A woman who admitted her role in a scam that raised $400,000 using a fake story about a homeless man received a one-year prison sentence in federal court Thursday.
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Despite a last-gasp effort, Australian Tyler Wright has been knocked out of the Tahiti Pro after a tight second-round elimination heat against American Lakey Peterson.90 to win the heat and stay in the race to qualify for the season-ending World Surf League finals in California, Wright caught a wave with just 30 seconds left but could only score a 2.
Emma Raducanu has slayed her second former grand slam champion in as many days as she destroyed Victoria Azarenka in Cincinnati.Less than 16 hours after she dumped Serena Williams out of the Masters with a 6-4 6-0 victory, she was at it again on Wednesday with an even more dominant 6-0 6-2 win in just over an hour.
Having sustainability front of mind may be part of the new normal many Australians are living following the onset of the pandemic, research shows.The lockdowns that confined millions of people to their homes and close communities caused many to make more considered day-to-day choices, the University of Queensland research suggests.
Ukrainian authorities performed disaster response drills following repeated shelling at the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, the largest of its kind in Europe.Both sides accuse the other of attacks in the vicinity of the facility in recent days and engaging in what they call "nuclear terrorism".
Australian star Alana King has delivered another record-breaking feat in her groundbreaking campaign in The Hundred - but her latest spinning masterpiece ultimately proved to no avail for the Trent Rockets at Nottingham.The brilliant allrounder King achieved what no player had ever previously done in the English game's novel 100-ball-a-side format on Wednesday - delivering 10 consecutive deliveries in two blocks without conceding a single run.
A bombing at a mosque in the Afghan capital of Kabul during evening prayers killed at least 10 people, including a prominent cleric, an eyewitness and police said.There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, the latest to strike the country in the year since the Taliban seized power.
Kelly's trial-fixing and child pornography trial have been urged not accept a prosecution's portrayal of the singer as "a monster.""When the government wants to paint him as a monster .
Jai Hindley admits he's nervously taking a ride into the unknown as he seeks to join cycling's immortals by winning a second Grand Tour of the year.The man from Perth, who joined the sport's elite by becoming only the second Australian to win one of the Grand Tours at this year's Giro d'Italia, reckons he's up for the challenge of now winning the Vuelta a Espana.
Cameron Munster is set to go to the open market with the Queensland State of Origin star wanting more money out of Melbourne before recommitting.Munster is off contract at the end of next year and will technically become a free agent on November 1, when he will be cleared to take up deals from other clubs for 2024.
NSW Chief Health Officer Kerry Chant will lead a team of delegates to Israel next month for a high-level information exchange on managing the COVID-19 pandemic.Fifteen Australian public health experts and clinicians will meet with counterparts from Israel's health and foreign affairs ministries and top academics to discuss ongoing handling of the viral disease.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is set to meet with Indigenous elders during a visit to the Torres Strait for talks on what form a voice to parliament would look like.Mr Albanese will travel to Thursday Island along with Indigenous Australians Minister Linda Burney and Queensland senator Nita Green, as part of a two-day visit to the area.
Australian music royalty are getting ready to rock the stage of an outback festival held on the dusty red plains of the NSW far west.Midnight Oil is headlining the three-day Mundi Mundi Bash north of Broken Hill starting on Thursday, as the band embarks on their final tour.
Australians wanting to defend themselves against defamatory content online will face more hurdles after a High Court ruling about Google's search engine.In a huge win for the internet giant, the court on Wednesday found Google was not legally responsible for defamatory news articles as it is just a search engine and not the publisher of such content.
The unemployment rate is expected to remain steady or fall further as demand for labour remains strong, when the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases its latest labour force data.In June, the jobless rate fell to 3.
The Albanese government's climate change bill will come under the microscope when a Senate inquiry into the emissions reduction measures begins.Senators will hear from science and environmental groups, as well as business peak bodies, unions and research panels, on possible improvements to the bill before it is debated in the upper house next month.
Former coalition government minister Stuart Robert says Scott Morrison should have floated with cabinet colleagues his plans to take on additional portfolios.The minister's comments came as Governor-General David Hurley revealed he had "no reason to believe" Mr Morrison would not make the appointments public knowledge.
Sixty years since the first deployment of Australian troops and close to half a century since the last soldiers were withdrawn, the Vietnam War remains an "era-defining" conflict, Federal Veterans' Affairs Minister Matt Keogh says.A series of commemorations to mark the longest military action involving Australian forces in the 20th century will be held across the country on Vietnam Veterans' Day, with the most significant at Melbourne's Shrine of Remembrance.
Tasmania's troubled Ashley Youth Detention Centre will be the focus of an inquiry into contemporary and historical child sexual abuse in state institutions.Abuse allegations against detention centre staff were a catalyst for the commission of inquiry, which has previously been told of systemic failures to protect children in the health and education system.
A recruiter and a selection panel member involved in the hiring for a coveted New York trade role will face an inquiry into former NSW deputy premier John Barilaro's appointment.NGS Global managing partner Marianne Broadbent will appear when the inquiry resumes on Thursday afternoon.
For some performers, the mere thought of singing solo in the spotlight can cause a crippling case of stage fright.But now the incredible and occasionally intimidating vocal skills of reality TV contestants could be scaring wannabe singers right off the stage.
