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Australia has no room for poor performances as they prepare to face Egypt in their World Cup Round of 32 match in Dallas. Stay across the latest news, analysis and features from the 2026 FIFA World Cup here. The Socceroos have never won a knockout stage match at the World Cup, but wing-back Jordy Bos…
On a cold, slate grey Sunday afternoon, Vanuatu’s Prime Minister Jotham Napat and his delegation huddled in a courtyard within Canberra’s historic Hyatt Hotel, far from the tropical islands of home, to be welcomed to country. The prime minister was preparing for a big day. On Monday, Napat was due to meet Anthony Albanese in…
Victorian Opposition Leader Jess Wilson says the state executive of the Liberal Party will meet to consider the future of controversial MP Moira Deeming ahead of the upcoming election. Yesterday, the ABC reported it was expected Ms Wilson would ask to have Ms Deeming’s position as the top candidate on the Liberal Party ballot for…
More than 400 kilometres is a long way to push yourself in a wheelchair, let alone to complete the journey in just over a week, in the rain. But that is just what 32-year-old Sam Longmore is doing as she makes her way across rural New South Wales from Corowa to Yass, pushing herself with…
As soon as Kylian Mbappé scored France’s first goal against Sweden he sprinted to celebrate with manager Didier Deschamps. Deschamps had missed the final group game to attend his mother’s funeral, and as Mbappé and all his teammates followed to swamp their coach it spoke volumes. We can, and will, talk ad nauseam about how…
In some ways it was just a relief for Maya Joint to get a win. After a brutal first half of 2026 where she won just two matches off her own racquet, a clash with an unranked 44-year-old should be just the ticket to get back on track. But when the unranked 44-year-old in question…
A Canberra man has pleaded guilty after performing Nazi salutes at two suburban shopping centres and placing white supremacist stickers over Indigenous and multicultural signs at the Australian National University (ANU). WARNING: This story contains offensive content. Zachery James Hook, 19, pleaded guilty in the ACT Magistrates Court to making a Nazi salute in public…
Alcoa is set to buy South32’s major bauxite mine and alumina refinery in Western Australia’s South West as part of a deal worth more than $8 billion. Alcoa will take a controlling stake in Worsley Alumina, which operates a massive bauxite mine near Boddington, about 200 kilometres south of Perth, and an alumina refinery near…
A Victorian childcare provider stripped of its federal government funding has responded publicly, labelling the decision “devastating” and vowing to challenge it. Laugh & Learn Family Day Care Education & Training, which operates nine family day cares in private Melbourne homes, became the first provider to lose funding since the introduction of new safety standards…
The second tranche of Western Australia’s new laws to regulate the towing industry comes into effect today, aimed at better regulating the operators of towing businesses. The laws were drafted following a 2022 Towing Industry Consultation Report, which found that bad behaviour was a “major problem” for 85 per cent of consumers. The report found…