4 d. ago ‘For whatever reason, I still keep going’: Richard Scolyer contemplates the future

The former Australian of the Year, who continues to show amazing resilience more than two-and-a-half years after being diagnosed with a lethal brain tumour, has set a new sporting goal.

Politics

4 d. ago King pong: Villagers kick up stink over Charles’ fertiliser plan

Many in Flitcham are too nervous to discuss their royal neighbour’s council application but as one says, who would want a wafting stench to ruin a summer’s evening?

Politics

4 d. ago ‘A hell of a smell’: Villagers kick up stink over King’s fertiliser plan

Many in Flitcham are too nervous to discuss their royal neighbour’s council application but as one says, who would want a wafting stench to ruin a summer’s evening?

Politics

6 d. ago ‘He would be nervous’: Pressure mounts on SCG curator after MCG debacle

Cricket Australia chief executive Todd Greenberg says the “spotlight” is on the SCG pitch ahead of the Ashes finale.

Politics

6 d. ago A safari on foot in the big, bad wilderness is amazing – and nerve

For the next two days, we’ll walk in single file, always, so animals see us as one big thing, giving them unambiguous escape routes.

Politics

6 d. ago ‘Short Tests are bad for business’: MCG carnage could spark change on pitch preparation

Cricket Australia lost about $4 million in revenue from the two-day Test in Perth and, with 90,000 expected on Sunday, will likely be hit even harder if the Boxing Day Test does not see a third day.

Transport

6 d. ago Ashes player ratings: The Australian trio who should be nervous after Bazballers finally deliver

England have finally fired an Ashes shot, and a growing host of Aussies are now looking over their shoulders. We rate every player from another scarcely believable Boxing Day Test.

Sport

7 d. ago ‘Short Tests are bad for business’: How MCG carnage could spark change on pitch preparation

Cricket Australia lost about $4 million in revenue from the two-day Test in Perth and, with 90,000 expected on Sunday, will likely be hit even harder if the Boxing Day Test does not see a third day.

Transport

7 d. ago Boxing Day Test LIVE: Australia faces a nervous final over after 20 wickets tumble on day one of Boxing Day Test

Australian bowlers are fighting back in the fourth Ashes Test match after their batters failed dismally on a green wicket on the opening day. Follow the action LIVE.

Sport

9 d. ago The cost of getting a foot in the door at this Sydney private school hits $9000

Cranbrook, Kambala, Ascham and Scots will all charge $6000 or more while Queenwood, Wenona and Pymble Ladies’ College have set enrolment fees at about $4000.

Economics

9 d. ago England lose Archer, drop Pope. Duckett holds place, but video under investigation

The news has gone from bad to worse for the visitors. Not only is their opening batsman’s behaviour in Noosa under question, now they’ve lost their biggest weapon and best player in this Ashes series, paceman Jofra Archer.

Events

1 week ago TODAY IN HISTORY: Sole survivor of plane crash returns to the wreckage site

In the documentary 'Wings of Hope' by Werner Herzog, Juliane Koepcke returns to the Amazonian jungle where she survived a terrible plane crash.

Events

2 w. ago I watched this year’s cheesiest Christmas movies so you don’t have to

What’s Christmas without some cinematic trash? But there’s an art to being “so bad it’s good”, and not all cringe festive fare nails it.

Politics

2 w. ago ‘I made a bad decision’: The woman at the centre of the Coldplay kiss cam scandal breaks her silence

Five months after the TikTok bomb became the defining disaster of her life, Kristin Cabot has opened up.

Politics

2 w. ago Forget about ‘Bazball’, bad Ashes prep and DRS. England simply aren’t good enough

Australia have fielded 14 men who can genuinely call themselves Test cricketers. To paraphrase Ben Stokes, the same cannot be said for the opposition.

Politics

2 w. ago Being ‘something for everyone’ might not be such a bad thing

The lack of political solidarity at this sad time is more of a failure than any action, or lack of action, by Anthony Albanese.

Politics

2 w. ago Mother hit by Liberal pamphlets tells inquiry Brethren made voting ‘unsafe’

Evidence is flooding into a parliamentary committee inquiry about bad behaviour by members of the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church on behalf of the Liberal Party at the federal election.

Events

2 w. ago Six months after he was injured, Kalyn Ponga is still in a moon boot. But he insists he’ll be fit for Vegas

Newcastle’s captain is unlikely to resume full training until after Christmas as he continues his recovery from foot surgery.

Events

3 w. ago Perth council grounds Rinehart’s helipad plans for $270m Hancock headquarters

Despite two councillors backing the proposal, and Perth’s lord mayor describing Gina Rinehart as an “amazing Australian”, the council refused the application during Tuesday night’s meeting.

Politics

3 w. ago Singer’s beach ball rant reveals the fine line between amazing and Garbage festivals

Two music festivals held over the weekend highlighted what’s great, and what’s not, about the experience.

Culture