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Taliban sanctions hailed as Afghan embassy future shaky

Australian sanctions on the oppressive regime of the Taliban have been hailed by the Afghan government in exile but its embassy in Canberra could be shut down.

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PM brands social media ban a success before it starts

The rollout of Australia's landmark social media ban will be untidy, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese admits, but he says it is already a success.

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Australia v England: Ashes second Test, day four – as it happened

Australia take a 2-0 lead in the Ashes with 8 wicket win at Brisbane’s Gabba

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In-form McSweeney's lesson from tough Test initiation

Nathan McSweeney's career-best knock has sent a timely reminder to Australian selectors, 12 months after his first Test stint ended.

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Crown Australian Open Full Prize Money Payout 2025

An increased total prize purse and starts at two Major championships in 2026 are among the perks on offer at Royal Melbourne Golf Club this week

Golf Monthly

Albanese defends decision to sign off on $100,000 US trip for Anika Wells and staff

Communications minister also faces scrutiny over taxpayer-funded family trip to Thredbo

The Guardian - AU

Ashes 2025 result: Reaction after Australia take 2-0 lead with dominant victory in Brisbane

Australia wrapped up an eight-wicket victory in Brisbane

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NSW Central Coast ‘not out of the woods yet’ as bushfire conditions ease – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Final LIV Golf Leaderboard At The Crown Australian Open

A resurgent Cameron Smith just missed out on the title in his homeland, but he was the best performer of all the LIV Golfers at the Crown Australian Open

Golf Monthly

The lack of leave turning many women off their jobs

Many Australian women have quit or considered leaving their jobs during fertility treatment, but some employers are stepping in to stop the workforce exodus.

AAP

"I joined a band because I hated the f****** beach." Shirley Manson doubles down after beach ball rant at Garbage show in Australia

There's a time and a place for beach balls. It has now been firmly established that a Garbage gig is never the place

Louder

Australia refuses to repatriate citizens from Syrian camps despite US warning leaving them there ‘compounds risk to all of us’

US offers to get Australians out of camps if they are issued with travel documents, but Labor has said ‘this is not something the government is considering’

The Guardian - AU

Cronulla riots 20 years on: have attitudes changed since that hot December day when racial tensions exploded?

Some say Australia still has not tackled racism, and fear social media is a more powerful tool than text messages and talkback radio that stirred up rioters in 2005

The Guardian - AU

Burke and Wills died as Victorian heroes, but their expedition was a farce. Now Melbourne is rethinking their statue

Their quest captured the imagination of the colony and became part of Australia’s foundation narrative. But it was a debacle led by an eccentric man with a poor sense of direction

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Bernard Fanning: ‘The Beastie Boys were really rude – I gave Adam Yauch the finger’

The musician and former Powderfinger frontman on medical marijuana, his love for First Dates Australia and the greatest guitar riff of all time

The Guardian - AU

Tony Popovic happy as Australia land cooler World Cup venues on west coast

Australia’s path through the group stages of the World Cup will pass through Vancouver, Seattle and San Francisco

Sports Illustrated

Rory McIlroy Incurs Banana Peel Conundrum After Wayward Drive at Australian Open

The five-time major champion encountered another oddity this year with his drive settling next to a banana skin in Round 3 at Royal Melbourne.

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No better place: Open glory beckons revitalised Smith

After a horror 2024 Australian Open which kicked off a year to forget, Cameron Smith has the national title in sight after a timely return to form.

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Caught-and-bowled king feared his Test career was over

It wasn't so long ago that bowling allrounder Michael Neser was beginning to think he'd played his last Test match for Australia.

AAP

Bushfire battles all but won as summer dials up threat

Families are picking up the pieces following devastating early-season bushfires, with leaders warning Australians to "expect the unexpected".

Android Central

Is YouTube bad for your kids? Why Australia's social media ban isn't the answer, and active parenting is the only true solution for raising digital-age children

With YouTube now part of Australia's social media ban for kids, Google says that will only make things worse. Who is right?

Motorsport

F1 2025 qualifying head-to-head: Final stats after Abu Dhabi GP

Here's how things stand in the 2025 team-mate duels following qualifying at Formula 1's Abu Dhabi

The Guardian - AU

‘Everyone will miss the socialising – but it’s also a relief’: five young teens on Australia’s social media ban

As the under-16s social media ban looms, Guardian Australia speaks to five 13 to 15-year-olds about what they will miss, and what government should be doing instead

The Guardian - UK

Mitchell Starc hailed as ‘greatest lefty of all time’ after piling more Ashes pain on England

The Australian seamer top scored with 77 and took two England wickets on the third day of the second Ashes Test to put the hosts on the verge of victory

The Independent UK

Marcus Trescothick insists England will stick to attacking principles despite Ashes collapse

England have endured a growing collection of increasingly familiar dismissals.

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