1+ day, 16+ hour ago   (357+ words) Liberal frontbencher Andrew Hastie has declared Pauline Hanson unfit to govern as his feud with the One Nation leader deepens over a cartoon that labelled him a traitor. The West Australian MP and former special forces soldier accused Senator Hanson…...

5+ day, 16+ hour ago   (454+ words) By Andrew Brown in Canberra The prime minister has defended an invitation-only, $560 million grant program that a report found disproportionately favoured Labor seats, including in his own electorate. A report from the Centre for Public Integrity found Labor-held seats pocketed…...

1+ week, 16+ hour ago   (538+ words) Kylie Minogue’s AFL Grand Final homecoming is set to be the biggest pre-game production the league has ever staged, just as NRL boss Peter V’landys has taken a cheeky swipe at the rival code’s entertainment plans. The Melbourne-born superstar will…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (503+ words) The story’s not finished yet. Sydney coach Dean Cox wants the AFL world to remember that. And he wants his Swans to remember that too, urging the understrength outfit to bottle the energy from their 53-point qualifying final triumph. The…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (874+ words) One of football’s greatest coaches has been shown the door, a controversial AFL experiment is over and the player market is already going berserk. Scott Podmore looks at a huge week in footy. Just when September football was supposed to…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (648+ words) By Adelaide Lang in Sydney Broadcaster Ray Hadley says a radio staffer broke down in tears and feared the loss of his career after he was allegedly indecently assaulted by Alan Jones. Former talkback titan Ray Hadley says a radio…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (427+ words) Carlton forward Ben Ainsworth is pinching himself to be in an elimination final, but has declared the Blues “not done yet”. After being 1-8 when Josh Fraser took over as coach from Michael Voss, Carlton have risen to be in a…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (326+ words) One of the biggest names behind the scenes of Australian sport and entertainment, Ralph Carr, has been sentenced to six years in prison for the rape and sexual assault of a former employee. Carr, 66, was sentenced in the County Court…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (400+ words) Heated parliamentary debate is expected as a voluntary assisted dying bill is tabled in the only jurisdiction yet to legalise the end-of-life choice. A gag clause stopping doctors from raising voluntary assisted dying with patients is set to be hotly…...

3+ week, 18+ hour ago   (315+ words) For long-suffering Essendon supporters, James Hird was the fairytale option. Instead, the Bombers are set to turn to another favourite son, with former midfielder Mark McVeigh poised to become the club’s next senior coach as the club officially finished wooden…...