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Shooting, archery, wrestling excluded from 2026 CWG

NEW DELHI: In a blow to India's medal aspirations in the Commonwealth Games (CWG), the disciplines of shooting, archery and wrestling were on Tuesday axed from the Games programme for the 2026 edition, which is to be held in the State of Victoria in Australia.

The Times of India

Fitzgibbons alive with last-gasp WSL win

Sally Fitzgibbons produced a 6.10 point wave in the final minutes to win her Rip Curl Pro third-round heat as the Australian looks to avoid the mid-season cut.

AAP

Rental prices in Australian capital cities spike by up to 21% as available housing plummets

House and unit rental prices are up nationwide, research finds, as vacancy rate hits lowest national rate since 2006

The Guardian - AU

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Australia official in Solomon Islands amid China worries

Visit comes amid concern a proposed security pact with Beijing will undermine regional security.

Al Jazeera

How Russia's war led to an unlikely meeting of two Ukrainian women taking shelter in regional WA

Daria and Vira were unknown to each other in Ukraine but since arriving in regional Australia to escape the Russian invasion their friendship has blossomed amid uncertainty.

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Mathias Cormann calls for greater foreign aid despite role in Australian cuts

OECD leader urges increase despite previously defending Australia’s cuts while finance minister

The Guardian - AU

Fourth resident dies during St Anne's Nursing Home COVID outbreak in Broken Hill

Nurses from across Australia are called in to support St Anne's Nursing Home in Broken Hill, as the centre's COVID outbreak worsens and another resident dies. But finding accommodation for the nurses poses another challenge.

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Colonial and nationalist myths are recast in Yumna Kassab's Australiana

Yumna Kassab’s Australiana: A Novel is mostly set in an unnamed regional town, likely Tamworth, in northern NSW and in other nearby locations like Barraba, Uralla and the Pilliga. It tells of the lives of ordinary people, their relationships with the land and homes in which they dwell, the objects…

The Conversation

Time to remove vaccine mandates? Not so fast – it could have unintended consequences

Several Australian states have used mandates to drive up COVID vaccination rates. Governments justified the mandates on the basis of preventing the spread of disease and protecting the vulnerable.

The Conversation

Cricket Australia appoints Andrew McDonald as new head coach

The former Test all-rounder has been the team’s interim head coach since February following the shock departure of Justin Langer.

The Independent UK

Cricket Australia appoint Andrew McDonald as men’s head coach

Andrew McDonald has been confirmed as the man to lead Australia for at least the next four years after being officially unveiled as head coach

The Guardian - AU

Australia minister arrives in Solomon Islands to discuss China security pact

An Australian government minister arrived in the Solomon Islands on Wednesday for talks on a proposed security agreement between the Pacific islands nation and China that Australia opposes.

Reuters

New CA coach McDonald prioritises workload

Cricket Australia has confirmed Justin Langer's full-time successor, with Andrew McDonald given a four-year contract to coach the men's team.

AAP

Help save a life this Easter weekend

There is an urgent call for blood donations this Easter long weekend after supplies have dropped to record low levels. There is currently only enough supplies of emergency blood type O negative to last one and a half days. For the first time, Newcastle Blood Donor Centre will open its…

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'I always have trouble with forms': homeless people on how poor literacy affects them – and what would help

Homelessness remains a huge problem in Australia and an important contributing factor is low literacy levels.

Reuters

With hugs, tears and Maori performers, NZ welcomes Australian visitors as curbs ease

New Zealand welcomed hundreds of travellers from Australia with emotional scenes on Wednesday as it opened its borders to its trans-Tasmanian neighbour for the first time since mid-2021.

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Art Gallery of South Australia’s Adelaide Biennial exhibition interrogates South Australia’s history of slavery, environmental degradation

The Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art invited 25 artists to reflect on ideas of freedom, the state, and states of being - and the resulting works sometimes hit close to home.

The Guardian - AU

PM distances government from private member’s bill – as it happened

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Jodie reckons a cruise is as COVID-safe as her local supermarket, and she's among thousands who can't wait for their return

Cruising is one of the last industries to reopen in Australia after COVID, but the first ship is about to arrive.

ABC News

Northern Land Council accuses the Australian Electoral Commission of 'failing' Aboriginal voters

The Australian Electoral Commission has defended its work trying to raise the enrolment rates of Aboriginal voters in the remote NT, but a powerful land council says it's been too little, too late.

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Ray Smith, who brought global fame to Australia's Bland Shire, opts for simpler life out of spotlight

Ray Smith will step down from the Bland Shire Council knowing he leaves a far spicier tourism industry and global recognition in his wake.

The Conversation

'Cold case' gay murders: two books illuminate Australia's dark history of police and military violence

In 1972, Dr George Duncan was a newly employed law lecturer at the University of Adelaide. Late one night, he visited a well-known beat on the banks of the River Torrens where men would meet for sex. There, Duncan and another man, Roger James, were attacked and thrown into the…

ABC News

50 years ago, John Bockris saw the future of Australia's climate crisis

Today's climate experts were in awe when the ABC played them quotes from one man in the early 1970s on the climate crisis and how it could be averted.

ABC News

Why more than 200,000 COVID-positive results in Shanghai aren't 'confirmed cases'

Since the start of March, Shanghai has recorded more than 229,000 positive COVID-19 results. But authorities say fewer than 10,000 are actually "confirmed cases".

ABC News

Royal commission hears Australian disability enterprise workers paid as little as $2.50 an hour

The disability royal commission is examining the experiences of people who have worked in Australian disability enterprises, as advocates raise concerns about low wages.

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