Panda diplomacy: How China uses pandas to signal which countries they like, and which ones they don't
Fri, 08 Dec 2023 19:12:14 +0000
China's pandas are not just pandas. They're diplomats. You're friendly to China? You get a panda. You criticise China? You get no pandas.
UK judge rules against Prince Harry in early stage of libel claim against newspaper
Fri, 08 Dec 2023 11:43:44 +0000
Prince Harry sued publisher Associated Newspapers over an article that stated he tried to keep secret a separate legal fight with the British government over his publicly-funded police protection.
Council posts promising profit after controversial purchase of tiny town's only supermarket
Fri, 08 Dec 2023 07:53:16 +0000
The Shire of Dundas says the profits from Norseman's IGA, which it purchased for $1.43 million, will be reinvested into the community.

'I don't want to raise my kids into this': Families left with no choice but to live in tents in the bush
Fri, 08 Dec 2023 19:00:00 +0000
While their parents try their hardest to keep them safe, fed and at school, children are sleeping in tents in the dry ironbark forest of central Victoria, where the extremes of homelessness and bushfire risk are converging.
The inconvenient truth about where your money is actually disappearing to
Fri, 08 Dec 2023 18:00:00 +0000
There's much hype on the first Tuesday of every month when the Reserve Bank announces its decision on interest rates. But quietly a far greater financial burden is being placed on households, writes David Taylor.
Australian artist dropped by gallery of 36 years over performance that referenced Israel-Gaza War
Fri, 08 Dec 2023 19:16:42 +0000
Leading artist Mike Parr has been dropped by prominent Jewish gallerist Anna Schwartz this week following a performance that included references to the conflict in Gaza.
Police make what they believe is Victoria's biggest illegal steroid bust
Fri, 08 Dec 2023 21:22:01 +0000
Police say two men operated an extensive illegal steroid syndicate out of a Port Melbourne gym.

Russian, Belarusian athletes to participate at Paris Olympics as neutrals
Fri, 08 Dec 2023 19:49:11 +0000
The International Olympic Committee says individual Russian and Belarusian athletes who qualify in their sport for the 2024 Paris Games can take part as neutrals without flags, emblems or anthems at the event next year.
Hannah remembers her surf club feeling like a boys' domain. Now she runs it
Fri, 08 Dec 2023 19:30:00 +0000
Phillip Island surfer Hannah Eisen remembers the biggest adrenaline rush of her life. Now she's helping local girls have that thrill in the ocean.
How disabled women athletes are helping mainstream sport clubs become more inclusive
Fri, 08 Dec 2023 19:29:14 +0000
Sporting clubs around Australia are learning how to make their clubs more accessible, whilst also providing disabled women with more opportunities to work in sport.
Women have always been under-represented in sport. The disparity for those with a disability is even wider
Fri, 08 Dec 2023 19:19:11 +0000
Rebecca Evans has earned a formidable on-court reputation in powerchair football, but is the only woman on her team. And it highlights a much bigger problem.