Australian golfers have continued the steady golf boom. Competition rounds of golf played annually in Australia have hit 12 million. The figure of 12,227,604 competition rounds played at golf clubs and facilities around the country by 526,248 golfers in 2023 is up 15.9 percent on the 2022 figure of 10,546,459. The year-on-year increase is another […]
Matildas defender Charli Grant’s Wembley dream has been shattered, with Manchester United hammering her Tottenham side 4-0 to win the Women’s FA Cup for the first time. Grant had hoped to join the elite group of Australians who have won the biggest knockout competition in the English game, but by the time she was brought […]
TikTok is one of the biggest stories in business and geopolitics. US President Joe Biden has just signed a law that will ban the massively popular app in nine months if its Chinese owner, ByteDance, does not sell it to a non-Chinese entity. TikTok, for its part, has called the law “political theatre”, and it is probably […]
The Albanese Government has listened to Australian women suffering endometriosis and complex gynaecological conditions like chronic pelvic pain and polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). For the first time women will have access to longer specialist consultations, of 45 minutes or more, covered under Medicare. From 1 July 2025, two new items will be added to the Medicare Benefits […]
The famous Gen Zers are taking things to a new level by embracing a very revealing new trend. We’ve all had to accept that low-rise bottoms and tiny crop tops are back in fashion. The kind of crops that don’t just end above your belly button, but are cut off even higher. Everyone is suddenly […]
It’s the Sydney home that earnt more than the NRL’s best players. A quaint old shack in Sydney’s north with pink walls and a makeshift roof deck has just made its owners $2.84m in less than 18 months. The owners paid $5.01m for the three-bedroom cottage in Raglan St, Mosman on Sydney’s north shore in […]
Yet another iconic Australian music venue is closing down for good due to the sky-rocketing cost of living. The Zoo in Brisbane took to Instagram on Tuesday to reveal that it was being forced to close its doors despite record attendance last year. Managers announced the “impossibly hard” decision to close the venue in Fortitude […]
There will be clear skies in eastern areas but swathes of thick cloud will cover the west. Wind speeds are forecast to reach more than 8000km/h. And pack your sunscreen, as it will be hot enough in the sunshine to forge iron. NASA has used the James Webb Space Telescope to produce one of the […]
At this year’s Met Gala, always held on the first Monday in May, Australian star Chris Hemsworth will co-chair the party alongside actors Zendaya, musicians Bad Bunny and Jennifer Lopez, and Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour, welcoming A-listers to the museum for the exhibition “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion.” According to an announcement from the museum, the exhibition will feature […]
That Melbourne Victory defeated Melbourne City 3-2 on penalties and advanced into the A-League Men semifinals is now a matter of historical record. Given the dramatic manner in which it concluded, the context of the Melbourne Derby rivalry, and the heroic nature of Paul Izzo’s match-winning performance, it’s likely to be one of the more re-visited chapters in the league’s chronicles, too. But even […]