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Hobart AFL stadium deal reveals penalties for late build, inability to host games by 2028

Tasmania's AFL licence contract is released, showing the government will be penalised $4.5 million if the stadium build runs late – and another $4.5 million if the arena is not ready to host games by 2028.

ABC News · May 21, 2023

Felise Kaufusi slapped with three-match ban, likely ruling out State of Origin opener

The only chance for Felise Kaufusi to play State of Origin will be if he fights his grade-two careless high tackle charge and wins at the judiciary.

ABC News · May 21, 2023

Brooks Koepka leads PGA Championship going into final round, seeking redemption from missed Masters chance

Brooks Koepka holds a one-shot lead after shooting the low round on Saturday of the PGA Championship, as heavy rain causes havoc on the leaderboard.

ABC News · May 21, 2023

Forensic science discovery suggests bacteria could help convict sex offenders without DNA

Ruby Dixon says it's the pervasiveness of sexual assault that drives her to find new ways of gathering evidence to hold perpetrators accountable.

ABC News · May 21, 2023

More than $23 million worth of cannabis seized by police from Coominya property in Queensland's Somerset region

The large-scale commercial production consisted of 19 greenhouses containing almost 3,000 cannabis plants, with police also discovering more than 1,500 seedlings and 32kg of dried cannabis.

ABC News · May 21, 2023

SA government's Hahndorf traffic plan not most 'economically viable', report finds

The chair of the local community association says the independent report confirms what some locals have been saying for years.

ABC News · May 20, 2023

Albanese supports G7 statement calling out China's economic coercion and 'attempt to change the status quo'

The leaders of the worlds' most advanced economies issued a joint statement late yesterday, calling out China's economic coercion of other countries and stating they remained "seriously concerned about the situation in the East and South China Seas".

ABC News · May 20, 2023

NSW Police arrest second man after Darcy Schafer-Turner's body found in metal container in Warrell Creek

NSW Police allege 22-year-old Darcy Schafer-Turner was murdered by his friend, Zachary Richard Fraser, in a Peakhurst home in Sydney's south, between April 27 and 29.

ABC News · May 20, 2023

Melbourne woman suffers life-threatening injuries after Noble Park hit-and-run as police vow to catch driver

Police say it "beggars belief" how a driver of a white van left a Melbourne woman "lying and dying on the side of the road" at Noble Park on Saturday night.

ABC News · May 20, 2023

What two NSW coronial inquests have taught us about kambo and why people use the South American frog poison

Two recent coronial inquests have thrust kambo into the spotlight in Australia. So why do people choose to burn their skin and apply the frog poison?

ABC News · May 20, 2023