Essendon CEO won’t guarantee captaincy for Merrett; Howe expects to play in preliminary final

“The other critical piece process-wise is the position of his teammates. In every leadership process I’ve been involved in, the position of the senior players, the playing group is critical to that... Read more »

Increase in demand for open-air funeral venues in Sydney

With Sydney grappling with the need for more burial plots, the city’s funeral industry is also presented with a new problem — a lack of open-air funeral venues. The majority of funeral... Read more »

What’s left of Hamas after nearly two years of fighting Israel in the Gaza war?

When the Palestinian militant group Hamas began planning the attacks on Israel that would shock the world on October 7, 2023, it called the coming assault the beginning of a religious war,... Read more »

Australians ‘at risk of identity theft’ with tens of thousands of ID documents reported lost in post

Tens of thousands of identity documents are reported lost in the Australian post each year, according to government figures obtained by 7.30. The data shows around 3,200 Australian passports were reported “lost... Read more »

Cooper wins ESCC championship title

Josh Cooper, formerly of Invercargill but now based in Cromwell where he works for the Paddon Racing Group, is the 2024/2025 Eastern Southland Car Club’s champion. The feat was officially recognised at... Read more »

Some of Australia’s most influential thinktanks refuse to reveal their biggest donors. But should they? | Australian politics

Australia’s biggest thinktanks are deeply divided on whether disclosing their financial backers is in the public interest, with several raising concerns that efforts to keep them secret may be undermining trust in... Read more »

Sovereign Australia AI believes LLMs can be ethical

Welcome back to Neural Notes, a weekly column where I look at how AI is affecting Australia. In this edition: a challenger appears for sovereign Australian AI, and it actually wants to... Read more »

Israel vows to kill any Hamas survivors of Qatar attack

If Israel did not kill Hamas leaders in an air strike on Qatar it would succeed next time, the Israeli ambassador to the United States says after the operation, amid concerns it... Read more »

I was a constable on duty when a car bomb exploded. Hearing thunder still scares me

Thousands of vacancies for police officers across Australia are making it harder for police to safeguard the public. From workplace culture, management support and recruitment initiatives, what needs to be done to... Read more »

Australia condemns Israeli attack on key mediator Qatar

The Australian government has joined the global condemnation of Israel’s strike on Qatar targeting Hamas leadership, with Foreign Minister Penny Wong saying it was the “wrong thing to do”. Israel carried out... Read more »