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Mon, 22 Nov 2021 21:00:00 +1100
Revhead in sports casual
Is this a job for the highway patrol or the fashion police?

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 20:53:19 +1100
‘Businesses should make that decision’: PM pans Qld plans to bar unvaxxed
Scott Morrison doubles down on his criticism of the Queensland government over its plan to ban unvaccinated people from hospitality venues.

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 20:53:09 +1100
Qld travelling test ‘loophole’ to be closed but PCR tests will remain
Queensland’s Premier has defended requiring the more accurate but more expensive tests for incoming travellers, while promising to look at a potential loophole.

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 19:34:20 +1100
‘Dad, fire’: Wounded Werribee father says he was saved by surviving son
Injured father Nagmeldin Osman could not conceal his grief as he spoke of the loss of four of his five children in a house fire.

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 19:24:18 +1100
Perth principal steps back threat to close school over COVID-19 vaccine mandate
Adam Zydek wrote in a letter to Divine Mercy College parents on Monday the school would not actually be closing and claimed it was not “anti-vax”, however he also criticised Premier Mark McGowan for imposing mandatory vaccination rules on teacher...

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 19:18:12 +1100
We must judge Cricket Australia as much as we judge Tim Paine
Was Cricket Australia’s 2018 decision to keep Tim Paine as Test captain conditional on his lewd texts staying out of the headlines?

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 19:02:10 +1100
‘It’s changed my life again’: New drug offers hope for some with depression
Five different antidepressants didn’t help relieve Elissa, but she is among the first people in Australia to receive a new drug for treatment-resistant depression.

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 19:00:00 +1100
Schools in south-west Sydney to get bulk of tutoring money
Anecdotal reports say tutoring has improved student engagement but an official evaluation has not yet been released.

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 18:54:10 +1100
‘More names than Scarlet Pimpernel’: Opal Tower builder under fire over other projects
The NSW Building Commissioner has taken aim at the builder involved in multiple projects across the city embroiled in legal action with apartment owners.

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 18:46:24 +1100
Boss of gaming watchdog resigns ahead of regulatory shake-up
The CEO of Victoria’s embattled gaming watchdog has resigned amid a major overhaul of the regulator, which has been widely criticised over its lax oversight of Crown casino.

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 18:39:41 +1100
Detective did not know man who later stabbed him was found with ‘kill knives’, inquest told
Detective Sergeant John Breda almost died after being stabbed by suspected child sex offender Nick Newman on Australia Day in 2018.

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 18:04:31 +1100
Federation Uni flags redundancies as student numbers plummet
The regional university will cut the number of academic schools it has from six to three as a decline in demand forces it to restructure its operations.

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 18:01:11 +1100
‘Not work, it’s a passion’: Pro fisherman Santo still hooked at 101
Sicilian-born fisherman Santo La Macchia hopes to begin his 101st birthday on Tuesday doing what he loves best: trawling for squid and prawns.

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 17:50:40 +1100
‘Extremely dark’: Safety concerns raised before jockey’s death on ‘bush track’
An apprentice jockey died after falling from her horse on a poorly lit training track that went through bushland, a court has heard.

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 17:46:33 +1100
Police responded to ‘specific threats’ against politicians over weekend
The Australian Federal Police chief says the threat environment for politicians has evolved rapidly and safety arrangements are being reviewed.

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 17:39:17 +1100
As it happened: William Tyrrell search enters second week; skilled workers, international students able to return from next month; Victoria records 1029 new COVID-19 cases, three deaths
Hundreds of Victorians are seeking treatment for ‘long COVID’, wet weather is impacting the William Tyrrell search in NSW and the Prime Minister is facing a Senate revolt over vaccine mandates.

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 17:16:33 +1100
Leading teaching staff at Perth Modern stood down by Education Department
Perth Modern staff on Monday were told principal Lois Joll and associate principal Val Furphy had been told not to attend school that day.

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 16:46:25 +1100
Bloodied racquet, broken bat used to bash Gold Coast man to death
The court was told the victim had been in a casual relationship with a sex worker, who had broken off the affair before dating the accused.

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 16:41:48 +1100
Melissa Caddick’s assets to be sold, investors hope to recoup some returns
Court clears way for the sale of the fraudster’s assets to return funds to investors, possibly forcing her elderly parents from their home

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 16:41:21 +1100
‘Disregard your phone’: Uncle Jack tells Indigenous community to get vaxxed
Vaccination rates in Victoria’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities lag the state average, and health practitioners are worried.

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 16:33:12 +1100
‘Profits over patients’: Coroner finds doctors, companies contributed to Peta Hickey’s death
A Victorian coroner will refer two Melbourne doctors to the health practitioner regulator after finding their actions contributed to the death of a mother who suffered an allergic reaction during a heart scan.

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 16:17:26 +1100
WA school leavers wait hours for wristbands to official South West celebrations
West Australian school leavers have waited up to eight hours to have their COVID vaccine verifications approved to allow them into official celebrations in the South West.

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 15:53:37 +1100
AMA warns of long COVID risk in unvaccinated WA students
AMA WA president Mark Duncan-Smith said children between five and 11 needed to be vaccinated as soon as possible, with extensive data from the UK showing 7.4 per cent of children experienced long COVID.

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 15:31:40 +1100
Sleepover plan by Troy Grant’s father supports sleepwalking theory, court hears
Kenneth Grant brought camping gear and a machine he used to treat sleep apnoea to a party at his friends’ home – signalling, his lawyer said, his intention to stay the night.

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 14:55:15 +1100
Children’s toys, floral tributes laid for four children killed in Werribee blaze
Emotional neighbours on Sunday recounted the moments a father tried to save four of his children, aged from one to 10, after fire engulfed the Mantello Drive home in Werribee.

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 14:36:38 +1100
Fears of psychiatrist shortage after two years of cancelled exams
Hundreds of trainee psychiatrists have been unable to complete their exams after the latest attempt at holding the test failed due to technical difficulties.

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 14:11:05 +1100
Cyclist dies in collision with truck at Geelong
Emergency services were called to the incident at Belmont about 12.15pm, but the 74-year-old man died at the scene.

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 13:39:39 +1100
Why are forestry industry figures after journalists’ emails?
Today on Please Explain, climate and energy correspondent Mike Foley joins Bianca Hall to discuss the rocky relationship between one of Australia’s top climate scientists and sections of the timber industry.

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 13:15:43 +1100
Music poster exhibition aims to boost the gig economy
From rock to punk, pop, hip-hop and rave, Nick Vukovic has posters from most of the big-name acts to have played in Melbourne over the past 70 years, and some of the best are about to be put on display.

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 12:59:08 +1100
Working mums fear loss of flexibility in big return to the office
The pandemic has shown us that it’s possible to balance family life and work – and it would be a shame if that was lost as workers return to the office.

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 12:56:54 +1100
John Gerrard announced as new Queensland Chief Health Officer as jab push continues
The current Director of Infectious Diseases at Gold Coast University Hospital has been at the forefront of the pandemic fight, and will take over in mid-December.

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 12:15:00 +1100
WA Premier thinks anti-mandate protestors will get jabbed in coming weeks as deadline looms
Mark McGowan’s comments come as WA still requires 165,000 more people to be jabbed in coming weeks to reach its 90 per cent vaccination target.

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 11:55:37 +1100
Unvaccinated schoolchildren cleared for graduations and excursions
Victoria’s vaccine mandate has been tweaked so that school kids aged between 12 and 15 will be able to attend excursions, camps and graduations irrespective of whether they’ve had their jabs.

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 10:59:50 +1100
The Age top Melbourne news brand after cementing readership surge
More Melburnians turn to The Age for trusted news than to any other news masthead.

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 09:43:50 +1100
Protests from the disempowered are powered by conspiracies
How many people at these protests would still go if they knew who they were marching alongside?

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 09:42:32 +1100
Victoria closes in on 90 per cent vaccination target as state records 1029 new COVID-19 cases, three deaths
The state government is this week looking to scrape together enough support to pass its controversial proposed pandemic legislation.

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 08:53:58 +1100
Sydney Morning Herald the most read newspaper in the country
The Sydney Morning Herald is Australia’s most read masthead with 8.6 million readers.

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 08:48:45 +1100
South-east to see up to 50mm rain as more than 100mm hit parts of the state
Parts of the south-east could record up to 50 millimetres of rain on Monday as severe thunderstorms are expected to continue to hit Queensland throughout the week.

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 07:45:00 +1100
The mobile vaccination centre bringing the jab to those on the margins
Tyler Dirkson put off getting the jab because he feared it would make his mental health worse. “But after a long time, I just thought the whole world’s getting vaxxed, so why not?”

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 05:30:00 +1100
Long live the apostrophe, a bulwark against chaos
The likes of the apostrophe save us from a world where punctuation is replaced by emojis.

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 05:30:00 +1100
Boosting police numbers will not reduce people’s fear of crime
Despite declines in rates of serious and violent crime, we have not witnessed the same decline in reports of fear of crime.

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 05:30:00 +1100
Desperate measures: Morrison in danger of misjudging what Australians think is important
In winking at protesters who threatened violence, the Prime Minister may be alienating the majority.

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 05:30:00 +1100
Assisted dying bill has deleted too many safeguards
A bill put before Parliament in 2017 was far superior in the protections it offered.

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 05:30:00 +1100
Attack on charities another attempt to silence First Nations women
New rules will make it harder for legal services’ to keep women safe.

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 05:16:00 +1100
Surge in Victorians seeking treatment for debilitating ‘long COVID’
Hundreds of Victorians are seeking treatment for debilitating, lingering symptoms of COVID-19 many months after their diagnosis, including a growing number of young people who had mild bouts of the disease. 

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 05:00:00 +1100
Fang to get a test run in ABC’s top news job
Who will fill Gaven Morris’ chair when the ABC news boss skips out of Ultimo for the final time?

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 05:00:00 +1100
Operator admits staff put light rail performance before safety of passengers
Transdev Sydney made the concession in a staff note the same year it was selected to operate the city’s CBD and South-East line.

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 05:00:00 +1100
Is the ‘longest running battle in the inner west’ about to end?
The conflict over the type and extent of development allowed at Callan Park looks set to continue into next year.

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 05:00:00 +1100
China’s ‘unhappy’ magnetite marriage to Clive Palmer to face ultimate test
One of the most poisonous commercial relationships in Australian history will go on trial, as the ‘for better or worse’ elements of the $18 billion Sino Iron project in WA’s Pilbara get scrutinised.

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 05:00:00 +1100
Preschools’ love of language a good sign for Auslan
Australian sign language is the second-most popular language in Victoria’s early childhood language program.



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