3+ hour, 42+ min ago  (263+ words) A class action lawsuit brought by former AFL players against their clubs and the league over the alleged impacts of concussions has been set down for a mammoth 12-week trial in the second half of next year. The lawsuit was…...

1+ hour, 19+ min ago  (379+ words) A dedicated sobering-up centre will shut its doors after criticism the inner city site was a "white elephant" for state taxpayers. The 20-bed facility at Collingwood in Melbourne's inner north will close in mid-2027 as part of a redesign of Victoria's…...

2+ hour, 23+ min ago  (566+ words) NSW Blues coach Laurie Daley has defended his decision to select Roosters enforcer Victor Radley on the bench for his Origin debut with eyebrows raised over his inclusion. Daley insisted he would pick the NSW Blues team on form and…...

just now  (561+ words) A successful method for targeting destructive pests in Australia could soon be used overseas. A plan to target a tiny weasel-like predator, known as a stoat, in New Zealand will involve filling sausages with a dangerous Schedule 7 poison called Para-aminopropiophenone…...

2+ min ago  (608+ words) Funding for the next round of the Albanese government's ambitious 40, 000 social and affordable housing scheme has "slipped" into the next financial year as the number of new homes barely tops 3 per cent, a Senate hearing has been told. Anthony Albanese…...

5+ min ago  (645+ words) A first responder has described the tragic scene that unfolded after a spearfisherman was fatally attacked by a white shark off Rottnest Island. Steven Mattaboni, 38, was swimming back to his boat on the surface at Horseshoe Reef, about one kilometre…...

21+ min ago  (423+ words) Australian motorists are being reminded about the dangers of "reckless" behaviour on our roads after a Sydney driver was caught travelling "more than double the speed limit". Every year, approximately 1, 200 people are killed, and another 40, 000 are seriously injured in road…...

24+ min ago  (322+ words) Kiwi-turned-Australian sprinter Eddie Nketia has clocked a staggering 100m time of 9. 74 seconds at a college meet in the United States - but it won't count for record purposes because of a howling tailwind. Nketia, who recently swapped his allegiance to Australia, did…...

34+ min ago  (389+ words) Billy Slater won't be forced to make an immediate change to his Queensland team for State of Origin 1 after star forward Pat Carrigan escaped a charge for a crusher tackle. Carrigan was put on report for a tackle on James…...

51+ min ago  (111+ words) A major shopping centre in Sydney's eastern suburbs has been evacuated after a fire filled parts of the complex with heavy smoke. "There is a fire on ground floor at Westfield Eastgardens near library avoid area as smoke everywhere," one…...