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‘The Nightmare Scenario’: How Coronavirus Could Make the 2020 Vote a Disaster

Trump can’t cancel the presidential election. Here’s what you should really be worrying about.




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Science Alone Can’t Tell Us How to Respond to the Coronavirus

Researchers can learn about the disease and develop treatments, but they can’t decide political and moral questions




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Admit It: You Are Willing to Let People Die to End the Shutdown

The question is how many and how soon. In the pandemic, everyone is a moral relativist.




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Justin Amash Wants to Destroy the System that Created Trump

But critics fear his third-party White House bid will only serve to reelect the president.




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MAGA Babe, Hillary Toilet Paper and Al Gore: The Weird World of the Virtual 2020 Campaign

The Trump-Biden fight is already underway, and it's totally online. What it's like to spend seven days following their whirlwind all-digital faceoff.




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The World Order Is Dead. Here’s How to Build a New One for a Post-Coronavirus Era.

U.S. and world leaders have a chance to craft an international system that works for this era. But they have to avoid the mistakes of the past.




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‘Not the World’s Number One’: Chinese Social Media Piles On the U.S.

The verdict is in: China has outperformed, while the once-respected American system has disastrously faltered.




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The Mountain County That Went into Coronavirus Lockdown

When rural America confronts the pandemic, it faces a different set of challenges.




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The Women of Maine vs. Susan Collins

The senior senator faces an especially difficult reelection challenge. Did she change or did her voters?




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What’s Behind China’s New Behavior in Europe

In ramping up diplomatic pressure, China is trying to control the narrative of the pandemic.




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Experts Knew a Pandemic Was Coming. Here’s What They’re Worried About Next.

Nine disasters we still aren’t ready for.




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Youth Climate Activists Once Opposed Joe Biden. Now, They Say They’ll Vote for Him.

But if he wants to avoid being the target of their protests both before and—if he’s elected—after November, he’ll need to earn more than just their votes.




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No, the Covid Fight Isn’t Like WWII—And That’s Bad News

Everyone’s favorite comparison should leave us pessimistic.




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Do not risk more Labor power sharing

ERIC ABETZ: It is all the way with the Liberal Coalition or disaster.




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Shops hit with fake $50 notes

A WAD of fake $50 notes has been splashed across southern Tasmania with police receiving 20 separate reports of the counterfeit currency.




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Scallywags on tasty mission

A FUN children’s show featuring former Junior MasterChef star Jack Lark features a serious message about healthy eating.




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Major win for regions

TASMANIA is set to benefit from a major overhaul of a fund that was supposed to ­provide vital projects and ­infrastructure to Australia’s ­regions — but instead pumped millions into mainland capital cities.




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Police warn of knife law crackdown

WHEN reaching for the steak knife double check the T-bone is on its way because strict new laws banning knives in public places take effect this week.




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Coronavirus fears spark tourist ban at Tiwi Islands grand final

The Northern Territory's Tiwi Islands football grand final will go ahead tomorrow, but will be restricted to local spectators only because of coronavirus concerns, authorities say.




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Caster Semenya switches to 200m for Olympic Games tilt

Double Olympic 800m champion Caster Semenya announces she wants to compete in the 200m at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.




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New Zealand postpones ODI series with Australia due to border restrictions over coronavirus

Australia's three-match ODI series against New Zealand began behind closed doors. Now it's been postponed, along with a return series, after a tightening of border restrictions by the New Zealand government.




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NRL season under a cloud following NZ Government's response to coronavirus fears

There is renewed speculation about whether the 2020 NRL season will be postponed following the New Zealand Government's decision to tighten border restrictions.




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NRL season continues for now, but Super Rugby suspends competition over coronavirus

NRL warns the coronavirus pandemic is rugby league's greatest ever challenge but games will continue for the moment, while Super Rugby announces it is suspending its season after this weekend.




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NT's Nightcliff Tigers make NTFL history with back-to-back premierships

Coronavirus concerns see low crowd numbers at the NT's NTFL grand final, where the Nightcliff Tigers make history winning back-to-back premierships in a first for the club, beating St Mary's by 13 points.



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Candice discovered she was losing her eyesight — so she took up cycling

The 20-year-old was a softballer on an elite path, but was told her eyesight was failing because of a genetic condition — so she turned to the Tandem Project.




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Cameron Smith wants NRL season suspended because of coronavirus pandemic

The NRL is facing pressure from one of the greats of rugby league, as Melbourne Storm captain Cameron Smith calls for the 2020 season to be halted as a result of coronavirus.




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Wellington Phoenix commit to Australian stay but call for A-League to be postponed

A-League championship contenders Wellington Phoenix believe the competition should be suspended because of coronavirus as they prepare to go into self-isolation in Australia.




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A-League and W-League games to continue behind closed doors

The A-League and W-League seasons will continue despite the coronavirus outbreak, the FFA says, but games will take place behind closed doors and the Wellington Phoenix will be based in Australia.




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Our major sporting codes are bracing for a huge coronavirus hit as an extended shutdown looms

The coronavirus outbreak has caused chaos on the sporting calendar, with seasons and competitions either cancelled or suspended — and there are even bigger concerns for clubs and leagues, writes Tom Wildie.




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Coronavirus will inflict financial pain on the AFL and NRL. But who will pick up the bill?

Even wealthy sports are going to take a massive hit, and the only guarantee is that someone will have to pay, writes Richard Hinds.




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Will football be suspended if a player catches COVID-19? It depends on the code

The AFL and NRL will both play matches this weekend, but both leagues are taking different approaches to dealing with the coronavirus outbreak.




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NSW handed Sheffield Shield as coronavirus bring season to abrupt finish

Responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, Cricket Australia calls for a halt to all community and grade cricket, cancelling the Sheffield Shield final and handing the title to New South Wales.




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Perth Wildcats demand NBL trophy after Kings' coronavirus fears end finals series

The NBL have yet to confirm a winner of the now cancelled Grand Final series between Perth and Sydney but the Wildcats are adamant that they deserve the title, not the Kings.




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Abe says Olympics will go ahead despite top official testing positive to COVID-19

Japan's plans to hold a "complete" Olympics despite the advent of coronavirus may have taken a hit after one of its top Olympic committee officials was diagnosed with COVID-19.




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'That's how we play the game': The essence and beauty of football on the Tiwi Islands

The game of footy is almost a different sport on the Northern Territory's Tiwi Islands — a place where former AFL star Austin Wonaeamirri says Aussie Rules is a way of life.




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The big hit: An extended coronavirus shutdown may change sport as we know it in Australia

With the major sports leagues in Australia facing an extended shutdown, the financial impacts could be severe, if not devastating for clubs and sports as a whole.




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Australia's richest footrace Stawell Gift on hold drawing a pall over busy Easter business

The long-term future of the Stawell Gift is secure, but businesses could be forced to close after this year's event was put on hold.



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  • Epidemics and Pandemics
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'Bring the game home': Elders say hosting match will be just recognition for footy's birthplace

Titta Secombe says it's time the origins of Australian Rules football — which she says involved Indigenous mobs playing for pride with a possum-skin ball — are properly recognised.



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  • History
  • Australian Football League
  • Sport
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  • Human Interest

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AFL to go ahead with round one amid coronavirus crisis

The league's commission decides to go ahead with at least the first round of the men's 2020 season after days of doubt over the fate of the season.




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The knowns and unknowns of the 2020 AFL season

Who is projected to finish on top of the ladder? What impact will the lack of crowds have on the AFL season? Will the season even be completed? We crunch the numbers ahead of the first bounce.



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Perth Wildcats awarded NBL title after coronavirus interrupts grand final series

The Wildcats are awarded the NBL championship, with the league announcing their decision two days after the grand final series against the Kings was cancelled because of the coronavirus crisis.




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Will racing shut down with a positive coronavirus test? Not necessarily, according to officials

Racing is hoping to buck the trend of sports shutting down during the coronavirus pandemic, even if a jockey tests positive.




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Coronavirus shutdown could send country footy clubs to the wall

This autumn, for the first time since World War II, footy fields across Victoria will be empty on Saturdays, which could spell the end for some struggling regional clubs.




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'It is like a ghost town': AFL, NRL enter the brave new world of no crowds at matches

AFL and NRL players begin to get used to the "weird" sensation of playing matches inside empty stadiums as both competitions step up measures to combat the coronavirus pandemic.




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AFLW talent spread too thin? Next gen can 'change the game in two years'

A new generation of female footy players is beginning to hit the AFLW, with coaches saying their talent is "really quite scary" and could change the game in the next few years.




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AFL a masterclass in social distance signalling — maintaining a facade of following the rules

The league, clubs and broadcasters found multiple ways to demonstrate they could stage the game without breaching all these cloying new societal protocols, writes Richard Hinds.




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NZ Warriors to stay in Australia amid coronavirus troubles for NRL

The NRL season still has 16 teams, as the New Zealand Warriors make the call to remain based in Australia for the foreseeable future.




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Former English Premier League player Peter Whittingham dies aged 35 after pub fall

Former English Premier League footballer Peter Whittingham dies at the age of 35, nearly two weeks after an accidental fall.




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AFL to shut down for 30 days if player has coronavirus

AFL chief executive Gillon McLachlan says the competition will shut down for at least 30 days — not 14 — if a player tests positive to coronavirus.




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Middle-aged women are turning to bodybuilding — and they've got the edge on their younger rivals

The transformative nature of bodybuilding is particularly appealing to those already going through a transition period: middle-aged women.