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Qld flight marks Qantas, airmail centenary

<p>Australia Post and Qantas are celebrating the 100-year anniversary of the first passenger and airmail flights into Queensland's outback. </p>

NSW TAFE teachers on 24-hour strike

<p>NSW TAFE teachers are striking for 24-hours in a bid to secure new enterprise bargaining agreement with a better pay offer.</p>

Wage cap hits NSW nurses into retirement

<p>A decade of capped wages has left NSW nurses and midwives $80,000 worse off, impacting their chances of a comfortable retirement, according to a un...

England launch Women's RLWC with 72-4 rout

<p>England have kicked off the Women's Rugby League World Cup with a 72-4 drubbing of debutants Brazil with Australian Courtney Winfield-Hill scoring...

Addo-Carr open to taking on Dogs captaincy

<p>Winger Josh Addo-Carr is relishing his upcoming World Cup battle with teammate Jacob Kiraz, after putting his name in the frame to be Canterbury ca...

Kiwis rue Buttler misses, eye plucky Irish

<p>Kane Williamson admits he was embarrassed to find he had not caught England's Jos Buttler, who capitalised to leave the Kiwis needing to defeat Ire...

T20 numbers game now in England's favour

<p>England hold all the cards in their battle with Australia for a T20 World Cup semi-final spot thanks to their 20-run defeat of New Zealand in Brisb...

Buttler serves up crucial England T20 win

<p>England's T20 World Cup campaign has survived, likely at Australia's expense, thanks to a 20-run victory over New Zealand at the Gabba on Tuesday.<...

WA, Qld skittled on crazy day at the WACA

<p>WA quicks Lance Morris and Joel Paris have combined for seven wickets to keep their side's victory hopes alive in the Sheffield Shield clash with Q...

Sri Lanka stay alive in T20 World Cup

<p>Sri Lanka aim to go out "all guns blazing" against England after keeping their slight semi-final hopes alive in the T20 World Cup with a win over A...

Maher team has taste for more Cup success

<p>Trainer Ciaron Maher has already turned his attention to the 2023 Melbourne Cup with this year's winner Gold Trip.</p>

Melbourne Cup jockey Moloney fined $20k

<p>Patrick Moloney has been hit with a $20,000 fine and a suspension for his ride on Emissary, the Melbourne Cup runner-up.</p>

Patterson beats migraine for Shield ton

<p>Former Test batsman Kurtis Patterson has brought up his first Sheffield Shield century in almost a year, helping NSW take control against South Aus...

Melbourne Cup racegoers back at the track

<p>Melbourne Cup crowds have returned in full for the first time in three years as punters and fashionistas hit Flemington, along with animal rights p...

Electric tuk-tuks to deliver more parcels

<p>Three-wheeled electric tuk-tuks will be rolled out for parcel deliveries in Australia in the latest push to get more petrol and diesel vehicles off...

Chess match to make Huni heavyweight king

<p> Justis Huni will fight Kiki Leutele in what is hoped is the first of four heavyweight fights in six months to prepare him for a world title tilt.<...

Overseas stars bogged down in Cup: jockeys

<p>UK stayers Deauville Legend and Without A Fight have found the Flemington going too testing in their failed Melbourne Cup bids.</p>

Rain, Dean deny Tigers in Sheffield Shield

<p>Victoria have held on for a draw against Tasmania in the Sheffield Shield as heavy rain and hail washed away large parts of the final day in Hobart...

Jillaroos co-captains a winning trifecta

<p>Sam Bremner, Ali Brigginshaw and Kezie Apps will co-captain the Australian Jillaroos at the Rugby League World Cup with a one-for-all and all-for-o...

Robodebt legality flagged with department

<p>A senior public servant who worked for a department overseeing the botched robodebt scheme did not raise questions about its legality with his supe...