Hundreds of residents joined Liberal candidate for Churchlands Basil Zempilas and party leader Libby Mettam on Thursday night to protest against plans for seven high-rise buildings in the Floreat Forum. Around 250 residents attended the meeting at the Floreat Forum to comment on the controversial redesign.
Melbourne defender Jake Lever says a team meeting with Christian Petracca amid speculation about his future opened his eyes to the psychological toll a horrific spleen injury has taken on the speedy midfielder. His Premier League team-mate Lever believed the meeting had lifted a heavy weight from Petracca's shoulders and stressed that reports that the … Read more
China promised at a meeting in Beijing to intensify its trade relations with Fiji.
Wall Street's major stock indexes extended gains in choppy trading after posting their best week of the year as investors awaited Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell's speech in Jackson Hole for clues about a rate cut. The benchmark S&P 500 index posted a seven-day winning streak on Friday, its longest since October 2023, after a … Read more
The Wallabies will face a newly formed South African team in the second Rugby Championship Test in Perth on Saturday.
Indonesian President Joko Widodo has held his first cabinet meeting in his planned new capital, Nusantara, as the outgoing leader seeks to reassure investors that his US$32 billion (AU$49 billion) megaproject remains on schedule before he steps down in October this year. Years after announcing its flagship infrastructure project to ease the burden on congested, … Read more
St Kilda coach Ross Lyon has sought to distance himself from the Saints' meeting with disgraced former player Tarryn Thomas, which sparked a fierce reaction from fans. Lyon refused to answer questions about a meeting held by the club's head of recruitment, Graeme Allan, with Thomas when speaking to reporters at Moorabbin on Friday.