Kane Williamson put the New Zealand team first to the very end. Despite being in mid-series in England, with one Test down and two to come, Williamson retired from all international cricket with immediate effect. The 35-year-old scored 0 and 18 against England in the Test loss at Lord’s last week and dropped himself out…
As hordes of ice hockey fans stream into Canberra’s AIS Arena, groups of women congregate excitedly outside. Taylor Elfverson said she and her friends were having “a girls’ night out”. “I watched a few episodes of that Off Campus [show] and thought, ‘let’s go see an ice hockey game’,” she said. “I’ve never seen a…
The Saskatchewan government’s response to last year’s intense wildfire-packed summer was severely lacking and exposed weaknesses in its preparedness measures and emergency organizations, according to an independent report. Eleven recommendations were put forth in the long-awaited review from accounting firm MNP, which was originally due in February. It found the province had “significant gaps” in several…
For the past few days, the world has been watching the exchange of fire between the United States and Iran across the Persian Gulf like a crowd at a tennis game. And it seems, based on the details which are emerging about what might be in this deal between Washington and Tehran, that it’s the…
You know the songs. But do you know the songwriters? The 2026 inductees into the Songwriters Hall of Fame are credited with smash hits that include Mariah Carey’s All I Want for Christmas is You and Beyoncé’s Single Ladies. Established in 1969, the Hall of Fame celebrates and honours the work of those behind the…
At the launch of trade, the share price took off like a rocket. Elon Musk’s SpaceX, once a private company, is now officially trading on the stock market. It pushed the company to above $2 trillion valuation. Based in Texas, SpaceX operates rockets, spaceflight, telecommunications, and AI. But Musk now wants to establish a self-sustaining…
Sitting on stage, rolling a durry, donning a mullet and lip syncing about Centrelink, drag king Dirty Damo is in his element. Out of drag, Damo is Soph Keegan, a Tasmanian mum who’s always loved performing. But in drag, Dirty Damo has been a bogan, hip-thrusting and occasionally pole-dancing performer who is a thriving part…
Kerry Hodgetts loves his job as a locksmith, but acknowledged that the future of his industry faces challenges. Over his two decades in business, Mr Hodgetts has taken on seven or eight apprentices, with only one seeing the apprenticeship to completion. Locksmith Kerry Hodgetts worries his industry is dying. (ABC News: Kelsey Reid) Mr Hodgetts,…
It’s a rictus grin that not even Botox can smooth out. The unhappy smile of the movie star forced into a false and ingratiating chummery with the next media schmuck who sits before them in an endless round of promotional interviews. Years after the press junket first established itself as an uneasy contract of minimal…
The Invasive Species Council says it is likely that a feral deer species was transported across state lines into South Australia for hunting purposes, but a hunting advocate rejects the allegation. Monitoring trail cameras detected a feral sambar deer in an orchard near Loxton North, about 250 kilometres north-east of Adelaide. The animal is one…