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BMX star Logan ­Martin has a souvenir from Japan that he reckons will help him get through quarantine. Two neighbours who created a tech start-up in their Sydney homes are in for a more than $5 billion payday after agreeing to a takeover with US digital payments giant Square.  Lockdown has proved to be a dollar-spinner for ­Sydney homeowners as property prices continued to grow after the city was...

Venues NSW chairman Tony Shepherd says there is no other way to bring fans safely back to footy without mandating vaccinated crowds. Sporting great-turned-doctor Jana Pittman has launched an impassioned plea to Sydneysiders to do their bit to help us get through this latest lockdown. Boyfriend of 38 yr old Adriana Midori Takara has revealed he’s recovered from the virus, but is struggling with fee...

Pills that promise to reduce the impact of Covid-19 while also making people less infectious may soon be available in Australia. Students are crying out for more explicit sex education. realestate.com.au has revealed the most popular listings on its site over the past five years. Tokyo golden girl Ariarne Titmus is set to join Cathy Freeman and Ian Thorpe as Australia’s most marketable Olympians o...

Sydneysiders have spoken out about the challenges of going from being fit and healthy to struggling to do basic tasks following infection with the delta variant. Health authorities plead with elderly Sydneysiders not to delay seeking Covid treatment. There are now more than 50 regional NSW locations where the average house costs over $1 million. Panthers need to overcome the longest odds of any Pe...

The maker of Marlboro says cigarette sales could end in Australia within 15 years. Defence Force troops have been called in to help enforce NSW's toughest Covid restrictions. Younger Sydneysiders are getting the AstraZeneca vaccine in record numbers. Anthony Milford hasn’t played for the Broncos since round 12 but has generated interest from a number of Sydney clubs like the Rabbitohs.  For update...

Wednesday delivered Australia three gold medals on a single day - only the fifth time it’s happened in our 125-year Olympic history. Sydney’s lockdown is keeping residents at home more effectively than Melbourne’s restrictions at the height of their outbreak last year. Construction of a seawall to protect homes on Sydney’s northern beaches under way but it's a complex process. Runaway growth in ho...

Lockdown will be extended by four weeks. Six Covid cases in three households that have sent a Blacktown block of units into lockdown are connected to a Pendle Hill wake. Natalie Portman begins shooting a new big budget film in Sydney this week. Wests Tigers star James Roberts faces expulsion from the NRL for the rest of this season. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subsc...

Death of a woman in her 80s who tested positive to Covid-19 can be linked to a gathering of 50 people in Sydney’s west, at least 28 of whom now have the virus. Actor Dieter Brummer has been remembered after it was ­revealed the much-loved former soap star passed away. Restrictions could be tightened in areas of southwest Sydney where Covid cases are most concentrated. Craig Bellamy is staying at M...

A student in her 30s with no underlying health conditions has become the youngest person in NSW to die after contracting Covid-19. Parents of obese children who are observed to be gaining “massive” amounts of weight and seen eating pizza and potato cakes at recess face being reported to child protection authorities by teachers. A man who allegedly punched a police horse - captured in a shocking pi...

Thousands  of “halfwit” protesters clashed with police at a violent anti-lockdown rally on the same day NSW ­recorded the highest increase in cases of the outbreak. Lessons on sex, consent and respectful relationships  varies wildly between schools but education bosses will not agree to an audit of what students are being taught. Avid gamer Tom Eisner could soon become part of Australia’s online l...

Over the next 48 hours, senior NSW government ­ministers will work on a road map for the Greater Sydney population until vaccination reaches a critical mass White supremacists will be one of the greatest challenges for prisons in the future NSW politicians have been granted close to $1 million a year worth of extra work perks And Most parts of Sydney’s housing market have continued to boom despite...

Sydney is facing a Covid catastrophe with daily case numbers expected to get worse before they get better Kids in Australia are set to get the jab, with the country’s drug regulator approving Covid-19 vaccinations for children as young as 12. A UTS professor has been found guilty of staging a hate campaign against herself. Penrith star Api Koroisau has been interviewed by the NRL Integrity Unit ov...

International Olympic Committee members have been wowed  to feel confident to award the greatest sporting show on Earth to Brisbane Prime Minister Scott Morrison says he takes “responsibility” for the botched vaccine program. Key NSW crisis cabinet member Stuart Ayres has broken ranks calling on Australia and NSW to “use our ample and increasing supplies of AZ”,  And Could this be Australia’s grea...

The Sydney lockdown misery will be inflicted on 50,000 people in three regional local council areas  Construction companies across Sydney are laying off workers  or forcing them into unpaid leave, The winds of conflict are blowing at Bondi with a group of angry residents leading the charge to rid the nation of ­petrol-powered leaf blowers. And Knights superstar Kalyn Ponga is poised to sign a new...

A decision to implement a city-wide construction ban costing millions of dollars a week was not based on health advice A draft bill to legalise ­euthanasia in NSW could spark a civil war in the ­Coalition when parliament returns  Calls for the state’s “imprecise and ambiguous’’ pandemic public health orders need to be cleared up And Australia has been shamed by revelations it trails the rest of th...

Just hours after a new health order demanding Sydneysiders mask up even “near” a cafe came into effect, Gladys Berejiklian was spotted with her boyfriend maskless while she waited outside their local cafe for him to collect drinks. Australia’s equestrian team will head into the Tokyo Olympics minus one of its top riders in a selection scandal that has been described as the equivalent of leaving As...

More than 800,000 residents in south-western Sydney have been told they cannot leave their suburbs as the NSW government races to contain the rapidly spreading Covid outbreak.  Two detectives are facing possible criminal charges after allegedly giving a drug manufacturer the green light to cook ice for an investigation, only to see him vanish with almost $1 million worth of the drug. Parents have...

State and federal leaders have agreed more people need to be getting COVID vaccines on weekends with the number of pharmacies offering jabs set to more than triple by the end of the month. Labor MPs across Sydney say they are being inundated with calls from workers who are being forced by their bosses to use their annual leave while accessing the government’s disaster payments. Australia is being...

More than 10 million people in Australia’s two biggest states are now in lockdown. A beer featuring Dreamtime designs on the can has sparked anger in the Indigenous community. Miranda Kerr and Katy Perry are a living example of how to be friends with your partner’s ex. ORGANISERS have promised to deliver the World Cup with or without Australia. For updates and breaking news throughout the day, tak...

Health authorities announced a frantic expansion of testing locations in Fairfield on Wednesday night in the face of extreme backlash, after a lack of testing capacity forced residents to wait up to six hours for a swab so they could go to work. A growing corporate trend to give special “cultural” or “ceremonial leave” as paid holidays to only Indigenous workers has been slammed as “divisive” and...

Help is on the way with a multi-billion dollar rescue package to save thousands of businesses and jobs in a lifeline for NSW as the state stares down a longer-term lockdown.  Hospitality heavyweights are planning to shout vaccinated punters their first beer back at the bar when the state finally hits its jab goal. A British man  caught on a yacht with a tonne of ice on-board off the NSW coast says...

Australia’s brightest scientific minds have joined forces to urge Australians to get vaccinated, arguing Covid is more insidious than the rare side ­effects attached to some of our vaccines. Pfizer executives and federal Health Minister Greg Hunt have rubbished news reports suggesting that former prime minister Kevin Rudd personally intervened to get the drug company to speed up its delivery of va...

Victoria’s border with New South Wales has slammed shut after the state recorded a massive spike in cases. A parliamentary inquiry has heard Russia and other adversaries have the ­potential to disrupt critical Australian infrastructure. There is a lack of new homes being built in Greater Sydney. Newly-crowned Wimbledon champion Ash Barty says if she could be “half the person” Evonne Goolagong Cawl...

An appeal to Aussies’ ­better nature is at the centre of the federal government’s vaccine ad blitz kicking off today. A wave of tributes have followed the sad news radio and TV star Jono Coleman had died after a battle with prostate cancer. Schools are installing vape detectors to combat the rise in nicotine-addicted students. Mark 'Piggy' Riddell  has come under fire after admitting he watched th...

Fans may be banned from Tokyo’s stadiums but more than 50 Australian athletes will march on July 23 at the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games. Prime Minister Scott Morrison says refusing to build a memorial for the four young children killed at The Oatlands Golf Club is ­“unAustralian”. Dodgy construction has infec­ted almost every part of Sydney, including some of our most exclusive suburbs. S...