Ahmedabad: Come hell or high water, Virat Kohli was going to make a century for India this Test match. By going on to 186, he batted a tiring, wounded Australia out of the game. More than three years and 41 knocks since his last hundred, Kohli applied deep reserves of concentration and a preference for hard-run […]
‘Red Alert’, a joint report of Australian newspapers The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, warned the country to prepare for war with China in the next three years, reported Taiwan News. The independent report, entitled “Red Alert,” was authored by five security analysts, namely Alan Finkel, Peter Jennings, Lavina Lee, Mick Ryan and Lesley […]
More than 1½ years in the making, the state and federal governments have finally agreed to a $7 billion funding deal for the 2032 Brisbane Olympic and Paralympic Games. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese flew to the Queensland capital on Friday morning to sign the deal with Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk and outline the decisions yet to […]
The ones to watch. Often overshadowed by cities like Melbourne and Sydney, Brisbane/Meanjin creatives have too often been siloed in the Australian fashion industry. But here at Fashion Journal, we’re always looking for the country’s next generation of emerging designers – wherever they are. For a group of designers in Brisbane, community friendships have become a means to […]
A major blaze caused the collapse of a 150-year-old church hall in western Sydney, with dozens of firefighters battling to control the flames. The 150-year-old iron and weatherboard building was on the grounds of the St Thomas’ Anglican Church in Auburn and caught alight sometime before 3pm on Thursday. About 50 firefighters and 16 trucks […]
Australia’s economy grew at its weakest pace in a year last quarter as strength in trade was offset by rising interest rates and high inflation, and all the signs are a further slowdown lies ahead. Indeed, without the sizeable contribution from trade, the economy would actually have contracted in the December quarter as rising prices […]
A 40-year-old man has been shot dead outside a gym in Sydney’s south-west. Emergency services were called to Carlingford Street, Sefton, following reports of a shooting just after 6.30am on Thursday, NSW Police said in a statement. Paramedics treated the man for a gunshot wound, but despite their efforts he died at the scene. There […]
In 1999, more than 17,000 people were killed in an earthquake near the Turkish city of Istanbul. In the aftermath, authorities promised stricter building regulations and introduced an “earthquake tax” aimed at improving preparedness in a country that sits on two major geological faultlines. Ankara’s slow response to the disaster, however, played a large part […]
Sewing a shark-sized rainbow leotard in her Bardwell Park garage, artist George Buchanan was unaware of the social media storm she was about to create. She was more worried about the literal storm hitting Sydney last week. “It is made out of the fabric you make togs from, though, so I did hope it would […]
Wet and stormy weather is forecast to lash multiple states this week, with wild conditions refusing to take a break for the Australia Day public holiday. NSW Spectacular lightning storms were spotted over Sydney on Tuesday night. At about 9pm, bolts of lightning began flashing across the sky before the arrival of evening storms. Millions […]