Albanese and Bowen caught in hot mic gaffe

England dismissed for just 131 in opening ODI in Perth McCullum: ‘KP’s message will be measured but firm’ Brendon McCullum has backed Kevin Pietersen to help educate England’s batting lineup before the “specialist mentor” he hired in the summer leaves the tour of Australia after Sunday’s second one-day international in Adelaide. The collapse to 131 all out for a seven-wicket defeat in Perth on Friday naturally brought back memories of the first Ashes Test 12 months ago. But more relevant is what

Water temperatures are climbing the charts, high tides are swallowing the shoreline and vital parts of the food web that feed ocean diversity are disappearing On a picturesque autumn afternoon last week, the beaches of California’s Monterey Bay were teeming with life and death. A cadre of shorebirds charged and retreated in a synchronized dance with the raging surf. Nearby, the receding tides had deposited lifeless bundles of feathers and bone, tangled in piles of glistening kelp. Swollen sea li

The PM and his energy minister were clearly unaware the microphone was on when they joked about where they keep their mobile phones.

Sam Short takes some light-hearted digs at Harrison Turner after blitzing the men's 400m "checkpoint" freestyle.