbury venue left a man in critical condition.

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Feminist sci-fi theatre a glamorous, inventive glimpse of the future

In Poona, audiences help to get Australia’s first cyborg President over the line in an election, while Mara Korper immerses viewers in ghoulish totalitarianism.

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Kobe Bryant inducted into Hall of Fame with stellar class

Kobe Bryant has officially been enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, capping a 20-year career filled with five NBA championships, 18 All-Star appearances, 15 All-NBA teams and 12 All-Defensive teams.

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Liz Ellis’ secret stock car passion and the Foo Fighters song that she can’t stop listening to

What’s on the top of Liz Ellis’ sporting bucket list? A NASCAR race in the United States.

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‘Is someone breaking fingers in here?’: The food problem in aged care

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg this week gave aged care operators $10 a day per resident more, but many experts say it will make little difference.

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Dozens of charities quietly dump Prince Andrew following Epstein embarrassment

Charities have rushed to distance themselves from Queen’s son over links with dead paedophile Epstein, in one case hiding a charity plaque bearing his name behind a plant.

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Home of Matildas to be in Melbourne after $116m government backing

The state government’s $101 million commitment, along with $15m from the federal government, will see a Home of the Matildas constructed in Melbourne.

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Shouts, a hurried evacuation, and then the bombs came

My colleagues’ shouts awakened me, and the pounding of my heart drowned out the racing of my mind. What was happening? They were shouting: “Evacuation! Evacuation!”

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Parents twig to the reality of empty nesting

When our last child moved out of home, I realised that life sometimes imitates poorly-conceived art.

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COVID restrictions to end in NSW on Monday after no new cases

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian said, on health advice, restrictions would be lifted from 12.01am on Monday.

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Qantas reviewing diagnostic process for COVID-19 in India

At least three people say they later tested negative, questioning why they were not allowed to fly home.

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Five people hospitalised, one critical, after stabbings in Sydney’s west

Five people, including a 15-year-old boy, have been hospitalised after separate stabbings across Sydney’s west on Saturday night.

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‘Aren’t enough superlatives’: Beveridge in awe of Bontempelli

Bulldogs coach Luke Beveridge said Saturday’s 19-point triumph over Port Adelaide will “do wonders” for his top-of-the-table team’s swelling self-belief.

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Rowan Marshall to miss a month after foot surgery

St Kilda are awaiting scans on Rowan Marshall but they are optimistic Brad Crouch will play next week against the Bulldogs.

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Man stabbed in head during bungled Sunshine Coast burglary

The 53-year-old was stabbed in the head and arm when he confronted a burglar trying to break into his Nambour property on Saturday night.

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NARCIFIXION will hopefully strike a chord with school students

This expression of self in the digital age has neat and polished movement yet lacks creative interest.

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Tielemans stunner earns Leicester first FA Cup win

In front of the largest crowd in England in over a year, the Foxes celebrated their victory in emotional scenes with the club’s Thai owner.

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WA choir still on song almost a century since foundation

A Perth choir is raising a glass – and their voices – in celebration of 90 years of filling concert halls with song.

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Scratches and all: Heath Ledger’s treasured possession to go on display at WA Museum

It has been more than a decade since the tragic death of Hollywood star Heath Ledger but his father is finding ways for his legacy to carry on in Perth.

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Ardern tells world leaders: study social media algorithms to fight hate

Boris Johnson said terrorist content was “like a metastasising tumour within the internet” that must be excised.

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Casino Royale: more fronts open in Crown’s battle for survival

Helen Coonan was preparing for another chaotic week when she received a phone call mid-afternoon Sunday that would intensify the maelstrom swirling around casino giant Crown Resorts. 

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Australian teen star McKeown 0.06 seconds off world record in Olympic lead-up

Kaylee McKeown has emerged as a major gold medal chance at Tokyo following another blistering swim at the Sydney Open.

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‘It’s self-explanatory’: Bancroft opens up old ball tampering wounds

Cameron Bancroft’s comments will bring back the memories of the seismic events at Cape Town which rocked Australian cricket three years ago.

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Fierce battle for the future of NSW’s Upper Hunter

A field of 13 candidates are slugging it out for supremacy in the mining and farming community of the Upper Hunter.

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How a dance about the plague helped a ballet school through the chaos

The Australian Ballet School is about to stage its first work since the pandemic hit, and the process of learning the work helped many deal with their demons.

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‘This won’t be my last deal’: Reynolds plans to play on to reach 300

Adam Reynolds says his new deal with the Broncos will not be his last and he would love to play on another year or two in the hope of playing 300 games.

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Woman dead, another with serious injuries after crash near NSW border

A woman has died and another has suffered serious injuries after a crash near Stanthorpe, south-west of the Gold Coast on Friday night.

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Stars pan NRL’s safety crackdown after Friday sin-bin frenzy

A chorus of players have voiced their discontent on social media about the NRL’s latest crackdown on contact with the head and neck.

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AFL 2021 LIVE updates: Swans host Pies in Sydney, cellar-dweller Hawks and Roos meet in Tassie

Follow along as we bring you all the key moments from Saturday’s AFL matches. 

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Fencing to be installed after ‘aggressive’ dingo attacks on Fraser Island

The state government has announced funding of $2 million to build fencing around a beach notorious for dingo attacks on Fraser Island.

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Japan declares virus emergency for three more cities ahead of Olympics

The country has been struggling to slow infections ahead of the Games.

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Inspectors investigate five-tower apartment block amid building defect allegations

An apartment complex under construction in Sydney’s north-west has undergone an urgent inspection after allegations of serious building defects were aired by a whistle-blower.

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China lands on Mars in latest advance for its space program

The official Xinhua News Agency says the lander has touched down.

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Reds fall to Highlanders as NZ dominate trans-Tasman clashes

The Otago Highlanders outmuscled the Australian champions 40-19 in Dunedin before the Wellington Hurricanes beat the Waratahs 64-48 in a Sydney try-fest.

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Property industry savages new tax regime, warns on affordability

Property industry leaders say planned tax hikes could cheat the state out of its economic recovery and ultimately punish all homebuyers.

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First repatriation flight from India touches down with dozens left in Delhi

Flight QF111, a Qantas 787-9 Dreamliner, touched down at Darwin airport just before 9.30am (AEST) on Saturday, with those on board to be transferred 25km away to the Howard Springs quarantine facility.

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Ewan surges in tough sprint to claim second Giro stage win

Caleb Ewan claimed his second stage win at this year’s Giro d’Italia as he again showed his sprinting prowess at the end of the 181-kilometre seventh stage.

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‘Ratbag’ and policy giant: Andrew Herington left his mark on Victoria

Most Victorians don’t know Andrew Herington, but they know his works.

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Waiting six hours with a bleeding bowel: Leaked email exposes the extent of WA’s health crisis

The revelations come less than 24 hours after WAtoday reported two major metropolitan hospitals had declared a code yellow in the past week as they struggled to meet the demand from patients.

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AFL backs Rioli to return as twin blockbusters fixtured for Perth

The question of Willie or won’t he was made clearer by the AFL as West Coast and Fremantle were given a double dose of good news after the latest fixture announcement by the league.

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Perfect time to sow but farmers warn ‘it’s a long time until spring’

It’s crop sowing season across Victoria but while some farmers have enjoyed good rainfall, others are growing increasingly nervous about their drier start.

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Snow and strong winds on Victoria’s coldest day of the year

Melbourne is struggling to nudge its temperature into double figures this morning, while parts of Gippsland have been subjected to damaging winds.

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Pies rally to bump off Bolton, but screamer still up for mark of the year

“Mihocek’s mark was very good but Shai Bolton’s was the best I’ve seen in years,” says AFL CEO Gillon McLachlan.

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‘What heartache or trauma could have been avoided?’: teen hook-up culture’s social fallout

In this episode, Sydney Morning Herald education reporter Natassia Chrysanthos and writer David Leser discuss schoolkids, sex and where it all goes wrong.

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The puffer jacket trend no one saw coming: colour

Once the domain of tech nerds and hikers, the puffer jacket has become part of the modern urban uniform. But this winter, it’s looking a little different.

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Royal life a mix of Truman Show and a zoo, says Prince Harry

Asked on a podcast ,if he felt as if he was in a cage while in his royal duties, the former senior British royal opens up about living in the public life.

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