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Australia’s first Indigenous male cricketer Jason Gillespie has voiced public support for the Australia Day public holiday to be moved to a new date. The cricket legend’s comments come as a fresh storm erupted over the date-change debate and cricket’s scheduling conflict with the increasingly controversial January 26 date. Aussie …

Forecasters have warned that parts of eastern Australia could in for days of storms as inclement weather heads up the coast. The stormy conditions and lower temperatures look set to replace the heat as the main weather feature over the coming days in parts of New South Wales and Victoria. …

Up to a metre of rain may have fallen by midweek in some parts of coastal Queensland as the January deluge continues. Flash flooding and road closures are likely. Indeed, just about all the country could see some downpours in the coming week. But for the south and west, scorching …

This year’s Australian Open boasts an Aussie contingent quite unlike any other year. With the men’s side rocked by withdrawals and the women’s without reigning champion Ash Barty, it truly is anyone’s for the taking at the first major of the year. The women’s draw is particularly intriguing given the …

Interstate buyers are ramping up their searches for inner Melbourne property in the post-lockdown era, as Victorians dream of their own Tassie hideaways. Hobart has been revealed as the top destination for Victorian property seekers on realestate.com.au over spring and summer, with neighbouring suburbs Sandy Bay and Kingston — plus …

A stranded Sydney to Hobart yacht that washed up on a distant seashore on a Tasmanian island has been salvaged regardless of a struggle with the native Aboriginal Land Council, which claims the boat now “belongs to Aborigines”. Key factors: The yacht, Huntress, misplaced its rudder within the Sydney to …

On distant Christmas Seashore on Tasmania’s truwana/Cape Barren Island, you’ll not often see any proof of human life. Key factors: Huntress washed ashore on Christmas Seashore after its rudder broke off on the third day of the Sydney to Hobart race The crew was rescued and the yacht minimize unfastened, with …

A yacht deserted in the course of the Sydney to Hobart yacht race has washed ashore on one in every of Tasmania’s most distant seashores after drifting for every week, with issues for the world’s tradition and environmental significance. Key factors: After breaking a rudder, the crew of Huntress drifted …

Celestial has been topped total winner of the annual Sydney to Hobart yacht race, taking residence the Tattersall Cup after a quick and livid run down Tasmania’s japanese coast. Key factors: Gweilo positioned second total, with Caro and Warrior Received coming third and fourth Skipper Sam Haynes mentioned a penalty in final …

Supermaxi Andoo Comanche is main a carefully bunched pack of supermaxis in the Sydney to Hobart yacht race, because the fleet heads south on day one of many contest’s 77th version. Northerly winds helped the fleet, significantly the supermaxis, amid predictions the leaders might have supporting winds all the best way to …