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Jessica Halloran is a Walkley award-winning sports writer. She has been covering sport for two decades and has reported from Olympic Games, world swimming and athletics championships, the rugby World Cup as well as the AFL and NRL finals series. In 2017 she wrote Jelena Dokic’s biography Unbreakable which went on to become a bestseller.

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OlympicsOlympics

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 27: (EDITORS NOTE: Image was altered with digital filters.) Ekatarina Alexandrovskaya poses during a 2018 Australian Winter Olympic Team portrait session at The Icehouse on April 27, 2017 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Robert Cianflone/Getty Images)

Documentary sheds uncomfortable light on Aussie Olympian’s death

Film director sheds a light on the “neglectful, inappropriate or even abusive” treatment of athletes after The Australian’s award-winning investigation.

Jessica Halloran and Julian Linden

Sport

LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 26: Eddie Jones, the England head coach looks on during the Autumn International match between England and South Africa at Twickenham Stadium on November 26, 2022 in London, England. (Photo by David Rogers/Getty Images)

RA readies welcome mat for Eddie

he sacking of Eddie Jones has presented Rugby Australia with a golden opportunity, with powerbrokers now considering a long-term role for the decorated coach.

Jessica Halloran

Rugby unionRugby Union

(FILES) In this file photo taken on March 19, 2022 England's head coach Eddie Jones looks on during warm up prior to the Six Nations rugby union tournament match between France and England at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, outside Paris. - Eddie Jones was dismissed as England rugby coach, England's Rugby Football Union (RFU) said in a statement on December 6, 2022. (Photo by Thomas SAMSON / AFP)

Jones in frame for shock Wallabies return

Australia’s most accomplished rugby coach Eddie Jones could return to the Wallabies ranks after he was axed by England.

Jessica Halloran

ExclusiveFootball

November 30, 2022, Al Wakrah, Qatar: MATHEW LECKIE (2nd L) of Australia celebrates a goal during the Group D match between Australia and Denmark at the 2022 FIFA World Cup at Al Janoub Stadium. Australia won 1:0. (Credit Image: © Li Gang/Xinhua via ZUMA Press)

Australian football’s ‘golden era’ a chance to kick on

In a wide-ranging interview, Football Australia chief executive James Johnson discusses the Socceroos’ success, how the World Cup prize packet will be used, Graham Arnold’s future and more.

Jessica Halloran

Sport

NEWCASTLE, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 26: Donnell Wallam of the Australia Diamonds celebrates at full time during game one of the International Test series between the Australia Diamonds and England Roses at Newcastle Entertainment Centre on October 26, 2022 in Newcastle, Australia. (Photo by Brendon Thorne/Getty Images for Netball Australia)

Code alert: Diamonds great’s warning for netball

If Netball Australia wants to challenge the major football codes, it must improve elite pathways for Indigenous players, says former Diamond and AFLW player Sharni Norder.

Jessica Halloran

Not just any debutNetball

Sporting dream realised, and a point made

Any fears Donnell Wallam’s international netball debut would be over-shadowed by her stand on Hancock Prospecting were wiped when she sealed the match against England.

Jessica Halloran, Peter Lalor and Paige Taylor

exclusiveNation

CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS - OCTOBER 20: Members of the Harvard University Men's Heavyweight Rowing team train on the Charles River on October 20, 2022 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Maddie Meyer/Getty Images/AFP

Priority review of rowing’s trans code

Rowing Australia is reviewing its transgender policy that allows for trans athletes to ‘have a positive sport experience’ by competing and sharing hotel rooms according to the gender with which they identify.

Jacquelin Magnay and Jessica Halloran

NetballPolitics

Hancock Prospecting Group executive chairman and Australian Olympic supporter Gina Rinehart.

‘Picky netball left Gina no choice’

Senators Jacinta Nampijinpa Price and Jacqui Lambie have skewered the national netball team over the collapse of a $15m deal with Gina Rinehart.

Jessica Halloran

Netball

$25m disaster: Netball cash crisis could get much worse

The $15 million sponsorship withdrawal by Hancock Prospecting could be the tip of the iceberg for Netball Australia, with fears other firms could follow suit.

Jessica Halloran

More backers could followNetball

AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - OCTOBER 12: Ruby Bakewell-Doran of the Australian Diamonds (C) sings the anthem during the Constellation Cup netball match between New Zealand and Australia at Spark Arena on October 12, 2022 in Auckland, New Zealand. (Photo by Phil Walter/Getty Images)

Netball Australia facing a $25m obstruction

Netball boss confirms the survival of the sport, after a player revolt led to Hancock Prospecting walking away from its sponsorship, hangs in the balance.

Jessica Halloran

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