1+ hour, 37+ min ago   (752+ words) September 13, 2026 — 1:40pm Cronulla chief executive Dino Mezzatesta fears the Sharks may never host an NRL final in their own backyard again, but says the NRL should implement a blanket finals policy that will ensure all clubs are treated the same. The…...

1+ hour, 47+ min ago   (574+ words) September 13, 2026 — 1:30pm I was among about 300 people who crowded into a warren of reception rooms which doubles as the hotel’s air raid shelter. They included current and former prime ministers, defence and foreign ministers, policymakers, diplomats, academics, editors, foreign correspondents, commentators…...

1+ hour, 47+ min ago   (756+ words) September 13, 2026 — 1:30pm When Garry Ledger fell on a tram and hit his head last August, there were initially no signs of a major injury. The 78-year-old South Australian had just boarded the route 16 service towards the city. He was busy tapping…...

10+ hour, 16+ min ago   (1032+ words) September 13, 2026 — 5:01am As psephologists gradually realise that a clairvoyant has more chance of predicting the Victorian election, there’s one direct benefit to the political uncertainty: the much mocked, disliked, analysed and confusing beast that is One Nation has improved the contest…...

10+ hour, 17+ min ago   (1845+ words) September 13, 2026 — 5:00am Benji Marshall’s all-encompassing powers at the Wests Tigers are being diluted, with the club advertising for a coaching director and senior management taking charge of the search for an assistant. The Tigers have conceded Marshall needs help in his…...

10+ hour, 17+ min ago   (875+ words) September 13, 2026 — 5:00am If Daly Cherry-Evans ends his NRL career the way he began it - with a premiership - the 15-year gap between the feats would be the largest in history. When he burst onto the scene for Manly in 2011 and won a…...

10+ hour, 17+ min ago   (760+ words) September 13, 2026 — 5:00am More importantly, some AfD representatives have past or present associations with fully fledged neo-Nazi groups rather than parroting online antisemitic conspiracies. Yet despite their differences, both parties have found themselves in the political niche termed populism. Which is, I’m…...

10+ hour, 17+ min ago   (988+ words) September 13, 2026 — 5:00am Almost half of Melbourne’s new housing approvals are concentrated in the city’s outer growth corridors, despite Labor’s push to prioritise building new homes in established suburbs and curb urban sprawl. There were 20,252 dwellings approved across Melbourne’s seven growth-area municipalities…...

10+ hour, 10+ min ago   (1692+ words) When US President Donald Trump accused Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky of “gambling with World War III”, in a furious exchange in the White House in March last year, it was easy, perhaps, to write the statement off as overblown rhetoric....