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Wallabies make gains but need wins to capitalise on golden decade ahead

Joe Schmidt has overseen progress since taking the reins but no one at Rugby Australia HQ will be grinning until its teams start winning

The Guardian - AU · Sep 30, 2024

Police allegedly pepper-sprayed 13-year-old at Sydney rally, legal observers say – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU · Sep 30, 2024

Australian optimism tempered over Chinese stimulus

Australia has welcomed a major Chinese stimulus as its stalling economy has flow-on effects but the treasurer has warned about being overly optimistic.

AAP · Sep 29, 2024

What’s behind the spate of arts leadership departures in Australia? Perhaps a mismatch of values

The past few months has seen the sudden departure of leadership from some of the country’s most prestigious artistic companies: the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Queensland Ballet, Queensland Theatre, Opera Australia and the Adelaide Festival.

The Conversation · Sep 29, 2024

Artists, social climbers and mermaids: 10 Australian women who followed their dreams to the US in the early 20th century

Why would early 20th-century Australian women travel across the Pacific to the United States? And if they left, why wouldn’t they go to England, the “mother country”, where there was a proper cup of tea? The US was no feminist utopia. It did not give federal voting rights to women…

The Conversation · Sep 29, 2024

McGrath shines all-round in T20 World Cup warm-up

Tahlia McGrath hopes she's finding her best all-round form just in time for Australia's T20 World Cup defence after she starred in a warm-up win over England.

AAP · Sep 29, 2024

New approach to Defence procurement takes flight in Fyshwick

The Canberra business to challenge Defence's buying culture.

The Canberra Times · Sep 29, 2024

Malcolm Turnbull condemns UK’s ‘extraordinary’ hypocrisy over Spycatcher affair

Exclusive: Former Australian PM witnessed ‘shocking act of perjury’ and says MI5 are still trying to hide something

The Guardian - UK · Sep 29, 2024

Harry Brook chooses to take the positives after England lose Australia series

A batting collapse and late-arriving rain led to England’s defeat in the series decider in Bristol.

The Independent UK · Sep 29, 2024

'This is for Aussie cycling, not just for me' - Ben O'Connor puts Australia on top of World Championship medal table

Perth-born rider attacked in the final kilometres to finish on podium with Tadej Pogačar and Mathieu van der Poel

Cycling News · Sep 29, 2024