It says everything about Scott Morrison and his reborn government that the big theme of his new ministry is deliberately humdrum. While Labor promised vast reform at the federal election, the Coalition offered more of the same with a pledge to keep improving. And it won. The result is a new ministry that is all…
The Waratahs are clinging to hope they can give some of their biggest names the farewell they deserve despite falling to their eighth loss of the season against the Jaguares at the weekend. NSW remain a mathematical chance to snatch a wildcard spot in the Super Rugby finals but now face back-to-back games against the…
Arthur Sinodinos is the ultimate steady pair of hands. He'll need to be. The Trump administration's upheaval of American politics, the United States' sharpening rivalry with China and fears about the reliability of the American presence in Asia raise the diplomatic stakes to an all-time high. Never has it been more important for Australia's voice…
It was a business brainwave that came while having a cuppa and Pod Star co-founder Kirsten Williams says traction is only growing. "It is actually a business that is made from a mission — and the mission isn’t about getting rich." Instead, it's all about harnessing Australian consumer's appetite for a war on waste to…
Paris: Seven-time grand slam winner Venus Williams was knocked out in the first round on the opening day of the French Open on Sunday. Williams succumbed to Elina Svitolina, who won 6-3, 6-3 in 73 minutes. Williams, 38, had 34 unforced errors and lost seven break points to hand the ninth-seeded Ukrainian an easy victory….
Unlike many of my peers, I didn't have to beg my mother to have my ears pierced. At the tender age of five, I was taken one Friday night to the local shopping centre, whereupon two nice ladies at the chemist kindly performed the "double gun" approach on my kindy-aged earlobes. At 12, I decided…
Brad Fittler will wait until early in camp before outlining a plan for Tyson Frizell's return to the training paddock as a heavy concussion for the Dragons enforcer added one final dramatic twist to his nightmare State of Origin selection. Fittler pinned his faith in embattled halfback Nathan Cleary to lead the Blues at Suncorp…
Infamous helicopter escapee John Killick, currently fighting a raft of charges relating to a fraud racket, met the co-accused and fraud ringleader Dean Ryan when the pair both appeared on the ABC TV series You Can’t Ask That. Killick, famously plucked from Silverwater prison in a sightseeing helicopter hijacked at gunpoint by his Russian lover…
When one of my daughter’s birthday presents turned out to be clothes with the tags cut off I wondered if they’d been cheekily regifted. It turned out they had. Without a hint of embarrassment, the mother told me that she’d bought the clothes for her own daughter who didn’t like them. So, the mother decided…
In 83 years of trading, the family behind Ted’s Cycles shop in Footscray have seen more ups and downs than a Tour de France rider. They have held on through some rocky times, from the opening of Highpoint Shopping Centre in 1975 to the rise of cheap online competitors, and computer games that divert kids…