One key change for Pat Cummins’ side, while injured Head looks set to return mid-tournament Travis Head’s World Cup dream is still alive with Australia to carry the opener through the first half of the tournament despite his broken hand. Australia today finalised their 15-player squad for the 50-over tournament beginning on October 5, with Marnus […]
Just over a third of Canberra’s businesses are owned by women, and the ACT government’s new small business strategy is looking to grow that number. About 97 per cent of businesses in the territory employ fewer than 20 people, meaning they are considered small businesses. Lauren King, owner of Braddon Flowers, ran a small business earlier in […]
The spectre of an international nuclear waste dump in Australia hangs over AUKUS and what this secretive agreement commits Australia to. Does it oblige us simply to dispose of spent nuclear reactors from our submarines if and when we get them? Or is there a hidden agenda whereby we also take the expired nuclear reactors […]
Australia has paused a military exercise with the United States after a helicopter crash left four aircrew missing. The Australian Defence Force MRH-90 Taipan helicopter crashed into waters off the northeastern state of Queensland at around 10:30pm on Friday (12:30 GMT), Defence Minister Richard Marles said. “The families of the four aircrew have been notified […]
European Champions England took one step closer to Round of 16 qualification at this year’s FIFA Women’s World Cup with a 1-0 win over Denmark on Friday (28 July) in Sydney. England manager Sarina Wiegman gave 21-year-old Lauren James (6’) her first-ever World Cup start and was rewarded for doing so when the Chelsea striker found the back of the net within the first ten […]
The defence strategic review identified Australia’s north as key terrain for deterring adversaries and working with regional partners. Yet while the review seeks new directions, its references to northern Australia revisit historical concerns about the region’s vulnerabilities and opportunities. The review’s rhetoric has an echo of Australian defence planning in the 1960s—when threats to the north prompted […]
BEIJING / SHANGHAI – China saw a total of 106 million domestic tourist trips made during the three-day Dragon Boat Festival holiday, up 32.3 percent from the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. Tourism revenue reached 37.31 billion yuan (about $5.2 billion) during the holiday which lasts from Thursday to Saturday, […]
For one week in 2022, the world thought Yevgeny Prigozhin was dead. The oligarch known as “Putin’s chef” had finally admitted he owned the fearsome mercenary group Wagner and was photographed at its base in Ukraine, head to toe in tactical gear, shaking the hands of troops. But the photo op also unwittingly gave away […]
West Coast Fever have kept their Super Netball title defence alive with a hard-fought 64-57 minor semifinal win over arch rivals Melbourne Vixens at Perth Arena. The Fever led by six goals early in the final quarter of Sunday’s match, and still led 59-55 with four minutes remaining. But the Vixens gave the home side an […]
The Australian Government has announced that applications for the 2024 Australia Awards Scholarships round are now open. The scholarships provide the opportunity for individuals from a selection of developing countries to undertake full-time undergraduate or postgraduate study at participating Australian universities. What are the Australia Awards Scholarships? The Australia Awards Scholarships (AAS) program is highly prestigious […]