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Tue, 16 Feb 2021 21:00:00 +1100
Half-time oranges and full-time syntax
The wonder of the post-match postscript.

Tue, 16 Feb 2021 20:38:57 +1100
Brisbane bus driver assault stats renew calls for physical barriers
There have been almost 650 assaults on Brisbane bus drivers in 2020. The issue shocked many councillors at Tuesday’s council meeting

Tue, 16 Feb 2021 20:13:28 +1100
As it happened: AstraZeneca vaccine granted provisional approval by TGA as Victoria records two local COVID-19 cases; Melbourne quarantine hotel evacuated
Victoria has entered its fourth day of a five-day ‘circuit-breaker’ lockdown. The number of confirmed cases worldwide has passed 109 million, and there have been more than 2.4 million deaths from the virus, Johns Hopkins University data shows. 

Tue, 16 Feb 2021 19:53:14 +1100
Melbourne Airport warns of ‘significant work’ for quarantine facility
A custom-built quarantine camp looks likely to be built near one of Melbourne’s airports with Premier Daniel Andrews saying there was a ‘compelling argument’ for the facility.

Tue, 16 Feb 2021 19:46:40 +1100
Dining in the street: Outdoor hospitality experiment set to continue
Melbourne’s love affair with outdoor dining and drinking will continue until the end of May, offering a much-needed salve to the city’s hospitality sector.

Tue, 16 Feb 2021 19:20:00 +1100
Political leaders beware the fall from grace
For all the challenges, it’s a good time to be a Premier or a Prime Minister in Australia. But when will it end?

Tue, 16 Feb 2021 19:16:36 +1100
‘They don’t care about our safety’: Quarantine workers move between hotels, offices
Workers and doctors in nine of Victoria’s coronavirus quarantine hotels have been moving between multiple hotels and offices, in breach of the recommendations of an inquiry into the scheme’s failings

Tue, 16 Feb 2021 18:45:09 +1100
‘Stuff it, it’s hot’: Hundreds ignore lockdown rules at St Kilda beach
Sunbathing is banned and face masks are mandatory, but hundreds of beachgoers flouted the rules in hot weather at St Kilda on Tuesday.

Tue, 16 Feb 2021 18:19:39 +1100
Olympian Scott Miller was mastermind behind drug ring, police allege
Scott Miller was once Australia’s fastest butterfly swimmer. He is now accused of directing a major drug syndicate.

Tue, 16 Feb 2021 18:12:51 +1100
‘Not good enough’: Almost half acute mental health patients spend eight hours waiting for hospital bed
The Andrews government has failed to meet targets for timely mental health support for the past six years, in what a senior government minister says is proof of a “broken” system.

Tue, 16 Feb 2021 17:28:51 +1100
Media editors used Pell reports to pressure judge, court told
A ‘calculated risk’ in early reports about George Pell’s sex assault conviction was, prosecutors argue, an attempt by media companies to put pressure on a judge.

Tue, 16 Feb 2021 17:22:26 +1100
Mr Folbigg had ‘potential motive’ as alternative baby killer, lawyer tells court
The lawyer for convicted child killer Kathleen Folbigg has told an appeal hearing that a judicial inquiry should have considered that her husband might have killed their children.

Tue, 16 Feb 2021 16:49:27 +1100
Tent city ‘anarchists’ should pay Perth hotel’s homeless bill: McGowan
The hotel has been providing accommodation to the rough sleepers since late January and claims it is owed tens of thousands of dollars in outstanding costs.

Tue, 16 Feb 2021 16:24:34 +1100
Busy Queensland cops forced to handle some crimes over the phone
Commissioner Katarina Carroll said the police service was “finding it very, very difficult to cope with” the demand.

Tue, 16 Feb 2021 16:21:23 +1100
Hamzy family home in Auburn targeted in suspected gangland shooting
Police are investigating if tensions between the rival Hamzy and Alameddine families have flared again, putting innocent bystanders at risk.

Tue, 16 Feb 2021 15:55:12 +1100
WA Police launch air and ground search for two men missing near NT border
The men left to drive to the Wingellina Aboriginal Community on February 8. Their white Toyota Landcruiser Prado vehicle broke down and it was found on Thursday February 11.

Tue, 16 Feb 2021 15:52:54 +1100
What do we know so far about Australia’s COVID vaccine rollout?
What does Australia’s vaccination timeline look like? And where will you get yours?

Tue, 16 Feb 2021 15:35:38 +1100
Victoria ‘well placed’ to end lockdown, despite two new local cases: Premier
Premier says next 24 hours are crucial after state records two more locally acquired COVID-19 cases and as the head of Victoria’s hotel quarantine program reveals she apologised to the man who used a nebuliser at the Holiday Inn at Melbourne Airpor...

Tue, 16 Feb 2021 15:30:00 +1100
Please Explain podcast: How the pandemic revealed inter-state tribalism
Nathanael Cooper and national affairs editor Rob Harris explore the state-based parochialism that has risen during the pandemic.

Tue, 16 Feb 2021 14:55:46 +1100
Jurors urged to ‘put emotion aside’ in police officer trial over crash
The Crown has alleged Senior Constable Harry Little had a “faulty memory” of a collision involving his highway patrol car and a Mercedes driven by a Sydney grandmother.

Tue, 16 Feb 2021 14:45:52 +1100
Tamil family in limbo on Christmas Island after appeal ruling
The family from regional Queensland are fighting moves by the federal government to deport them to Sri Lanka.

Tue, 16 Feb 2021 14:09:25 +1100
Classics teacher a delightful contradiction of a fellow
Harry Nicolson was responsible for kick-starting and overseeing much of the transformation of technical and further education in NSW.

Tue, 16 Feb 2021 13:57:44 +1100
New cabin-style quarantine just a matter of ‘how big and where’ Andrews says
Premier says ‘we are going to get on and build a facility’ as he commits to constructing a purpose-built accommodation hub outside the CBD that will replace the existing hotel-based system.

Tue, 16 Feb 2021 13:16:23 +1100
Guests from ‘hot’ quarantine hotel in CBD evacuated because of leak
High-risk guests, some wearing garbage bags over their heads, are being transferred from the Holiday Inn quarantine hotel in the CBD after a water leak damaged four floors.

Tue, 16 Feb 2021 12:51:16 +1100
The federal government must step up: How to fix our quarantine system
The Morrison government should live up to its constitutional responsibilities and establish national quarantine facilities.

Tue, 16 Feb 2021 12:15:57 +1100
Will Scott Morrison or Anthony Albanese dare to take rare chance?
The PM’s default disposition is to do what is achievable and not waste energy on dangerous quests. Albanese is little different.

Tue, 16 Feb 2021 12:03:02 +1100
Final two men fined for starting fire that scorched Fraser Island
Two of the accused had their matters dealt with in January and the remaining two had their cases wrapped up during the past week.

Tue, 16 Feb 2021 11:58:23 +1100
Multimillion-dollar conman’s sentence cut with ‘emotive’ judge criticised
The NSW Court of Criminal Appeal found the judge who sentenced Hamish McLaren to a maximum of 16 years in prison had “transmogrified himself into a champion of the victims”, including the fashion designer Lisa Ho.

Tue, 16 Feb 2021 11:55:02 +1100
Ned Kelly’s ‘extraordinary’ sister Kate drawn out of bushranger’s shadow
A new biography of Kate Kelly reveals Ned Kelly’s younger sister was on stage the day of her brother’s execution in a desperate bid for cash and public understanding.

Tue, 16 Feb 2021 11:47:50 +1100
Olympian Scott Miller arrested in $2 million ice sting
The Atlanta 1996 silver medallist was taken to Newtown police station where he is expected to be charged.

Tue, 16 Feb 2021 11:12:08 +1100
Hunting a whale: Victoria’s health department is hiring
And they’re prepared to pay an eye-watering amount – up to $360,000 – for the right person.

Tue, 16 Feb 2021 09:11:02 +1100
WA’s Gorgon project fails to deliver on pollution deal, adding millions of tonnes of carbon a year
It was revealed in January that the flagship carbon capture system of the country’s sixth-biggest polluter had faced another setback, but until now it was not clear just how big the setback was.

Tue, 16 Feb 2021 09:02:39 +1100
Great Southern cat cull: Major conservation group joins state and farmers to fight feral horde
The ambitious program enlists 17 farmers between two national parks to bait 40,000 hectares of land that should rightly be home to some of WA’s cutest animals.

Tue, 16 Feb 2021 08:55:37 +1100
Thirty-five Logan suburbs on alert after COVID-19 fragments found in sewage
Queensland Chief Health Officer Dr Jeannette Young has urged anyone in the affected areas with symptoms to get tested.

Tue, 16 Feb 2021 07:02:15 +1100
Nurse injured after possible gang-related shooting in Auburn
The woman sustained minor leg injuries from broken glass after a stray bullet hit a hospital window.

Tue, 16 Feb 2021 05:00:00 +1100
Crown’s pay makes a sweet goodbye for Barton
If Ken Barton’s departure from Crown seemed unceremonious after more than 10 years at the company, his pay packet will be some comfort.

Tue, 16 Feb 2021 04:00:00 +1100
Sydney poaches iconic surf event from Queensland amid quarantine dispute
The iconic Snapper Rocks event is now set to take place on Sydney’s northern beaches. It is the second World Surf League event NSW has secured from interstate.

Tue, 16 Feb 2021 01:01:00 +1100
Alice hopes Brisbane test gives cancer patients a chance her father never had
Peter Wehl never got to take his grandchildren camping. But researchers hope they can give a fighting chance to others with the same cancer he suffered from.

Tue, 16 Feb 2021 00:15:03 +1100
Lamb House boarded up ahead of likely sale to recoup unpaid rates
Brisbane City Council will sell the heritage-listed Kangaroo Point landmark “in the first half of this year” if $321,000 in rates are not paid.

Tue, 16 Feb 2021 00:10:00 +1100
If Labor is ‘on your side’, it shouldn’t dump its plan to limit negative gearing
Surely Labor should be acting to make renting more secure and to make it easier for you or your children to buy your own home.

Tue, 16 Feb 2021 00:10:00 +1100
Ask the kids about 2020 and you’ll hear three unexpected words: fun, good and happy
This generation of kids maybe much more resilient that we give them credit for.

Tue, 16 Feb 2021 00:10:00 +1100
Australia’s funpark for felons leaves the nation vulnerable to hostile foreign powers
Casinos are not only ideal for criminals to disguise the origins of their ill-gotten gains. Agents of foreign powers could use them too.

Tue, 16 Feb 2021 00:10:00 +1100
Ditching unworkable fantasy cooked up by out-of-touch academics a win for students and teachers
The government must hold the line against overreaching and misguided efforts to steer the education system in the wrong direction.

Tue, 16 Feb 2021 00:10:00 +1100
Caught in a pork-barrel roll, politicians forget their role
Grants-for-votes, hidden political donations and reckless use of public funds all point to a generation of politicians who have lost sight of good and decent governance.

Tue, 16 Feb 2021 00:10:00 +1100
I’ve got Hunter Valley coal in my blood, but Joel Fitzgibbon doesn’t speak for me or the valley I know
The impression he gives is that a Hunter Valley without coal mines would cause us all up here to collapse in despair.

Mon, 15 Feb 2021 23:59:00 +1100
Target Time and Superquiz, Tuesday, February 16
Trivia buffs: test your knowledge with today's interactive superquiz and target.

Mon, 15 Feb 2021 23:55:00 +1100
Australia will get fast and safe vaccine rollout - with help of GPs
There are many challenges ahead, but Australia will soon have access to a number of safe and effective vaccines.

Mon, 15 Feb 2021 21:00:00 +1100
Discord on the court
While homebuyers look to the bright side.

Mon, 15 Feb 2021 20:24:24 +1100
‘Biggest shocker’: Choice names $4000 retro-style fridge as worst ever
The appearance of the slick 1950s-style fridge is matched by “a 1950s level of performance”, the consumer rights watchdog says.

Mon, 15 Feb 2021 20:23:38 +1100
WA Police charge Victorian woman with failing to self-quarantine
The 22-year-old woman arrived in Western Australia on February 7 and was required to self-quarantine for 14 days.



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