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25.01.2022 Only 20 cases have been reported, yet Chinese authorities say they have conducted almost nine million tests in less than a week to stamp out an outbreak in Qingdao.
25.01.2022 One of Queensland’s top aged-care operators has threatened to quit the industry if it is forced to provide voluntary euthanasia: https://bit.ly/3lHvdpU
24.01.2022 While parts of Australia swelter through a heatwave things are a little different in Tasmania. Elevated regions of the Central Highland welcomed the second day of summer with snowfall. Credit: @AdamMenary via Storyful
24.01.2022 It didn’t feel like anyone could be in this movie, Kristen Stewart on making her new 'weird' holiday rom com.
22.01.2022 Comment: Like his namesake delusionist, Donald Trump is fighting just for the sake of the fight.
22.01.2022 Comment: Joel Fitzgibbon is right; middle Australia’s concerns are not those of the inner city.
22.01.2022 Analysis: Mistakes and cover-ups on military spending mean Beijing now does not take us seriously in defence, and has become arrogant.
22.01.2022 Iran media releases photos of Kylie Moore-Gilbert and husband and claims they’re both spies in mass propaganda campaign.
22.01.2022 The orgy is a breach of COVID social restrictions.
22.01.2022 A major cyber offensive operation has disrupted and dismantled the business models of foreign criminals targeting the mobile phones of Australians.
22.01.2022 Australia’s COVID-19 economic recovery is gaining momentum, with consumer confidence at a seven-year high, deferred loan repayments restarting and economists predicting a housing market resurgence.
22.01.2022 The sprawling homes of these celebrities are a sight to behold.
22.01.2022 ASIO director-general Mike Burgess says he would be ‘uncomfortable’ if the agency was asked to undertake background checks on politicians.
21.01.2022 The epicentre of Australian rock climbing would be gutted under a draft Grampians National Park landscape management plan that also flags the reintroduction of dingoes to sheep-dominated western Victoria.
20.01.2022 Daniel Oakes will not be prosecuted after he revealed allegations of misconduct by Australian special forces in Afghanistan.
20.01.2022 China has responded to Josh Frydenberg’s olive branch with a list of grievances and threats, describing the relationship as one with ‘serious difficulties’.
19.01.2022 An LNP candidate has had to fend off a personal attack after the Deputy Premier handed out a smear sheet to journalists.
18.01.2022 Orthopaedic surgeon Bill Ribbans has helped to prolong the careers of many sports stars. Now he wants to help you to stay in shape.
18.01.2022 Police say people in Australia and Germany are withholding vital information on the murder Simone Strobel 15 years ago.
18.01.2022 Led by captain Ali Brigginshaw and try-scoring machine Tamika Upton, the Maroons have knocked off NSW.
18.01.2022 House Democrats have introduced an article of impeachment against Donald Trump, accusing him of inciting an insurrection and announced a vote will be held on impeaching the President on Wednesday (AEDT).
17.01.2022 Opinion: With the media ‘handling’ your claims of bullying, good luck with where it all goes, writes Janet Albrechtsen.
17.01.2022 "Ardern has demonstrated that New Zealand will not stop playing double standard tricks the West uses so often."
17.01.2022 A children’s nurse has been charged with the murder of eight babies and attempting to kill ten more at a neonatal unit in Chester, police said.
17.01.2022 The NSW government has announced a significant easing of COVID-19 restrictions. Read about them here: https://www.theaustralian.com.au//2eae5ce5e6cc22aa7f46f8fb
16.01.2022 A new report has warned an overwhelming number of Chinese students in our unis risks academic integrity.
16.01.2022 In the aftermath of the US election, The Australian’s Strategic Forum, held virtually on November 18 and 19, will examine the outcome of the ballot, the impact of the Trump era and what it means for Australia and our relationship with key allies, especially China. Subscribers can register for free here.
16.01.2022 Opinion: China’s pride has been dented. The damage is entirely self-inflicted, but totalitarian regimes never admit failure.
15.01.2022 After a year of meetings on Google Meet, quizzes on Zoom, inductions on Microsoft Teams nobody wants a virtual Christmas office party.
15.01.2022 What will be the long-term effects of the pandemic on the vibrancy, the value and the role of our CBDs? We’ve done the numbers...
15.01.2022 Analysis: "The reality for Mr Trump: Many achievements of his first economy have been wiped out by the second."
15.01.2022 West Australian Premier Mark McGowan has reignited the nation’s border wars, declaring NSW’s approach to managing the COVID-19 pandemic was out of step with other states and an elimination approach to crush and kill the virus was better.
15.01.2022 Could Bruce Springsteen's latest album be rock 'n' roll at its best?
14.01.2022 Opposition government services spokesman Bill Shorten says the Morrison government has not handled the country’s relationship with China well: https://bit.ly/2VqN8pW
14.01.2022 Australia’s medicine regulator set to approve COVID-19 vaccine in January, with jabs of five million people to begin in March.
13.01.2022 A potato farmer from the Goulburn region of regional NSW has been named Australia’s best food producer for 2020.
13.01.2022 Three judges in London have ruled that children under 16 who wish to undergo gender reassignment can only consent to having puberty blockers if they can understand the treatment.
13.01.2022 #BREAKING: Cameron Munster and Harry Grant starred as an inexperienced Queensland side beat NSW 20-14 to take the 2020 State of Origin series.
12.01.2022 From fashion guru to make-up mogul, Trinny Woodall’s secret ingredient is still her frank advice | WATCH
12.01.2022 Josh Frydenberg has offered a critical circuit breaker to ease tensions with China, claiming the Morrison government is ready to re-engage in respectful and beneficial dialogue with Beijing.
11.01.2022 Nathan Cleary and Cody Walker starred as NSW defeated Queensland 34-10 in a drama-filled contest that saw two players sent to the sin bin after an all-in brawl.
11.01.2022 On the 11th day of the 11th month, NSW remembered how to win and State of Origin players remembered how to put on the biff.
09.01.2022 #BREAKING: Josh Frydenberg says the deteriorating trade relationship with China is serious, but our economy will be buoyed by domestic consumption.
09.01.2022 Queensland’s Attorney-General, Yvette D’Ath, insists she hasn’t thrown any principles out the window despite Labor selling a meeting with her to gambling giant Tabcorp, even after she legislated to make cash-for-access fundraisers illegal.
09.01.2022 From work stress to facemask rage, the pandemic is pushing us over the edge. Don’t worry, it’s possible to have a ‘good’ meltdown
09.01.2022 In a parliamentary inquiry authors Helen Garner, Charlotte Wood and Christos Tsiolkas have called for greater grants and support to give authors 'more time to write' and to combat 'shockingly low' wages.
09.01.2022 HEART OF THE NATION: The rules are looser and the umpiring less strict, and it’s played at a blistering pace, with plenty of drama. It’s bush footy. Read about the sport that might just bring a generation of urban footy fans misty-eyed with nostalgia here: https://bit.ly/35sJbGP Picture: Matthew Abbott
09.01.2022 Opinion: The disgraceful Robodebt saga cost taxpayers $1.2bn and incalculable anguish, but heads won’t roll over it.
08.01.2022 With offices mostly shut and face-to-face meetings rare, some are escaping Europe’s chilly north for the Mediterranean coast.
08.01.2022 The highly anticipated final report from the Royal Commission into Natural Disasters is here - this is everything you need to know.
08.01.2022 #BREAKING: Raids targeting Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union officials are being conducted by the Australian Federal Police this morning in Sydney.
08.01.2022 An official investigation will scrutinise Kevin Rudd’s petition calling for a media royal commission after it emerged that more than 1000 names were fake, and some of the signatories were paid for and generated overseas.
08.01.2022 Donald Trump has ordered the Pentagon to cut US troop levels in Afghanistan and Iraq just five days before Joe Biden is sworn in.
07.01.2022 This ‘nurturing’ home, joint winner of the Robin Boyd award, reimagines the way an Australian house responds to its setting and climate.
07.01.2022 Close to 3000 students were unable to complete their final psychology exam after technical issues promoted organisers to call it off.
07.01.2022 Swedish schoolgirl Greta Thunberg became world famous almost overnight with her passionate campaign for action against climate change. Now she’s on the red carpet.
06.01.2022 #BREAKING: Victoria has again recorded no new coronavirus cases or deaths, the 13th day in a row for the state. Premier Daniel Andrews has the latest now. For rolling coverage watch Sky News Australia on Foxtel or visit www.skynews.com.au.
06.01.2022 #BREAKING: Premier Gladys Berejiklian is providing a COVID-19 update. For rolling coverage watch Sky News Australia on Foxtel or visit www.skynews.com.au.
04.01.2022 The US has now seen more than 10 million cases and 240,521 dead, the highest number of deaths amid infections compared with any other country: https://www.theaustralian.com.au//22756b7dbecb8cc0d70aee34
04.01.2022 A woman who died alongside her three daughters in a Melbourne house fire is remembered as a ‘beautiful and caring mother’.
04.01.2022 In a surprising twist, it's not hipsters leading the 'meatless' trend but an entirely different group.
04.01.2022 Australia’s hospitality industry has called for urgent help from the federal and state governments, warning that businesses have largely missed out on the lucrative Christmas holiday period after being hamstrung by sudden border closures.
04.01.2022 As we holiday at home and support local tourism with gusto, it’s never been a better time to get in the car and explore the best roads in Australia.
04.01.2022 Labor will impose a ‘bonk ban’ covering all MPs, going further than the Coalition’s policy which only applies to front benchers: https://www.theaustralian.com.au//22756b7dbecb8cc0d70aee34
03.01.2022 A small oil painting by Russell Drysdale of a country family preparing for an outing, Going to the Pictures, has sold for $2.4m, equalling the auction record for the artist.
02.01.2022 Opinion: Just when you thought you’d had enough scary and ridiculous predictions for one year, along comes Deloitte Access Economics with claims Australia will lose $3.4 trillion in income and 880,000 jobs by 2070 unless it takes drastic action to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. The report is flawed and misleading, reading more like a manifesto than a sober economic analysis, writes Adam Creighton.
02.01.2022 With its sun-soaked beaches, crystal waters and Instagrammable wildlife, Rottnest Island off the coast of Perth has long been the summer playground for West Australians. For the rest of the country, it is paradise denied.
