'Belittling of women's tennis': New 'Battle of the Sexes' a lose-lose By Marnie Vinall Aryna Sabalenka and Nick Kygrios' match marketed under the "Battle of the Sexes" banner makes a mockery of first era-defining match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs. #Tennis #Sport #MarnieVinall
Injured boy rescued after falling off cliff at Sorrento The teenager suffered leg injuries after falling three metres from a clifftop on the Mornington Peninsula. #AccidentsandEmergencyIncidents
PM recommends changes to travel rules for parliamentarians' family By Clare Armstrong Under the recommendations, family of parliamentarians would be restricted to economy class flights and an allowance for three annual "Australia-wide" return trips would be scrapped. #FederalParliament #FederalGovernment #GovernmentandPolitics #ClareArmstrong
Queensland government to leave 'no stone unturned' in koala protection The Queensland government is inviting the public to have their say on a new strategy to protect the south-east's koala population. #Conservation
Man jailed over firebombing attack that killed 13yo boy at sleepover By Jamie McKinnell Gregory John Walker is sentenced to at least six-and-a-half years in prison for unlawfully killing a teenager by firebombing a Sydney home in 1998 during an escalating neighbourhood dispute. #Courts #Crime #HouseFires #JamieMcKinnell
The 10 podcasts we couldn't stop listening to this year By Rudi Bremer, Eric George, Nicola Heath, Hannah Reich, Katherine Smyrk, Hannah Story, and Velvet Winter Our favourite podcasts of the year include tales of art forgery, a documentary about the life of Fela Kútì and a true-crime thriller about a dead body in the ocean. #Media #Radio #PopularCulture #ArtsCultureandEntertainment #RudiBremer #EricGeorge #NicolaHeath #HannahReich #KatherineSmyrk #HannahStory # #VelvetWinter
The struggle β€” and relief β€” of Christmas as a newly single mum This is my first Christmas as a single mum where I will wake up without my son in the home. I won't be watching him excitedly tear into presents. It's not easy, but there's also some relief, writes Catherine. #Parenting #Christmas
NSW hospital patients swelter without aircon during heatwave By Penny Burfitt Patients swelter in an Illawarra hospital ward after an air conditioning unit fails during a heatwave. #PublicHealth #Heatwaves #PennyBurfitt
Ayurvedic medicines are getting popular. Here's how to avoid metal poisoning By Gillian Aeria Australia's medicine watchdog has issued another safety alert for contaminated Ayurvedic medicines. So what do consumers need to know about this multi-million-dollar industry? #Health #AlternativeMedicine #Herbalist #Pharmaceuticals #CommunityandSociety #GillianAeria
Council to shut down prayer hall linked to notorious preacher The City of Canterbury Bankstown Council says the site had been approved for use as a medical centre. #LocalGovernment