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Mon, 08 Feb 2021 21:00:00 +1100
Stone fruit’s golden days are here
If you’re quick, things will be peachy.

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 20:25:51 +1100
‘Unacceptable and insulting’: Open letter calls on McGuire to quit
Community leaders and senior Indigenous figures are calling on Collingwood president Eddie McGuire to step down in the wake of a report into racism at the club.

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 19:51:15 +1100
Modernist building at centre of heritage debate slated for protection
The fate of the MLC building in North Sydney is now in the hands of a NSW government minister.

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 19:44:17 +1100
Boyfriend of missing woman Ju Zhang released without charge
Police are yet to locate Ju Zhang, 33, who was last seen at her home on Winchester Avenue, Epping, about 5.30pm on Monday.

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 19:35:00 +1100
Party plans canned as COVID rules tightened
Rebecca Andrews was expecting a big party with her family for her 40th birthday. Instead, she had to tell half of them they wouldn’t be able to attend.

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 19:30:00 +1100
Greater Sydney Commission head wants at least nine universities in Sydney
Chief Commissioner Geoff Roberts said three planned precincts should be known for their own innovative strengths, with Sydney positioning itself as a magnet for talent in the Asia Pacific.

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 19:23:13 +1100
Shark Bay locals race to save giant rays stranded by monster tide
A resident of the world heritage area walking her dog on Monday morning saw something far more surprising than the usual local landmark ‘The Thong Shack’.

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 19:14:31 +1100
Infectious COVID-19 variants could be fuelling hotel quarantine leaks
Highly infectious variants of coronavirus could be behind more frequent leaks from hotel quarantine across Australia, scientists warn, after three new cases in a week connected with Victoria’s isolation program.

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 18:44:03 +1100
‘We did everything we could’: League boss details battle to save ‘Wimbledon of surfing’
Organisers of the Rip Curl Pro surfing event say the Andrews government ‘underestimated the significance of Bells Beach’ to Victorians.

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 18:06:47 +1100
“Reality check”: In early data, AstraZeneca vaccine offers minimal protection against South African variant
Australian health authorities have backed AstraZeneca’s vaccine despite South Africa’s decision to pause roll-out of the jab, after early clinical data showed it offered minimal protection against the COVID-19 variant spreading through that count...

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 18:02:52 +1100
Over 100 forced to isolate after second hotel quarantine worker tests positive for COVID-19
More than 100 people, including dozens of police and Defence Force personnel, are in isolation after a woman in her early 50s tested positive on Sunday.

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 17:48:19 +1100
‘Time is running out’: Calls to upgrade Caulfield Station before Metro Tunnel opens
Caulfield Station could become a major bottleneck once the $13.7 billion Metro Tunnel is built in 2025, if multimillion-dollar upgrades to construct a new concourse do not go ahead.

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 17:39:40 +1100
Kate, Matt and Miles: Final farewell for ‘truly great human beings’
Heartbroken family and friends gather to lay the couple and their unborn child to rest.

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 17:32:53 +1100
NSW Health probe positive COVID-19 case two days after leaving quarantine
The individual tested positive after being released from hotel quarantine. They flew into Sydney from South America, where health authorities are contending with a more contagious variant of the virus.

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 17:28:34 +1100
COVID-19 mutations perform ‘a dazzling Darwinian dance’
The only way to avoid vaccine resistance it is to win the race against the evolutionary clock of the virus.

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 17:19:56 +1100
Charges laid against ex-police officer over alleged assault on Aboriginal teen
Video of the incident was captured by a bystander and appears to show the boy being surrounded and questioned by the three officers, one of whom appears to strike him.

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 17:00:42 +1100
Officers appeal guilty findings for assaulting disability pensioner
Two police officers found guilty of assaulting a disability pensioner outside his home during a welfare check maintain they were involved in a lawful arrest.

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 16:00:00 +1100
Almighty snub for the mother of all jobs
There’s no way around the fact that mothers undertake the lion’s share of raising children.

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 15:59:06 +1100
Crowd numbers down but spirits high for first day of Australian Open
The weather was cool, spirits high and hand sanitiser was everywhere as (smaller) crowds flocked to Melbourne Park for the Australian Open’s first day.

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 15:30:00 +1100
Please Explain podcast: will it be Ash’s year at a very different Australian Open?
In today’s episode of Please Explain Daily, national editor Tory Maguire and sport journalist Sam Phillips discuss what to expect from this year’s Australian Open.

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 14:55:56 +1100
‘She was screaming make it stop’: Dad tells of daughter’s reaction to ‘pot brownies sold at Perth cafe’
Michael Maxwell has taken the stand during the Perth Magistrates Court trial of a Perth cafe owner accused of selling marijuana-laced brownies to his young family in 2019.

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 14:53:55 +1100
Schools return: Bags packed, uniforms ironed, masks on for Perth and Peel
School drop off for the first day of term one looked very different this morning, with secondary students, teachers and parents masked up.

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 14:47:57 +1100
Man charged with incitement over lockdown protest wants case heard in higher court
Solihin Millin, 76, was arrested in August last year and charged with incitement over a “freedom rally” protest against Victoria’s lockdown restrictions.

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 14:35:17 +1100
Top 10 singer became screen and stage actor
Trisha Noble found fame and success in Australia, Britain and the US in a long and distinguished career.

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 14:32:09 +1100
No new cases of COVID-19 in WA, with security guard’s 527 contacts initially cleared
Virus testing has plunged, with less than a quarter of those once tested now getting swabbed, as the state records its eighth day of zero new local infections.

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 14:06:26 +1100
Two more arrests after wild Queensland car chase, fatal crash
Police have arrested a further two men alleged to have been in a stolen car chased, and rammed, by vigilantes who then lost control and killed 22-year-old Jennifer Board last week.

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 13:01:22 +1100
Financial Review ordered to pay large share of Stead’s $1.1 million costs
It was unreasonable for The Australian Financial Review to reject an offer to settle Elaine Stead’s defamation case for $190,000 plus costs, a Federal Court judge has ruled.

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 12:56:51 +1100
Appeal for information after men report ‘dead baby’ in Sydney bay
Police are appealing for information from the community after three men reported seeing a dead baby in a plastic bag in the ocean.

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 12:50:08 +1100
Sydney’s natural beauty holding city back: NSW Treasurer
Dominic Perrottet has called on people to shun mediocrity, saying other great cities around the world are not able to lean on their beauty.

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 12:45:28 +1100
Denial of mining extension a wake-up call for industry and government
The primary benefit of the Metropolitan Special Area of the Woronora Plateau is as a water catchment for the people of the Greater Sydney region.

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 12:40:41 +1100
‘Chemical attack’ on bus leaves driver with facial burns
A bus driver has been rushed to hospital after having a chemical substance thrown in his face on a bus south of Brisbane.

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 12:22:28 +1100
Murder charge dropped ahead of looming fifth trial in Virgin Mary statue bashing
A woman who was accused of - and jailed for - bashing to death an elderly widower with a Virgin Mary statue and a tin of mangoes has been spared facing a murder trial for a fifth time.

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 12:19:18 +1100
What do new variants of the coronavirus mean for us?
Where do these variants come from? What risk do they pose? How will they affect our vaccines? And what can we do about them?

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 11:39:55 +1100
NSW health alert after returned traveller tests positive for COVID-19 following hotel quarantine
The Wollongong resident visited a number of venues, including a south-eastern Sydney cafe, before returning a positive test result.

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 11:30:00 +1100
Wave goodbye: Bells Beach’s loss is a win for Newcastle
There’s a holiness surrounding Bells. It feeds into what surfers receive from the activity, be it a sport, a pastime or a lifestyle.

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 11:29:21 +1100
Gold Coast beaches open after three drownings but swimmers are warned
Lifesavers and lifeguards performed 29 rescues across Queensland beaches on Sunday, after three deaths and six near-drowning incidents in two weeks.

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 11:05:52 +1100
WA’s fruit bowl assesses damage from once-in-a-decade flood
As the water recedes, Carnarvon will assess the damage of a “once-in-a-decade” flood as travellers to Exmouth and Coral Bay face a 800 kilometre detour with roads severely damaged by the rain.

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 09:00:31 +1100
‘Extinction inevitable if we don’t act now’: Former Kings Park director wants emergency team for Carnaby’s
The government is throwing millions into tree planting for COVID-19 recovery but not into addressing the imminent loss of the cockies’ most vital feeding site.

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 09:00:05 +1100
The Perth suburbs where property prices have boomed since the pandemic
Perth’s fastest-selling suburbs have been revealed as new data on property prices also shows the areas where housing prices increased the most since the pandemic began.

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 08:59:52 +1100
‘We were not consulted’: Zempilas vents frustration over Labor’s promise to house 100 rough sleepers
‘I’m disappointed to say we were not consulted on this decision,’ Perth Lord Mayor Basil Zempilas posted on Twitter after ratepayers demanded more information of a WA government pan to home rough sleepers at the old Perth City YHA hostel.

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 08:36:40 +1100
Passenger in allegedly stolen car charged after fatal north Qld crash
Motorcyclist Jennifer Board, 22, was killed in Townsville when, police allege, a group of vigilantes hit a stolen car and lost control on Friday night.

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 08:02:56 +1100
ADF troops arrive in Victoria after confusion and delay
Health Minister Martin Foley was ‘not briefed’ on the planned deployment of dozens more ADF personnel to Victoria. Defence Minister Linda Reynolds has since confirmed troops arrived overnight.

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 07:53:17 +1100
Detectives charge man with child stealing after amber alert for toddler
Police will allege the 31-year-old Salisbury man, who is known to the family, entered their Darra home at 4.10am on Sunday and took the 20-month-old boy as they slept.

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 05:35:00 +1100
‘Collateral damage’: Only a third of border business bailout used
Federal minister Sussan Ley has joined communities on the NSW-Victorian border to urge the NSW government to repurpose the balance of an economic stimulus.

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 05:01:00 +1100
Support for stamp duty reforms and shift away from coal, Sydney survey finds
Success in handling the COVID-19 crisis has increased optimism across Sydney and may have primed the state for major reforms.

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 05:00:00 +1100
Archaeologist says he was hired as PR move over Warragamba Dam project
Michael Jackson, of Jackson Ward Archaeology, said his findings regarding the Aboriginal sites in the Burragorang Valley were misrepresented.

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 00:25:00 +1100
Take away the choice when it comes to starting school
I can still remember the angst I went through as my daughter approached kindergarten, trying to decide whether to send her or hold her back.

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 00:18:00 +1100
Morrison shows again he’s master of spin
The Prime Minister has turned into an art form the ability to earn applause for doing very little.

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 00:15:00 +1100
Sydney cannot squander opportunity to rebuild
Australia has been slower to start vaccinating its population and our borders remain virtually shut, giving competitors a head-start on trade and travel and crushing massive export sectors.

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 00:10:00 +1100
Undermining IPC betrays Barilaro’s deeper loyalties
Deputy Premier of NSW John Barilaro wants to disband the Independent Planning Commission after its decision to reject a mine expansion project on drinking water safety grounds. Whose side is he on?



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