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Sabrina Carpenter takes playful swipe at haters after Best Album win Sabrina Carpenter had the last laugh after Best Album victory as she threw shade at her critics with a smile.After winning her second VMA for her sixth album Short n’ Sweet, the Expresso hitmaker clapped back at her haters with a cheeky dig during her acceptance speech. “I really don’t take for granted when you guys take the time out of your lives to listen to an album, and if I’m lucky enough that that is my album, I am so grateful,” she began her speech thanking the VMAs…
Video: Sydney shark net trial on hold after deadly attackSydney shark net trial on hold after deadly attackWe’re sorry, this feature is currently unavailable. We’re working to restore it. Please try again later.DismissSkip to sections navigationSkip to contentSkip to footerThe trial to remove shark nets from Sydney beaches has been paused after a fatal attack.September 8, 2025 — 5.53am
Another wasted year. Over time, they have gone from a giant club to a small one which is no longer a proud destination for players. Shane Flanagan can coach, but he made many errors in 2025. Bagging Lachie Ilias publicly was a big one. Unless they miraculously unearth a couple of champion halves in the next few years, it’ll be a long decade to come. They won’t compete for signatures to fix the roster alongside the expansion clubs and ‘destination clubs’ like the Storm.2026 prediction: No chance of the finals.Rabbitohs (14th)Their season was gone in one five-minute patch of a…
Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text sizeRob Phillips is bullish on China. At his small med-tech company Uscom’s headquarters in an office tower in Sydney’s CBD, boxes of circuit boards, LCD screens and pieces of hardware congregate in a corner, ready to be assembled by engineers into patented ultrasound and blood pressure-monitoring devices.Many of them are destined for China, where they are already used in 600 hospitals across the mainland. Uscom, a publicly listed outfit, counts China as its biggest market. And it’s chasing an ever-bigger slice of the opportunity pie.“We’re expanding,” says Phillips, Uscom’s chief executive and a…
When Parliament resumes today for the last week of sittings before a long break, the House of Representatives will continue its debate on Barnaby Joyce’s private member’s bill to abolish the net zero emissions target.The government has taken the highly unusual step of giving the bill a priority almost always denied to such private member’s business, to showcase divisions within the Coalition. Labor’s decision to do so is political mischief-making of the highest order, but who can blame them? In the Senate, meanwhile, Joyce’s consigliere Matt Canavan will be introducing his own private senator’s bill to the same effect. (The…
As you know, GDP measures the value of all the goods and services produced in Australia during a period. But this includes goods and services produced by foreign companies, so the profits made by those foreign companies in Australia belong to foreigners, not us.LoadingAustralians’ savings have always been insufficient to finance all the investment opportunities in the Wide Brown Land, so since white settlement we’ve gone on inviting foreigners to bring their savings and expertise to Oz and help us develop the place. We’ve ended up with a lot of foreign ownership of our economy.That’s why GNP/GNI is the better…
Cardi B shocks fans by selling Am I The Drama on New York streetsCardi B turned heads in New York City on Saturday, September 6, when she hit the street to sell her own music. Days before the official release of her new album Am I The Drama? on September 19, the rapper set up a foothpath stall with vinyls, CDs, posters, and even incense sticks neatly spread out on a black cloth.The Bronx-born star shared the moment with fans online, joking in her caption, “My label said I gotta get out in these streets and sell this album.” The move…
Video: Couple arrested after police officers hurt at Royal Adelaide ShowCouple arrested after police officers hurt at Royal Adelaide ShowWe’re sorry, this feature is currently unavailable. We’re working to restore it. Please try again later.DismissSkip to sections navigationSkip to contentSkip to footerA man and a woman were arrested after three police officers were injured at the Royal Adelaide Show.September 7, 2025 — 7.54pm
“For me and the playing group, we’re on a journey, and this is to be continued,” Ryles said. “We need to get back in really good shape so that we can give ourselves a chance to continue to get better … we’ll look to continue to improve each individual and give them the environment to be the best they can be.“But a lot of things have got to happen to get you to that [finals] stage.”Ryles said the main difference next season would be “a lot more clarity” on who will play in key positions.Newcastle’s hopes imploded in just the…
He’s also suggested that Baltimore and New Orleans could get the same treatment, and on Friday even mentioned federal authorities possibly heading for Portland, Oregon, to “wipe ’em out”, meaning protesters. He could have been mistakenly describing video from demonstrations in that city years ago.Details about Trump’s promised Chicago operation have been sparse, but there’s already widespread opposition. City and state leaders have said they plan to sue the Trump administration. Pritzker, a possible 2028 presidential candidate, is also fiercely opposed to it.The president “is threatening to go to war with an American city”, Pritzker wrote on X over an…