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Value of gold has almost doubled since early 2023, catching the attention of investors, prospectors and tourists

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Australia and England are both multicultural countries where hundreds of languages are spoken. However, in both, levels of language learning at school are worryingly low.

Brendon McCullum has ramped up the Ashes hype ahead of this winter’s trip to Australia

Archer will be key to England’s Ashes hopes and showed his quality with four for 18 against South Africa on Sunday.

Erin Patterson was sentenced to life in prison after serving a mushroom-laced meal that killed three family members in 2023.

WOMEN’S RUGBY WORLD CUP: With just three female head coaches at the tournament, and none in the English top flight next season, Harry Latham-Coyle explores the work being done to bring more women up through the coaching pathway

Australian supermarket giants Woolworths and Coles now face the prospect of a combined bill exceeding A$1 billion in relation to the alleged underpayment of close to 30,000 staff over several years.

Interior and security ministers from the "Five Eyes" alliance of the U.K., U.S., Canada, Australia and New Zealand have met in London to discuss border security and migrant-smuggling gangs

China, US barred from Pacific Islands Forum as leaders gather for annual summit in the Solomon Islands.

Last week’s announcement of Meanjin’s closure marks a poignant moment for Australian culture. Meanjin is a nationally significant cultural institution with a storied history. Closing it suddenly, without warning and with no consultation, on “purely financial grounds”, is a very deliberate act.