You've probably never heard of David Briggs. But you've very likely heard of Newspoll. That's the opinion poll that Malcolm Turnbull formalised as the benchmark of prime ministerial performance. Remember? Tony Abbott had to go when he "lost" 30 in a row. Then, eventually, Turnbull himself had to go after he "lost" 38 of them….
A member of the Comancheros and four other men have been arrested in connection with the death of a man who was shot multiple times outside a home in Sydney's west. Emergency services were called to Meridian Place at Doonside about 7.30pm on Monday after reports of a shooting. Click Here: Loading Replay Replay video NSW…
How easy is it for anyone to become homeless? To be an intelligent, kind, articulate person and one day find yourself sleeping on the streets? Just ask Rachel, 37, who grew up in a middle class house in Melbourne’s north-eastern suburbs, and who now sleeps in parks at night. ‘‘I didn’t think that I would…
Anthony Albanese has been warned by colleagues to hold the line against the government's medium-term tax cuts as the incoming Labor leader puts his stamp on the job by offering to work with Prime Minister Scott Morrison on key policies to end "conflict fatigue". Meanwhile, the Coalition has opened a dialogue with key Senate crossbenchers,…
Latrell Mitchell's "mad battle" with Will Chambers typified NSW's coming of age this time last year. Mitchell, the game's hottest young talent, was just 20 years old when he made his Origin debut alongside 10 others rookies. Chambers, a player 10 years his senior, was the ultimate Queensland warrior. Click Here: When they met for…
Islamabad: Rabia Kanwal's parents were sure her marriage to a wealthy Chinese Muslim she had just met would give her a comfortable future, far from the hardships of their lives in Pakistan. But she had a premonition. "I was not excited," said Kanwal, 22, who lives in a poor neighbourhood in the city of Gujranwala, in…
Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei struck a defiant tone in the face of US sanctions that threaten his company's very survival. In an interview with Bloomberg Television, the billionaire founder of China's largest technology company conceded that Trump administration export curbs will cut into a two-year lead Huawei had painstakingly built over rivals like Ericsson and…
Cody Walker remembers jamming into the family Tarago with his family and making the 230km trip across the Queensland border to watch State of Origin at Lang Park. "I used to go as a kid and sit on the hill, and that was the era when Bradley Clyde and Brad Fittler and all those guys…
If formlines are gold, and punters have one eye on the next outing, three runners fit the bill at today’s Newcastle meeting. Promising local three-year-old Time Raid steps out in a good-quality BM70 over 1400m to close the seven-race card. The gelded son of Time Thief out of a mare by 1987 Golden Slipper winner…
There are some things I don’t quite get about Fleabag – like how a show about grief and guilt can be so damned funny, and how a story about failed relationships can be so uplifting. It’s a puzzle. In its second season, Fleabag (Amazon Prime) picks up "371 days, 19 hours and 26 minutes" after…