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AFL executives Greg Swann, Andrew Dillon and Laura Kane.

‘Teething problems’, or something untenable? Behind the brewing tensions at AFL House

Tensions between the AFL’s two key football lieutenants have threatened to destabilise Andrew Dillon’s senior team just months into his controversial head-office restructure.

  • Caroline Wilson

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Brendon McCullum and Ange Postecoglou. Cut from the same cloth?

Bazball v Angeball: Are they two sides of the same coin?

They are the ultra-attacking and oft-mocked philosophies that were supposed to revolutionise Test cricket and soccer respectively. Is Bazball just Angeball with bails?

  • Emma Kemp
From left: Donald Trump, Steve Witkoff, Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky.

The dictator next door: Why these dealmakers won’t stop Putin

In a leaked phone call, the US special envoy made peace in Ukraine sound simple. But anything that looks acceptable to Russia’s president carries immense danger for Europe and America.

  • David Crowe
Mason Cox’s unlikely AFL journey will continue at Fremantle.

The second-chance saloon: How one club’s trash becomes another’s treasure

Many delisted AFL players are on the lookout for new teams this off-season – but how has your club fared in the recycled market in the past?

  • Marc McGowan
Barnaby Joyce has left the Nationals after 20 years representing the party in both houses in Canberra.

Always the exception, never the rule, Joyce writes his own eulogy and plans his next comeback

In the end, Barnaby Joyce didn’t so much leave the Nationals as quietly concede they’d already left him.

  • Rob Harris
The criminal conspiracy case against Donald Trump in the US state of Georgia has officially been dismissed.

It’s official: Trump gets away with attempts to overturn 2020 election

The final criminal case against the president – linked to an infamous phone call – has been dropped by prosecutors.

  • Michael Koziol
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Chancellor Rachel Reeves is grappling with a UK economy beset by a productivity slump.
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Milkshakes, mansions and EVs: Britain’s brutal new $53b tax grab

A new levy on electric vehicles is just one of the shocks in a budget that highlights the grim state of the UK’s finances.

  • David Crowe
Teens may be upset that something they like is being taken away, but with some help they may find there are plenty of alternatives to TikTok and Instagram.

Social media ban 101: How to stop your kid getting around it and other tips

What you need to know, and what you can do.

  • Tim Biggs
Michael Vaughan, Ben Stokes and Ian Botham.

England’s Test team is at odds with its past players. It could explode into a civil war

England’s Ashes team has a strained relationship with its past players. Unless they show the capacity to listen and learn, they’re headed for a clash that Australia’s current players and Justin Langer are all too familiar with.

  • Daniel Brettig
Snickers – really satisfies?

Is my chocolate snack making me hungrier?

Why do I feel more hungry if I eat a chocolate snack in the afternoon than if I eat nothing at all? Here’s the reason.

  • Liam Mannix

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