Richmond’s Monique Conti has stormed to her first AFLW best and fairest, winning the league’s highest honour with two rounds to spare.
Last year’s runner-up to Brisbane’s Ally Anderson, Conti polled 20 of a possible 24 votes across the first eight rounds to add the best and fairest to her fifth All-Australian selection.
Continue reading...The Mudgeeraba Bushman became a global star for taking six wickets in an over, but the world will have to wait to find out if he can extend his run
When a local sports reporter told Gold Coast cricketer Gareth Morgan he was going to write “a bit of an article” for the back page about Morgan’s six wickets in an over the day before, the 44-year-old was surprised.
“I said to him: that’s a little bit over the top for third grade cricket don’t you think?” Morgan recalls.
Continue reading...Peak body wants Australia to keep the event but talks are under way with other countries and about changing the Games’ format
Australia has three months to find a 2026 Commonwealth Games host city as three other candidates emerge for the event.
Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) hierarchy said on Wednesday that finding an Australian host for the 2026 edition remains the priority while appealing for government support.
Continue reading...Only 11% of respondents to survey say they have ‘high interest’, down five points from before last year’s race
Punters are switching off the Melbourne Cup, with a majority of Australians reporting they have little or no interest in what was once “the race that stops the nation”.
According to the latest Essential poll of 1,049 voters, just 11% reported a “high interest” in the Melbourne Cup, down five points from when the question was asked before the 2022 race.
Continue reading...Eddie Jones’s tenure as Wallabies coach is officially over after Rugby Australia formally accepted his resignation following the team’s disastrous World Cup campaign in France.
RA on Tuesday confirmed the embattled coach’s departure from the national setup and said he would officially leave his post on 25 November.
Continue reading...Normalisation of violence in sport, like ‘tough love’ coaching, has discouraged children from speaking up, experts say
When Matthew* experienced violence from his soccer coach and teammates, he didn’t tell his parents out of fear it would mean giving up the sport he loved.
“I didn’t want them to withdraw me from sport altogether, because sport has always been everything in my life, it truly has.”
Continue reading...Street photographer known for ‘ordinary people’ portraits snaps Australian cricketer and partner without realising ‘he’s photographing royalty’
Australian cricket all-rounder Marcus Stoinis is causing a stir on and off the field after an impromptu Instagram video, shot recently on a New York street, went viral.
Stoinis helped Australia thrash Pakistan in the World Cup on Friday night. In a crucial match for Australia’s finals hopes in the international one day series, Stoinis helped Australia thump Pakistan and secure a 62-run win in Bengaluru.
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A strong no vote could hold back reforms in Indigenous affairs, Wyatt says
Ken Wyatt said he doesn’t think the government has made a mistake deciding against legislating the voice if the referendum is defeated, but he fears what a strong no vote will mean for the future of Indigenous affairs:
We’ve got to respect what Australians are saying if there is an overwhelming no majority …
The fear I have now is with a strong no, whether the government will become reticent to be adventurous on doing significant reforms in the future in the Aboriginal affairs portfolio, and on programs and policies that could reshape the landscape of Aboriginal affairs and the way in which Aboriginal people access the plethora of services that we all take for granted across this nation as our inherent right.
Continue reading...News Corp-backed Betr attracted controversy last year when it offered 100-1 odds on the 2023 NRL and AFL grand final winners, as well as other sports
The News Corp-backed betting agency Betr is in the process of paying out $40m in bets after Penrith’s grand final win on Sunday, which the company believes is an Australian record.
Betr attracted significant controversy earlier this year over its widely advertised launch campaign offering 100-1 odds on the Melbourne Cup, something that prompted regulatory intervention and a record $210,000 fine.
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Continue reading...The previous hottest start to October in Sydney was 33.1C but Sunday’s mercury peaked at 35.6C
Sydney has endured its hottest ever start to October on record as fire danger warnings were issued across NSW – and as two bushfires threatened campers and towns in eastern Victoria.
According to data from the Bureau of Meteorology, two years had tied for Sydney’s hottest 1 October on record: 33.1C was recorded at Observatory Hill weather station in both 1961 and 2009.
Continue reading...The two men in their 20s reportedly attended the Knockout music festival at Sydney Olympic Park. Follow the day’s news live
Reserve Bank not likely to move on interest rates
Australian borrowers are likely to be spared more interest rate pain this week, following the first Reserve Bank of Australia board meeting under its new governor.
Sydney: 594 auctions with a clearance rate of 71.7%
Melbourne: 159 auctions with a clearance rate of 66%
Brisbane: 82 auctions with a clearance rate of 70.7%
Adelaide: 58 auctions with a clearance rate of 79.3%
Canberra: 64 auctions with a clearance rate of 62.5%
Tasmania: No auctions held with two expected this weekend
Perth: Six of 13 auctions have been held
Continue reading...The foreign minister claims public interest immunity over Dfat advice. This blog is now closed
Rishworth won’t confirm adoption of any disability royal commission recommendations, ahead of report release
Families and Social Services Minister Amanda Rishworth has refused to confirm if the government will be adopting any of the recommendations made in the disability royal commission report ahead of its public release today.
I’m not going to comment on any specific recommendations.
Obviously, we need to also make sure people with disability have choice and control.
You never change a country for the better through fear, you change it through hope and optimism and compassion and justice.
That’s what this referendum is about.
This is a body that won’t provide funds, that won’t run programs, that will just give advice to the government, and that experience of past bodies, and issues that have arisen has been factored in by Indigenous Australians when they’ve made this request.
Continue reading...‘De Koning’s in the air, everywhere I look around,’ Williams sang to tune of Love Is In The Air
Lying in bed, Robbie Williams expressed shock after Carlton’s last-gasp victory over Melbourne in their AFL semi-final on Friday night.
“Wow! Is it like this every year?” asked the singer in a video he posted on social media.
Continue reading...Match between the Giants and Richmond pushed back by about 30 minutes due to red-bellied black snake
An AFLW match between Greater Western Sydney and Richmond in Blacktown was delayed after a snake was spotted sunning itself in the grass.
The red-bellied black snake appeared to be taking advantage of the hot weather that parts of Australia’s south-east have been experiencing.
Continue reading...Swimming great describes ‘scary time’ after chance discovery during MRI scan for hip injury
Australian swimming champion Ariarne Titmus has had surgery to remove benign tumours from an ovary.
The women’s 400 metres freestyle world record holder discovered the tumours by chance when having an MRI scan on a sore hip.
Continue reading...Money owed by Recharge Industries to the Geelong Cats include unpaid hospitality packages that typically involve premium match-day seating
The Geelong Football Club is chasing Recharge Industries, the company that pledged to resurrect UK’s battery-making ambitions through the purchase of Britishvolt, for tens of thousands of dollars worth of unpaid corporate membership fees.
The unpaid debt adds to the mounting financial stress on the Australian-born firm that received high praise from the deputy prime minister, Richard Marles, and the opposition leader, Peter Dutton, just months ago, but now owes employees significant wages in the US, UK and Australia.
Continue reading...32-year-old North Melbourne player left with facial injuries just hours after retirement match at MCG
North Melbourne stalwart Jack Ziebell was the victim of an attack outside a bar just hours after he retired from the AFL in emotional scenes at the MCG.
The 32-year-old spent the night in hospital with facial injuries after allegedly being set upon by a group of men outside a bar in South Yarra, the Kangaroos said.
Continue reading...The Victorian premier last month announced Victoria would not host the games after a forecast cost blowout
The Victorian government has agreed to pay Commonwealth Games bodies $380m in compensation after cancelling the 2026 event, in what the premier, Daniel Andrews, is claiming as “the best outcome” the state could get.
Andrews made the shock announcement last month that Victoria would not host the Games as planned due to concerns they would far exceed initial cost expectations.
Continue reading...Australian women’s football team has seen a five-fold increase in value since the start of the 2023 World Cup, analysis shows
The Matildas are Australia’s most valuable national sporting team and the worth of their brand has increased fivefold since the start of the 2023 World Cup, new analysis shows.
That brand will only increase in value over the coming days if they continue on their winning stomach-knotting run, although they do face a challenge in retaining momentum after some of the euphoria subsides, given their irregular playing schedule.
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Continue reading...Unprecedented merchandise sales have led to major stockists running low. Here’s how to buy Matildas merch, or make your own to dress the part
There has been a run on all things green and gold this week in Australia, after the Matildas’ streak of victories in the Women’s World Cup.
Nike said that there has been “record breaking” demand for the team jersey, with this year’s outselling the 2019 World Cup’s edition 13 to one. More Matildas jerseys have been sold in Australia in the past three months than before, during and after any previous tournament.
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