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Australia’s bowlers fired on the fourth day of the second Test to clinch victory with a day to spare in Grenada and claim an unassailable series lead

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Calls for a clampdown on influencers allegedly glamorising poker machines on social media

We hadn’t had a proper mixed weather bonanza since the opening race in Australia, but were finally rewarded for our patience with another memorable British GP that had it all as the British summer proved why it never disappoints. McLaren took another 1-2, but it wasn't plain sailing this time,…

Medicare spending on mental health services varies considerably depending on where in Australia you live, our new study shows.

Grade inflation happens when teachers knowingly give a student a mark higher than deserved. It can also happen indirectly, when the level of difficulty of a course is deliberately lowered so students achieve higher grades.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains names and/or images of deceased people.

Historian Stephen Gapps’ latest book, Uprising: War in the Colony of New South Wales, 1838–1844, describes a coordinated Aboriginal military front across more than 20 different Aboriginal nations and language groups. The front extended for thousands of kilometres, from Port Phillip in the south to Moreton Bay in the north.

Oscar Piastri's 10-second penalty robbed him of a chance of British GP glory, taken by McLaren teammate Lando Norris but the Australian says he broke no rules.

Marked by muscles withering away and the inability to speak and eat, motor neurone disease is fatal and affects more than 2500 people in Australia.

Schmidt insists ‘there’s not real confidence’ after his Wallabies side needed a 78th-minute try from Harry Wilson to sneak past a valiant Fiji side