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    Victoria records 41 more cases of coronavirus

    Victoria's Deputy Chief Health Officer Dr Annaliese van Diemen.

    There have been 41 new cases of COVID-19 in Victoria in the last day, the biggest daily rise since April 4.

    • by Paul Sakkal
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    Tourism

    Tourism industry braces for $55 billion hit with overseas travel likely banned until 2021

    Tourism operators are calling for JobKeeper payments to be extended beyond September.

    Scott Morrison said it was "not unreasonable" to assume international tourism will not resume until July 2021.

    • by Mike Foley and Jennifer Duke

    Lack of higher education vision will 'kill' universities, says vice-chancellor

    Students protest against proposed university fee changes

    Universities say the federal government needs to act quickly on research, as important, long-term projects may be cut because they can no longer afford them.

    • by Jordan Baker and Fergus Hunter

     Frydenberg calls for quarantine cases to get tested; six new cases in NSW 

     Frydenberg calls for quarantine cases to get tested; six new cases in NSW 

    After several people in quarantine refused to be tested for coronavirus Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has pleaded with returning travellers to get checked for the virus.

    • by Roy Ward

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    An artist's impression of the new Powerhouse Museum in Parramatta.
    Opinion
    Arts

    New Powerhouse not a museum but a global 'embarrassment'

    The art critic says the closure of the Powerhouse Museum in Ultimo will be the greatest cultural crime in Australian history.

    • by John McDonald
    Elijah Pliskin, of Denver, protests in the section of 16th Street, in Washington, that's been renamed Black Lives Matter Plaza.

    Minneapolis council votes to dismantle police department

    Council members wanted to seize on a groundswell of support for significant policing changes following George Floyd's death.

    • by Steve Karnowski and Amy Forliti
    Former High Court judge Dyson Heydon was commissioner for the Royal Commission into Trade Unions Governance and Corruption.
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    Dyson Heydon

    Fresh allegations levelled against Dyson Heydon

    Former High Court judge Dyson Heydon allegedly sexually harassed young women while he was Trade Unions royal commissioner and at the exclusive Commonwealth Club where he stayed while on the High Court.

    • by Kate McClymont and Jacqueline Maley
    The NSW government has made the state's largest-ever purchase of land for a national park to preserve an intermittent wetlands region, buying the Narriearra station of more than 150,000 hectares in size.
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    Biodiversity

    NSW lands biggest conservation purchase in state's history

    The government will create a conservation area 10 times the size of the Royal National Park.

    • by Peter Hannam
    Former Labor senator Sam Dastyari.

    'Flabbergasted': Dastyari calls for judicial inquiry into foreign influence in politics

    Former Labor senator Sam Dastyari called for a royal commission or commission of inquiry to "get to the bottom of it".

    • by Jennifer Duke
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    NRL 2020

    Suliasi Vunivalu celebrates with Cameron Smith.
    Storm 50 Warriors 6

    'I question our commitment': Crisis deepens for woeful Warriors as Storm hit half-century

    Sacking Stephen Kearney last week was a head-scratching decision looking from the outside in. That's how it played out at Netstrata Jubilee Stadium.

    • by Sam Phillips
    Foster (right) served a nine-year apprenticeship under Steve Hansen which included the 2015 Rugby World Cup win.

    All Blacks coaches open to Roos clash but rules all-important

    Steve Hansen and Ian Foster both have an open mind about the All Blacks doing battle with the Kangaroos - but, as Bob Dwyer knows, coming up with fair rules is no easy task.

    • by Christian Nicolussi and Sam Phillips

    Sydney

    Sydney restaurateur in stoush with government over COVID-19 rent reduction

    Sydney restaurateur in stoush with government over COVID-19 rent reduction

    Danil Akram, whose turnover has plummeted by more than 85 per cent, is embroiled in heated negotiations.

    • by Andrew Hornery

    NSW Labor MP suspended amid ASIO probe into foreign interference

    NSW upper house MP Shaoquett Moselmane leaving his home on Lennox Street in Rockdale during a raid by federal agents.

    The probe is examining if covert activities or agents directed by the Chinese Communist Party may have sought to influence Shaoquett Moselmane.

    • by Nick McKenzie and Lisa Visentin

    One dead, highway closed after Blue Mountains car crash

    The investigation continues.

    The Camry driver, a woman in her 60s, died at the scene after being treated by paramedics.

    • by Natassia Chrysanthos

    Reforms to child protection covering Aboriginal children needed

    Professor Megan Davis says if Aboriginal people are to be equal, and the government shows that black lives matter, the child protection system needs to be overhauled.

    If black lives really mattered, every cog of the child protection system would be reformed to stop a cycle of inequity that sees many of these children 'graduate' to juvenile justice and then to adult prison.

    • by Julie Power

    States divided on compulsory testing of overseas travellers

    States divided on compulsory testing of overseas travellers

    International travellers who to take a COVID-19 test in NSW will have to spend an extra 10 days in quarantine.

    • by Dana McCauley

    Weekend reads

    Seafarer Captain Cook with St Kilda seagull.
    Opinion

    Fallen idols: tradition of public statues now a stodgy relic

    Rewrite the offensive plaques that say Captain Cook discovered Australia. We need to tell better stories about the past to instil confidence in the future.

    • by John McDonald
    Paolo Giordano: "It’s easy to point the finger... than accept the deep complexity of nature and how our relentless and pervasive disruption of its processes is leading to major health consequences."
    Analysis

    Why combating future pandemics needs a collective mind shift today

    What is COVID-19 telling us about the spread of infectious diseases? Italian physicist and author Paolo Giordano says it shows there is worse to come.

    • by Greg Callaghan

    Politics

    ABC chief Ita Buttrose lets fly over government's handling of funding cuts

    ABC chief Ita Buttrose lets fly over government's handling of funding cuts

    A war of words has broken out between ABC chairwoman Ita Buttrose and Communications Minister Paul Fletcher.

    • by Rob Harris and Zoe Samios

    Business

    Genomics has been in the spotlight as global projects turn their focus to COVID-19.

    COVID-19 spotlight prompts calls for genomics roadmap

    US biotech Illumina says it sees big potential in Australia, as research COVID-19 and serious diseases puts global companies in spotlight.

    • by Emma Koehn

    World

    United State Border Patrol chief Rodney Scott gives President Donald Trump a tour of a section of the border wall in San Luis, Ariz, earlier this week.

    Trump's use of military funds for Mexican wall illegal, court rules

    Administration was not authorised to use $3.64 billion in Pentagon money for part of the border wall, court rules, but long-term implications are unclear as Supreme Court earlier ruled in Trump's favour.

    • by Nick Miroff
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    Our China spy law bares its teeth with raid on Labor MP

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    Clovelly unit fetches $1.715m after being listed for just one week

    Clovelly unit fetches $1.715m after being listed for just one week

    Six bidders fought it out for the two-bedder in a walk-up building, with the winning offer placed by a gentleman buying on behalf of his daughter.

    • by Tawar Razaghi
    Simple swaps to refresh your interior without a major project

    Simple swaps to refresh your interior without a major project

    With many people having nowhere to go but another area of the house, those same four walls can become hard to look at.

    • by Kate Bartels
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    Life & Culture

    Author Gabbie Stroud.

    What matters to kids in a pandemic? Life lessons, not maths

    Teacher-turned-author Gabbie Stroud talks about the magic of teaching, the role of parents and South Coast oysters.

    • by Helen Pitt

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    Sport

    Several Warriors players are struggling being away from their families.

    NRL in crisis talks with homesick Warriors as trio indicate desire to head home

    Ken Maumalo, David Fusitua and Agnatius Paasi are among the Warriors stars considering leaving the team to return to their young families.

    • by Adrian Proszenko
    James Tedesco, Cameron Smith and Tim Mannah, have all been represented by Isaac Moses.

    Agent of influence: The rise and fall of the NRL's manager to the stars

    Isaac Moses wields enormous power with more than 50 NRL players, including Cameron Smith, on his books as well as several head coaches. But his empire is in danger of crashing down.

    • by Chris Barrett
    Former Matildas teammates Shona Bass (left) and Julie Dolan at a reunion last year of the 1979 team that took on New Zealand in Australia's first women's 'A' international.

    'Unimaginable dream' comes to life for the Matildas pioneers of 1979

    "If you ask anyone back in those days where they wanted football to go, they'd say right here, right now," said inaugural captain Julie Dolan.

    • by Vince Rugari
    The Chinese government has denied claims by NBA commissioner Adam Silver (above) that he was asked to fire Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey.

    Sixteen COVID cases as NBA admits risks over Florida 'bubble'

    Even as the NBA was unveiling its schedule for the conclusion of the regular season, commissioner Adam Silver admitted that the league's "bubble" can't be made totally safe from the pandemic.

    Simon Hill.

    Australian football's voice weakened by Hill, Foster exits

    Within the space of 72 hours, the two voices behind the Socceroos' finest moment announced they were leaving their jobs at Fox Sports and SBS.

    • by Vince Rugari
    Sam Verrills realises his season is over after rupturing his ACL.

    'The surface is fine': NRL dismisses concerns about Bankwest Stadium

    Bankwest Stadium's playing surface is not considered a safety risk as the NRL shelves preliminary plans to shift weekend games to the Central Coast and Kogarah.

    • by Christian Nicolussi
    The moment Victor Radley knew he was in serious trouble with his knee.

    Fittler says Radley loss a blow for both Roosters and NSW

    The season-ending knee injury for Victor Radley a bitter blow for the premiers as the club faces an injury crisis.

    • by Christian Nicolussi

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