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Sat, 20 Feb 2021 20:40:58 +1100
Coronavirus updates LIVE: Australia prepares for vaccine rollout; Victorian government yet to send hotel quarantine bills; Inside Sydney’s biggest vaccination station
The federal government has revealed the who, what and where of Australia’s initial vaccine rollout, but there are fears the nation’s supply is at risk due to a worldwide shortage of suitable syringes.

Sat, 20 Feb 2021 20:26:00 +1100
I had my first pash at Parramatta’s Roxy: The fight to save the memory-making buildings of Sydney’s second city
The people of Parramatta want their heritage buildings respected, retained and revived.

Sat, 20 Feb 2021 19:40:06 +1100
Queensland’s first COVID-19 vaccine jab set for Gold Coast on Monday
Queensland’s first COVID-19 vaccination jab will be given on Monday at the Gold Coast University Hospital. It is likely to be received by a nurse at the Gold Coast’s University Hospital’s COVID clinic.

Sat, 20 Feb 2021 19:38:00 +1100
Cognitively impaired admitting to crimes they say they didn’t commit
Dorothy Armstrong, who lives with an acquired brain injury, has confessed to crimes she says she claims to have never committed.

Sat, 20 Feb 2021 19:25:00 +1100
Queensland’s Chief Health Officer hopes vaccines will end border closures
Dr Jeannette Young said she never realised how many people travel every day between NSW and Queensland.

Sat, 20 Feb 2021 19:20:00 +1100
‘You hassle them into submission’: New gang squad to shut down crime family feud
Another shooting has put innocent people at risk in Sydney’s west as police launch a new squad targeting a violent feud between two crime families. 

Sat, 20 Feb 2021 18:43:48 +1100
Gallery: World of Photos - February 21, 2020
The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors.

Sat, 20 Feb 2021 18:34:47 +1100
150 regional jobs on line in wind farm stoush over Chinese steel
Portland’s economy, already hit by China’s lobster and timber bans, may be further crippled after a local steel manufacturer lost a bid to build a wind farm.

Sat, 20 Feb 2021 18:28:25 +1100
Hospitality group calls for urgent cash to avert widespread shutdowns
Victorian hospitality businesses need at least $5000 each in government support before rent is due to recover from last week’s snap lockdown.

Sat, 20 Feb 2021 18:27:35 +1100
Off-leash dogs at Narrawallee Beach
Narrawallee and Mollymook residents gather at Narrawallee Beach to walk their dogs.

Sat, 20 Feb 2021 18:03:07 +1100
Man charged after massive Wolloongabba water damage in apartment block
A 25-year-old man has been charged with wilful damage after a water hydrant was turned on inside an apartment tower in Woolloongabba, allegedly causing several hundred thousand of dollars damage.

Sat, 20 Feb 2021 17:19:39 +1100
Police Minister Lisa Neville to take three months off to recuperate from Crohn’s disease
Ms Neville revealed on Saturday she had been managing the disease for 32 years but the latest episode had been “the worst I have been confronted with”. 

Sat, 20 Feb 2021 17:02:31 +1100
Shooting survivor Emma says psychological telehealth is a lifeline that must stay
Psychologists say patients are being put at risk because Medicare telehealth subsidies for sessions are due to expire next month.

Sat, 20 Feb 2021 16:46:52 +1100
‘Only a matter of time’: Detectives search for ‘cowardly’ thief over Coburg man’s murder
Kon Kritikos, 87, was bashed on November 11 last year and left ‘for hours’ with his injuries before he was found by a family member. He later died in hospital.

Sat, 20 Feb 2021 16:15:58 +1100
Sutton pleads with Victorians to ignore ‘fervent anti-vaxxers’ as police make 20 arrests
Hundreds of anti-vaccination protesters gathered in South Yarra’s Fawkner Park on Saturday to voice COVID-19 conspiracies and demonstrate against a vaccination rollout they have interpreted to be mandatory.

Sat, 20 Feb 2021 15:55:49 +1100
‘It’s mad, but let’s do it’: New 300-person live music venue throws open its doors
Its owners know people think they’re bonkers, but it hasn’t stopped them from launching Melbourne’s newest live band venue, the Brunswick Ballroom.

Sat, 20 Feb 2021 15:53:01 +1100
Millions March rally against vaccine draws hundreds
Hundreds gathered in Hyde Park on Saturday to voice COVID-19 conspiracies and demonstrate against the vaccination rollout as part of the Millions March Against Mandatory Covid Vaccination.

Sat, 20 Feb 2021 13:59:06 +1100
Affordable Chinese electric vehicles to be sold in Australia from 2022
Australian importer to sell electric cars online only.

Sat, 20 Feb 2021 13:40:00 +1100
Good Weekend letters to the editor: February 20
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Sat, 20 Feb 2021 13:31:13 +1100
Perth international student faces deportation over ‘child-like’ sex dolls and exploitation material
The 27-year-old man from Beckenham fronted Perth District Court on Friday where he was sentenced to 11 months in jail but later released on a good behaviour bond.

Sat, 20 Feb 2021 13:19:24 +1100
Coronavirus fragments found in wastewater for second day in a row in Victoria
Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton has urged Victorians to remain alert for coronavirus symptoms after the virus was unexpectedly detected at sewage sites around Melbourne.

Sat, 20 Feb 2021 12:55:16 +1100
Rape victim met her attacker twice in court
Defence grilled Ham on the stand for a day and a half, suggesting that she was a prostitute who had fought with her pimp.

Sat, 20 Feb 2021 11:08:53 +1100
Police urgently searching for missing mother and daughter
A young mother and her two-year-old daughter were last seen at Ipswich Train Station. Now police are urgently trying to find the pair they believe may have been travelling to New South Wales.

Sat, 20 Feb 2021 10:07:11 +1100
WA Charter of Rights would protect the freedoms we hold dear
Australia is the only western democracy that does not protect the basic rights and freedoms of its people in either legislation or the constitution.

Sat, 20 Feb 2021 05:30:00 +1100
Time to consider limits on the will to conceive
Is there an age at which women should be discouraged from attempting to fall pregnant using IVF?

Sat, 20 Feb 2021 05:00:00 +1100
Inside Sydney’s biggest COVID-19 vaccination station
Come Monday morning, the vials will be filled with Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine and Sydney’s quarantine and border workers will be among the first Australians to roll up their sleeves to receive the shot.

Sat, 20 Feb 2021 05:00:00 +1100
‘Wake-up call’: Give teachers a 15 per cent pay rise, inquiry says
A NSW Teachers Federation inquiry has called for a 10 to 15 per cent pay rise for teachers, saying low pay is dangerous to the quality of education in public schools.

Sat, 20 Feb 2021 05:00:00 +1100
Sydney suburbs record biggest rise in new JobKeeper applications
Sydney suburbs recorded the biggest rises in new JobKeeper applications late last year, some had more than a thousand struggling others at 80% of where they were in April  

Sat, 20 Feb 2021 05:00:00 +1100
‘Not going down lightly’: Dog owners bite back over off-leash ban
An inner-west petition over a sudden ban on off-leash dog walking at a community hub comes as a councillor pushes for separate play times for small and large pets.

Sat, 20 Feb 2021 05:00:00 +1100
‘Cocaine importer’ asked cellmate to help him die as guards watched TV
Guards who saw Dimitrios Mavris in the hours before he was found dead in his jail cell thought he “seemed fine”, even in positive spirits. But an inquest has revealed the alleged cocaine importer spent his final hours openly making arrangements t...

Sat, 20 Feb 2021 00:10:00 +1100
Propping up dying industry will leave miners in the cold
Political advocates of coal are misleading industry workers if they say there’s a long-term future for the fossil fuel.

Sat, 20 Feb 2021 00:05:00 +1100
Too big to fail: the predictable romance between pollies and Crown
No matter how hard you try, you can’t be both cop and cheerleader.

Sat, 20 Feb 2021 00:05:00 +1100
Stamp of approval for five generations of posties
Each generation of the Archer family has worked for Australia Post since 1860, surviving world wars, depression – and the challenge of the internet.

Sat, 20 Feb 2021 00:01:00 +1100
Academic tussle as ancient relics from black market brought into country
A Sydney academic is using an Indiana Jones-type defence for bringing the “Dead Sea Scrolls of Buddhism” into Australia for research.

Sat, 20 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +1100
Heritage is meaningless in NSW if we let Willow Grove go
The people don’t have a Plan B for this Parramatta treasure. It’s the proponents of the Powerhouse behemoth who need a Plan B.

Fri, 19 Feb 2021 23:59:00 +1100
Good Weekend Superquiz and Saturday Target Time, February 20
Trivia buffs: test your knowledge with today's interactive superquiz and target.

Fri, 19 Feb 2021 23:55:00 +1100
How Holden nearly became a Chinese brand
Holden was considering a plan to rebadge Chinese cars to keep its showrooms open in Australia.

Fri, 19 Feb 2021 23:34:00 +1100
How resilience and compliance saw Melbourne through another lockdown
From teddy bear hunts to rainbow drawings and Spoonville, what sustained the city was people’s willingness to create beauty in boredom.

Fri, 19 Feb 2021 23:30:00 +1100
Airport lounge transformed into vaccine hub as vials en route
It comes as hospitals prepare to receive their first deliveries of the Pfizer/BioNTech on Monday.

Fri, 19 Feb 2021 20:55:00 +1100
I’ve dreamt of going home for a year. Now Australia’s further out of reach than ever
It’s dispiriting when I hear people in Australia talk about borders like it’s purely a tourism problem. It’s also a humanitarian one.

Fri, 19 Feb 2021 20:47:08 +1100
Man arrested for allegedly duping migrants out of $800k in Qld visa scam
The 52-year-old’s Sydney arrest was the result of a years-long probe into complaints against two migration agencies he was allegedly running at the time.

Fri, 19 Feb 2021 20:45:32 +1100
Local students boost enrolments at Queensland’s universities
With fewer school-leavers taking a gap year to travel, the state’s beleaguered universities are enjoying strong demand from domestic students filling places left by international students.

Fri, 19 Feb 2021 19:45:00 +1100
Victorian government yet to send a hotel quarantine bill, with tens of millions owed
More than two months after the revamped hotels program began, taxpayers have fronted at least $20 million for international returnees to quarantine in Melbourne.

Fri, 19 Feb 2021 19:14:47 +1100
Sunnybank siege accused was wanted over earlier pub robbery, police say
A man has been charged with 11 offences relating to a 26-hour siege in Brisbane’s south and his alleged actions leading up to it.

Fri, 19 Feb 2021 18:42:30 +1100
Hundreds of Sydney students claim they were sexually assaulted
A petition has been swamped with stories of schoolgirls as young as 13 allegedly being sexually assaulted by their male peers. They have called for sexual consent lessons to be taught much earlier.

Fri, 19 Feb 2021 18:32:48 +1100
Child in critical condition after being hit by car in Sydney
A two-year-old boy was hit by a car at Fairfield this afternoon and is in a critical condition.

Fri, 19 Feb 2021 18:29:35 +1100
Photos of the week, February 18, 2021
A week in photos from the award winning Sydney Morning Herald / The Age / Financial Review photographers.

Fri, 19 Feb 2021 18:28:52 +1100
As it happened: Victoria records three local COVID-19 cases as Scott Morrison reveals he will receive Pfizer vaccine ‘very soon’
The federal government has revealed the who, what and where of Australia’s initial vaccine rollout, but there are fears the nation’s supply is at risk due to a worldwide shortage of suitable syringes.

Fri, 19 Feb 2021 18:15:10 +1100
One in intensive care as Holiday Inn COVID-19 cluster grows to 22
The Holiday Inn coronavirus cluster grew to 22 cases on Friday, with one person in the cluster admitted to intensive care.

Fri, 19 Feb 2021 18:09:39 +1100
Victorian Parliament passes bill to decriminalise public drunkenness
The family of Yorta Yorta woman Tanya Day, who suffered a fatal fall in a police cell, said it was a ‘long overdue day’ for Aboriginal people in Victoria.



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