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Wed, 09 Feb 2022 19:20:47 +1000
As it happened: PMO responds to Grace Tame’s allegation she was asked not to criticise Scott Morrison; religious discrimination bill debate dominates Parliament
Prime Minister Scott Morrison is urging moderate Liberals to support the party’s contentious religious discrimination bill, Brittany Higgins and Grace Tame will address the National Press Club today and Queensland is expected to officially hit its ...

Wed, 09 Feb 2022 19:17:29 +1000
Scotty James to unleash his ‘angry dog’
Scotty James has known what he was going to do in an Olympic final for three months. Every turn, every jump, every flip down a cavernous halfpipe has been mapped out.

Wed, 09 Feb 2022 19:00:00 +1000
Melbourne arts leader to become Barbican Centre chief executive
The Barbican Centre is among the biggest and most prestigious performing arts centres in the world, with more than a million visitors each year

Wed, 09 Feb 2022 19:00:00 +1000
ASIO tracking foreign spies on dating apps Tinder and Bumble
The spy agency’s director-general Mike Burgess also revealed ASIO recently foiled a foreign interference plot in the lead-up to an election in Australia.

Wed, 09 Feb 2022 18:36:52 +1000
Labor MP crosses floor to back fresh investigation into red shirts scandal
Kaushaliya Vaghela faces suspension for breaking party rules, which mandate that MPs vote along party lines unless they have been allowed a conscience vote.

Wed, 09 Feb 2022 18:30:00 +1000
Heads should roll over tricks pulled in rail sham
The jig was up on Wednesday when the Auditor-General and her team gave a blow-by-blow description of the tricks pulled, documents withheld and misstatements made to her office, in a desperate attempt by Treasury to continue the ruse.

Wed, 09 Feb 2022 18:30:00 +1000
Lucius the Lorikeet to star in Australia’s first Latin textbook
The first Australian-produced Latin primer will feature Lucius the Lorikeet, whose adventures will be loosely based on those of a cockatoo given to the holy roman emperor in the 13th century

Wed, 09 Feb 2022 18:24:39 +1000
Labor demands changes to government’s contentious religious discrimination bill
The opposition will move amendments to immediately protect transgender students at religious schools in a move that sets up a flashpoint for moderate Liberal MPs concerned about the proposed laws.

Wed, 09 Feb 2022 18:23:39 +1000
Perth’s COVID-19 outbreak reaches Bentley aged care home
Juniper’s Cygnet aged care facility in Bentley has closed to all visitors after a resident and staff member tested positive to COVID-19. 

Wed, 09 Feb 2022 18:02:21 +1000
Andrews continues three-jab push, says it won’t cost state
Premier insists Victorians will not be disadvantaged even if the state requires international travellers to have three COVID-19 vaccination doses.

Wed, 09 Feb 2022 18:01:18 +1000
‘Next time he could be shot’: Court told of warning after NT ‘axe incident’
Kumanjayi Walker waved a hatchet and charged within striking distance of two Yuendumu police officers three days before Constable Zachary Rolfe shot him dead, a court has heard.

Wed, 09 Feb 2022 18:01:00 +1000
Why Labor is smart to try to change the religious discrimination bill
Labor is aiming for the middle ground on the controversial religious freedom law and the strategy could leave the government with its budget overshadowed by more division.

Wed, 09 Feb 2022 17:58:46 +1000
Another dramatic twist in the Ben Roberts-Smith case
How and why was Ben Roberts-Smith’s barrister seeking to help recruit new lawyers for witnesses slated to give evidence for the media?

Wed, 09 Feb 2022 17:52:36 +1000
Falklands at centre of UK, Argentina, Brazil, China spat
Military planes, stopovers, Chinese support away from Asia... an island at the bottom of South America is back in the headlines.

Wed, 09 Feb 2022 17:51:19 +1000
‘It’s personal, like everything’: Brown’s deal option the next signing battle for Eels
After the controversial losses of Reed Mahoney and Isaiah Papali’i, Dylan Brown taking his option for the 2023 season would be just the boost Eels fans need.

Wed, 09 Feb 2022 17:50:58 +1000
‘It has been a really big and emotional rollercoaster’: Parker’s dramatic Olympic ride
Four COVID tests were the difference between realising an Olympic dream and sitting in an isolation room. Negative, positive, negative, negative.

Wed, 09 Feb 2022 17:45:19 +1000
If he wants to call the shots, gun-shy Perrottet might need to call the Shooters
The Premier once vowed never to do deals with the minor party, but times have changed. It may be his only way to a keep grip on power.

Wed, 09 Feb 2022 17:38:00 +1000
The speeches that stopped the nation: why Tame and Higgins inspire optimism
Their addresses at the National Press Club were electric, but will they be transformative? Here’s why I have hope.

Wed, 09 Feb 2022 17:29:58 +1000
Roberts-Smith barrister arranged new lawyers for newspapers’ witnesses, court told
A barrister acting for war veteran Ben Roberts-Smith in his defamation case against The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald arranged for two of the newspapers’ proposed witnesses to receive legal advice even though they already had lawyers, the Feder...

Wed, 09 Feb 2022 17:28:44 +1000
National Australia Day Council denies ‘threatening’ Grace Tame call
Grace Tame and Brittany Higgins say too little has changed despite a year of national conversations about violence against women and child sexual abuse.

Wed, 09 Feb 2022 17:26:01 +1000
NSW Treasury accused of cover up over controversial rail corporation
The Auditor-General has slapped Treasury with an “extreme risk finding” to force it to clean up its act after it withheld key documents.

Wed, 09 Feb 2022 17:15:42 +1000
‘Show me the money’: Australia in million-dollar fight to keep Tongan Thor
Rugby Australia wants to keep Taniela Tupou on home soil in the long term but will have to empty the coffers to do so.

Wed, 09 Feb 2022 17:13:12 +1000
Gallery: The best photos from around the world
The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors

Wed, 09 Feb 2022 17:07:15 +1000
‘Contractor v employee’ High Court decision gives gig economy stronger backing
A High Court ruling regarding two truck drivers has strengthened gig economy companies’ argument their workers are independent contractors rather than employees.

Wed, 09 Feb 2022 17:00:00 +1000
Wagga Wagga meeting the stage for home-track battle
Whenitrainsitpours and Blitzar are set for a Country Championship Preview duel on their home track.

Wed, 09 Feb 2022 17:00:00 +1000
Race-by-race preview and tips for Wagga Wagga meeting on Thursday
Full preview and tips for Thursday’s feature meeting at Wagga Wagga.

Wed, 09 Feb 2022 16:52:43 +1000
Mirabella 2.0 takes aim at ‘independent’ Voices candidates ahead of election
New Victorian Liberal senator Greg Mirabella has used his first speech to take aim at the independent Voices movement that dumped his wife Sophie out of politics.

Wed, 09 Feb 2022 16:34:00 +1000
‘We won’t take the gloss off it’: V’landys says $2 million race on Melbourne Cup day not a threat
Sydney has launched an assault on Melbourne’s traditional spring carnival for years with races such as The Everest and Golden Eagle, but Melbourne Cup day had been sacred – until now.

Wed, 09 Feb 2022 16:31:50 +1000
Cummins stares down the Golden Generation over Langer’s exit
By justifying the need for Justin Langer to move on, Pat Cummins has shown the type of leadership Australian cricket is crying out for.

Wed, 09 Feb 2022 16:21:57 +1000
Twiggy’s Fortescue plans $10 billion Pilbara wind and solar farm
The first details have emerged of Andrew Forrest’s much-hyped push to turn the iron ore miner green: a vast renewables project in Australia’s north-west.

Wed, 09 Feb 2022 16:21:56 +1000
‘Nothing to lose’: Gardeners plot action against Collingwood Children’s Farm land clearance
Gardeners at the urban farm could stage an on-site protest this weekend after management announced they would start bulldozing the 42-year-old community plot on Monday.

Wed, 09 Feb 2022 16:16:57 +1000
NBA bench warmer to NBL leading man: Kings star making his own headlines
Jaylen Adams arrived in Sydney to join the Kings ahead of their 2021-22 season searching for a new experience. 

Wed, 09 Feb 2022 15:59:38 +1000
BetEasy ordered to pay Gambler’s Help $5000 for Kayo ‘inducements’
A court has ordered the online bookmaker pay $5000 to Gambler’s Help after it lured in about 6000 new customers following an ad campaign promising free subscriptions to a sport streaming service.

Wed, 09 Feb 2022 15:44:39 +1000
Australian firm boosts Biden’s electric car revolution
The CEO of Brisbane-based firm Tritium blames a lack of government incentives for Australia having one of the worst electric vehicle uptakes in the world.

Wed, 09 Feb 2022 15:40:58 +1000
‘It’s an everyday thing’: Addo-Carr vows to keep calling out racist abuse
The Indigenous All Stars skipper says being targeted by vile abuse has been an “everyday” occurrence since he began his rugby league career, but he won’t stop pointing it out.

Wed, 09 Feb 2022 15:35:06 +1000
‘It’s been brutal’: Iron ore plunge hits Ellison’s Mineral Resources
Tumbling iron ore revenue and higher costs have dragged Chris Ellison-led Mineral Resources to its worst first-half result in years.

Wed, 09 Feb 2022 15:24:08 +1000
Police investigate suspicious death of homeless man in inner west
Police have established Strike Force Ratsu to investigate the death of Vincenzo Leonello, 72, who sustained facial injuries before he died.

Wed, 09 Feb 2022 15:15:24 +1000
The two extraordinary young women who braved their way into power
The appearance of two young women impatient for change at the National Press Club on Wednesday felt like a true shift.

Wed, 09 Feb 2022 15:13:03 +1000
Russian warships head to Black Sea as Ukraine crisis talks ramp up
Six large landing vessels will take part in an exercise, the Russian navy said. The Russian military has in the past used that as a bluff before invasions.

Wed, 09 Feb 2022 15:10:47 +1000
Morrison and Perrottet would think twice about balloons if they walked in my shoes
Each morning as I walk along my local beach in southern NSW, I collect the debris that the night’s high tide has left strewn along the shore. Sometimes, I find more than just the rubbish. And it’s heartbreaking.

Wed, 09 Feb 2022 15:07:22 +1000
CBA’s Comyn sees slower year for house prices as rates rise
CBA chief executive Matt Comyn has stuck with the bank’s forecast that house prices could fall by as much as 10 per cent next year.

Wed, 09 Feb 2022 15:00:00 +1000
Age 53 is when we hit our style peak. Take it from Jennifer Aniston
Whatever decade you’re in, channelling the “Spirit of 53” means tackling style with self-awareness, experience and kindness. And let’s not forget joie de vivre.

Wed, 09 Feb 2022 15:00:00 +1000
‘There’s no other job like it’: how Kumi Taguchi made Insight her own
As SBS’s studio show Insight returns next week, Kumi Taguchi looks back at the challenges of her first year as presenter.

Wed, 09 Feb 2022 15:00:00 +1000
Few lives can stand up to the scrutiny of 21st century surveillance
Guilty until proven otherwise: That’s the starting point for a disparate group of people accused of kidnapping a young boy in Apple TV’s new thriller Suspicion.

Wed, 09 Feb 2022 15:00:00 +1000
This show may be the truest reflection of multiculturalism today
Adam Liaw’s cook ‘n’ chat show is a Trojan horse; it’s not just about food, it’s a place for meaningful conversations about history, culture and people.

Wed, 09 Feb 2022 15:00:00 +1000
Tomorrow’s workplace is bleakly foretold in black comedy Severance
In Apple’s new workplace comedy, Adam Scott plays a corporate employee embedded with a chip that divides his work and non-work memories; it’s closer to reality than it might appear, he says.

Wed, 09 Feb 2022 14:54:34 +1000
Shell’s ‘next phase’ in Australia includes drilling 145 new gas wells
Energy giant plans for the next three years to benefit from surging LNG prices amid an energy crunch in Europe and Asia, and intensifying competition for cargo transports.

Wed, 09 Feb 2022 14:47:59 +1000
Spot at St Andrews a life-changing golden ticket, says Nick O’Hern
Former world top 20 golfer Nick O’Hern says a British Open berth at St Andrews could be life-changing for the young Aussies vying to finish top three in this week’s Vic Open at 13th Beach.

Wed, 09 Feb 2022 14:30:24 +1000
The global effort that has set the stage for Australian Oscars glory
This year will be one of our best representations at the Academy Awards.

Wed, 09 Feb 2022 14:30:00 +1000
A piece of Sydney died with Johnny Raper
As well as being one of the best players of all time, Raper was the first rugby league celebrity.



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