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Sun, 10 Jan 2021 21:00:00 +1100
A slight case of geographical embarrassment
Your favourite septuagenarian celebrates another lap around the sun.

Sun, 10 Jan 2021 19:26:00 +1100
Investigators tasked with viewing the 'worst aspects of humanity'
The eSafety Commission's investigators come from a range of backgrounds including police, military or intelligence, and have decades of experience between them.

Sun, 10 Jan 2021 19:13:46 +1100
'Nitpicking, undermining should stop': WA Premier to keep border closed to Queensland
Mark McGowan said despite Queensland recording no new locally-acquired COVID cases for two days, he couldn’t commit to opening the border without appropriate health advice and pointed to the general “buffer period” enforced when considering ope...

Sun, 10 Jan 2021 18:44:18 +1100
The end of the road for vehicles on Victoria Bridge
Victoria Bridge has been a key link between the CBD and South Brisbane since the 1860s, but soon only buses, pedestrians and cyclists will be allowed to use it.

Sun, 10 Jan 2021 18:43:45 +1100
'Too early to say': Brisbane awaits news on end to lockdown
On Monday, 2.5 million Greater Brisbane residents will find out if the lockdown will extend beyond 6pm, as Queensland strives to prevent a new outbreak.

Sun, 10 Jan 2021 18:00:00 +1100
Endangered seahorses given sanctuary at 'SeaBNBs' beneath Sydney Harbour
Scientists have designed temporary habitats to protect the Sydney seahorse, while efforts are made to restore its natural seagrass habitat in Sydney Harbour.

Sun, 10 Jan 2021 17:37:19 +1100
Eleven flight crew members test positive to coronavirus in Victoria
Eleven international flight crew members have tested positive while in transit in Victoria with the state's COVID-19 commander saying the workforce was a high risk of spreading the virus.

Sun, 10 Jan 2021 17:13:56 +1100
'It's a beautiful scheme': Seed libraries sprout in suburbs and towns
Free seed libraries, where you take or donate plant seeds, are a trend in libraries and community centres.

Sun, 10 Jan 2021 17:02:49 +1100
Harry Seidler's legacy
A look at Harry's legacy on residential architecture to mark the 70th anniversary of the first home he built, Rose Seidler House, at Wahroonga

Sun, 10 Jan 2021 16:40:47 +1100
'It crushed us': First Ashley lost her job, then lockdown threatened her new business
Northern beaches residents were back at work - and nippers - as the lockdown came to an end.

Sun, 10 Jan 2021 16:25:02 +1100
Clive Palmer says Mark McGowan can 'breathe easy', United Australia Party will not contest election
Despite being 10 days into the New Year, Mr Palmer said Christmas was a time of forgiveness on Sunday, and advised Mr McGowan to take some time off.

Sun, 10 Jan 2021 16:10:00 +1100
In pulling the pin on Donald Trump, Twitter is conceding a long-contested point
Twitter – along with Facebook and Instagram – are not just drawing a line.

Sun, 10 Jan 2021 15:12:26 +1100
Police ask residents to search bins after Wynnum murder charge
A 24-year-old Mount Gravatt man has been charged after a man was found dead in Wynnum on Wednesday.

Sun, 10 Jan 2021 14:14:42 +1100
Man stabbed in neck during Moreton Bay home invasion
The 51-year-old is in hospital with serious injuries and missing teeth, while a 35-year-old man has been charged over the Saturday night struggle.

Sun, 10 Jan 2021 14:00:58 +1100
Coronavirus updates LIVE: Three new cases in NSW as lockdown lifts in northern beaches; Victoria, Queensland record zero local transmissions
Brisbane's residents remain in lockdown, while Sydney's northern beaches open. The federal government, meanwhile, has reassessed the international arrivals cap as quarantine systems come under review.

Sun, 10 Jan 2021 13:45:36 +1100
Quarantine breacher jumped from ship off WA, swam ashore before going to backpackers: Police
A man on board a carrier ship berthed off a Western Australian port has allegedly tried to escape quarantine by jumping off the vessel into waters before swimming ashore and making his way to a backpackers.

Sun, 10 Jan 2021 13:27:01 +1100
Underworld figure shot dead in western Sydney
Emergency services were called to Fairfield's shopping district about 2.40am following reports of a shooting on William Street.

Sun, 10 Jan 2021 13:21:33 +1100
Boatman Barista
Garry White has been making coffees from his boat for 20 years

Sun, 10 Jan 2021 12:45:14 +1100
Victorians stranded in Queensland, NSW will learn fate in 'next day or two'
Victorians are growing increasingly frustrated with coronavirus restrictions that have indefinitely shut them out of their home state,

Sun, 10 Jan 2021 12:32:41 +1100
Woman and three young daughters killed in Glen Waverley blaze
The bodies of Kaoru Okano and her three young daughters, aged three, five and seven, were found huddled together in an en suite after fire ravaged a townhouse.

Sun, 10 Jan 2021 11:44:56 +1100
'Really good news': Queensland records zero new COVID-19 cases on Sunday
On day two of a three-day lockdown, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk welcomed the news of no new cases.

Sun, 10 Jan 2021 11:42:08 +1100
Three new local cases in NSW as northern beaches comes out of lockdown
NSW has reported three new local coronavirus cases, two of which were close contacts of the Berala cluster and one was a close contact of the northern beaches cluster.

Sun, 10 Jan 2021 06:52:31 +1100
Teenager hit by van in Sydney's west dies in hospital
The 17-year-old boy was taken to Liverpool Hospital in a critical condition on Thursday after being hit by a Kia Carnival.

Sun, 10 Jan 2021 00:10:00 +1100
Pence refuses to renew Trump for another season
So accustomed are we to seeing the "unprecedented", that seeing the "precedented" actually felt like a novelty.

Sun, 10 Jan 2021 00:07:00 +1100
We deserve to tell the stories of our unique lived experience
If disabled people were involved in the depiction of characters with disabilities, then disability could become part of someone’s story and not the point of it.

Sun, 10 Jan 2021 00:04:00 +1100
Travel exemption for shady mogul? How?
 How does someone who "is at the centre of several investigations over the death of 38 residents from COVID-19" obtain a travel exemption to fly to Athens?

Sun, 10 Jan 2021 00:01:00 +1100
Superquiz and Target Time, Sunday, January 10
Trivia and word buffs: test your knowledge with today's superquiz and Target.

Sun, 10 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +1100
Treasurer supports easing mask restrictions if cases continue to decline
Senior NSW government members say they’re open to winding back mandatory face masks restrictions if coronavirus numbers continue to dwindle.

Sun, 10 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +1100
COVID-19 outbreak stops girls cricket team from attending competition, but not the boys
Families of teenage cricketers are angry that Cricket NSW has banned girls from travelling to Tamworth from the Central Coast for a statewide cricket competition, having allowed the boys to play the week before.

Sun, 10 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +1100
Lockdown demands were wrong: Sydney shows how to fight COVID-19
We need to be careful not to overreact or catastrophise. Health advice and interventions must be consistent, predictable and sustainable.

Sun, 10 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +1100
Cuts to bringing Australians home must be short-term
It is good that the reduction is temporary, and it should be increased sooner if health officials regain confidence in their hotel quarantine systems.

Sun, 10 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +1100
Councils want powers to take on private certifiers amid building site complaints
Private building certifiers are under the spotlight, as local councils raise concerns about the building industry.

Sun, 10 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +1100
Northern Beaches Council in fight over 'discriminatory' lockdown, mayor pay cut, tax breaks
A group of Liberal and independent councillors forced an extraordinary council meeting to discuss measures to help combat the economic crisis caused by the lockdown of the area.

Sun, 10 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +1100
'Cheap and lazy excuse': western Sydney mayor lashes dumping of Australia Day events
The mayor of Cumberland City, home to the Berala cluster, has slammed COVID-related cancellations as 'un-Australian'.

Sun, 10 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +1100
'It was horrible': Woman wins long battle to regain control of her finances
Monique Beach has had her capacity to manage her financial affairs legally restored after nearly a decade with the state’s public trustee left her in greater debt, living on a pittance and her home in disrepair.

Sun, 10 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +1100
'Where thought bubbles go to die': White Bay's long history of failed ideas
The prime real estate around White Bay has been a lightning rod for quintessentially Sydney debates over what type of harbour it wants.

Sat, 09 Jan 2021 23:30:00 +1100
Victorians embrace holiday plan B – and sweat on refunds for plan A
As border restrictions continue to throw the Victorian summer holiday tradition into chaos, many are cutting their (significant) losses and scrambling for Plan B.

Sat, 09 Jan 2021 23:30:00 +1100
Aged care mogul once pleaded guilty to deception charges
The multimillionaire co-owner of Epping Gardens aged care home where 38 residents died from COVID-19 previously worked for a taxi company in Preston and pleaded guilty to rorting a government funded scheme that assisted disabled people.

Sat, 09 Jan 2021 22:00:00 +1100
Annual ritual to remember 'inland tsunami' that hit Toowoomba a decade ago
In the first of a series of stories charting the changes triggered by Queensland's 2011 floods in five locations, we look at the impact the devastation had on the City of Flowers.

Sat, 09 Jan 2021 21:51:41 +1100
Coronavirus as it happened: Greater Brisbane enters lockdown; Woman travelled from Victoria to Queensland with UK COVID strain
Greater Brisbane has woken up to its first day of a three-day lockdown, after a hotel worker was in the community while infected with the virulent UK strain of COVID-19. Federal and state authorities have tightened protocols for international arrival...

Sat, 09 Jan 2021 20:00:00 +1100
Airflow and seating likely factors in Thai restaurant cluster
Experts say there needs to be more done to improve air quality in restaurants and other venues, warning that social distancing will only go so far.

Sat, 09 Jan 2021 19:30:00 +1100
Hopes grow for stranded Victorians
Positive COVID news in NSW sparks hopes that stranded Victorians could be heading home soon while Queensland and the Commonwealth both defend Victoria's hotel quarantine management.

Sat, 09 Jan 2021 19:30:00 +1100
The unpopular advice that led to the closure of the NSW border
The advice was going to be unpopular but it was crystal clear: in the absence of widespread coronavirus restrictions in NSW, a border closure was the only option.

Sat, 09 Jan 2021 19:15:00 +1100
The boating barista who brings coffee to Sydney Harbour's rich and powerful
Garry White has been making coffee from his floating cafe for sailors and swimmers in Middle Harbour for 20 years. He counts captains of industry and former prime ministers, including Paul Keating, among his customers.

Sat, 09 Jan 2021 18:18:42 +1100
Alert after second Lyssavirus-carrying bat found in Brisbane within month
The Australian flying fox was recovered from the Anstead Bushland Reserve, about 30 kilometres south-west of the city, on December 30 and later tested positive to the deadly virus.

Sat, 09 Jan 2021 18:16:04 +1100
Gallery: The best photos from around the world
The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors.

Sat, 09 Jan 2021 18:03:23 +1100
Queensland Health expands Brisbane, Sunshine Coast contact tracing
Specialist Queensland Health contact tracers are investigating possible south-east community links to a COVID-19-positive UK traveller.

Sat, 09 Jan 2021 17:17:11 +1100
Northern beaches prepare for an influx of visitors
Northern beaches prepare for an influx of visitors when lockdown ends.

Sat, 09 Jan 2021 16:45:33 +1100
'Trying to control the pain': Anthony Albanese released from hospital after car crash
The Labor leader credited advances in car safety technology for saving his life, saying "If this accident was 10 years ago I wouldn’t be speaking to you here".

Sat, 09 Jan 2021 16:44:34 +1100
Victoria records one new coronavirus case in hotel quarantine
Victoria has recorded no new locally acquired cases of coronavirus and one new case in hotel quarantine - an international airline crew member.



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