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Sun, 25 Jul 2021 18:50:29 +1000
Australia COVID LIVE updates: NSW Police open probe into lockdown protests; federal government to buy 85m Pfizer booster doses
Protests highlight lockdown unrest as COVID-19 infections continue to rise in NSW; Victoria on track to end lockdown as scheduled.

Sun, 25 Jul 2021 18:49:06 +1000
Women more electable but ‘motherhood penalty’ keeps young mums off councils
Heather Cunsolo says a passion for helping others drove her to become a councillor, but a study shows many mothers, saddled with more domestic work than men, are dropping out of local government – sometimes before the race even starts.

Sun, 25 Jul 2021 18:09:55 +1000
Students seek ‘no-questions-asked’ mental health days to ease COVID-19 stress
The Victorian Student Representative Council wants action to reduce the burden on students who have had their VCE studies thrown into chaos by unpredictable moves in and out of lockdown.

Sun, 25 Jul 2021 18:02:44 +1000
Staying sober in the pandemic is both a blessing and a curse
This December marks 13 years since I quit drinking. Keeping off the booze in lockdown has proved to be the hardest challenge.

Sun, 25 Jul 2021 18:00:44 +1000
Illegal cross-border dash puts southeast Queensland under COVID cloud
Authorities are investigating after a man from Sydney was found to be the index case of Queensland’s most recent COVID scare, which now includes a major shopping centre.

Sun, 25 Jul 2021 18:00:11 +1000
Qld Premier begins hotel quarantine after arriving home from Tokyo
Annastacia Palaszczuk will run the state from hotel quarantine for a fortnight after returning from her successful trip to secure the 2032 Olympics for Brisbane.

Sun, 25 Jul 2021 17:00:00 +1000
‘The de-extinction club’: Could we resurrect mammoths, Tassie tigers and dinosaurs?
New technology means we may soon be able to turn back the clock on extinction. In the final part of our series exploring the science behind science fiction, we meet the contenders for revival.

Sun, 25 Jul 2021 16:35:28 +1000
Victorian construction bosses push to fast-track worker vaccination
Victorian construction bosses are in talks with the federal and state government to inoculate 40,000 workers by Christmas, as the halt on construction in NSW enters its second week.

Sun, 25 Jul 2021 16:32:34 +1000
Crew members with COVID-like symptoms onboard another WA-bound ship
Sick crew members onboard a bulk carrier ship headed for a West Australian port are suspected of having COVID.  

Sun, 25 Jul 2021 16:11:32 +1000
‘It broke my heart’: Berejiklian censures anti-lockdown protesters, with 57 charged overnight
Fifty-seven people have been charged, including two men for allegedly striking a police horse, following an anti-lockdown protest that shut down the city on Saturday.

Sun, 25 Jul 2021 15:17:20 +1000
Teens take lead in anti-harassment fight
A group of young activists is fighting for better sex education in schools, saying they’ve been failed and want to make things better for younger students.

Sun, 25 Jul 2021 14:37:20 +1000
Selfish protests were a disgrace - we’re all in this together
Saturday’s events were, at best, unedifying and poorly executed; at worst, an atrocious display of misguided defiance, defeating the entire point the crowds were trying to make.

Sun, 25 Jul 2021 14:21:25 +1000
‘Selfish’: Victoria records 11 new cases as politicians, health authorities slam anti-lockdown protesters
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews hit out at the thousands of anti-lockdown protesters who took to city streets on Saturday as the state recorded 11 new local cases.

Sun, 25 Jul 2021 13:50:21 +1000
Floral ‘time capsules’: Herbarium logs its elusive millionth specimen
The Royal Botanic Gardens’ immense cataloguing effort means digitised information and many high-resolution images of specimens are available online for researchers, artists and students worldwide.

Sun, 25 Jul 2021 13:33:29 +1000
The Age photos of the week, 25 July, 2021
The week in photos from our award winning staff photographers and regular contributing photographers at The Age.

Sun, 25 Jul 2021 13:29:08 +1000
We must improve remote learning to reduce school closure harm
If we fail to act, children will emerge from this pandemic bearing the consequences of starkly different remote schooling experiences.

Sun, 25 Jul 2021 11:57:43 +1000
Sydney man found to have infected Queensland flight attendant
Queensland’s regional areas are now off the hook, but the southeast is under a cloud after it was revealed the pair had been out and about since July 14.

Sun, 25 Jul 2021 11:52:54 +1000
Anti-lockdown protesters descend on Sydney
The Sydney protesters were met with a heavy police presence, including lines of mounted police officers, outside Broadway shopping centre before marching towards Town Hall.

Sun, 25 Jul 2021 11:13:25 +1000
Two women have died in NSW, including one in her 30s, as the state records 141 cases
Of these locally acquired cases, 87 are linked to a known case or cluster – 71 are household contacts and 16 are close contacts – and the source of infection for 54 cases is under investigation.

Sun, 25 Jul 2021 09:55:24 +1000
Newman blasts LNP as Labor wins Stretton by-election
Labor has comfortably retained the seat of Stretton, causing former LNP premier Campbell Newman to lash out, accusing the Opposition of dropping the ball.

Sun, 25 Jul 2021 08:27:43 +1000
‘Find a way to enjoy it’: How good HSC students become great
Alan Parsons studied a group of high-achieving HSC students to find out the character traits, strategies and attitudes they had in common.

Sun, 25 Jul 2021 06:00:00 +1000
Big sporting crowds should be banned, says WHO adviser
Victoria is “on track” to emerge from lockdown next week, but a leading adviser to the World Health Organisation says we shouldn’t go back to minimal restrictions.

Sun, 25 Jul 2021 05:30:00 +1000
NSW begs you Scott Morrison, please use your authority to redirect Pfizer to Sydney
In a bushfire you rapidly shift resources to extinguish the hotspots. Yet we are not doing that in south-western Sydney.

Sun, 25 Jul 2021 05:30:00 +1000
If Sky can put Jones’ dangerous stuff to air, what can’t you put on Australian TV?
The broadcasting watchdog doesn’t have the teeth to bite down on Alan Jones’ anti-vaxxer nonsense.

Sun, 25 Jul 2021 05:00:00 +1000
Feminism’s gatekeepers deaf to its conservative trailblazers
Any feminists worth their salt should want to celebrate the pathfinders, regardless of their politics.

Sun, 25 Jul 2021 05:00:00 +1000
The plan to transform ‘overlooked’ Botany Road with offices, laneways
Building heights are set to rise south of Redfern station under a City of Sydney plan to provide more offices, entertainment space and affordable housing.

Sun, 25 Jul 2021 05:00:00 +1000
Deeds, not words, the essence of faith
Let’s hope that as we rediscover the importance of community and relationships, we do not go back to old ways and lose sight of the richness of faith.

Sun, 25 Jul 2021 00:05:00 +1000
Being unvaccinated impinges on others’ right to be safe
I see red when I read about people’s “rights” not to vaccinate.

Sun, 25 Jul 2021 00:00:00 +1000
Dozens of religious clergy and assistants granted travel exemptions to enter Australia
The Australian government granted exemptions for 75 foreign nationals with critical skills in religion or theology to enter the country in the first half of this year.

Sun, 25 Jul 2021 00:00:00 +1000
Schools should reopen as an ‘essential industry’ ASAP: health experts
Primary schools could reopen safely even before community transmission of COVID-19 returns to zero, health experts say, as students across Sydney head into their third week of remote learning with no end in sight.

Sun, 25 Jul 2021 00:00:00 +1000
Feminist Legal Clinic evicted for posting anti-trans website links
A “gender-critical” feminist legal service which refused to remove material from its website that is offensive to trans people has had its tenancy grant terminated by the City of Sydney, in a dispute between a group of radical feminists and the t...

Sun, 25 Jul 2021 00:00:00 +1000
‘Too risky’: Performers call for insurance to cover COVID-19 losses
The insurance industry has backed calls for the government to provide COVID-related coverage to the live performance industry.

Sun, 25 Jul 2021 00:00:00 +1000
‘Nanny state gone mad’: Residents call for ban on leaf blowers
Bondi Beach residents are lobbying for a ban on leaf blowers, which they say inflict psychological and health damage.

Sun, 25 Jul 2021 00:00:00 +1000
‘Lipstick on a pig’: Sydney MPs scorn safeguards in assisted dying bill
Liberal MP Kevin Conolly told a Christian lobby group NSW was “a little different” to other states that had legalised euthanasia.

Sun, 25 Jul 2021 00:00:00 +1000
Sydney’s Delta despair: what to do when a lockdown doesn’t work?
The goal of driving cases down to zero has now been replaced by talk of ‘containing’ the virus and easing restrictions where possible.

Sat, 24 Jul 2021 23:50:00 +1000
Regional hospitals struggle as hundreds of staff forced to isolate
The Rural Doctors Association warns regional Victoria’s health system is delicately poised in the face of more widespread coronavirus outbreaks.

Sat, 24 Jul 2021 23:47:53 +1000
‘We have a growing problem’: NSW records 163 new COVID-19 cases
NSW has recorded 163 new locally-acquired cases in the latest reporting period, the highest daily tally of the latest outbreak.

Sat, 24 Jul 2021 23:30:00 +1000
‘We’re not Kardashians’: Meet the women who lift boulders for fun
Meet the women carving out a niche subculture of extreme sports; these are Australia’s Strong Women. They’re fit, they’re fierce and they want women to find their inner Amazonian.

Sat, 24 Jul 2021 22:30:57 +1000
Target Time and Superquiz, Sunday, July 25
Trivia buffs: test your knowledge with today's interactive superquiz and target.

Sat, 24 Jul 2021 20:34:56 +1000
As it happened: Lockdown protesters arrested as NSW and Victoria brace for more infections
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian says Sydney anti-lockdown protesters showed “utter contempt” for their fellow citizens, Victorian COVID-19 exposure sites grow, and ATAGI urges people in Greater Sydney to “strongly consider” the AstraZeneca vac...

Sat, 24 Jul 2021 19:58:00 +1000
Become an instant expert in the Olympic sports of handball, skateboarding and climbing
The influx of wall-to-wall live sport comes at a perfect time, with a large part of the nation in lockdown and unable to leave their homes. Here’s our guide to becoming a temporary expert in the more obscure sports on the Olympic schedule.

Sat, 24 Jul 2021 19:50:00 +1000
‘Join the AZ club’: the under 40s influencing their friends to get the jab
Some young adults have taken it upon themselves to try and convince friends and family in group chats to get AstraZeneca, rather than wait for Pfizer.

Sat, 24 Jul 2021 19:34:22 +1000
NSW to increase communication, not penalties, for lockdown compliance
The NSW government says it has no plans to increase penalties on illegal gatherings but will focus on communicating the rules to multicultural communities in south-west and western Sydney where non-compliance with the lockdown has remained stubbornly...

Sat, 24 Jul 2021 19:30:00 +1000
Meanwhile, in Far North Queensland, Victorians are thick on the ground
Port Douglas, which has never had a COVID case, has been teeming with visitors, the majority from Melbourne, with occupancy rates soaring over 85 per cent before interstate lockdowns struck again.

Sat, 24 Jul 2021 18:07:53 +1000
Council elections postponed to December as NSW virus outbreak grows
The elections planned for September 4 have been pushed back by three months for all NSW councils, in response to the state’s coronavirus crisis.

Sat, 24 Jul 2021 18:00:49 +1000
Australian doctor fights COVID-19 while under Israeli bombardment
Natalie Thurtle has seen rubber bullets fired at children, people viciously beaten, and homes turned to rubble as her team works to save lives.

Sat, 24 Jul 2021 16:50:00 +1000
‘Very selfish boofheads’: Police taskforce to hunt down 3500 protesters
Thousands of protesters are marched in Sydney’s CBD to protest widespread lockdowns in NSW, as crowds opposing COVID-19 restrictions gather in major cities across Australia.

Sat, 24 Jul 2021 16:25:55 +1000
Victoria ‘on track’ to exit lockdown from Wednesday as Foley stands firm on NSW vaccine request
Victoria recorded 12 new local cases as residents of a Docklands apartment building were told to isolate until further notice after a person with COVID-19 spent time there.

Sat, 24 Jul 2021 15:50:15 +1000
Gallery: The best photos from around the world
The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors.

Sat, 24 Jul 2021 14:50:57 +1000
‘Let’s not pretend’: Sutton hits out at Melbourne anti-lockdown protesters
Anti-lockdown and anti-vaccine protests have become a regular fixture of the pandemic period, but Saturday’s so-called “freedom rally” was Melbourne’s biggest so far.



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