The Australian Daily News - January 19 (4:00 pm)

The Australian Daily News

China should have acted ‘more forcefully’ early

Independent report finds China did not act quickly to stop spread of coronavirus as the WHO and outdated international alert systems failed to keep up.

Employers struggle to keep staff on lower JobKeeper rate

Small businesses say they are losing staff after payments fell to $1000 a fortnight ahead of the subsidy ending in March.

One session to settle the series

Victory is still a possibility for both sides in the final session, the Border-Gavaskar trophy on the line as the series reaches its dramatic conclusion.

‘Leave us alone’, says Facebook

Tech giant Facebook has called on the federal parliament to direct its attention elsewhere.

Biden, establishment step back in

Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer and Mitch McConnell have known each other for decades. But are they in control?

Trump’s Europe travel move dumped

Donald Trump lifted the ban on travellers from Europe and Brazil today, only to see Joe Biden immediately reject it.

No slowdown in scary climate prophecy

Every year, new climate doomsday projections seem to pop up. These gratuitous and unverified claims are not science, no matter what Al Gore and Greta Thunberg would have you believe.

‘Cruel’: Aussies slugged for fresh air

A woman who endured hotel quarantine says charging extra for rooms with balconies is ‘outrageous’ and ‘cruel’.

PM has no intention to speak to Trump

Scott Morrison expects a policy continuation with Washington as the US president exits the White House

Police to reveal if another lawyer acted as informant

The floodgates to more criminal appeals will potentially open in the wake of the Lawyer X scandal.