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The Guardian - AU · Jul 21, 2025

'Tried to hit six first': Owen clubs Aussies to T20 win

An Australian T20 debutant has played a starring role in a three-wicket win over the West Indies in game one of the five-match series in Jamaica.

AAP · Jul 20, 2025

Pentagram tour shelved after online protests

Pentagram's debut tour of Australia and New Zealand has been put on hold in the wake of protests by campaigners

Metal Hammer · Jul 20, 2025

Buoyant Albanese plots next phase of Labor dynasty

Childcare reform, cutting HECS debt, enshrining penalty rates and initiating a new class of Labor MPs are the prime minister's priorities as parliament resumes.

AAP · Jul 20, 2025

‘Is my child safe?’: Jason Clare faces a quagmire in childcare crisis — fixing a sector without controlling all the levers

The minister must navigate a cross-jurisdictional system to ensure the safety of Australia’s children and the confidence of parents to go to work

The Guardian - AU · Jul 20, 2025

‘Get angry about it’: Mark Humphries’ doco Sold! unpacks Australia’s housing crisis

In his new one-hour special for Foxtel and Binge, the satirist meets celebrity realtors and squatters – and puts Alan Kohler in a bathtub – to explore our toxic real estate obsession

The Guardian - AU · Jul 20, 2025

Tuipulotu believes ‘stars have aligned’ for him as Lions arrive in Melbourne

The Scotland centre has the opportunity to seal a series win against Australia by winning the second Test in the city where he was born

The Guardian - UK · Jul 20, 2025

Three ways the Wallabies can fight back after first Test defeat to Lions

Australia fell 1-0 behind with defeat in Brisbane - but a second half fightback will give Joe Schmidt’s side hope

The Independent UK · Jul 20, 2025

Sione Tuipulotu fuelled by ‘chip on shoulder’ as he returns to Melbourne

Tuipulotu has touched down in the city where he was born and raised.

The Independent UK · Jul 20, 2025

Andy Farrell calls up Scotland lock to British and Irish Lions squad as injury concern emerges before second Test

Joe McCarthy has emerged as an injury doubt before the Lions’ second Test against Australia

Evening Standard · Jul 20, 2025