28 h. ago How 400,000km in an old Toyota, a single mum and a brush with death shaped Matt Hill’s career

Matt Hill is the face behind the voice that calls our most famous horse race. He is also a rising star of AFL broadcasting.

Events

45 h. ago Bulldogs out of Galvin race as two players raise fresh concerns about Tigers

Phil Gould says Canterbury will not chase Lachlan Galvin’s signature as the Tigers are hit with further complaints from disgruntled players.

Politics

45 h. ago Bulldogs out of Galvin race as fresh player concerns raised about Tigers

Phil Gould says Canterbury will not chase Lachlan Galvin’s signature as the Tigers are hit with further complaints from disgruntled players.

Politics

46 h. ago How did the Stawell Gift waste what should have been its greatest ever race?

That the two quickest men in Stawell on Monday could not even get to the final would suggest the handicappers had a howler.

Politics

47 h. ago The teacher who beat schoolboy Gout in the semis also won the Stawell Gift

John Evans isn’t sure what the bigger achievement will be – telling his kids he won the Stawell Gift, or telling them that the day he did it, he beat Gout Gout.

Society

3 d. ago The Gout effect: Stawell crowd doubles to watch sprint sensation storm to heat victory

Twice as many people as last year came just to see the heats. They came to see one person – the man whose name they chanted as he stood on the blocks. This was the day Gout Gout came to the Stawell Gift.

Events

4 d. ago This man paid $50,000 to bring Gout Gout to Stawell, and would have doubled it

Sandy McGregor has owned Melbourne Cup and Grand National winners. He says Gout’s profile makes him the Black Caviar of athletics.

Politics

6 d. ago ‘It gives me goosebumps’: The graduation gift from the woman Yung calls ‘Mum’

In 2000, Vietnamese-born Yung was in Australia alone and living in a refuge. Then she met Sharman.

Politics

6 d. ago Matildas star Mary Fowler floored by ACL injury, Asian Cup availability in doubt

Mary Fowler is facing a race against time to be fit for the Matildas’ home Asian Cup campaign.

Events

7 d. ago The seats Dutton and Albanese avoid in their race around the nation

Every campaign is marked by surprise visits across the country and spending promises. Here’s what Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton have been up to.

Politics

1 week ago Via Sistina matches Winx by taking out $5m Randwick feature race

Chris Waller and James McDonald scored a group 1 double on day two of the Championships.

Politics

1 week ago There’s a key problem in Dutton’s campaign, and he’s running out of time to fix it

Peter Dutton has run a steady race for three years, and looked at times like he was trouncing Anthony Albanese, but he enters the final three weeks as the laggard.

Politics

1 week ago Aureka kicks off third drill program for the year in Victoria

Aureka Ltd has kicked off another new drilling campaign this time at its St Arnaud gold project in Victoria, as drilling wraps up at its Irvine Stawell project.

Politics

2 w. ago ‘Risk to human health’: EPA knocks back giant waste transfer station

Communities in Melbourne’s southeast are celebrating the refusal to allow Veolia to build a waste transfer station, in a blow to council waste disposal plans.

Politics

2 w. ago Like lifting a polar bear: How Australia’s fastest man exploded out of the blocks against Gout Gout

Gout Gout v Lachie Kennedy is poised to become one of the great rivalries in Australian athletics. Data and video analysis show how Kennedy won their first race, and give clues to how their duels will unfold in the days and years ahead.

Politics

2 w. ago Gout not the backmarker for Stawell Gift; Schoolgirl breaks Raelene Boyle’s sprint record

Gout Gout was given a difficult mark, but there’s another runner who will start from further back at the famous Easter foot race, while in Perth a sprint record that stood for 57 years has fallen.

Politics

2 w. ago Raelene Boyle’s 100m record stood for 57 years. This Australian schoolgirl just broke it

More stars are emerging in Australian sprinting, with a record that was set at the Mexico Olympics back in 1968 toppled, and the handicaps for this year’s Stawell Gift set.

Politics

2 w. ago Major parties race clock, and each other, to make big pitches to voters

In a sign of the changing face of our elections, Labor and the Coalition’s formal campaign launches will come just days before Australians can begin casting pre-poll votes.

Politics

2 w. ago ‘I didn’t do a good enough job,’ Piastri admits after Verstappen flexes his muscle to win in Japan

The four-time reigning world champion has won in Suzuka for the fourth time in a row, despite Norris and Piastri having the best race car on the grid.

Politics

2 w. ago Japanese Grand Prix 2025 live: Verstappen flexes his muscle, wins in Japan as McLaren’s Norris and Piastri struggle for answers

The four-time reigning world champion has won in Suzuka for the fourth time in a row, despite Norris and Piastri having the best race car. Follow all of the drama

Politics