Australian tennis legend Lleyton Hewitt has thrown his full support behind home grown hopeful Alex De Minaur to win the 2024 Australian Open. Hewitt, who won five singles titles during his career, believes this is de Minaur’s year to break through and clinch his maiden grand slam title. “He’s certainly …
Read More »Growing Appetite for Nutrient-Rich Native Indigenous Australian Foods
Kalkani Choolburra, Aboriginal Programs Coordinator at the Botanic Gardens of Sydney, showing the many uses of native plants. Here, she is weaving with a Lomandra leaf. Credit: Neena Bhandari/IPS by Neena Bhandari (sydney) Tuesday, October 03, 2023 Inter Press Service SYDNEY, Oct 03 (IPS) – Growing up in Sydney, Kalkani Choolburra, …
Read More »Rapper Kanye West finally meets his Australian in-laws on holiday in Tokyo with wife Bianca Censori (photos)
Kanye West has finally met his Australian in-laws seven months after he married Melbourne native Bianca Censori. The American rapper met with Bianca’s parents Leo and Alexandra and her sister Angelina in Tokyo several days ago, according to Mail Online. While West, 46, is yet to post …
Read More »‘True Australian grit’ in crushing win over USA
The Wallaroos bounced back from an ugly defeat to ignite their Pacific Four Series campaign with a 58-17 demolition of the United States in Ottawa. Australia had been trounced 50-0 by world champions New Zealand in their previous match but showed good character to put that result behind them and …
Read More »Romance scam: Nigeria partners Australian Police to arrest serial fraudster in Abuja
Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force – National Cybercrime Center (NPF-NCCC) have successfully apprehended one Ogenevowero Emefeke, a 37-year-old resident of Guida Area of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) for pulling-off an elaborate The Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, in a statement released on Monday, May 22, 2023, …
Read More »Australian TV channel, ABC could face lawsuit and internal investigation over its ‘extremely biased’ coverage of King Charles’ coronation
The ABC will be investigated by its own ombudsman after the broadcaster was deluged with complaints over its ‘extremely biased’ coronation coverage. The taxpayer-funded broadcaster reportedly received over 1,000 complaints for its ‘disrespectful’ coverage, which focussed heavily on the impact the monarchy and colonisation have had on Aboriginal Australians …
Read More »LIVE: Australian rugby’s ‘elephant in the room’
REDS vs BRUMBIES in Brisbane, Friday 7.35pm AEST Queensland coach Brad Thorn has made two bombshell selection calls by dropping James O’Connor to the bench against the Brumbies and dumping Suliasi Vunivalu from the 23 entirely. Young Lawson Creighton will start at No.10 ahead of O’Connor while Filipo Daugunu replaces …
Read More »Bizarre Australian batting tactic baffles legend
TEAMS Australia won the toss and elected to bat. India: 1 Rohit Sharma (captain), 2 Shubman Gill, 3 Cheteshwar Pujara, 4 Virat Kohli, 5 Shreyas Iyer, 6 Ravindra Jadeja, 7 KS Bharat (wk), 8 R Ashwin, 9 Axar Patel, 10 Umesh Yadav, 11 Mohammed Shami Australia: 1 Travis Head, 2 …
Read More »Anthony Albanese becomes first Australian Prime Minister to take part in Mardi Gras | CNN
CNN — Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has become the first leader of the country to take part in the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras in the event’s 45-year history. In other parts of the world, Mardi Gras is held the day before the Christian fasting season of Lent …
Read More »Fresh allegations of racial abuse hit Australian football
Australian soccer is again engulfed in a racism controversy with Football NSW launching an investigation into allegations related to a match at the weekend. Racial abuse allegedly took place in the third-round NSW NPL men’s game between Sydney United 58 FC and Leichhardt FC. “Football Australia will provide any necessary …
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