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Billy Slater says adding a 17th team to the NRL will "deplete the competition", now the Broncos are flailing in the same pool the new team is about to jump into, but the powers that be are pushing ahead with expansion, writes Jon Healy.

Compared with many countries Australia's coronavirus record has been enviable. The Black Lives Matter demonstrations have added one of several unexpected uncertainties for Scott Morrison to tackle, writes Michelle Grattan.

Government Minister Alan Tudge says the Coalition has been careful to prioritise Australian workers through the Temporary Skill Shortage visa, the successor to the 457. But we need to look beyond this visa class to establish if his claim holds water, writes Josh Gordon.

<p>Nineteen-year-old Terrie Ridgway made international headlines when she was discovered living alone on a deserted island off Queensland's coast in the 1960s, she quickly shunned the spotlight but has now been tracked down by researchers to tell her story.</p>

A protester at the Black Lives Matter demonstrations in Melbourne has tested positive to COVID-19. Tracing possible contacts will be difficult, so what should people do if they were at the Melbourne protest? And what does it mean for Australia's overall response to coronavirus?

<p>Moves by Netflix and others this week represent a concerted push by gatekeepers of screen culture to remove content featuring racist stereotypes. But is it the right move?</p>

The destruction of ancient Indigenous sites like the Juukan caves, described as home to the "dawning of humanity", to allow a mine expansion is a devastating story — but it's not a new one for Western Australia.

<p>We learn it as kids, and it organises everything from school registers to dictionaries, library shelves and the spice selection at the supermarket. Have you ever stopped to wonder where alphabetical order came from?</p>

There's been all sorts of confusion this week, after a top expert at the World Health Organization seemed to suggest that people without COVID-19 symptoms rarely transmit the virus. So what happened and what could it mean for the WHO's reputation?

<p>Most Australian sperm donors are white. How do prospective parents of colour navigate this difficult situation?</p>