Australian cricket great David Boon MBE will become Interim Chair of Cricket Australia from October 28, following the decision of Mike Baird AO to step down from the organisation’s board and chairmanship at the upcoming Annual General Meeting. Boon’s appointment comes after Baird informed the Cricket Australia Board that he would not seek re-election. Baird […]
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The inaugural SuperNaari Conclave 2026 brought together parliamentarians, athletes, sports professionals, health experts, multicultural community leaders and advocates at the Parliament of NSW on 24 September, placing women’s health, participation and leadership in sport at the centre of a wider Women, Peace & Security conversation. The event was organised by the Saroni Roy Foundation (SRf) […]
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The Albanese and Malinauskas Governments are moving ahead with plans to unlock two strategically located Defence properties near Adelaide’s CBD, with the redevelopment of Hampstead and Keswick Barracks expected to create new housing and community facilities for South Australians. Hampstead Barracks has been identified for potential divestment following the Australian Government’s independent Defence Estate Audit, […]
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Bodhana Sivanandan has reached a historic milestone in international chess, becoming the youngest player ever to earn the Woman Grandmaster title at just 11 years old. The Indian-origin British schoolgirl achieved the landmark after securing her third and final WGM norm while representing England at the 2026 Chess Olympiad in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. Sivanandan’s achievement places […]
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Councillor Cameron MacLean has been elected Lord Mayor of the City of Parramatta, becoming the youngest person to hold the position in the city’s history at the age of 28. Representing the Epping Ward, Cr MacLean will lead Parramatta through the next stage of its growth after being chosen by fellow councillors for the Lord […]
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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has accepted the 2026 Atlantic Council Global Citizen Award in New York, using his speech to recognise the contribution of Australia’s multicultural communities and people who help strengthen the country’s connections with the wider world. Albanese received the honour during an awards dinner held on 23 September on the sidelines of […]
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Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi met Australian High Commissioner to India Philip Green and London School of Economics Professor Susan Marks in New Delhi on 23 September, according to the All India Congress Committee. The meeting brought together Gandhi, Australia’s senior diplomatic representative in India and an international law academic at a time […]
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NSW Police are mourning the death of Constable Mia Lay, who was killed when a marked police vehicle crashed into a tree in Redfern while responding to a reported vehicle theft in Sydney. Constable Lay was travelling as a passenger in the police vehicle when it crashed on Gibbons Street at about 1:30am on 25 […]
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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has met Nepal’s Prime Minister Balendra “Balen” Shah in New York, with the two leaders discussing Nepal’s recovery from devastating floods and Australia’s ongoing assistance to communities affected by the disaster. The meeting took place on 25 September 2026 on the sidelines of the 81st United Nations General Assembly, bringing […]
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There are trips one undertakes to see a place, and there are trips one undertakes to be elsewhere. My two nights and three days at Isla’s Ridge, high in the Palani Hills, belonged unmistakably to the second kind. The road from the world I had left behind seemed to grow progressively less interested in civilisation. […]
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