Blurring of cricket and footy seasons will force fans to choose their poison
A clash of kings is coming. Eddie McGuire has revealed the Australian Football League plans to expand its yearly fixture to mid-October, a time usually reserved for laying turf wickets and warming catching fingers. More...
Sharks could bite humans as a form of self-defence, study finds
A new study has found some shark bites may be an act of “survival instincts” rather than a planned attack. Scientists from Université PSL observed 74 shark bites in French Polynesia from 2009 More...
Sixteen killed on NSW and Victorian roads during Anzac long weekend
Sixteen people were killed and hundreds were injured on NSW and Victorian roads over the course of the Anzac Day long weekend this year. Over the weekend in NSW, 113 people were injured, and 295 major crashes More...
Liverpool city council plans to tackle trolley dumping with cheap ‘granny trolleys’
A Sydney council plans to crack down on dumped supermarket trolleys by offering cheap “granny trolleys” to locals. Liverpool City Council is so sick of people dumping trolleys that it plans to More...
‘People always remember the players who made them feel good’
The passing of Keith Stackpole during the week and the many subsequent tributes which appeared on The Roar and elsewhere gave me pause to consider that there was much said about Stacky as a man as there was More...
Federal Election: Treasurer unveils new savings measures to pay for Labor spend-a-thon
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has improved the budget bottomline by $1 billion with new savings measures including bumping up the price of student visas for overseas students to $2000 to help pay for an election spend-a-thon. In More...
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission warns against excessive card surcharges
Australia’s consumer watchdog is urging businesses to ensure card surcharges are in line with the law. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is encouraging businesses to review More...
Man dies in hospital after being shot on hunting trip in Black Spring near Oberon
Paramedics treated the 69-year-old man for a gunshot wound to the right shoulder before he was flown to Westmead Hospital in a critical condition. Police have launched an investigation into the shooting and More...
Tensions over women’s rights, trans issues boil over in Melbourne
Arrests have been made following Saturday’s chaotic protests in Melbourne’s CBD, where rival demonstrations between women’s rights activists and pro-trans counter-protesters escalated into violent street More...
Panthers taking on judiciary, Broncos sweat on Reynolds, Latrell banned, Dogs trio out
Penrith will fight the NRL’s crackdown on illegal shots at the judiciary, hoping to help save their ailing season by wiping Scott Sorensen’s two-game suspension. Sorensen went to the sin bin for his shoulder More...
