Is Russia competing at the Milano Cortina Olympics? By Simon Smale The Winter Olympics of Milano Cortina 2026 is another where Russian and Belarusian athletes will be largely absent, although there are a handful competing as individual neutral athletes. #WinterOlympicGames #Sport #SimonSmale
Wild weather expected as Tropical Cyclone Mitchell forms off WA coast Residents along WA's Pilbara coast have been warned to expect gale force winds and heavy rain over the next 48 hours as Cyclone Mitchell drifts down the coast. #Cyclones #Weather #ExtremeWeatherEvents #ClimateChange
Plane crash in Normanton starts grass fire and knocks out power Only the pilot was on board, police said, adding that his injuries remain unknown and that the response to the incident is ongoing. #AirIncidents #AccidentsandEmergencyIncidents
Aussie skier out of slopestyle after heavy crash further damages knee By Simon Smale Australian freestyle skier Daisy Thomas, who is competing at the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympic Games without an ACL, suffers a heavy fall in slopestyle training and has withdrawn from the event to focus on big air. #WinterOlympicGames #Sport #FreestyleSkiing #SimonSmale
Iran says 'wall of mistrust' with US should be overcome after talks in Oman The two countries held talks mediated by Oman in Muscat after weeks of tensions between Washington and Tehran. #WorldPolitics #NuclearWeapons
US accuses China of secret nuclear tests as calls grow for new arms deal The claim comes as the US calls for China to be involved in a new deal limiting the use of nuclear weapons, after the New START deal expired this week. #NuclearWeapons
Trump posts video depicting Obamas as monkeys The video also includes a number of debunked conspiracy theories linked to the 2020 US election which the US president believes was stolen from him. #Racism #RaceRelations #WorldPolitics
Herzog's Australia visit unfortunately links two previously separate events By Laura Tingle Unravelling the threads of antisemitism and anti-Israeli sentiment will require both more political courage and more community tolerance than we have seen to date. #WorldPolitics #UnrestConflictandWar #Religion #GovernmentandPolitics #CommunityandSociety #Terrorism #ForeignAffairs #History #LauraTingle
A bigger economic story is unfolding beyond interest rates By Jacob Greber As the opposition and government wrestled in the hay barn over who's to blame for this week's Reserve Bank interest rate increase, there's a much bigger story unfolding in the wings. #GovernmentandPolitics #Budget #BusinessEconomicsandFinance #MonetaryPolicy #EconomicTrendsandIndicators #FederalGovernment #Banking #Tax #CommunityandSociety #JacobGreber
Live: Jakara Anthony, Matt Graham lead Australia in historic opening ceremony By Andrew McGarry, Simon Smale, and Luke Pentony The 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics are here, launched in an historic opening ceremony held in a number of Italian locations simultaneously. Follow all the action in our live blog. #WinterOlympicGames #Sport #AndrewMcGarry #SimonSmale # #LukePentony