Round one continues tonight with Carlton and Richmond facing off at the MCG in their traditional Thursday night opening game.

Melbourne will be missing premiership players Harrison Petty, Michael Hibberd and Trent Rivers against the Bulldogs. Carlton clash with Richmond on Thursday night.

Ivan Cleary says halfback Nathan is already ‘antsy’ about missing the opening rounds but there is no temptation to fast-track the injured star’s return to play.

Where send-offs used to be rare in Test rugby, red cards are now issued often as part of a World Rugby concussion crackdown. And teams are scrambling to adapt.

Luke Beveridge did himself and his club a disservice with his intemperate outburst against a journalist on Wednesday night. A swift apology was his only recourse.

The Magpies have included Nick Daicos and former Western Bulldog Patrick Lipinski while new coach Craig McRae has shown faith in key forward Mason Cox.

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Independent Sydney MP Alex Greenwich will propose a landmark equality bill, which will seek to ban gay conversion therapy, allow people to transition without surgery and enact other reforms addressing discrimination.

The deadly Newtown boarding house fire has renewed debate about living conditions inside share homes across Sydney.

Fireworks at the MCG could be a thing of the past owing to the risk posed by thousands of square metres of flammable cladding covering part of the Northern Stand.

Cult director Adrian Lyne’s first film in 20 years got caught in the viral craze that was the short-lived couple.

Godolphin trainer James Cummings has put his trust in ‘honest’ Colette to bounce back in the George Ryder Stakes at Rosehill on Saturday.

Fighting is intensifying in Kyiv’s suburbs, the United States has unveiled a $1.1 billion support package for Ukraine and NSW and Victorian health authorities are urging people to get their booster shots to avoid the possibility of some coronavirus...

Russian forces continue to rain fire on Ukrainian cities, even as the two sides project optimism over efforts to negotiate an end to the fighting.

The Star Entertainment Group disguised $900 million worth of Chinese debit card gambling transactions as hotel expenses, an inquiry has heard.

Four new zones in northern NSW have been added to a list of communities in urgent need of support after Labor accused the government of favouring Coalition electorates.

Hobsons Bay City Council is calling on the business responsible for the spill that resulted in the mass fish deaths in Altona to face tough penalties.

Labor figures say the factional fight over who should run in two Senate and one lower house spots is “emotionally raw”.

Artist Callum Hotham is painting a larger-than-life mural of the legendary leg spinner.

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Underneath their hammed up homoeroticism was a genuine friendship and sense of fun that created a great TV partnership.

Regan Bayliss is confident that Private Eye can be close enough to be a threat in the George Ryder Stakes.

Profondo has carried great expectations since leaving the sales ring and faces his biggest test against Anamoe and Converge in Saturday’s Rosehill Guineas.

Stuart Robert said private schools did not have the teacher quality issue, prompting the education union to accuse him of failing to prioritise public education.

NBL commissioner Jeremy Loeliger says NBL sides will play in at least two NBA pre-season games later this year and the league hopes to book more games, while Ben Simmons may not feature for the Brooklyn Nets before season’s end.

Former Australian and state players formed a guard of honour at the funeral for legendary cricketer Rod Marsh on the Adelaide Oval.

Sir Owen Glenn, one of the world’s biggest philanthropists, laughs about the time Gai Waterhouse told him Criterion would struggle to win a group 1 race.

The set-up is strong: who wrote an anonymous letter about a plot by Islamic extremists to infiltrate UK schools that caused a national panic?

NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet will take two and half weeks parental leave after he and his wife Helen welcomed their seventh child on Wednesday evening.

Sydney Writers’ Festival is to lose the artistic director who steered it through the pandemic.

Almost two years ago, the trainer’s business was floundering in debt when a promising horse was killed in a race fall. Now a bolt from the blue has changed Williams’ outlook on life.

Western Bulldogs coach Luke Beveridge has issued an apology for his extraordinary outburst at reporter Tom Morris in his post-match press conference on Thursday night.

Driven by a false sense of security, the harbour city was slow to lock down, failed to vaccinate the aged and now its failures are angering Beijing.

The odds of Star escaping bruised but not badly wounded have lengthened as the company starts the public phase of the inquiry into its suitability to hold a casino licence.

Gary Portelli and Jason Collett are mates before a trainer and jockey partnership and it’s why the trainer is hoping Sejardan can win Saturday’s Golden Slipper.

Influencers Georgia Love and Lee Elliott, who found fame on 10’s The Bachelorette, are currently promoting travel to the autocratic state.

Unemployment dropped to its lowest rate in 14 years as flexible working conditions helped more women into the workforce than ever before.

Plagued by hamstring injuries since code-hopping in 2020, Suliasi Vunivalu has only played seven games for Queensland. And now a big name in the NRL wants him back.

Three children who tried to shield their mother from being stabbed by their father have told a court of the sadness her death had caused and the daily struggles they endure.

In a past life, Barry Hall was the star of the show in the AFL’s opening round in Sydney. He knows exactly how it feels to be in Lance Franklin’s shoes as the man who people pay to see.

Australia’s coal miners are fielding requests to ship spare cargoes to Europe as utilities scramble to reduce their reliance on Russia.

The state government is facing significant cost overruns across several road and rail projects that form part of its $110 billion infrastructure pipeline due to labour shortages and COVID-19 pressures.

Australia face India for the first time in a 50-over World Cup since being dumped out of the 2017 semi-finals.

A truck driver “honestly and reasonably believed it was safe to drive” before he suffered a diabetic episode and crashed, killing a girl, a court has heard.

Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce says young people advocating for climate change action should instead consider how they will pay for defending Australia.

Kerrin McEvoy could have a royal appointment at Rosehill on Saturday, but Isotope is the one he has been waiting for in The Galaxy.

As Australia’s most successful luxury real estate agent, Gavin Rubinstein may sell houses in his sleep (if he ever slept), but his greatest skill is selling himself.

Bruno Fornaroli could be the starting striker for the Socceroos against Japan and Saudi Arabia while Aaron Mooy joins the long list of absences.

Melbourne saw barely a few hours of the 2021 winter arts festival before a pandemic lockdown killed it. This year promises lasers, ice skating and monsters.

The Carlton hotel could be protected on the state’s heritage register if a joint bid by the National Trust and Trades Hall to conserve Labor Party history is successful.