New South Wales
Australia news live update: record fine for Origin Energy; cabinet to finalise 2050 net zero deal; Victoria records 1,461 Covid cases, NSW 294
Follow the day’s developments live
Amy Remeikis
25, Oct, 2021 @1:02 AM
NSW Covid restrictions: reopening rules for Sydney, regional NSW, freedoms for vaccinated people explained
Here’s what we know about the next two stages of reopening in New South Wales, and what you can and can’t do as the state leaves lockdown
Guardian staff
24, Oct, 2021 @11:59 PM
Cluster commuters: how returning to the office could change our cities and our lives
With many businesses expecting employees to work from home on Mondays and Fridays, Australia’s post-Covid cities could look very different
Elias Visontay
24, Oct, 2021 @4:30 PM
Nationals wait to see cabinet submission before confirming net zero pledge – as it happened
All the day’s news as it happened
Imogen Dewey and Justine Landis-Hanley and Nino Bucci (earlier)
24, Oct, 2021 @8:20 AM
Australia Covid update: as most Victoria restrictions lift next month, ‘vaccinated economy’ to stay for 2022
Unvaccinated Victorians to be banned from venues including bookshops, pubs and football matches until at least 2023, while similar restrictions in NSW lift in December
Nino Bucci
24, Oct, 2021 @6:10 AM
NSW treasurer Matt Kean says federal Nationals ‘can resign from the ministry’ if they don’t back net zero
Kean also took a swipe at MPs supporting nuclear power, saying they are ‘chasing a unicorn’
Sarah Martin
24, Oct, 2021 @12:43 AM
Bill Gammage and Bruce Pascoe: Indigenous care for country could rescue us all
In this extract from a new book, the co-authors look to lessons of the past to examine the best way forward in land management after the fires of Black Summer
Bill Gammage and Bruce Pascoe
23, Oct, 2021 @7:00 PM
A 7m wall has gone up on a Sydney beach: are we destroying public space to save private property?
Beachfront residents back the Collaroy wall but other locals worry the beach will disappear for longer periods as climate change increasingly drives coastal erosion
Royce Kurmelovs
23, Oct, 2021 @7:00 PM
‘Incredibly worried’: end of Covid disaster payment looms for many still out of work
At 80% vaccination the support will be gone. Some will be hit hard, particularly if Australia’s economy doesn’t bounce back strongly
Luke Henriques-Gomes Social affairs and inequality editor
23, Oct, 2021 @7:00 PM
Covid outbreaks have shut more than 320 schools across NSW and Victoria in past three weeks
With the majority of students due to return to classrooms full-time, outbreaks raise concerns that schools are unprepared
Cait Kelly
23, Oct, 2021 @7:00 PM
Nine deaths and 1,750 cases in Vic as Melbourne emerges from lockdown – as it happened
Premier Daniel Andrews says the state is on track to reach 80% fully vaccinated next weekend. This blog is now closed
Cait Kelly and Ben Doherty (earlier)
23, Oct, 2021 @5:32 AM
We know where Perrottet stands – but is he pragmatic enough to be popular? | Paul Daley
The new NSW premier will need to govern from the centre and avoid the pitfalls of ideology, both moral and economic
Paul Daley
22, Oct, 2021 @7:00 PM
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