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Living alone, it’s far too easy for me to slide into takeaway or toast-for-dinner mode — especially on low-energy days when even simple tasks feel like an uphill battle. While that’s OK sometimes, too many fast food or snack-based dinners aren’t great for my health or wallet, and create a lot of food and packaging…

Tony Popovic gives Socceroos supporters what they wanted, fan sites overflow as a “headache” epidemic sweeps Australian schools, and the Socceroos avoid the most nervous of waits. Here are the quick hits from the Socceroos’ 0-0 draw with Paraguay. 1. Popovic gives the fans what they want Popovic named an exciting starting XI against Paraguay….

A south-western New South Wales juice company and its owner have been fined nearly $250,000 after an employee was hit by a reversing forklift.  The incident in November 2022 was the third involving a forklift at Griffith’s Real Juice Company and resulted in Grace Poletta, a quality assurance officer, having all the toes on her…

Queensland parliament’s ethics committee has recommended Labor frontbencher Grace Grace be found in contempt. It stems from a series of events involving “quarrelling” between Ms Grace and Deputy Premier Jarrod Bleijie, during a sitting week last year. The committee’s findings were tabled in parliament on Friday morning and called for Ms Grace to offer an…

After a week of criticism over his selections for the USA game, the anticipation for the 11 that Tony Popovic would roll out to face Paraguay was palpable. Speculation and discussion dominated the travelling press pack. But not even the most optimistic would have predicted Popovic would make six changes — the most ever by…

Another suspected case of the H5 bird flu has been detected in Western Australia, marking the fifth confirmed or suspected case in Australia. Two cases of the deadly avian influenza have been confirmed so far in migratory seabirds in WA, and one in South Australia. The new suspected case — found at Roses Beach near…

A South Australian coroner has made no recommendations following the fatal shooting of a gunman during a police siege in Adelaide nine years ago, but he has found that the incident could have been dealt with in a “safer manner”. An inquest was held almost six years ago into the death of Matthew Kim Morgan,…

Australia has officially qualified for the knockout stage at the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The Socceroos’s had moments of brilliance in their 0-0 draw against Paraguay, but will have to go one step better when they head to Dallas for their do-or-die match. Here’s what’s coming for the green and gold. When is Australia’s next…

The police watchdog has ordered a misconduct investigation into allegations of “excessive” drug raids on several Sydney gay bars. Sydney MP Alex Greenwich and Sydney Lord Mayor Clover Moore complained to the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission (LECC) last week after the operation on June 13. They said club-goers reported being shoved, pushed against walls, forced…

Basil Zempilas has had his first brush with the political truism “disunity is death”. Luckily for him, chances are — at this stage at least — the Liberal leader won’t be the one in a political grave because of it. The decision of Nedlands MP Jonathan Huston to quit the party that elected him just…