It might be smaller than the MCG, but Stadium Australia has been lauded as the home of Australia’s national teams after it was confirmed to host the 2023 Women’s World Cup final.

All the ins and outs for round three of the 2021 season as they drop before the weekend, plus our experts’ tips.

Collingwood and Brisbane face off at Marvel Stadium to begin round three of the AFL season. Follow all the major moments here.

Manly have home-ground advantage. That’s about all we can say ahead of this last v first clash with a Panthers team who have conceded just 10 points in three games. Coverage from 7.40pm.

One-issue political movements including the Legalise Cannabis and Daylight Savings parties have been elected into WA’s upper house, but will have little say.

Waratahs players will have to pick themselves up and generate belief they can beat a Brumbies outfit who thumped them 61-10 in round two.

Ricky Stuart is ditching the sideline for the privacy of the coach’s box because he no longer wants his emotions on full display.

It’s one of the best jobs in Australian rugby, but the demands of being NSW Waratahs coach mean that only the most talented and driven individuals can make a success of it.

There is nothing to gain for Tim Tszyu in fighting another local opponent and he must step up the level of difficulty before nailing down a world title shot.

A briefing note sent to state MPs late on Thursday urged them to abandon nationally-agreed changes to Australia’s defamation laws.

The AFL handed Chris Scott a suspended sanction of $10,000 for his quarter-time interaction with Lions players but they could improve the way they manage such incidents to achieve an important objective.

Federal minister Alan Tudge has successfully appealed against a Federal Court finding he engaged in unlawful conduct for leaving an asylum seeker in immigration detention after he was granted a protection visa.

House prices are climbing at their fastest rate since Kylie Minogue’s I Should Be So Lucky spent six weeks at the top of the Aussie charts. But future homebuyers are the ones out of luck.

Property values are defying the global pandemic as investors and first-home buyers battle it out, while experts say regulators could soon pull on the breaks.

Property values are defying the global pandemic as investors and first-home buyers battle it out, while experts say regulators could soon pull on the breaks.

While the EU has not asked for the use of the haloumi name to be protected as part of trade negotiations, Australia’s dairy industry fears it could be added to the list.

The NSW government hopes it can convince the federal government to approve its proposal by demonstrating it can return international students in a way that does not disrupt the return of Australian citizens or overload health and police services.

Preparation for a final looks very different for Jess Duffin in 2021. In the lead-up to Saturday’s qualifying final against Collingwood, she’s been a little busy at home.

The Western Bulldogs have recalled Norm Smith Medallist Jason Johannisen but dropped their 2020 leading goalkicker and current vice-captain Mitch Wallis.

The group 1 action continues with the Tancred and Vinery at Rosehill on Saturday, and Brad Gray of Racing NSW has everything you need to find a winner.

A parliamentary report into violence against women has made 88 recommendations and says past policies have failed to produce sustained results.

The founder of a popular electronic bush doof festival told triple zero operators he was getting attacked and was about to get killed, an inquest has heard.

Most readers viewed the cabinet reshuffle with scepticism. Others acknowledged that despite the Prime Minister’s efforts he was seemingly in a no-win situation.

Carlton can’t afford to lose against Fremantle on Sunday if they want to remain a realistic chance of making finals with their former skipper expected to be in the line-up.

Drummoyne MP John Sidoti called the planning coordinator of his local council to discuss a proposal that had the potential to affect his family’s property interests, the ICAC has heard.

The Brazilain President, a former army captain, has sought to steer the public conversation to his nostalgia for the 1964-1985 dictatorship and away from his handling of the pandemic.

A multi-vehicle collision and rollover on the Eastern Freeway has brought all outbound city traffic to a standstill with traffic departing the city building rapidly. 

Police divers have found the body of Braxton Plant, who went missing from outside his home in northern NSW on Wednesday.

Coal and its friends were in the sights of the powerful representatives at the International Energy Agency’s net zero conference this week.

After publishing two books of poetry, Chloe Wilson’s short stories are collected in Hold Your Fire.

Tapped phone calls played to an IBAC hearing reveal the boss of Transclean instructed his nephew to “contaminate” trials of a new product that risked cutting revenue.

While times are hard in Italy right now, Colloca’s latest series of Cook Like an Italian reflects her culture’s joyous approach to food.

Police charged the woman 11 months after a man died when he was allegedly stabbed and struck by a vehicle.

At her high school reunion, Janis Joplin was gifted a tyre to represent “that she’d come the furthest”. It wasn’t in recognition of her phenomenal success. A new book, based on the scrapbooks she kept, takes a deeply personal look at her life...

Meg Lanning’s team is chasing a record 22nd straight one-day international victory when the battle for the prized Rose Bowl begins on Sunday.

The remarkable outcome of the William Yang retrospective is that it proves how much we can all identify with a gay, ethnically Chinese man from Far North Queensland.

His younger brother Dru Baggaley was also found guilty of the same offence, related to the same 2018 import attempt.

Bluesfest would have been the first major live music event to return to Australia since the pandemic, and its cancellation two years running has taken a huge toll not just on the live music industry, but the town that has hosted it for 32 years.

Emily Maguire follows up her Miles Franklin-shortlisted An Isolated Incident with a novel about the poorly understood behaviour of hoarding.

The SAS veteran is suing three newspapers for defamation, with the case expected to go to trial in June.

The music industry is calling for the federal and state governments to come together to underwrite live events that can no longer get COVID cover as part of their insurance.

Adam Hyeronimus has been given a lighter penalty after initially being rubbed out for three years.

The Queensland Tourism Industry Council has renewed calls for governments to address climate change to protect the Great Barrier Reef, which faces destruction.

Quotas are not anathema to the Liberal Party, they are at the core of its existence.

Andrew Constance says the state’s new multibillion-dollar intercity trains will be in service within weeks even though the rail union is refusing to staff the fleet.

Veteran Sydney blues singer Sally King has more reason than most to be disappointed that Bluesfest has been cancelled.

A month before the end of the wage subsidy scheme, job vacancies reached a record level in a positive sign for the national employment market.

Chris Waller feels the last runs of Hungry Heart, Shraaoh and Toffee Tongue have given them group 1 confidence heading to Rosehill on Saturday.

More than 300 small businesses surveyed by the Queensland Chamber of Commerce estimate they will each lose between $12,000 and $65,000 from Brisbane’s three-day lockdown.

When officers arrived at a small business premises the shots were still being fired. Up to four people were reported dead, including a child.