December 2024
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- PNG
Bigger than sport: PNG’s PM on getting an NRL team
James Marape, Papua New Guinea’s prime minister, says the bid to join the NRL goes way beyond sport and commerce for the country, and will also benefit Australia.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
December 2023
How big super ‘sponsors’ Australia’s unions
Australia’s superannuation funds have for the first time had to reveal itemised disclosures of their marketing, sponsorship and partnership spending.
- Myriam Robin
September 2023
Tabcorp enters its late-tobacco era
The ASX-listed wagering giant has been calling for bans on TV ads. Now, Tabcorp has launched a new national TV campaign.
- Mark Di Stefano
August 2023
The $7b fund for projects commercial lenders won’t back
Some of the projects the federal government’s Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility is funding have raised eyebrows.
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- Mark Ludlow
September 2022
Cowboys final sweetens a long weekend for Townsville tourism
From fighting for the wooden spoon to the top four teams, the North Queensland Cowboys’ run to the NRL quarter-finals will inject $7 million into the region’s economy.
- Tess Bennett
August 2022
NRL coach Paul Green dies aged 49
The rugby league world is in shock after the death of coach Paul Green, who guided the North Queensland Cowboys to the 2015 premiership.
- Fraser Barton and Scott Bailey
March 2020
Ban throws NRL, AFL seasons into disarray
The National Rugby League and AFL are contemplating playing to empty stadiums this season after the government ban on gatherings of more than 500 people.
- Mark Ludlow and Patrick Durkin