July 2024
How vicious feuds 50 years ago sowed the seeds of the CFMEU
The evolution of today’s militant construction union can be traced back to the unlikely locale of the leafy Sydney suburb of Hunters Hill.
- Andrew Clark
August 2023
Why it’s a very good time to be a female athlete in Australia
Ball codes are plundering sports as diverse as basketball, netball and tennis in the hunt for new top-level players.
- Rory Smith
May 2023
‘Formidable woman’ to fill Jim Molan’s Senate vacancy
A “formidable woman” and former president of the NSW Liberal Party will fill the Senate vacancy left by Jim Molan.
- AAP
December 2022
This NRL club is turning property developer to wean off pokies
The once-struggling Parramatta Eels NRL club will diversify its income stream away from poker machines by leasing space in its new rugby league facility.
- Edmund Tadros
September 2022
The battle to become ‘Kings of the West’
Sunday’s match pits the Paramatta Eels, a team on the brink of financial ruin six years ago, against the reigning premiers, the Penrith Panthers, in a sold-out match that marks the game’s return to Sydney.
- Updated
- Edmund Tadros
- Opinion
- NRL grand final
Rugby league’s battle of western Sydney tells Australia’s story
The ugly duckling to Sydney’s inner suburbs for half a century, the region is steadily shedding its cultural cringe.
- Tanveer Ahmed
‘The people’s beer’ owned by Nathan Cleary, Tai Tuivasa
A new brewery will open in late 2022, with two UFC fighters big shareholders alongside the Penrith Panthers star who has an 8 per cent stake.
- Simon Evans
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
May 2020
NRL heavyweights kick off return to normality
While the Eels and Broncos were both undefeated before the NRL season was halted after two rounds, Thursday's clash carries more weight than your regular grudge match.
- Max Mason