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2023: A year of what could have been for Indian cricket

Despite numerous statistical highs, including being ranked No.1 in all formats, the big prize in men's cricket eluded the Indian team

The Times of India · Jan 1, 2024

A Weather Warning Has Been Issued For Australia’s East Coast As ‘Life-Threatening’ Storm Brews

Residents in Queensland and New South Wales have been warned to prepare for possible flash floods, as wild weather continues to batter the region.

Pedestrian.tv · Jan 1, 2024

David Warner had plans to retire from Tests mid-Ashes

The retiring David Warner says he may have pulled stumps during last year's Ashes if Australia had begun the series badly.

AAP · Jan 1, 2024

Greens demand full release of government documents on ‘disastrous’ decision to join Iraq invasion

Nick McKim says national security committee documents used to justify the war may answer questions about momentous foreign policy decision

The Guardian - AU · Dec 31, 2023

From today, new regulations make it harder to access vapes. Here's what's changing

This year the Australian government is introducing a series of measures to restrict the availability of vapes, starting today.

The Conversation · Dec 31, 2023

Cabinet papers 2003: Howard government sends Australia into the Iraq war

By far the most significant decision the Howard government made in 2003 was to support the invasion of Iraq. Journalists and historians have long maintained there was no submission to full cabinet weighing the pros and cons of the Australian intervention. Cabinet papers from 2003 released today by the National…

The Conversation · Dec 31, 2023

Economically, Australia has been lucky – what matters now is what we do next

Australia has long thought of itself as the lucky country.

The Conversation · Dec 31, 2023

From Blue Pacific to Indo-Pacific: how politics and language define our ‘Indigenous ocean’

This is an edited extract from An Indigenous Ocean: Pacific Essays by Damon Salesa (Bridget Williams Books)

The Conversation · Dec 31, 2023

Campaigning Journalist John Pilger Dies Aged 84

Australian-born investigative journalist and documentary maker John Pilger, known for his support for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and his coverage of the aftermath of Pol Pot's regime in Cambodia and the Thalidomide scandal, has died in London, his family said Sunday.

International Business Times · Dec 31, 2023

North feels the heat as temperatures soar into new year

Hot conditions will continue to roast parts of northern Australia into the new year, with temperatures expected to exceed 40C.

AAP · Dec 31, 2023