2+ hour, 3+ min ago  (234+ words) Queensland Rugby League chief executive Ben Ikin has announced his resignation only weeks out from the State of Origin opener. One of the sport's most respected thinkers, Ikin will remain in charge of the QRL for the upcoming Origin series…...

17+ hour, 13+ min ago  (348+ words) Two patients with hantavirus and one suspected of infection have been removed from a cruise ship and flown to the Netherlands, the World Health Organisation says." The Dutch cruise ship MV Hondius at the centre of the deadly outbreak departed…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (418+ words) South African Elmere van der Berg has upstaged her Diamonds rival Courtney Bruce in an early Commonwealth Games preview to steer the Adelaide Thunderbirds to a 61-60 victory over the Sunshine Coast Lightning. After relinquishing top spot on the Super Netball…...

1+ mon, 18+ hour ago  (376+ words) Road safety must be better embedded in school curriculums, advocates say, as Australia reels from another tragic Easter period. By 12pm AEST on Monday, at least 14 people had been killed in road incidents, with data from Western Australia not yet processed....

1+ mon, 2+ day ago  (477+ words) A spate of fatal road incidents over the Easter long weekend have prompted warnings for motorists to take care. Three people have died and two others are in a critical condition after three separate road incident across Queensland on Saturday…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago  (232+ words) As ex-police officer Beaumont Lamarre-Condon's months-long double murder trial draws closer, prosecutors could call hundreds of witnesses to give evidence. The 30-year-old has pleaded not guilty to murdering TV presenter Jesse Baird and his flight attendant partner Luke Davies at…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (285+ words) Alcohol could have played a part in the death of a French Antarctic expeditioner who jumped off a docked research vessel. The body of the 23-year-old man was recovered by police divers at Sullivans Cove on Hobart's waterfront about 7. 45am on…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (451+ words) Melbourne skipper Harry Grant has shut down comparisons between young Storm sensation Sua Fa'alogo and superstar Brisbane fullback Reece Walsh ahead of their NRL grand-final rematch." The buzz around Melbourne's new fullback went up a notch after Fa'alogo's hat-trick against…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago  (197+ words) The death toll from heavy rains and flooding in Kenya's capital Nairobi and "elsewhere has almost doubled to 42, the government says. Heavy rain on Friday unleashed widespread flooding that led to drownings, washed away vehicles and disrupted traffic at the…...

2+ mon, 15+ hour ago  (414+ words) Annabel Sutherland has been described as the athlete "everyone dreams to be" following her stunning day-one heroics in the pink-ball Test against India at the WACA Ground. Sutherland snared career-best figures of 4-46 with the ball - even while having four catches…...