Record revenues, crowds and profits have rugby league in great shape but with the potential for two new teams hopes are high for even bigger returns.
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Superstar midfielder Zach Merrett will captain Essendon for a third season and he believes the club is developing a clearer identity.
Tyler Lewis
A state health minister says one thing won’t happen again on his watch following the death of a two-year-old in hospital and cancelled industrial action.
Holly Truelove
Lachlan Ilias has been all class following his exit from the Rabbitohs, but he has a few things planned if he does score against his former side in the Charity Shield.
Martin Gabor
A fast-growing Australian food chain has revealed its best selling item as it announced a $7.3 million profit for the first half of this financial year.
Cameron Micallef
AFL chief executive Andrew Dillon has had his say on the potential finals fixture clash with the NFL showpiece set for Melbourne.
A new road camera trial has captured 1000 hooning cars and motorcycles blaring down suburban streets, with almost half of them repeat offenders.
Zoe De Koning
Australia’s biggest superannuation fund has been fined $27m for charging duplicate fees to tens of thousands of customers.
Blair Jackson
Two potential tropical cyclones flanking either side of Australia are being monitored by authorities as parts of the country face an elevated fire danger.
Sky News presenter Cheng Lei is set to release a “harrowing” memoir in April, detailing her three-year incarceration in China.
A move to reinterpret the long tradition of national teams wearing green and gold uniforms has landed with two bold new kits for the Matildas and Socceroos.
RBA governor Michele Bullock will face a three-hour grilling by politicians following the central bank’s first rate cut in four years.
Jessica Wang
New research reveals homelessness is a key issue for voters, as more than 120,000 Aussies facing homelessness reveal they’re not getting the support they need.
Aisling Brennan
A major union is calling on the Coalition to pledge support for retail workers’ penalty rates ahead of a Fair Work fight.
Jessica Wang and Cameron Micallef
Residents in a flood-ravaged region have been issued a grim warning after a person died from a rare disease found in soil.
Joanne Williamson
Australia’s consumer watchdog says customers’ concerns in the supermarket and retail sector remain a key priority in the year ahead.
A woman accused of poisoning her former husband of 39 years told police he was paranoid and would call her “Chemical Ali”, a trial has been told.
Emma Kirk
Avian flu, the virus that left supermarket shelves empty in 2024, has spread at a third poultry farm in Victoria this month alone.
The weekend newsreader says it is “time for a new chapter” after joining the Seven network in April 2022, but she has already started in another job.
Ria Pandey
Police have been slammed for unacceptable delays in the case of three teenagers charged after a factory fire killed two men.
Liam Beatty
The major banks and miners continued to slump on Thursday, dragging the Australian share market to its lowest point in five weeks.
A young man who was allegedly fatally stabbed during a violent rampage at a bus stop in Melbourne’s southwest is being remembered as the “sweetest and most humble kid”.
It’s only going to get worse for Aussie savers already on their knees after the Reserve Bank’s decision to cut interest rates.
Anthony Albanese called out the journalist after he was asked whether the upcoming federal election would clash with a major sporting event.
