The weather at Randwick on Saturday had a touch of spring about and so did racing as a number of handy gallopers made a quiet May meeting into one to be remembered regarding form. From the first race when Prince Fawaz beat favourite Reloaded, to Deprive’s remarkable response to a daring Rachel King ride to…
Offering a unique co-operative take on the genre alongside a great story-led Adventure mode, Team Sonic Racing is a fast, fun and fully-featured mascot racer; even it isn't always the smoothest ride. This is Sumo Digital's third Sega-themed racer, following Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing in 2010 and the multi-vehicular Transformed in 2012. But this…
Retour Sur Terre (Back To Earth) was the headline on the Roland Garros program. It saluted Roger Federer's first appearance on the French Open's crushed brick, known to the locals as terre battue, since he lost to Stan Wawrinka here in the 2015 quarter-final. To watch Federer, though, was to acknowledge that his extra-terrestrial gifts…
That a man has been charged so quickly for allegedly bashing 25-year-old Courtney Herron to death in what police describe as a "horrendous" act of extreme violence is some, small comfort in a city in which so many women have fallen victim to violence – so much so that both the lord mayor and the…
If ever there was a quintessentially English band it's gotta be the Cure, right? Arriving around the time of New Wave back in 1979, the Cure were never about anarchy or unemployment or all that other new-wavy stuff; rather, they were about the ever-ongoing dislocation of an English childhood. There's a lot of Narnia and…
Vocus Group has opened its books to Swedish private equity group EQT Infrastructure after the telco received a $3.3 billion indicative offer. In a statement to the ASX on Monday, Vocus it had received a confidential, non-binding indicative proposal at $5.25 a share, subject to due diligence. Vocus shares closed on Friday at $3.89. The…
The tension is rippling through the room; you can almost see it shimmer as more than 250 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples pause for a heavy, silent moment. Professor Megan Davis, an indomitable Cobble Cobble woman, pro-vice chancellor at the University of NSW and member of the Referendum Council, has just spoken into life…
Tokyo: Plenty of world leaders have tried to butter up President Donald Trump with flattery and favors. Japan's Shinzo Abe has raised the bar for all of them. First Abe treated his friend to a round of golf (with tweeted selfie). Then the Prime Minister allowed Trump to take center stage at a sumo wrestling…
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has "committed to getting an outcome" on constitutional recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, paving the way for a national discussion on the best way to achieve it. But he has given no timeframe on how long the process might take. The freshly elected Mr Morrison told the Herald…
Aptly named, Beauty Point is one of the loveliest spots in Mosman. But in one classroom at a local school, something ugly may have been unfolding. Year 1 teacher at Beauty Point Public School Lisa Curvey is accused of repeatedly shoving her young students, pulling chairs out from beneath children and pulling and pushing students…