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Video: Roosters completed ‘do-or-die’ month to make finalsRoosters completed ‘do-or-die’ month to make finalsWe’re sorry, this feature is currently unavailable. We’re working to restore it. Please try again later.DismissSkip to sections navigationSkip to contentSkip to footerJames Tedesco reflects on the Roosters’ victory over the Rabbitohs, which will see the side play finals this season.September 5, 2025 — 11.12pm
Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text sizeLondon: Nigel Farage, the populist politician, likens the UK to North Korea on free speech, warns that migration is ruining the country, declares that crime is out of control, and forecasts a crippling debt from climate change targets.This dire vision has hit a nerve with anxious Britons who believe their country needs a dramatic change in its fortunes – and who now regard Farage and his party, Reform UK, as the movement that can save their nation from years of drift.Nigel Farage, and his Reform UK party, is surging in the polls.Credit: Getty…
Prominent Liberal moderate Jane Hume is pitching a new plan to make the Coalition relevant to Australian women, proposing to make it easier for more spouses with big superannuation balances to transfer retirement income to their partners.Women retire with super balances 20 per cent lower than men, fuelling disadvantage among older women, many of whom took time out of the workforce when caring for children or elderly parents.Former coalition finance spokeswoman Jane Hume.Credit: Dominic LorrimerIn her first major policy move since being dumped from the shadow cabinet, Hume, a former minister for superannuation, will use her freedom as a backbencher…
Over the past year, Qantas’ share price has soared 72 per cent to $11.78 on robust demand for travel, moderating fuel prices and improved efficiency. It rose as high as $12.12 on August 28.The latest payout for Joyce comes despite Qantas shareholders in 2023 having voted overwhelmingly against a $14.4 million pay packet, following the bruising series of scandals that occurred on his watch as chief executive officer. A number of those issues happened as Qantas, like other airlines, struggled with the pandemic lockdowns from 2020.Customer flight credits, arising from paid-for but unused COVID-era travel, were amassed by Qantas, at…
Katie Price is not slowing down despite a possible cancer return. The former glamour model, 47, recently shared the shocking news about her health, revealing fears that she may be facing leiomyosarcoma (LMS) again after discovering a lump in her finger. Meanwhile, the star’s 2017 hit, I Got U, and her 2019 Dance Tune Hurricane have surged in popularity on the iTunes Dance Chart- appearing to take a swipe at her ex-husband peter Andre amid their ongoing feud. Speaking on The Katie Price Show, she said: ‘Whoever tries to dig me out, people who and dig me out, it makes no difference. She…
Video: Improving diet could reduce impact of chronic pain: studyImproving diet could reduce impact of chronic pain: studyWe’re sorry, this feature is currently unavailable. We’re working to restore it. Please try again later.DismissSkip to sections navigationSkip to contentSkip to footerNew research has established a link between improved diet quality and reduced chronic pain severity.September 5, 2025 — 8.21pm
Video: Ex-Wallaby completes hat-trick in rout of RabbitsEx-Wallaby completes hat-trick in rout of RabbitsWe’re sorry, this feature is currently unavailable. We’re working to restore it. Please try again later.DismissSkip to sections navigationSkip to contentSkip to footerMark Nawaqanitawase scores his third try of the game as the Roosters hammer the Rabbitohs at Allianz Stadium.September 5, 2025 — 10.35pm
Britain’s Duchess of Kent, the wife of the cousin of the late Queen Elizabeth and best known for her long association with the Wimbledon tennis tournament, has died aged 92, Buckingham Palace said on Friday.Born Katharine Worsley, she joined the royal family when she married Prince Edward, the Duke of Kent, in 1961 after meeting him five years earlier when he was stationed at a military barracks in northern England.The Duchess of Kent at the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex in 2018.Credit: PABuckingham Palace said she had passed away peacefully on Thursday night at her…
John Howard lashed the Prime Minister’s Palestinian call.Credit: Eddie Jim“Statehood in international law is not a prize handed out to reward sympathy or to satisfy political sentiment,” they wrote.Howard and Downer, the nation’s longest serving foreign minister, argued that Palestine does not meet the internationally recognised criteria for statehood: a defined territory, a permanent population, an effective government, and the capacity to engage in relations with other states.“Recognition of Palestine under these circumstances is not a legal act but a political gesture,” they wrote.“Worse, it is a gesture that directly undermines the very frameworks designed to resolve the Israeli– Palestinian…
This brings up another uncomfortable Trump topic: climate change.In this case, this issue is a phenomenon known as “climate inflation”, which relates to all the price rises driven by drought, heat waves, floods and wildfires. In Australia, the most prominent example has been the surge in the cost of home insurance.Cattle herds have dwindled in the US with climate change a significant factor driving recent drought. For US consumers, drought raises the cost of raising cattle, which means selling them for slaughter makes more sense than growing the herd. This is why US cattle stocks are so low.“This is one…