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The setback of Steve Smith's injury came less than a month before the tough Indian tour. (Photo: AP)

Steve Smith out of NZ series ahead of India tour

Steve Smith was fielding in the match at the Adelaide Oval on Thursday when he injured his left ankle.

27 Jan 2017 10:42 AM

Joe Mennie was struck on the head while bowling at a training session for his Big Bash League team the Sydney Sixers. (Photo: AP)

Joe Mennie suffers head injury during training

Joe Mennie initially discharged and cleared of serious injury but was readmitted to hospital after further tests.

26 Jan 2017 10:53 AM

The Hawaii-based Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said there was no tsunami threat from the latest shake. (Representational Image)

6.8-magnitude quake hits off Solomon islands

The Solomons National Disaster Management Office (NDMO) said it had not received any damage reports from the remote area.

20 Jan 2017 9:58 AM

Elvis fans board a train to take them to The Parkes Elvis Festival from Sydney on Thursday. (Photo: AFP)

Fans shake pelvis as Elvis Express departs Sydney

Peak hour travellers were serenaded by tribute acts performing on a stage erected on the platform.

13 Jan 2017 6:37 AM

Markets elsewhere in Asia were more hesitant having already rallied on Tuesday.

Strong dollar lifts Japan shares, crimps commodities

US dollar held near 14-year peaks on Wednesday as an abundance of upbeat global economic data.

04 Jan 2017 10:12 AM

Against a basket of currencies, the dollar was firm at 102.800 having climbed 0.6 per cent overnight.

Dollar holds firm, upbeat China data lifts Aussie

China's foreign exchange regulator said on Saturday that the $50,000 annual individual quota will remain unchanged.

03 Jan 2017 8:11 AM

In this photo provided by World Vision Solomon Islands, a house in Kirakira, Solomon Islands, is damaged after an earthquake. (Photo: AP)

Residents take to the hills as powerful quake hits Solomon Islands

The huge underwater quake triggered a tsunami warning for a wide swath of the South Pacific.

09 Dec 2016 1:16 PM

Moutia Elzahed, one of the two women married to convicted criminal and Islamic extremist Hamdi Alqudsi, is suing the police alleging they punched her and called her a "bitch" during the Operation Apple by terrorism raids at her Revesby home in south-west of the Sydney on September 18, 2014. (Photo: AP/ Representational Image)

Judge declines hearing woman's evidence until she takes off veil

Elzahed refused to take off her burqa and she failed to turn up to the fourth day on November 30 of the hearing.

02 Dec 2016 3:34 PM

Under cricket rules, a player may shine the ball provided no artificial substance is used with Faf du Plessis potentially facing a fine of up to 100 percent of his match fee. (Photo: AP)

ICC charges Faf du Plessis with ball tampering

A hearing will now be held by Andy Pycroft of the ICC match referees panel.

18 Nov 2016 1:33 PM

After Australia crumbled to series defeat against South Africa, Rod Marsh stepped down as Australia’s chief selector. (Photo: AFP)

Hohns to lead Oz selection panel as Marsh quits

Former Australia captain Greg Chappell, who was the national talent manager, has also been added to the panel in a temporary position.

17 Nov 2016 10:42 AM

Australian police find baby koala in woman’s bag

The Australian police made one of their more unusual finds when they uncovered a baby koala hidden in the bag of a woman they stopped in the street, in Brisbane, Queensland on Monday. (Photo: AFP)

08 Nov 2016 2:24 AM

Mark Taylor bats for four-day Tests

Former Australia captain Mark Taylor has pitched in to the debate on how to revive spectator interest in test cricket, calling for the game’s longest format to be shortened by a day to encourage more

03 Nov 2016 2:38 AM

Inquest focus turns to response and policy

The fourth day of the Phillip Hughes inquest in Sydney has moved away from analysis of the on-field play leading up to the batsman being fatally struck and onto the medical emergency policies and proc

14 Oct 2016 12:36 AM

Bowler left dazed by fatal delivery to Phillip Hughes

Australian cricketer Sean Abbott was left upset and dazed for days after he bowled the ball which fatally injured batsman Phillip Hughes, a coroner’s inquest has been told.

13 Oct 2016 2:11 AM

Form counts ahead of India tour: Australia coach

Coach Darren Lehmann knows it would be far from unprecedented for a player to earn Test selection based on performances in limited-overs Cricket.

11 Sep 2016 11:38 PM

Drones give rare glimpse of Australian whales

An undated photo shows rare image of a white calf swimming with its mother off the coast of Western Australia as part of a project. (Photo: AFP)

07 Sep 2016 6:35 AM

Man shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’ kills British in Australia

A young British woman was killed and a British man critically hurt after a Frenchman allegedly stabbed three people while saying “Allahu Akbar” at an Australian backpacker’s hostel, the police said on

25 Aug 2016 6:43 AM

1.5 kg beast of a truffle is found in Australia

A hand out photo taken on August 19, 2016 shows a large truffle being weighted by Stuart Dunbar, who removed it from the earth on his Victorian property in Yarra Valley. Dunbar has uncovered what is thought to be the largest black truffle ever grown in the country, a 1,511 gram delicacy which could also be a world-beater. (Photo: AFP)

24 Aug 2016 2:14 AM

Rio 2016: Aussies go Down and Under

Australians are seeking answers after their expensively-funded swimmers struggled to redeem themselves at the Rio Olympics after a disastrous showing in London four years ago.

14 Aug 2016 11:36 PM

MH370 plunged into sea at 20,000 feet a minute

Missing MH370 plunged into the ocean at high speed — up to 20,000 feet a minute — reinforcing analysis that the missing Malaysia Airlines jet crashed in the current search zone, a report said on Tuesd

10 Aug 2016 6:24 AM

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