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Housing scheme criticisms based on ‘false assumptions’, Scott Morrison says
It came as Minister for Superannuation Jane Hume conceded that the policy, which would allow people to dip into their superannuation to purchase their first home, may increase house prices in the short term.
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First-home buyers
Will first home buyers be better off using the Liberal or Labor schemes?
First home buyers are being offered a chance to buy a home on a low deposit through a Coalition program. Labor will match it and offer its own, where it co-purchases with the buyer. Which is better for aspiring homeowners?
Liberal minister admits super-for-housing policy could ‘bump’ home prices
Superannuation Minister Jane Hume has conceded the scheme may temporarily lift house prices, as Labor likened it to “throwing kerosene on a bonfire”.
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NRL 2022
Bulldogs part ways with coach Trent Barrett
The Canterbury board finally lost patience with their coach after being condemned to last spot on the ladder with a demoralising loss during Magic Round.
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Bulldogs
Trent Barrett is gone - who should coach the Bulldogs?
It would require a supercoach to turn the broken Bulldogs around.
Andrew Webster
Chief Sports Writer
‘Hang your head in shame, Shark’: Wayne Grady berates Greg Norman
The US PGA champion and former friend of Greg Norman has been brutal in his reaction to Norman’s involvement in the rebel Saudi tour.
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Crime
Hawkesbury mayor stabbed after group of men invade home
Pat Connolly was stabbed in the arm after five to six men broke into his home in Sydney’s north-west just after midnight.
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Liar Liar
How a root canal and a divorce helped investors escape Caddick’s fraud
Two unfortunate events proved a stroke of good fortune for two investors who managed to recoup their investments from fraudster Melissa Caddick, the podcast Liar Liar reveals.
Lynette Dawson called husband to say she wasn’t coming home, court told
The defence has opened its case at the trial of Chris Dawson, who has pleaded not guilty in the NSW Supreme Court to murdering his wife in January 1982.
Inner-city farmers markets, festivals to prove sceptics wrong, mayor says
Fourteen programs - including six months of Friday night music in Erskineville - will create new “micro-precincts” across villages in Sydney’s CBD and inner city.
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Mergers & acquisitions
Musk needs an exit from his ill-timed Twitter bid
You don’t have to look hard for the reason for Elon Musk’s decision to put his $US44 billion bid for Twitter “temporarily on hold.” A check on two share prices would do the trick.
Stephen Bartholomeusz
Senior business columnist
Opinion
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Is this the election in which News Corp’s impotence is exposed?
All media outlets are guilty at times of outbreaks of stupidity, and errors of fact and judgment. News Corporation is in a different class. But is it having an impact?
Margaret Simons
Journalist, author and academic
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Gas
How a chemicals tycoon shaped Australia’s ‘gas-fired recovery’
Andrew Liveris is one of Australia’s most successful businessmen, an adviser to Donald Trump and Barack Obama. So how did he come to shape the nation’s energy policy?
Can the Sally Rooney-verse really work on screen?
Despite Conversations with Friends’ best efforts, it still feels better to read Rooney’s books than watch them.
New airlines, new routes: Hot new destinations to fly to
With keen travellers itching to pack their bags, airlines are coming up with inventive ways to get passengers to new destinations.
Margaret Thatcher statue egged within hours of being erected in home town
The controversial new $530,000 statue has already drawn calls for people to gather and pull it down.
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Albanese reveals two-term strategy to ‘rebuild respect’
Anthony Albanese says he wants to “change the way that politics operates in this country” and that his party has learned the lessons of the Rudd and Gillard years.
UAP labels Chinese-owned mine that pays Clive Palmer $1m a day a security threat
A United Australia Party advertisement makes unsubstantiated claims about an airport at a WA mine aiding a Chinese invasion, but it ignores the fact that the mine is party founder Clive Palmer’s main source of income.
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Sydney
Police set up taskforce to take on Sydney’s gangland violence
Taskforce Erebus was formed after Rami Iskander was killed in a gangland shooting in Belmore on Saturday, two weeks after his uncle, Mahmoud “Brownie” Ahmad, was killed.
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Public transport
Sydney public transport revenue ‘stagnating’ as costs mount
One option to increase revenue includes changes to public transport fares to “reflect the true cost of trips”.
Their beat is back, but can buskers survive after COVID killed cash?
Gaku the Juggling Drummer earned 20 per cent more after going digital with his busking tips.
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Roads
MP takes aim at NSW government over toll locations
A major road tunnel in the Blue Mountains won’t attract a toll, but the Northern Beaches’ road to the city will. And for federal Liberal MP Jason Falinski, that’s a problem.
Bright lights over Sydney? Not aliens, just Elon Musk
The source was closer to Cape Canaveral than outer space, according to scientists.
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Media & marketing
ABC board told to appoint complaints ombudsman
The ABC board is considering one key change to the way it handles editorial complaints moving forward.
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Web culture
Stronger parental controls only one piece of phone safety puzzle
The government wants to force Apple and Google to make stronger tools for parental oversight, but a cultural and educational shift is also needed.
World
Fox hosts and others spreading ‘race theory’ embraced by Buffalo suspect
“Great replacement theory”, which casts immigration as part of a plot by “elites” to seize power from white people was once confined to far-right white extremists.
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Property
Sydney upsizers face record gap between unit and house prices
More than $794,000 now separates the harbour city’s median house price of almost $1,591,000 and unit price of about $796,500.
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Title Deeds
Socialite Di Maloney dives into Tamarama for $29 million
Socialite Di Maloney owns one of Point Piper’s prized trophy homes, so her recent purchase in Tamarama for $29.2 million will no doubt excite Double Bay agents hungry for top-end listings.
Lifestyle
Are we destined for multiple loves? Millennials think we are
Conversations with Friends is sparking, well, conversations about traditional relationship structures and whether they’re still relevant today.
Culture
I’m struggling to have the jokes about motherhood: Anne Edmonds
The comedian, who returns for the 10th season of Have You Been Paying Attention?, says being a new mother is ‘the most joyful experience of my life’.
Sport
Breaking
NRL 2022
Bulldogs part ways with coach Trent Barrett
The Canterbury board finally lost patience with their coach after being condemned to last spot on the ladder with a demoralising loss during Magic Round.
Monkeygate’s huge toll on Andrew Symonds
Monkeygate may have shortened Andrew Symonds’ international career by as much as five years, according to those close to him.
Opinion
NRL 2022
Trent Barrett is gone - who should coach the Bulldogs?
It would require a supercoach to turn the broken Bulldogs around.
Andrew Webster
Chief Sports Writer
Analysis
NRL 2022
Wet and wild: Key takeouts from Magic Round
Everything we learned from the annual rugby league extravaganza in the Olympic city.
‘Hang your head in shame, Shark’: Wayne Grady attacks Norman over Saudi golf
The US PGA champion and former friend of Greg Norman has been brutal in his reaction to Norman’s involvement in the rebel tour.
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FA Cup
Kerr bags two goals as Chelsea beat City in FA Cup thriller
Hayley Raso had scored for Manchester City to take the FA Cup final to extra time, but her Matildas teammate Sam Kerr wasn’t done yet.
‘A heart-and-soul type of guy’: Teammates pay tribute to Symonds
Andrew Symonds has been remembered as a fiercely loyal friend, a supremely talented player, and a man whose great passions were his children, the outdoors, and cricket.
Have Your Say
The NRL doesn’t sell what you need to win a Rugby World Cup
Before Rugby Australia start chasing league targets for 2027, they should look at the 34-year-old who beat up NSW at Leichhardt Oval. And has won two World Cups.
