Dual premiership coach Mark ‘Bomber’ Thompson says he now holds no grudges towards anyone in football as he opened up on his lowest point of the past decade. Thompson, who coached Geelong to the 2007 and 2009 flags after claiming three premierships as a Bombers player, will return to the AFL sphere on Grand Final … Read more
The Queensland government has granted an Aboriginal group a two-year extension to develop 249 hectares of state-owned land, including exclusive waterfront property, on North Stradbroke Island in Moreton Bay. An existing temporary local planning instrument (TLPI) over 25 parcels of land on the island, also known as Minjerribah, expired on Wednesday, forcing Deputy Premier Steven … Read more
Coles is “aggressively” rolling out new technology that will track shoppers’ every move from the moment they walk into a store. Overhead cameras, trolley locks, smart gates and, perhaps most bizarrely, fog machines will be introduced in a desperate bid to tackle rising theft. “If you’re a thief, we’re gonna catch ya,” Coles’ Chief Operating … Read more
God help us all when the Voice to Parliament fails. The result will likely be closer than current polling suggests. But it is almost certain to fall over – and the unhinging will be feral. Indigenous leader and lawyer Noel Pearson has argued that the request for a constitutionally enshrined Voice is extending “the hand … Read more
Travis Kelce might be in his Taylor Swift era after all, the NY Post reports. The superstar Chiefs tight end — who had tried to give Swift his number earlier this summer — has been “hanging out” with the pop star, according to The Messenger. “Taylor and Travis have been quietly hanging out,” a source … Read more
The cause of the death of a hero Queensland grandad who rushed to save a mate from a deadly brown snake remains a mystery. Donald Morrison went into cardiac arrest on Saturday evening after he removed what witnesses believed was an eastern brown snake from a friend’s ankle during a school reunion in the small … Read more
Fiji will treat its clash against the Wallabies as a Rugby World Cup “final”. Following their first-up 32-26 loss to Wales, the Fijians can’t afford another defeat when they meet the Australians in a Group C clash on Monday morning (AEST) in Saint-Etienne. “Australia is our final now” Fiji’s assistant coach Daryl Gibson told The … Read more
Tina Turner rocked rugby league in the 1990s and the NRL grand final will go retro in 2023 with a musical tribute to the late superstar set to headline the pre-show entertainment. The NRL family felt the passing of Turner in May as much as anyone in the world given the rock icon’s lasting impact … Read more
A tourist returning from Bali has triggered a health alert in Western Australian after officials discovered the traveller had visited a hotel and shops while infected with measles. The Department of Health issued a statewide alert on Wednesday after the tourist, who has not been named, was admitted to a Perth hospital with the highly … Read more
The AFL will closely examine the collision between Brayden Maynard and Angus Brayshaw to determine whether players in a similar situation should have a case to answer after declaring the tribunal verdict was “not the outcome the AFL sought”. The league has flagged a review of players’ duty of care towards their opponents will take … Read more
