Wednesday, January 6, 2021
There's global interest in Tasmania's wind farms — but can foreign ownership laws cope?
On the south-east corner of Australia, the winds known as the Roaring Forties whip across from the Indian Ocean. As they cross Tasmania they lick its mountainous ranges, making the island one of the best spots in the world for wind farms.
Artist 'drums' Carriageworks after losing studio space
Last year was full of anxiety for most, but Sydney artist Tina Havelock Stevens beat hers out on the drums as she created a new exhibition.
Already grieving the loss of her mother, the pandemic arrived and Havelock Stevens temporarily lost her
Open justice review examines use of Twitter, online courts and jury directions
A review of open justice in NSW is examining the use of Twitter in court, whether an independent advocate should appear in proceedings to advise on non-publication orders, and if anything can be done when suppression orders made in NSW are breached overseas.
Australian housing prices tipped to bounce back in 2021, except inner-city units: economists
Home prices are set to rise in all Australian capital cities in 2021, economists predict, buoyed by low interest rates, an improving economy and government stimulus.
But they warn inner-city apartment prices in Melbourne and Sydney will continue to fall,
The 'bean dad' rightly infuriated Twitter. There's a better way to raise kids
If my kid didn't know how to use a can opener, and I said we couldn't eat anything until they figured out how to use it, and it took them six hours to open the can, I'd feel awful – unkind, unhelpful, power-tripping, petty.
But dad John Roderick
What do you get by going on an abusive power trip with your kids? Why would you want to make your child feel worthless, scared, ashamed, incapable? Why would you dissuade your child from asking for help? Why would you keep a 9 year old child hungry for six hours? #BeanDad
— Rohini Singh (@rohini_sgh) January 4, 2021
Senate control within Democrats' grasp as they take first of two Georgia seats
Washington: Democrats are within reach of seizing control of the US Senate and dramatically boosting Joe Biden's hopes of implementing his policy agenda after taking the first of two crucial Senate contests in Georgia, while the second remains on a knife-edge.
Northern beaches first to benefit from $500 million restaurant voucher stimulus
The $500 million dollar restaurant voucher program designed to stimulate the pandemic-ravaged NSW economy will have its pilot program fast-tracked to include the ailing northern beaches.
NSW Treasurer Dominic Perrottet on Wednesday
Coronavirus updates LIVE: National cabinet meeting to discuss mutant UK strain; four local cases in NSW as more suburbs banned from SCG Test; MCG, Chadstone named exposure sites
NSW recorded four new locally acquired COVID-19 cases again on Wednesday, and one case in hotel quarantine. Testing has ramped up in western NSW after a case visited on a camping trip.
Victoria recorded just one new case of local transmission from 37,509
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