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USA have ruled the Olympic pool for 68 years. Now Australia are coming for their crown

America have finished top of the swimming medal table at every Olympics since Melbourne 1956, discounting some suspicious East German wins in the 1980s. But Australia lead the gold count with two night to go

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Border force finds $13.4m worth of meth in luggage

A Canadian national has been charged after being picked up at Brisbane Airport for allegedly attempting to import 14.4kg of methamphetamine into Australia.

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Higgins and Sharaz schemed to ‘ambush’ Reynolds, lawyer tells trial – as it happened

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Australia Sets New Olympic Record In Women's 4X200m Freestyle Relay

Australia's women's 4x200m freestyle relay team sets new Olympic record, securing gold at Tokyo Olympics in a thrilling race.

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Morning Mail: Australia storms to relay gold, alarm bells over universities’ business model, Russia frees US journalist

Relay team sets new Olympic record; concern at universities’ dependence on international students; prisoner swap a ‘feat of diplomacy’, Biden says

The Guardian - AU

The Aussie Girls Have Secured Another Gold Medal In The Pool AND An Olympic Record

The Aussie girls have secured another gold in the pool in Paris with a stunning victory in the 4x 200m relay, just days after one had COVID.

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Paris 2024 Olympics: what you missed overnight in Australia on day six of the Games

Relay team break Olympic record in the pool, there was a bronze in race walking, Simone Biles made history and controversy flared in the boxing ring

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Australia’s 4x200m freestyle relay team live up to expectations to claim Olympic gold

Australia claimed an eighth gold medal of the Paris Games after the women’s relay team won the 4x200m freestyle final in an Olympic record time

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The good news is most of us pay low effective tax rates on an extra day’s work, even including means tests and childcare

Australia’s top marginal tax rate is 47% (45% plus Medicare levy), but some of us face a so-called effective marginal tax rate that’s much higher.

The Conversation

Ride a bus, take a package with you – how crowdshipping reduces the impacts of millions of deliveries

With the rise in e-commerce, 161 billion parcels were delivered worldwide in 2022, doubling in just four years. In Australia, more households are shopping online than ever before. In 2023, 5.6 million households made a monthly online purchase. This implies millions of parcels are being shipped each month.

The Conversation

Kids’ sport always cancelled due to rain-soaked grounds? Green infrastructure can help

It’s been a rainy winter in many parts of Australia, wreaking havoc on kids’ sporting competitions. As mums, it has been frustrating to see so many of our kids’ sport matches (and training sessions) cancelled because of waterlogged grounds.

The Conversation

Stigma around same-sex marriage affected Australians’ health. Here’s what happened in your electorate

Community-level opposition to marriage equality and the stress that came with it is still making some Australians in same-sex relationships sick years after the vote, our study suggests.

The Conversation

Ore-some state tipped to win race for green steel jobs

Higher-grade iron ore, deep water ports and a 100-per cent renewable energy grid give South Australia the edge on other states chasing future green steel jobs.

AAP

Paris Olympics: Men's sprint preview

Harrie Lavreysen the favourite to defend title as the defending champion and a five-time World Champion in the event

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New Matildas boss facing golden generation juggling act

The Matildas' next permanent head coach is about to embark of a period of transition as the team's golden generation approaches its final chapter.

The Guardian - AU

Tony Gustavsson and Matildas split in best interests of all parties after Olympics exit

Australia’s showing at the Paris Games did little to challenge the view that now was a good time for an uncoupling

The Independent UK

Does golf belong at the Olympics? Here’s what the Paris 2024 players and fans think

Rory McIlroy called the 30,000-strong crowd at Le Golf National ‘unbelievable’ as a unique atmosphere took hold during Thursday’s opening round in the men’s Olympic golf event near Paris

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Goalie Porter stars in shock water polo win for Sharks

The Sharks have earned a second-straight boilover water polo win for Australia, edging hosts France 9-8 in a thrilling contest at the Olympic Aquatics Centre.

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Aussie women find form in key beach volleyball clash

Aussie ace Taliqua Clancy was at her dominant best as she and Mariafe Artacho del Solar kept alive their hopes of a place in the beach volleyball round of 16.

The Guardian - AU

Trump and Vance’s misogyny and cynical identity politics mean Australians can’t ‘just chill’ about the US election

America remains the west’s most influential nation – which is why I fear for a world where Republican leaders could be in power

The Guardian - AU

Australian researchers are feeding peanut powder to babies with allergies. Why?

Nationwide Adapt program will see babies aged under 12 months given a daily dose of powder to try to achieve allergy remission

The Guardian - AU

Alarm bells over Australian universities’ financial dependence on international students

Critics across the sector say institutions have become trapped in an unstable business model as they try to make up for loss of government funding

AAP

Wilson finds form as Gangurrus make Paris push

Three consecutive wins have shot Australia's 3x3 Gangurrus back into the conversation in their Olympic debut in Paris.

LiveScience

World's largest iron ore deposits formed over 1 billion years ago in supercontinent breakup

Huge iron ore deposits in Western Australia's Hamersley Province formed when major tectonic events led to the breakup of supercontinent Columbia and to the amalgamation of Australia.

AAP

By George, Opals are back on Olympics track with win

Cayla George's bench cameo and Sami Whitcomb's best basketball have revived the Opals' Olympic campaign with Australia beating Canada 70-65 in Lille.

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