Lanning out to avoid nine-a-side World Cup Australia captain Meg Lanning has sympathised with Cricket World Cup organisers, staging a tournament during the peak of New Zealand's Omicron wave. AAP · Feb 25, 2022
Piers Morgan parties with Sky News Australia mates after massive Murdoch payday Former Good Morning Britain host, who quit after a spectacular meltdown over Meghan Markle, strikes gold with News Corp. Plus: Hot Albo returns The Guardian - AU · Feb 25, 2022
RA's new three offshore Wallabies limit Rugby Australia boss Andy Marinos has announced a change to the overseas player selection policy, with just three stars able to join the Wallabies per campaign. AAP · Feb 25, 2022
Call for reform after Probuild collapse Probuild is merely the latest construction-sector casualty, with reform urgently needed before more tradies lose their jobs, industry bodies warn. AAP · Feb 25, 2022
Lanning: England are World Cup favourites After a brief South Island mini-break, Meg Lanning's Australian side are back in training ahead of the Cricket World Cup starting in New Zealand next week. AAP · Feb 25, 2022
Pressure on Aust sports to boycott Russia Prime Minister Scott Morrison is urging Australian sportspeople and organisations to boycott events in Russia following the invasion of Ukraine. AAP · Feb 25, 2022
Australian medical supplies and military equipment to be sent to Ukraine to fight war against Russia Prime Minister Scott Morrison confirms Australia will send medical supplies, financial support and military equipment, but not weapons, to Ukraine to help as it fights in the war against Russia. ABC News · Feb 25, 2022
Clive Palmer's UAP is spending big in the upcoming federal election. Here's what we learned about its candidates In its most-recent advertising, Clive Palmer's United Australia Party (UAP) printed the names, photos and numbers of 151 of its candidates. Here's what we found after calling and investigating the digital footprints of each of them. ABC News · Feb 25, 2022
Here Are The Official Best Towns In Australia For 2022, And I’ll See You In Tassie I Guess Time to deplete that annual leave. Pedestrian.tv · Feb 25, 2022
'We want to be feared': The Opals' mission to bring their defensive grit back ahead of the Women's Basketball World Cup in Sydney The Australian Opals have laser focus on one thing as they build towards this year's Women's Basketball World Cup in Sydney – to be a defensive force to be reckoned with. ABC News · Feb 24, 2022
‘Bleak, marginal and unpopular’: Australia unveils divisive exhibition for Venice Biennale Marco Fusinato describes his experimental noise project as ‘discordant intensities’, with his curator hoping that people who hate it will ‘hate it right away’ The Guardian - AU · Feb 24, 2022
Harry Randall the key to Eddie Jones masterplan to combat Wales England head coach has learned from Australia’s tactics in the Ashes and wants to grasp early initiative with pace and power The Guardian - UK · Feb 24, 2022
Ivermectin proponents are using an editing error on A Current Affair to claim the Queen is being treated with the drug An editing blunder on Channel Nine's A Current Affair has this week led to a slew of misinformation, with some using it to claim the Queen is being treated for COVID-19 with ivermectin. ABC News · Feb 24, 2022
COVID updates: All the coronavirus news you need in one place — as it happened Get up to speed on all the coronavirus news from across Australia. ABC News · Feb 24, 2022
AAP · Feb 24, 2022 Australia imposes further Russia sanctions Australia will roll out a third round of sanctions against Russia, aligning with US and UK moves, and will provide non-lethal military equipment to Ukraine.
ABC News · Feb 24, 2022 Huge cannabis crop harvested at Tamworth with custom machine Sprawling across 180 hectares, one of eastern Australia's largest industrial cannabis crops has been harvested for the first time and cutting it has been no small feat.
The Guardian - AU · Feb 24, 2022 Queensland floods prompt 1,000 calls for help as heavy rain continues – as it happened This blog is now closed
The Guardian - AU · Feb 24, 2022 Morning mail: Russia invades Ukraine, Morrison flags more sanctions, NT police ‘breach of trust’ Friday: Russia’s invasion could spark the biggest war in Europe since 1945, world leaders say. Plus: spithoods used in NT despite pledge to ban
ABC News · Feb 24, 2022 National Museum of Australia's latest acquisition depicts the Rainbow Serpent's wrath in the form of Cyclone Tracy Renowned Kimberley artist Rover Thomas' painting, Jabanunga Goorialla (the Rainbow Serpent), is donated to the National Museum of Australia.
The Conversation · Feb 24, 2022 Still under the bed? Red-baiting's long history in Australian politics – and why it's unlikely to succeed now The Reds are back. Scott Morrison’s Liberal-National government has recently launched an offensive of “red-baiting”, a practice long thought consigned to the history books, in preparation for an anticipated May 2022 election.
The Conversation · Feb 24, 2022 Vital Signs: stealth tax rises are eating into your income – but we know the solution A curious feature of the Australian tax system is “bracket creep”. Taxpayers whose income climbs by no more than prices (inflation) get no increase in their living standards. Instead, they see more and more of their income pushed into their highest tax brackets, or to even higher tax brackets.
ABC News · Feb 24, 2022 Life is returning to normal, but many older Australians still harbour 'perfectly reasonable' fears about COVID As restrictions ease, many older Australians are still wary of their heightened risk of becoming seriously ill, or dying, from COVID-19.
ABC News · Feb 24, 2022 COVID-19 mask rules explained for every state and territory States across Australia are shifting their mask laws after months of mandates. Here's a breakdown on what is and isn't changing.
ABC News · Feb 24, 2022 Residents warned to stay indoors as 'active hostilities' approach Kyiv's Obolon district — as it happened Kyiv authorities told residents to stay off the streets as Russian forces drew nearer to the residential Obolon district in the capital's north-west. As it happened.
ABC News · Feb 24, 2022 Reports of online child abuse material have spiked. A few simple measures can help protect your children The story of a Canadian man grooming a 14-year-old Australian girl online before flying to Perth to meet her is the stuff of nightmares for many parents. Here are some ways parents can have more oversight.