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‘This happened very quick’: Beau Lamarre-Condon reenacts shooting Jesse Baird during double murder trial
Former police officer has pleaded not guilty to murdering Jesse Baird and Luke Davies in Paddington in early 2024 Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast
Stacey Dooley’s Australia: Off the Beaten Track review – presenting this fluffy show is beyond her
This trip to Kangaroo Island is pleasant enough, but the investigative reporter seems lost when tackling something that doesn’t feature exploitation or outrage
Woeful Wallabies sink to new Twickenham low with no set-piece and no swagger | Gerard Meagher
Australia continue to struggle to find identity and a top-class fly-half a year before they host the World Cup
Cold blast brings springtime snow to alpine regions as temperatures plummet across Australia’s south-east
Thredbo, Perisher and Mount Hotham all recorded falls, along with Kunanyi/Mount Wellington in Tasmania Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast
‘Lucky to have him’: Maro Itoje backs Borthwick after England triumph
‘I’m delighted we got the win. He’s a world-class coach’ England beat Australia 45-22 in Nations Championship
Strictly Come Dancing week seven results – as it happened
On a weekend of erratic scoring, Dani Dyer topped the table. Cach Mercer and John Nellis were tied at the bottom. But who would fall at the contest’s midway mark?
Steve Borthwick’s England channel their rage to resemble finished article | Andy Bull
With his team rampant in their demolition of Australia, the head coach’s work seems to be paying dividends
Morning Mail: Queensland critics face alleged ‘culture of fear’; extreme specialist fees revealed; and Bluey co-creator’s new alien
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Emotion gets better of Samoa as Australia begin to resemble their old selves | Angus Fontaine
The Kangaroos hit form in their semi-final win over Samoa, who arrived in a blaze of Pasifika passion but exited after being outplayed in Sydney
England 45-22 Australia: Nations Championship – rugby union as it happened
Henry Pollock scores twice in seven-try rout as England put a sorry Australian side to the sword.
Henry Pollock powers seven-try England to crushing victory against Australia
England 45-22 Australia George, Chessum and Heyes scored first-half tries
The Coalition plans to scrap Victoria’s treaty with First Peoples if it wins the election – but is that what voters want?
Jess Wilson, who once supported the federal Indigenous voice to parliament, has vowed to repeal Victoria’s treaty within the first 100 days of a Liberal government
Queensland government accused of using ‘threatening’ tactics to silence critics
When the state’s first independent victims’ commissioner spoke out, the LNP’s next move was calculated and brutal. Community groups now fear for their funding Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast
Bluey’s Daley Pearson on how losing his brother inspired his new film: ‘He was the best thing ever to me’
Allen, the first live-action film from Pearson’s Ludo Studio, follows a man who met an alien as a kid – and becomes obsessed with bringing him back Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email
Cop31 must deliver climate progress that people can see is real, host says
High-stakes talks involving 190 countries begin on Monday as world grapples with El Niño supercharged by fossil fuels
Who’s who at Cop31: key players at the climate talks
What are the relationships and dominant interests in play, as the summit kicks off after a bitter row over its hosting?
Australia 44-12 Samoa: men’s Rugby League World Cup semi-final – as it happened
Reece Walsh scores hat-trick in comfortable win at Allianz Stadium Kangaroos will play New Zealand next weekend for world title
Reece Walsh hat-trick drives Australia past Samoa and into Rugby League World Cup final
Kangaroos beat Toa Samoa 44-12 at Sydney’s Allianz Stadium New Zealand await Australia in next weekend’s men’s final
Cop31: what is at stake at the UN climate summit and what can it achieve?
Delegates from more than 190 countries are gathering in Turkey for climate talks, but the US will be absent
Psychiatrists and paediatricians among specialists most likely to charge ‘extreme’ fees, thinktank finds
Grattan Institute finds some doctors charge up to triple the fees of their peers – well beyond what can be justified by business running costs Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast
Australia 30-14 Fiji: Women’s Rugby League World Cup semi-final – as it happened
Fiji Bulikula level at half-time but Jillaroos surge away after break Hosts to meet New Zealand in next weekend’s final
Abbi Church powers Australia to win over spirited Fiji as hosts reach Women’s Rugby League World Cup final
Church scores four tries as Australia beat Fiji Bulikula 30-14 Jillaroos will face New Zealand in the final next weekend
TV tonight: Stacey Dooley takes an Australian adventure with a twist
The star goes off the beaten track to visit neglected parts. Plus, more oceanic wonder in Blue Planet III. Here’s what to watch this evening
La Bohème review – Opera Australia’s new take on Puccini is a lush frenzy of visual excess
Regent theatre, Melbourne Director Constantine Costi has transformed Paris into a medieval panopticon worthy of Ken Russell, but the lavish opulence makes way for genuine emotion Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email