2 h. ago One rule to ring them all: What changes would you make to our favourite sports?

Every sport has at least one rule that aggravates fans. If our journalists had the power to change one rule to improve their sport, here’s what they would do.

Sport

3 h. ago Confidential advice undercooked climate change to Howard government

Cabinet briefings in 2005 warned of climate change, but did not anticipate the scale and severity of the impacts now playing out.

Politics

10 h. ago Victoria Bushfires as it happened: 11 major fires rage, 130 properties lost as State of Disaster declared; Total fire ban until Sunday

A late wind change was expected overnight creating perilous conditions for fires still burning out of control across the state.

Events

13 h. ago LIVE Melbourne derby Big Bash: Stars thrash Renegades as Vaughan criticises England hierarchy

The Melbourne derby was dominated by the big hitters at Marvel Stadium, and it was the men in green who had the last laugh. Recap all the action here.

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13 h. ago Stars thrash Renegades as Vaughan criticises England hierarchy

The Melbourne derby was dominated by the big hitters at Marvel Stadium, and it was the men in green who had the last laugh. Recap all the action here.

Politics

18 h. ago Victoria Bushfires LIVE: Dozens of fires rage as State of Disaster declared; missing family found and homes razed

A late wind change was expected overnight creating perilous conditions for fires still burning out of control across the state.

Events

18 h. ago Victoria Bushfires LIVE: 11 major fires rage, 130 properties lost as State of Disaster declared; Total fire ban until Sunday

A late wind change was expected overnight creating perilous conditions for fires still burning out of control across the state.

Events

22 h. ago Victoria Bushfires LIVE: 36 fires rage as State of Disaster declared; Family missing and homes razed

A late wind change was expected overnight creating perilous conditions for fires still burning out of control across the state.

Events

22 h. ago Starc, Head and Carey were outstanding, but they weren’t why Australia hammered England

Test cricket is decided by an array of mini-contests. Australia won the Ashes 4-1 because they won the vast majority of those tight little battles.

Politics

22 h. ago Brendon McCullum’s latest absurd claim should spell the end of his tenure

The England coach’s insistence his players “handled themselves pretty well across the board” in Australia – just before the Harry Brook news broke – was the most damning statement in a tour full of them.

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25 h. ago Victoria bushfires LIVE: Concerns over out of control blazes at Longwood, Walwa and Harcourt after nervous night for firefighters; Dozens of homes destroyed

A late wind change was expected overnight creating perilous conditions for fires still burning out of control across the state.

Events

27 h. ago Inside story: what it took to get Albanese to change his mind

It was a signal the prime minister could not ignore. Pressure was no longer coming only from grieving families or the opposition. It was coming from Labor’s own ranks.

Politics

36 h. ago How much will it change rugby league if the scoring team kicks off?

Not many people remember Super League fondly. Now one of the rebel competition’s controversial rules could make a return.

Sport

41 h. ago The Ashes teams have lost faith in Snicko. It’s now facing its own review

Cricket Australia has already undertaken to review the use of the DRS technology following several controversial instances. Fox is also set to look into whether it should make a change.

Politics

41 h. ago NSW could still need state inquiry into Bondi terror attack: Minns

The premier says leaders should be allowed to change their mind as he backed in Anthony Albanese’s decision to hold a federal royal commission.

Events

44 h. ago A Presley tale, O.J. and the apocalypse: ’90s harbingers of Trump’s America

From being evicted at Graceland to a driverless ride into the future, a return to LA reveals the fault lines of a changing America.

Politics

51 h. ago England will not change until this arrogant regime is dismissed

The self-styled three wise men of English cricket – Brendon McCullum, Rob Key and Ben Stokes – turned out to be the Three Stooges. It’s time to move on from their reign of error.

Events

62 h. ago Australia’s summer bares its teeth as the heat is unfurled from the west

The worst heatwave since 2020 began in the far west and has yet to leave the east.

Politics

63 h. ago Angry southside residents take bus route protest to ‘ghost stop’

The group, who gathered at a now-redundant stop in Acacia Ridge, called for the reversal of changes that they say have left them worse off.

Politics

63 h. ago England never recovered from Perth, and neither did this Ashes series

It’s been a dizzying series in many ways, comprising some moments of champagne cricket but many more of poor stuff that spoke to England’s ramshackle preparation for the task and Australia’s numerous vulnerabilities.

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