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When your child decides they are keen on playing sport, there are lots of factors to consider as a parent. And after recent news stories about chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a degenerative brain disease known to affect players of high-impact sports, keeping them safe from head injuries may be front of mind. High-contact sports with…
Waiting for an instant World Cup classic in Dallas – just add people (Getty Images/FIFA) Hello and a very (very) early good morning folks, and welcome to another day of World Cup knockout football! We can’t promised dramatics to match yesterday’s stoppage-time winner followed by two crazy penalty shootouts. But what we do have is…
Donald Trump’s controversial attempt to restrict birthright citizenship in the US has been rejected by the Supreme Court, upending the president’s hardline agenda on immigration. The 6-3 ruling marked the second time this year that the court has invalidated one of Mr Trump’s major initiatives, following its February decision to strike down his sweeping global…
The biggest monthly decline in home values in more than three years has been recorded as the housing market slowdown that began in Sydney and Melbourne spreads across the country. According to property data firm Cotality, dwelling values fell 0.4 per cent nationally in June. Sydney led the decline, falling by 1.2 per cent, while…
The growing problem of Islamophobia hit home to Usman Khawaja a couple of years ago when his mother was verbally abused while she was watching her son play in a Test match in Melbourne. Wearing a traditional hijab, Fauzia copped abuse from two Australian fans at the 2024 Boxing Day Test match against India at…
Northern Territory residents are the happiest in the nation, according to a study from Flinders University. The study is a product of a nation-wide survey, originally started by Flinders to understand Australians’ biggest concerns, that received responses from more than 15,000 people across the country. This year, the university expanded the survey to collect data…
Liberal MP Simon Kennedy says his party must “stand up” and lobby on behalf of Australians who have suffered gambling harm, arguing the government’s planned limit to gambling advertisements falls short. In an interview with triple j hack, he called on his colleagues to fight back against the gambling and television lobbyists “walking up and…
The family and friends of a Western Australian man missing in Mexico are appealing for help to find him, after not hearing from him for almost a month. Interpol has joined the search, issuing a yellow alert notice for 35-year-old Jesse Bruzzese, whose family is from Mandurah, south of Perth. Yellow alert notices are global…
A Perth basketball coach who sexually abused a child he was training had more than 1,000 child exploitation images on his phone, a Perth court has heard. WARNING: This story contains descriptions of child sexual abuse. Shannon Wayne Trew, 42, appeared in the Perth District Court today, having earlier admitted two counts of indecently dealing…
It was a crash that shocked thousands and suspended the day’s entertainment at Avalon Airshow early. In March last year, pilot Glenn Collins was performing in a four-plane stunt demonstration when his aircraft crashed into the ground a few hundred metres from spectators. They reported hearing a loud gasp as his aircraft hit the ground….