2 h. ago Reece, Ricky, Madge, and buses ... And they say nothing fun happens in Canberra

The crowning moment of the finals so far is supposed to come next weekend when the Bulldogs and Panthers meet in front of 70,000 fans. Try beating this.

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3 h. ago Wallabies can’t let chance of Bledisloe win slip through their fingers

Australia won’t get a better opportunity to beat the All Blacks - if they get their team selection right.

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3 h. ago Tiger trouble: Richmond are alone without an AFLW win; Hawks join list of top clubs to suffer defeat

Welcome to our weekly AFLW blog for round five. Throughout the season, follow along for updates from every game, as well as news and analysis across the round.

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4 h. ago One of Hawthorn’s ‘true greats’: Breust’s AFL career ends abruptly after knee injury

The career of three-time Hawthorn premiership player Luke Breust is over after his serious knee injury, sustained while playing in the VFL on Saturday, was confirmed.

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5 h. ago Tiger trouble: Packed with stars, Richmond are alone without an AFLW win

Welcome to our weekly AFLW blog for round five. Throughout the season, follow along for updates from every game, as well as news and analysis across the round.

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5 h. ago Dogs set sights on 70,000 crowd as NRL locks in Sunday blockbuster

Canterbury are anticipating a 70,000-strong crowd to rival their 2009 finals clash against Parramatta next weekend.

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6 h. ago Was Collingwood’s win in Adelaide all it was cracked up to be, and is the clock ticking for their ageing list?

Collingwood were stumbling late in the season, but a stirring finals win in Adelaide has restored the faith in Craig McRae’s men. We’re about to find out how good that form really is.

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6 h. ago Dogs set sights on 70,000 crowd as AFL decider weighs into NRL finals scheduling

Canterbury are anticipating a 70,000-strong crowd to rival their 2009 finals clash against Parramatta next weekend.

Sport

7 h. ago Kikau plays through fracture pain, twice, as Dogs sweat Sexton scans

The Bulldogs are sweating scan results on several key figures ahead of a sudden-death clash with Penrith.

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7 h. ago Tiger trouble: Packed with stars, Richmond are alone without a win in AFLW

Welcome to our weekly AFLW blog for round five. Throughout the season, follow along for updates from every game, as well as news and analysis across the round.

Politics

9 h. ago NSW Liberal leader Mark Speakman is on borrowed time. He knows this and so do his colleagues

NSW Liberal Leader Mark Speakman was not responsible for his party’s byelection loss, but he will wear the blame.

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11 h. ago After three weeks, travel warning lifted as police continue search for suspected cop killer

Facing a fraught balance between public safety and local needs, Victoria Police have lifted a travel warning for a remote town, even as a massive manhunt for Dezi Freeman continues in the surrounding bushland.

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11 h. ago After three weeks, travel warning lifted as police continue search for suspected police killer

Facing a fraught balance between public safety and local needs, Victoria Police have lifted a travel warning for a remote town, even as a massive manhunt for Dezi Freeman continues in the surrounding bushland.

Events

13 h. ago How Charlie Kirk’s social media machine rewired a generation’s politics

When news broke that Taylor Swift was engaged, Charlie Kirk took to TikTok: “Submit to your husband, Taylor. You’re not in charge,” he said in a video viewed 7.5 million times. It shows how Kirk harnessed the attention economy to build a political empire that has shattered the left’s grip on young voters.

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13 h. ago How is that an Aussie fair go, for the War Memorial to change the rules at half

I was surprised, and not surprised, that my book had been twice rejected by the Australian War Memorial as winner of the Les Carlyon Literary Award, despite being nominated by independent judges.

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17 h. ago ‘Time to stop talking and start building’: The plan for 8000 new homes along Parramatta Road

Thousands of new homes could be delivered along one of the city’s most important corridors, after the state government announced a new partnership with a Sydney council.

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17 h. ago The mother of all preliminary finals takes centre stage, with Pies the support act

It is rare for the leviathan Collingwood Football Club, the club that draws eyeballs and attention like no other, to be overshadowed in a weekend of preliminary finals. It will be this time.

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22 h. ago Can only get two days away? Here are the best spots for a short break

Two days can seem like a lot more if you escape to a wellness retreat, or combine good food and wine with time in nature.

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27 h. ago Surfers return to the water a week after northern beaches shark attack

Friends and family of Mercury Psillakis, 57, gathered at Dee Why beach on Saturday.

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28 h. ago ‘This is what I dreamt of as a kid’: the Brightside of a traumatic week in racing

Mr Brightside’s record-breaking third straight group 1 Makybe Diva Stakes came at a time that the racing community continued to hold its breath for injured jockey Tom Prebble.

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