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Australian surfer Molly Picklum has a chance to take over the rankings lead when competition finally gets under way in Brazil.

End of an era.

In Raeden Richardson’s debut novel, The Degenerates, displacement and travel feature within the lives of aspiring outcasts in the wildly disparate cities of Bombay (Mumbai’s colonial precursor), in Melbourne’s inner-city lanes and southwest suburbs, and in downtown New York.

Australia is doubling down in resisting US pressure for its allies to lift defence spending, as retaliation is promised for nations refusing to comply.

Australia's men's hockey team have ended the spirited but unsuccessful defence of their Hockey Pro League crown with an anti-climactic drubbing by Germany.

Albanese government urged to end incentivised donations to Australia’s richest private schools; pact chief flatters US president, calling him ‘daddy’

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Half a million Australians are living with moderate to severe mental illness, but they don’t qualify for the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) and cannot access the support they need.

A new financial year starts on July 1. For Australia’s large companies, that means new rules on climate-related disclosures come into force.

Jayden Seales and Shamar Joseph tore into Australia’s batting lineup on day one of the first Test in Bridgetown to leave their bowlers with work to do

Maya Joint has earned another huge win in her burgeoning career at Eastbourne while six more Australians face 'finals' in qualifying as Wimbledon looms.