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Rhiannon Down is a political reporter in The Australian’s Canberra bureau. She began her career at the paper in the Sydney bureau, where she covered mostly courts and crime, after joining the newspaper as a cadet.

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THE DEALThe Deal

Dylan Alcott. Olympian Dylan Alcott has recently written a book

Put a value on choice for people with disabilities

Wheelchair sports star, Dylan Alcott, is backing an online venture bringing support workers together with people with disabilities and older Australians.

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New documentsNation

Secretary of Transport for NSW Rodd Staples speaks to the media at Central Station in Sydney, Monday, July 29, 2019. (AAP Image/Joel Carrett) NO ARCHIVING

Bureaucrat sacked after refusing to clear trees

Transport for NSW secretary Rodd Staples rejected demands from Transport Minister Andrew Constance to clear “millions” of trees along state highways shortly before he was sacked.

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Office workers are seen at lunch break at Martin Place in Sydney, Wednesday, December 12, 2018. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas) NO ARCHIVING

CBD under strain as workers return

Businesses are grappling with an influx of workers returning to the Sydney CBD that threatens to breach office capacities under social distancing restrictions.

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ANTI-VAXXER MOVEMENTScience

Toni McCaffery with baby Dana, just she passed away from a whooping cough infection.

Grieving family’s anti-vax torment

A woman whose infant daughter died from whooping cough has shared harrowing details of the war of misinformation the anti-vaxxer movement waged on her family, in a new documentary on Sky News.

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government loses one-seat majorityPolitics

CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - FEBRUARY 23: Member for Hughes Craig Kelly in the House of Representatives at Parliament House on February 23, 2021 in Canberra, Australia. Controversial backbencher Craig Kelly has quit the Liberal Party after handing his letter of resignation to Prime Minister Scott Morrison during today's party room meeting. Mr Kelly will sit on the crossbench but will continue to provide supply for the government, meaning he will vote with the government on bills or legislation related to the budget. (Photo by Sam Mooy/Getty Images)

McCormack resists push for Kelly to join Nats

Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack has pushed back against Nationals MPs who want Liberal defector Craig Kelly to join their ranks.

Richard Ferguson, Adeshola Ore, Dennis Shanahan and Geoff Chambers

THE BIGGIESLeadership

Andi Csontos, leader of Deloitte's national OH&S practice. Pic Deloitte.

EY’s practical support comforted fire victims

One of Australia’s most successful private sector bushfire relief initiatives, which assisted more than 500 small business owners, started with a round of drinks.

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Politics

Satellite image looking over Yamba as bushfires consume the area. Picture: Fire & rescue Yamba

Looking to space ‘is key to fire fighting’

The NSW government is urging the federal government to bolster national security by developing Australia’s own satellite capabilities.

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Nation

**EMBARGEOD FOR THE SUNDAY HERALD SUN**MKR judge Pete Evans at the MKR Launch Party held at restaurant 4Fourteen in Surry Hills. Picture: Jonathan Ng

Pete Evans banned from Instagram

Controversial celebrity chef Pete Evans has been booted from Instagram for spreading debunked claims about COVID-19.

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Nation

Diners at the Khoo Chean House watch as dancers from the Australian Chinese Buddhist Society perform during Chinese New Year celebrations in Chinatown, Sydney Sunday, 14 February 2021. In 2021 the City of Sydney has organised 80 events to celebrate Lunar New Year, but only three will take place in the cityÃs original Chinatown. Long-term residents, business owners and community members feel left out by the decision, one of several acts they claim the City of Sydney has done in the past four years in a bid to take Chinese New Year away from Chinatown. Picture Sam Mooy/The Australian Newspaper

City’s Chinatown crying out for attention

As Lunar New Year celebrations kicked off across the nation at the weekend, there was one important area looking a little sadder than most.

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Nation

Large crowds gather at 24 Stanley St, Tempe which was sold at auction at on the 12th of September. PICTURE: Adam Yip

Auction clearance rates up despite lockdown fears

Auction clearance rates edged closer to 90 per cent in a number of capital cities over the weekend.

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