Three people have been injured in the New South Wales snow fields when their chairlift seat detached and fell to the ground metres below. It happened about 2.20pm Saturday at Thredbo when the three snowboarders were rising the Kosciuszko chairlift. A strong wind gust caused their chair to detach from the chairlift cable, with the … Read more
Lydia Williams deserved every second of her emotional final act as a Matildas World Cup player. There were emotional scenes and tears all across Suncorp Stadium as the Matildas’ game-changing campaign came to an end — and one moment Williams had to herself may be the most crushing of the lot. Williams, Australia’s veteran goalkeeper, … Read more
Australians buy more mid-size SUVs than any other vehicle and the Mazda CX-5 has been one of the bestsellers for the best part of a decade. We find out why Aussies love this car so much. VALUE The Mazda CX-5 range is vast with four engines to choose from: three petrol – one turbo and … Read more
Geelong coach Chris Scott says the disorganised performance against St Kilda which ended the Cats’ finals bid was reflective of a campaign which felt like playing “Whac-A-Mole”. As battered stars Jeremy Cameron, Patrick Dangerfield and Tom Hawkins struggled once again and a hamstring injury to Esava Ratugolea “threw out” his ruck plans, Scott said the … Read more
A deadly plague is sweeping through the ranks of Russia’s top military commanders. One has turned up dead just months after being sacked. Another has vanished – after losing his rank as “General Armageddon”. And many regard the most senior of them all to be “Patient Zero”. One of President Vladimir Putin’s revolving door of … Read more
A Russian missile strike on Ukraine’s northern city of Chernihiv killed seven people and wounded more than 100 on Saturday, in what the United Nations called a “heinous” attack hours after President Vladimir Putin met Moscow’s top army commanders. “It is heinous to attack the main square of a large city, in the morning, while … Read more
Woolworths has introduced a big change to its shopping trolleys which could mean shoppers make healthier choices about what they eat. Food has been one of the hardest hit expenses since inflation began to soar, and recent data shows Aussies are making less health-conscious choices at the checkout to cope. The cost of food is … Read more
Jesse Hogan has sounded a September warning to rivals, marching GWS to a record-breaking 126-point win over Essendon that eviscerated the opposition’s finals hopes. Saturday’s contest between the Giants and Bombers, who started the match in 10th and ninth spot on the ladder respectively, was billed as a virtual elimination final. Hogan’s career-best nine goals … Read more
The Sydney Swans have edged one step closer to finals with a controversial 11.8 (74) to 10.13 (73) win over the Adelaide Crows. The Swans got off to a flyer and led comfortably for most of the game, going into three quarter time in front by 32 points. Watch every match of every round of … Read more
Here in our little corner of the world, there is one phrase that has often come to define the Australian economic experience – “it’s different here”. From the Asian Financial Crisis all the way up to the GFC, Australia managed to avoid recession again and again, even when its peers and some of the world’s … Read more
