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Why don't some birds, like penguins, ostriches and kiwis, take to the skies?

Kalyn Ponga has escalated the battle for the Queensland fullback spot as Reece Walsh works on his defensive clout and gets the backing of a Brisbane legend.

Peter Ryan, the Brisbane defensive coach in 2006 when the cub last won a grand final, says contact, connection and line speed will be crucial for the Broncos.

IRA men Peter Ryan, Tony Doris and Lawrence McNally were shot dead in Coagh, Co Tyrone, in 1991.

Wayne Bennett's most feared former defensive hitman explains how the Dolphins coach will handle the loss of suspended Felise Kaufusi, but he hopes he won't.

Privately commissioned histories sit oddly within the Australian book market. Often produced as acts of institutional vanity or exercises in public relations, many are no doubt read only by members of the institutions themselves, and ignored by the wider reading public.

Blanche D’Alpuget was born in 1944, the daughter of Lou d’Alpuget and Josie Stephenson, and grew up in Sydney’s eastern suburbs. She attended Sydney Church of England Girls’ Grammar School and, briefly, the University of Sydney before becoming a journalist with the Daily Mirror, rival newspaper of the Sun where…

Professor Peter Ryan said online voting is ‘always vulnerable’ to hacking – ‘especially by state attackers’.

Technology should not be used as it is unproven for such high-stakes elections, one security specialist says