The practice has been described as having the potential to end a season, but not a single NRL player is yet to be suspended for it this year despite a slew of charges.

Warm conditions were the embrace Sydney-siders needed for those that turned out to celebrate the foremost patron saint of Ireland, Saint Patrick.

Heath Chapman’s right hand proved the difference between victory and defeat, ensuring Fremantle survived some familiar goalkicking yips and an electrifying Josh Rachele debut by the barest of margins.

The drama has been commissioned by Nine and is expected to air next year.

The ABC has conducted 16 investigations into conduct of staff on social media since last August.

Shane Warne’s family – parents Keith and Brigitte, brother Jason and children Brooke, Jackson and Summer attended the funeral at St Kilda Football Club in Moorabbin.

The Tigers produced one of the worst performances of the Michael Maguire era as the Knights cruised to their second win of the season.

Nicknamed “Rental-san”, Shoji Morimoto has built a cult following by offering himself as a warm body who can simply be there.

A barrage of shots on goal from both teams lit up the A-League Women’s first finals Melbourne derby at AAMI Park on Sunday, with the Victory earning the right to defend their crown in the decider.

A Federal Court battle has emerged over a name shared by two northern suburban soccer clubs that grew from Melbourne’s Italian past.

Labor senator Kimberley Kitching’s funeral will be held in Melbourne on Monday, with many ALP luminaries expected to attend.

It’s only round one, but there were stark lessons to be learned as the Bombers disappointed, some young debutants had an impact, and Daniher got back to his dazzling best (and worst).

A campaign seeking a social housing blitz is targeting renters experiencing financial stress, who make up 40 per cent of renters in most Sydney and Melbourne electorates.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the siege of Mariupol would go down in history for what he said were war crimes committed by Russian troops.

China’s health authorities reported its first COVID-19 deaths since January 2021, as the country battles its worst outbreak in two years.

North Melbourne coach David Noble was maintaining a positive outlook after the game despite the team losing to Hawthorn by 20 points.

The federal seat of Fowler will be hotly contested.

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Scott Morrison insists he is not worried by the comprehensive election defeat the Liberals suffered in South Australia, but Labor says the Prime Minister was a drag on the outgoing state government.

COVID-positive in isolation, the last thing a despairing parent needs is po-faced judgment from Twitter trolls.

It said much that Shane Warne’s family chose the St Kilda footy headquarters to bid him farewell. The club broke his heart, but gave him succour in his time of need.

Jockeys are lining up to ride Think It Over in the Tancred Stakes as Nash Rawiller fights careless riding ban.

Mitchell Swepson and Mitch Starc have kept their places in the team for the third Test, as skipper Pat predicted reverse swing would be a major factor in Lahore.

The Panthers are about to invest more than $2m on the Cleary family on a long-term deal to keep the father and son at Penrith.

Caber-tossing, Scottish country dancing and quirky cattle were all part of the Melbourne Highland Games and Celtic Festival.

Luke Parker has credited the rise of Sydney’s next generation of midfielders for giving him the freedom to venture forward and add the sort of attacking spark that swung Saturday night’s AFL derby their way.

More than 50 per cent of Dave Rennie’s first Wallabies squad came from the Brumbies and Reds drab affair, so significant improvements are needed before the July series against England.

What’s the one vice the Treasurer wants to give up? His phone.

Melbourne United looked in trouble just two minutes into their clash with Adelaide on Sunday, when Matthew Dellavedova went off with an ankle injury, Chris Goulding felt for his hamstring and the Sixers were up on the scoreboard, but coach Dean Vicke...

The Red V now have the largest win in NRLW history to their name, but coach Jamie Soward wasn’t entertaining talk which placed them as premiership favourites.

The game’s quality was low with players fumbling, dropping marks and missing handballs, but Hawthorn got to work after half-time to show they won’t be walkovers in 2022.

Contenders Verry Elleegant, Anamoe and Zaaki continued to shadow-box at the weekend, stoking the anticipation ahead of an April grand final showdown at Randwick.

With the backing of independence hero Xanana Gusmao, another of the country’s founding fathers was seeking a return to the post a decade after he last held it.

The Sydney performer is committed to creating a welcoming space – on and off stage – for comedy fans and performers alike.

Lizzie Young will leave the company at the end of June, potentially prompting a reshuffle of Nine’s top ranks.

“We call upon Russia to end this unprovoked illegal war, and to remove their forces from Ukraine,” Foreign Minister Marise Payne said on Sunday.

Fox Sports presenter Megan Barnard has taken to social media to speak out about the sexist remarks made about her by a former colleague.

Experts weigh in on five of NSW’s remaining rules, including whether double-dose vaccine passports and hotel quarantine are helping reduce infections.

In 1984, Jim Crump’s old bombshell -- which his children sometimes rolled down the passage when he wasn’t using it as a doorstop — turned out to be live. The Crump family required Army assistance to defuse the device.

Economists fear some industries will exploit inflation hype to increase food and grocery prices.

Earth’s poles are undergoing simultaneous heatwaves, with parts of Antarctica and the Arctic 30 to 40 degrees warmer than average.

A concert celebrating the French composer Josquin des Prez was saved at the last minute by artistic director Antony Pitts.

There are 155 people with the virus in hospital, including three in intensive care; on Saturday the highest yet daily death toll for people with COVID was recorded.

Hillsong’s interim global pastor Phil Dooley told a Sunday service Mr Houston’s conduct was of “serious concern” and he had breached the church’s code of conduct.

Airfields, a “curated” program of DJs and simpatico artists, almost didn’t happen after its original venue was abandoned. Being here at all was a win.

The Darkening Sky is a stylish, ambitious crime drama about the disappearance of two women, but it could have done with less literary narration.

People dancing in gold onesies at the tip sounds like a hallucination, but Eugenia Lim made it happen.

What we learned from round one of the AFL.