The true art of lunchtime trading.

Dawn French returns as Christmas Tree Fairy who is joined by Duckie this year, voiced by Jennifer Saunders, bringing the comedic duo back together on-screen.

Hawthorn presidential candidate and ex-premiership player Andy Gowers has backed the club’s contentious sell-out of key players Jaeger O’Meara and Tom Mitchell.

The Reserve Bank believes inflation may be about to peak, but is warning households and businesses to expect more interest rate rises in coming months.

Mohammad Nawaz bowls to Glenn Phillips who sends the ball straight back at him.

Andy Gowers says he was never made aware of the issues faced by Indigenous players that are the subject of an AFL investigation during his stint as a board member responsible for football.

Shadab Khan fires at the stumps to send Devon Conway packing with 21 runs.

The AFL have committed to an industry-wide review to ensure cultural safety once the Hawthorn investigation is over, and the players’ association wants a seat at the table when the framework for that review is established.

Finn Allen is bowled lbw by Shaheen Afridi in the first over for just four run.

Kangaroos players have been preparing to take on the Kiwis and the big New Zealand forward pack.

Experts are divided over the need for tighter restrictions to prevent dog attacks after the death of a toddler in the NSW Central West on Tuesday.

Australian cricket administrators are searching for ways to engage the thousands of cricket fans in this country who do not barrack for the national team.

The Australians held a training session in Manchester where several players were asked to impersonate key New Zealanders ahead of the semi-final at Elland Road.

A police operation has been launched to urgently check on the welfare of 500 high-risk South Australian children.

Police are investigating several new leads in the hunt for the killer of 24-year old Toyah Cordingley.

A dancing Andrew Redmayne denied soccer-mad Peru a spot in the World Cup in June, and they haven’t forgotten. But he may have some supporting him on Saturday.

The collapse of the popular nationwide plastic bag recycling program was set in train nearly five months ago when a suburban Melbourne factory caught fire.

If only the outrage machine kicked into overdrive so readily about the destruction of the environment as it does about a bunch of screenprints.

The university has withdrawn a take-home assignment in which a character kills a left-wing victim, has unprotected sex despite being HIV-positive and is thrown out of a window to her death.

A cold case from four decades ago is being reopened by Queensland Police after new DNA technology helped to identify a possible killer.