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“I find this – the dogs and the dog competitions – way more exciting than anything else going on in the showgrounds.”Over in the horse pavilions, Scott sisters Eva, 17, Amy, 15, and Pippa, 12, have been tending their Clydesdale horse Beth and showing her off in competitions held in the livestock pavilion.Happy days: Alexander Elford, 13, spruiking at his family’s sideshow stall.Credit: Wayne TaylorThe bulk of their show efforts aren’t glamorous. They’re up at dawn to tend to 800-kilogram Beth – whose show name is Murroka Bethany – by brushing, feeding, exercising, washing and shovelling manure.But they’re old hands,…
Video: NRL Highlights: Broncos v Panthers – Finals Week 3NRL Highlights: Broncos v Panthers – Finals Week 3We’re sorry, this feature is currently unavailable. We’re working to restore it. Please try again later.DismissSkip to sections navigationSkip to contentSkip to footerBrisbane Broncos take on the Penrith Panthers in the Finals Week 3 of the 2025 NRL Premiership at Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane.September 28, 2025 — 6.50pm
Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text sizeA phone rings in the White House, well after midnight on October 10, 2025. There’s somebody on the line with a foreign accent. Possibly Swedish, maybe Norwegian? They want to speak to the president. At first, it’s dismissed as a crank call. But then the penny drops. They’re put through. Donald Trump picks up, annoyed and bleary-eyed. “Yeah, who is this?”Oh. It’s the people from the Nobel Peace Prize. Mr President, they say you’re this year’s winner. He has 10 minutes to alert his family and staff before the news goes live to…
Since the Abbott government, Treasury has largely underestimated the prices of key commodities.The 2024-25 budget was based on an assumed decline in prices for iron ore, metallurgical and thermal coal plus LNG. All have remained stronger than forecast. Iron ore alone, expected to gradually ease to $US60 a tonne, remains above $US100 a tonne with a low point of $US94.50 a tonne.Chalmers said the figures reinforced the government’s commitment to responsible economic management, pulling together the surpluses of 2022-23 and 2023-24 with the more recent deficit.Since coming to office, the government has run a cumulative surplus of $28 billion compared…
Kelly Clarkson rumoured to end her show after ex-husband Brandon Blackstock’s deathKelly Clarkson has faced some big life changes this year and is thought to be on the verge of some more as people think her talk show is coming to an end.The 43-year-old television personality is reportedly rethinking her career priorities, and music seems to be more important for her than the talk show at the moment. Clarkson, who is the first-ever winner of American Idol, wants to continue her legacy and return as the coach at The Voice. The Stronger hitmaker skipped the show several times this year…
Video: Police arrest man after erratic Perth pursuitPolice arrest man after erratic Perth pursuitWe’re sorry, this feature is currently unavailable. We’re working to restore it. Please try again later.DismissSkip to sections navigationSkip to contentSkip to footerPolice have seized a rifle and arrested a wanted man after an erratic pursuit along Leach Highway in a black Audi.September 28, 2025 — 8.58pm
It was a sweet moment for Reynolds, who lost grand finals against Penrith with South Sydney in 2021 and Brisbane in 2023.Now the 35-year-old gets a chance to potentially win another premiership with coach Michael Maguire, to go with the title they won at Souths in 2014.A second premiership would be the ultimate vindication for Maguire, who was sacked by both Souths and Wests Tigers before resurrecting his career in representative football with New Zealand and the NSW Blues.He now has the chance to join an exclusive group of coaches who have won competitions with two clubs.Brisbane have enjoyed an…
“This is an American city. We do not need any intervention,” Mayor Keith Wilson said at the news conference. “This is not a military target.”Kotek said Trump did not give a timetable for troops arriving. She said she told him the Oregon National Guard was not needed and she did not plan to call it up.Trump, however, previously deployed guard soldiers and active duty Marines in Los Angeles even though California Governor Gavin Newsom opposed it. The federal government is appealing a judge’s ruling that Trump’s use of the guard was illegal.Kotek urged the public to stay calm, saying any…
Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text sizeA former senior police officer who responded to a bloody double homicide that followed a night of confusion and drunkenness on a North Queensland beach has criticised the investigation and coronial inquest as inadequate.The then-acting sergeant, Justin Luke, has thrown his support behind the families of two men killed at Alva Beach in 2018, and a four-year legal fight to have the case re-examined.“I think they’ve been ripped off,” he says.“I think certain police didn’t want me to say what I had to say. I’m not trying to tarnish the police … but…
Video: Madge’s blunt reply over turnaround differenceMadge’s blunt reply over turnaround differenceWe’re sorry, this feature is currently unavailable. We’re working to restore it. Please try again later.DismissSkip to sections navigationSkip to contentSkip to footerMichael Maguire wasn’t willing to make any excuses with Melbourne given two extra days to prepare for the grand final.September 28, 2025 — 8.03pm