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IPL 2022: Genuine pace of Umran Malik will be hard to ignore, says Ian Chappell

SYDNEY: India's cricketing establishment has over the years shown patience in grooming a pack of world-class bowlers but in near future, the genuine pace of Umran Malik will be hard to ignore, feels former Australia captain Ian Chappell.

The Times of India · May 8, 2022

Girl, 16, died on bedroom floor with deodorant can in hand as mum warns of 'chroming'

Anne Ryan found her 16-year-old daughter Brooke dead on her bedroom floor in Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia, after she suffered a suspected heart attack from sniffing aerosols

Daily Mirror · May 8, 2022

Support needed for our human resources

The availability and effectiveness of retraining programs for displaced workers would be a key factor in the the success of the Hunter's energy transition, the head of Australia's peak career development body believes.

Newcastle Herald · May 8, 2022

Aussie-grown Mother's Day flowers five months in the making

Flower farmer Lyn Bayfield pushes herself to the point of exhaustion to meet demand on Mother's Day. But she works in the knowledge that elsewhere consumers don't know they are buying imported flowers, and seemingly don't care.

ABC News · May 7, 2022

Sky-high commodity prices and dirt-cheap debt are whipping up a farm-buying frenzy

Strong prices for grain, red meat and dairy, combined with good weather and cheap debt, have sent the price of farmland in Australia soaring — and there are plenty of buyers.

ABC News · May 7, 2022

Labor and the Country Liberal Party running hard to land Northern Territory seat of Lingiari

Whoever voters decide will inherit Lingiari from retiring MP Warren Snowdon also takes on some of the nation's toughest challenges – and the hopes of residents that they'll urgently seek out new solutions.

ABC News · May 7, 2022

Australians returning to Indonesia for first time since COVID-19 hit mark Eid at gravesites

Before the pandemic, Andrian Wiguna always returned to Indonesia to celebrate Eid al-Fitr with his mother and brother. This year, when he was finally able to return to Indonesia, he marked Eid at their gravesites.

ABC News · May 7, 2022

Missing in action: five issues the major parties are avoiding in the 2022 federal election

Key areas such as conservation, the arts, science and education have been neglected in a narrowly focused campaign

The Guardian - AU · May 7, 2022

Outward affection wasn’t part of my culture growing up. I have made a different decision as a mother

In western cultures parental affection is usually overt, but growing up in a Chinese-Australian household you learn love is not always expressed in words

The Guardian - AU · May 7, 2022

The people who risk their lives for a catch

Rock fishing is the second-most common cause of drowning along NSW and yet more than 1.2 million Australians do it every year

The Guardian - AU · May 7, 2022