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A Set small text size A Set the default text size A Set large text size Wallaroos flyhalf Arabella McKenzie has been left out of the squad to face Fiji, as sevens convert Charlotte Caslick ticks all the boxes ahead of a potential Test debut. Coach Jo Yapp reduced the 40-player squad by 10 on Monday, ahead of the side’s Test against Fijiana on Saturday in Suva. Olympic gold medallist Caslick was among those retained, but NSW Waratahs playmaker McKenzie was a notable omission. Faitala Moleka, Lori Cramer and Tia Hinds, a sevens teammate of Caslick, will instead jostle for ... Read more

Police say Adshaiyan Arunasalam, 24, from Parramatta was swept off the rocks in the huge swell which battered the coast over Easter. Extensive searches were carried out for him. The family of a man who was swept into the ocean in Sydney on Good Friday have pleaded with authorities to keep looking for him.Police say Adshaiyan Arunasalam, 24, was swept off the rocks in the huge swell which battered the coast over Easter. (Supplied) Now his family, say they their “hearts are shattered”, and they just want to “bring Akshayan home”. They want underwater searches launched. “Every moment since has ... Read more

Disgraced veteran Ben Roberts-Smith will return to the federal court this week as he seeks a defamation retrial bid after “fresh evidence” surfaced last month. The Victoria Cross recipient failed in his bid to sue Nine Newspapers in 2023 for a series of articles alleging that he had committed war crimes, with the Federal Court instead finding, on the civil standard of the balance of probabilities, that the allegations were true. Roberts-Smith is claiming a miscarriage of justice in his failed defamation case against Fairfax media after recordings surfaced of investigative reporter Nick McKenzie allegedly admitting to accessing information relating ... Read more

CCTV footage shows an armed burglar taking thousands of dollars worth of Pokemon cards from a Melbourne store in the latest of a spate of thefts targeting the lucrative trading cards. Armed with a golf club, the thief smashed his way into the Moonee Ponds store in the early hours of April 14 before filling a bag with more than $3000 worth of Pokemon cards and fleeing. “As well as the value of the stock and the value of the damage, it’s a lot of time and effort and it plays on your mind,” store owner Lucas Hipkins said. Armed ... Read more

Victoria is seeing its worst measles outbreak in a decade, as the global outbreak continues to penetrate Australian borders. Victorian health authorities issued a warning on Monday, with a list of exposure sites that include the Melbourne international airport, a Westfield, Coles, Aldi and a pet store. “A growing number of measles cases have acquired their infection locally in Victoria,” the state’s chief health officer, Tarun Weeramanthri, said. “There is currently an increased risk of measles in the greater Melbourne and Mitchell Shire, with a number of public exposure sites identified. “There is also an ongoing risk of measles being ... Read more

A Set small text size A Set the default text size A Set large text size The Queensland Reds might have got their season back on track last weekend, but their hopes of snapping a 14-year premiership drought have been rocked by a mounting injury toll. Indeed, as the Reds prepare for three matches on the road, The Roar can reveal that regular Wallabies hooker Matt Faessler is expected to miss the rest of the Super Rugby season with a hamstring injury.   While Faessler missed the Reds’ impressive 35-21 win over the Blues in Brisbane, few details had been ... Read more

Two police officers claim they were justified in repeatedly punching an NRL star in the face because he put his hand on a service firearm during a wild brawl in a tiki bar. Sergeant Evan Huw Prowse, 38, and Senior Constable Steven Lockwood Brown, 50, are fighting allegations they assaulted Canberra Raiders hooker Tom Starling during a 21st birthday outing in December 2020.  The now-26-year-old rugby league player had been with his parents and brothers Jackson, 29, and Josh, 24, at Shady Palms restaurant on the NSW Central Coast when his mother was allegedly insulted by a security guard. Canberra ... Read more

A trial for a man who allegedly stabbed his partner 13 times inside their Sydney unit more than two years ago is expected to kick off next week after lengthy delays in court. Anthony “Tony” Eriksen, 63, was arrested after his partner Lisa Fenwick was found stabbed to death inside their Mascot apartment on April 9 in 2023. Mr Eriksen was charged with the murder of his partner of 13 years, pleading not guilty in November 2024. Mr Eriksen appeared via AVL in the Supreme Court Sydney on Monday from Kempsey Corrections Centre, sporting prison greens and long grey hair. ... Read more

A man who allegedly broke into the home of television star Asher Keddie before being tackled by her husband while attempting to steal a motorbike has been bailed. James Powell, 44, is accused of breaking into a garage belonging to Keddie and her acclaimed artist husband Vincent Fantauzzo on the morning of December 28. The court was previously told while he was wheeling out a $40,000 Ducati Scrambler motorbike, with the helmet in hand, Keddie heard a noise before discovering the alleged thief and screamed for her husband. Acclaimed artist Vincent Fantauzzo and television star Asher Keddie. (The Sydney Morning ... Read more

A Set small text size A Set the default text size A Set large text size The NRL has told bunker officials to only go back in play and order sin-bins in the most serious cases, after conceding match referees went too far on the weekend. League officials spent Monday combing through the record 18 sin-bins from round eight, while pinning the blame firmly on players for a rise in high tackles. NRL CEO Andrew Abdo also insisted there was no crackdown in place, but only a “slight over-reaction” from referees after several missed sin-bins earlier this year. It means ... Read more