Australia lose openers cheaply again but hold narrow lead over West Indies at stumps on Day 2

Sam Konstas and Usman Khawaja’s fledgling opening partnership is on shaky ground after Australia’s openers were again dismissed cheaply against the West Indies. Australia slumped to 2-12 at stumps on day two of the second Test in Grenada, leading by just …

Creative Australia chief executive facing mounting pressure to resign after Khaled Sabsabi controversy

Creative Australia chief executive Adrian Collette is facing mounting pressure to resign after the body’s decision to reinstate Khaled Sabsabi as Australia’s 2026 Venice Biennale representative. Senior arts figures have also criticised the Creative …

The ABC and Creative Australia panicked in the face of controversy. These vital institutions must not be so timid

“The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity.” So wrote the poet William Butler Yeats, reflecting on “the blood-dimmed tide” of European politics after the first world war and the beginning of the Irish war of …

Abuse allegations have prompted distress and outrage - but will Australia’s childcare system be fixed?

On Tuesday, Victoria police announced that a 26-year-old childcare worker, Joshua Dale Brown, had been charged with sexually abusing eight children, aged between five months and two years old, in his care. He has been charged with more than 70 offences, …

Wildflowers and waterbirds populate Australia’s flood-affected outback – and towns are crying out for visitors

In outback Australia, between Windorah and Coopers Creek in far-western Queensland, there is a brown roadside sign stating “Point of Interest”. A 50-metre drive brings you to a small gravel car park and a white flood marker for the 1974 flood level. It …

Ten baking tips (and life lessons) from Australia’s best bakers

Baking: it’s part science, part craft, part magic. A mindful escape or total mystery, depending on who you ask. In writing The Bakers Book, a collection of recipes, kitchen notes and wisdom, I asked 36 Australian bakers for an essential piece of baking …

Winners Announced For The Australian Government's Study Australia Entrepreneurship Challenge 2025 India

(MENAFN- ForPressRelease) Mumbai, 4th July 2025: Students from Sangam School of Excellence, Bhilwara, Rajasthan won the Australian Government's Study Australia Entrepreneurship Challenge 2025 India. H E Mr Philip Green OAM announced the winners at an …

Australia hold narrow lead against West Indies

Australia won the first Test in Barbados by 159 runs on day three, in a game where neither team passed 200 in the first three innings, and this match also looks set to be heading to an early conclusion as batters on both teams continue to struggle. Teenage …

Cricket-West Indies stage stunning fightback to trail Australia by 45 in Grenada

(Reuters) -West Indies were bowled out for 253 in their first innings of the second test in Grenada on Friday, trailing Australia by 45 runs at stumps after a dramatic second day that saw early promise turn to utter collapse before a thrilling lower-order …

Local Softballer set to represent South Australia