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Two Kmart stores close after staff members test positive in unrelated cases
The Kmart stores in Footscray and Brunswick have been closed for deep cleaning after staff members were diagnosed with COVID-19.
- by Roy Ward
Historic new Closing the Gap targets aim at achieving parity for all Australians
Indigenous leaders say nothing less than reaching parity with other Australians in the new Closing the Gap targets will be satisfactory.
- by Rob Harris
Deputy CHO defends self-testing kits delivered in lockdown suburbs
A testing expert has also backed the Victorian government’s decision to roll out COVID-19 self-testing kits in hotspot areas, even as questions are raised about their accuracy.
- by Liam Mannix
Opinion
Political Leadership
Scott Morrison is not going to duck this crisis
After bushfires, the pandemic and the potentially brutal economic downturn the country is facing, Scott Morrison also needs to contend with the rise of China. The Prime Minister is taking his cue from history.
- by Peter Hartcher
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From hope to hotspots: How coronavirus cases are surging in the suburbs
Only a month ago, Melbourne was ready to confidently ease more coronavirus restrictions. Now cases are surging. This map shows where the case numbers are multiplying.
- by Craig Butt, Mark Stehle and Richard Lama
The story behind the Ghislaine Maxwell throne photo in Buckingham Palace
The photo was taken in 2002 and shows Maxwell in a mock royal pose with Kevin Spacey pretending to be Prince Philip.
- by Robert Mendick
Opinion
China
Australia risks squandering a lucrative export - and a diplomatic opportunity
Historically, educational exchange in Western democracies has been seen as a way of transferring democratic values.
- by Eryk Bagshaw
Analysis
Naked City
Silk and Miller: Police murder probe far from over, even after 22 years
Later attempts to review and alter statements were to tidy up loose ends. The trouble was they tried to hide the loose ends completely.
- by John Silvester
Hong Kong medic first to be charged with inciting secession, terrorism
And two hardline Beijing officials were named by China to 'advise' and 'supervise' a new national security policy committee headed by Carrie Lam.
- by Viola Gaskell
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AFL 2020
Dons overcome Collingwood challenge
Essendon, pipped by one ancient foe last weekend, have scored the club's most significant and satisfying victory of the season to date, surviving a belated Pies surge to win a critical game.
- by Jake Niall
Essendon trounce Pies, AFL clarify De Goey score review
The Bombers were way too good for a flat Collingwood tonight, whose week got worse than it already was.
- by Anthony Colangelo
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Coronavirus pandemic
Sutton warned of hotel quarantine risks a month before first outbreak
Victoria's Chief Health Officer was told of poor protocols and lack of protective equipment in quarantine hotels in April, but standards were not reviewed until after an outbreak a month later.
- by Paul Sakkal and Noel Towell
Five criminals among seven fined on first day of hotspot lockdown
Criminals were among those fined by police for breaching coronavirus restrictions, as police set up 15 checkpoints across Melbourne.
- by Simone Fox Koob
Loss of serenity in the suburbs could stymie airport's growth plans
Hasan Sayer lives about 5 kilometres from Melbourne Airport and lately, he’s enjoyed the rare bit of peace and quiet. It won't last.
- by Timna Jacks
Two more suburbs at risk of lockdown as COVID-19 spreads to nearby areas
Kensington and Flemington are at risk of being added to the lockdown suburbs as early as next week, as health officials get set to pore over the data this weekend.
- by Michael Fowler, Noel Towell and Craig Butt
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Coronavirus pandemic
'You hear screaming at night': Plea to find homes for hotel homeless
Anxiety levels are high in motels across the state, where thousands of homeless people being put up are waiting on a state government lifeline.
- by Bianca Hall
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'They can never take away our beliefs': Beijing's endgame to quash HK dissent
From a Hong Kong jail cell, Australian-born Rebecca Louise Nunan urged her supporters to never give up hope despite Beijing's latest crackdown.
- by Eryk Bagshaw
How a German media company brought Australia’s greatest magazine empire to its knees
For decades, the ACP magazine empire soared as it helped teach Australians to cook, dress, talk royalty, flirt and supercharge our sex lives. Then came the internet, new owners – and a startling freefall.
- by Tim Elliott
Politics
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Coronavirus pandemic
Multibillion-dollar plan to help businesses survive or close
The Morrison government is working on a business survival package to help firms facing bankruptcy and deliver a boost to the economy into 2021.
- by Shane Wright
Backbench MPs support modest increase in JobSeeker base rate
- by Shane Wright and Jennifer Duke
Business
'Dealing with the weirdness': Telstra braces for the new normal
With its strategic review yet to play out, Telstra's rapid-fire response to the pandemic has allowed it to hold the line on service but there's more heavy lifting ahead.
- by Supratim Adhikari
World
After decades of protests, Washington and the NFL will consider changing the Redskins name
Many consider the name to be a racist slur against Native Americans, with the team owner saying in 2013 the name would "never" change.
- by Kevin Draper
Andrew 'was visitor to Epstein home before girl was raped': lawsuit
- by Robert Mendick, Hannah Furness and Josie Ensor
Ghislaine Maxwell's arrest over grooming turns attention to high-flyers
- by Josie Ensor, Hannah Furness, Rozina Sabur and Nick Allen
Opinion
So blatant, so needy: Why is James Packer not embarrassed by Sydney's new casino tower?
Elizabeth Farrelly
Columnist, author, architecture critic and essayist
Victoria may make NSW feel smug, but the state should be worried
Raina MacIntyre
Head of the Biosecurity Research Program at the Kirby Institute, UNSW Medicine.
Facebook and Google must move away from the zero-sum game
Peter Lewis
Former journalist, public campaigner and director of the Centre for Responsible Technology.
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Inside a rushed pre-auction-day auction prompted by COVID-19
One buyer threw down the gauntlet. They would pay a certain sum, and they wouldn't be going to the Saturday auction in the escalating pandemic.
- by Jim Malo
The husband who gave his wife a house for a birthday present
'I thought we couldn't afford it,' she said, putting the grand home designed by a famous architect out of her mind. But a surprise was in store.
- by Jenny Brown
Life & Culture
'Until the number 10 excited!': Tiny dancers prepare for ballet return
Parents and children alike will be revelling during school holidays in the opportunity to finally take part in activities that were previously closed.
- by Samantha Selinger-Morris
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AFL 2020
Once-in-a-generation Cats ... and there's two of them
An inside view on the joy of playing alongside two of the greatest players Geelong, and the AFL, have seen.
- by Harry Taylor
Tackle call on Essendon's Snelling wrong: AFL
The AFL has admitted that the free kick paid against Bomber Will Snelling for a dangerous tackle - which led to goal to Collingwood's Callum Brown in the final quarter - was a mistake.
- by Jake Niall
Hamilton makes a statement as F1 gets back on track
Lewis Hamilton, wearing a "Black Lives Matter" helmet in a black Mercedes with "End Racism" written on it, set the pace as Formula One resumed in Austria.
Washinton, NFL consider changing the Redskins name
Many consider the name to be a racist slur against Native Americans, with the team owner saying in 2013 the name would "never" change.
- by Kevin Draper
AFL 2020 Live Updates: West Coast Eagles v Sydney Swans
Follow all the round 5 AFL action from around the country.
Winmar mediation case resolved but more to be done
Mike Sheahan, Don Scott and Sam Newman appeared at a mediation hearing with former St Kilda star Nicky Winmar on Friday.
- by Jon Pierik
Analysis
AFL 2020
Richmond lacking leadership in tough times
The Tigers of this bleak 2020 winter seem negative, unprepared, unwilling to bring their trademark pressure and at times even searching for excuses.
- by Caroline Wilson
Have Your Say
How to spot a Victorian at an NRL match? Here are signs
We need to determine if Victorians are at NSW sporting events. I posed the question on Twitter and people were most helpful.
