Steve Smith says batting in Australia is as hard now as any point in his career, with changes to balls and pitches in recent years reshaping the value of scores
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Government injects $180m to boost ‘vital’ local news
A major federal funding initiative is designed to bolster public-interest journalism, with support for newswire AAP, local outlets and Indigenous media.
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Company tax receipts downgraded as nation’s economy hit
Company tax receipts will be revised downwards for the first time in four years, as the economy feels global headwinds, the mid-year budget update shows.
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Funding to fast-track thousands more social homes
An extra 5000 social homes will be built under a fast-tracked round of the federal government's Housing Australia Future Fund.
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Scorching temperatures to hit most of the nation
The summer is off to a blistering start as a heatwave makes its way across the nation, bringing extreme fire danger to parts of the southeast.
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Ten years of torment for Lindt Cafe siege survivors
A hostage and a rescuer of the Lindt Cafe siege have opened up about their mental and emotional struggles in the decade since the deadly terror incident.
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Push to spark up EV policy to drive net zero ambitions
Misinformation and an early end to state subsidies has slowed electric car adoption and may mean Australia misses its climate goals, a study has found.
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Mohsin Khan Turns Traditional Pathani Into a Modern Fashion Statement
Mohsin Khan, the television's heartthrob, has once again proven why he's a style icon with impeccable taste in fashion.
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The Wicked director’s first movies, now streaming, have even better musical sequences
Step Up is more than just the franchise that minted Channing Tatum as a star. It’s more, even, than a franchise that gave us a gem of a sequel subhed. It is also the movie that gave us Jon M. Chu, director of Crazy Rich Asians, In the Heights, and the recent box-office smash hit […]
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‘Pac Man’ Returns as a 2D Action Platformer, and I’m Genuinely Speechless
It’s times like these where I have to wonder if I’m in the correct timeline. If you’d told me at any point before I found out that Bandai Namco would turn Pac Man into anything resembling what Shadow Labyrinth is? I’d never believe you. However, here we are at the tail end of 2024. And […]
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