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Sheep have never been more expensive in Australia than right now, with the national mutton indicator surging beyond 900 cents a kilogram for the first time. At Wagga Wagga on Thursday, the local market report said sheep prices reached “new heights across various classes, with many in the yarding surpassing the 1,000c/kg [cwt] mark”. “Heavy…
Group H delivers us incredible drama, some of the World Cup’s biggest stars find themselves warming the pine, and Dua Lipa makes a surprise appearance. Check out the full World Cup schedule here in Australian times ABC Sport Daily podcast: Check out the latest episode Here are today’s World Cup quick hits. 1. Agony and…
Carlton tries to make it six straight wins under interim coach Josh Fraser as they host West Coast, ahead of the 60th edition of the Showdown in Adelaide tonight. The Blues started the round just a game outside the wildcard spots, and they will be favoured to beat the Eagles at Docklands. Later, Collingwood takes…
An attempt to steal copper from a south-east Queensland substation caused a fire and left about 13,000 customers without power overnight. State-owned Energex said a fire at its Browns Plains substation caused a power outage for customers in suburbs including Boronia Heights, Hillcrest and Regents Park from 2:45am. Energex field delivery general manager Kev Lavender…
Beirut’s southern suburbs were blanketed in black as tens of thousands of people gathered to mark the largest Ashura procession in the Lebanese capital in years, after months of deadly bombardment by Israel. A sacred day of mourning for Shiite Muslims, the ceremony was also a display of Hezbollah’s force, as the Iranian-backed militant group…
A couple who have opened their home to refugees from across the world say a “soft landing” remains critical for helping people settle and integrate into Australia. Since early 2023, Anne and John Roberts have opened their home in Margaret River, in Western Australia’s South West, to vulnerable people seeking a new life under a…
The perimeter of Seattle’s World Cup stadium was dotted with rainbows this morning, ahead of a match between teams representing two of the most repressive countries for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. Follow live: Keep across all the action as Iran and Egypt play from 1pm (AEST) It was just a coincidence that the…
Australia will enter the World Cup knockout rounds with just 24 players in the squad, after veteran Matthew Leckie and right-back Jacob Italiano departed the camp. Stay across the latest news, analysis and features from the 2026 FIFA World Cup here. Leckie suffered a leg injury in the loss to the USA, while Italiano went…
A polygamous sect leader already serving a 50-year federal prison sentence in the US has been convicted of state child abuse charges after girls were found in an unventilated trailer he was hauling through Arizona. A member of the public contacted authorities after seeing small fingers reaching through gaps in the trailer’s doors in 2022….
Those who knew Hussein Dehaini say he could have been anything he wanted to be. But what the 33-year-old boxer became was the latest casualty of Melbourne’s underworld conflict, gunned down in the middle of the street last Sunday before his killers sped away. Police at the scene of the Ascot Vale shooting on June…