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When Moana Hope retired from AFLW she began unpacking the chaos and violence that was normalised in her childhood home. Now a mother herself, Moana is reckoning with her understanding of love and re-learning what it means for herself and her children. Whether it’s romantic, platonic, heartbreaking or surprising, our Love Story series is about…
What is a World Cup knockout match without a little bit of drama? England’s 2-1 extra-time victory over Norway in Miami had plenty of it, with goals disallowed and potentially a dodgy assist from a wire holding up the floating camera above the pitch. Norway captain Martin Ødegaard noted that Norway “didn’t get much help…
Typhoon Bavi made landfall in Zhejiang province in eastern China late Saturday, bringing strong winds after nearly 2 million people took shelter. There was no immediate word on damage or casualties. The typhoon, which first roared ashore in Yuhuan city, brought winds up to 144 kilometres an hour, Chinese state media Xinhua reported. Zhejiang provincial…
Numbats, Western Australia’s animal emblem, have been pulled from the brink of extinction after research found the population was growing in the wild. The numbat population has faced extreme risk for more than 50 years, with research in the late 1970s estimating a total population of 300. Since being admitted to the International Union for…
A man from Perth’s western suburbs is charged with manslaughter following the death of a man near Fremantle’s entertainment strip in the early hours of yesterday.
A young regional footballer injured during a match in western Victoria on Saturday is “alert” and recovering in a Melbourne hospital, according to his club. The player was injured during an under-17s match between Southern Mallee Thunder and the Horsham Saints in the town of Jeparit, with emergency services called just after midday. The teenager…
Born in Colombia without a left leg, Oliberth Reyes never thought he would be able to ski, let alone train for the Winter Paralympics. The 33-year-old was only introduced to adaptive skiing at an event for para athletes last year. He became fascinated by the one-legged alpine skiing, a sport he had never heard of…
Australia this week inked a deal allowing it to export unenriched uranium to India for the first time, an agreement that could potentially be worth billions of dollars. But there’s a big catch. Despite Australia having the largest uranium deposits in the world, only South Australia is actively producing it. The mining powerhouse of Western…
The United States Central Command (CENTCOM) says the US has begun launching a third round of strikes on Iran in response to an attack on a civilian ship transiting the Strait of Hormuz. A crew member on the M/V GFS Galaxy, a Cyprus-flagged container ship, is missing, according to CENTCOM, and the ship is stuck…
For years, West Australian Kurt McIntosh spent more time in airport terminals than he cared to remember. The Wajarri man worked fly-in, fly-out mining shifts, which provided well but came at the cost of missing out on special family events. “I was making lots of money, but it didn’t feel right,” Mr McIntosh said. Kurt…