The Newcastle Knights are at home and can provisionally move into the NRL’s top four with a win over the last-placed St George Illawarra Dragons. The Knights have elected to rest Queensland Maroons State of Origin star Kalyn Ponga, with Fletcher Sharp named as the Newcastle fullback. Follow the live blog below, keep up to…
Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. It’s just about 90 minutes to Wednesday’s FIFA World Cup showdown between England and Croatia in Dallas. Already, dozens of soccer…
The conduct of the judge who jailed the Perth parents accused of starving their daughter to the point of severe malnutrition amounted to a “miscarriage of justice”, WA’s Court of Appeal has found. The girl weighed just 28 kilograms when she was hospitalised in 2021 at the age of 17, after doctors warned her low…
A UK man has been found guilty of manslaughter over the death of his farmstay host in central Victoria after she rejected his romantic interest. Timothy Loosemore, 62, faced a 14-day trial in the Supreme Court of Victoria over the death of Maree Vermont, 60, whose remains were found after a house fire in Goldie,…
The woman who was first on the scene to help Adelaide Crows legend Tony Modra after he was critically injured in a truck crash has described holding his hand as they waited for emergency services. Linda Cameron provided first aid to Modra after the truck he was driving hit a tree at Back Valley, on…
Queensland’s largest gold mine has escaped financial crisis by meeting its self-imposed refinancing deadline, although one expert warns a close watch should be kept on the project. Ravenswood Gold has secured a $1.4 billion refinancing deal to help pay off debts incurred through expansions and outdated hedge book prices. The Ravenswood Gold Mine is about…
Federal senators have accused senior leaders in Australia’s accounting and auditing industry of behaving disgracefully as more revelations emerge about KPMG’s whistleblower scandal. At a parliamentary hearing in Canberra on Friday the former head of audit at KPMG Australia, Julian McPherson, apologised to a whistleblower after the committee heard the unnamed individual had allegedly been…
Victoria has lost another international motorsport event to South Australia, the second in six months. The Australian round of the FIM Superbike World Championships will be held at Victoria’s Phillip Island track for the last time in 2027 and will move to South Australia’s The Bend from 2028. It is the second major motoring event…
There is no shortage of people in north Queensland who are ready to throw their support behind Pauline Hanson, who a Queensland political analyst has labelled “populist”. But polling suggests it may be working. James Cook University political analyst Maxine Newlands said One Nation was “definitely in the ascendancy”. But she said people were willing…
Federal police have charged a second man in in relation to a ‘black flight’ that allegedly smuggled two Australian fugitives into Indonesia in 2025. Jay Davis, a 32-year-old Brisbane man, was arrested by Australian Federal Police (AFP) investigators at Brisbane Airport on Thursday night after arriving into the country from Indonesia. Earlier this year the…