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1 week ago | 
nit.com.au | Jackson Clark |Giovanni Torre
Young North Melbourne forward Robert Hansen jr has earned another contract extension off the back of consistent appearances in the club's senior side to remain at Arden Street in 2026. The 21-year-old penned his one-year deal this week, having locked himself in for the current season off the back of six AFL games at the back end of last year. Hansen arrived at North as pick number two in 2023's mid-season rookie draft.
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1 month ago | 
nit.com.au | David Prestipino |Jackson Clark |Dechlan Brennan |Callan Morse
Traditional Owners want the Northern Territory government to prosecute gas explorers after a recent fracking spill at Beetaloo Basin caused lingering environmental damage. The two companies actively drilling fracking wells in the Beetaloo Basin - Empire Energy and Tamboran Resources - have had seven compliance breaches over the past 12 months, with significant spills and potential contamination events.
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1 month ago | 
nit.com.au | Murray Wenzel |Jackson Clark |Callan Morse
Jordan Petaia's NFL audition has arrived, with the Wallabies star among 14 foreign charges to feature in University of South Florida's pro day in front of scouts from all 32 clubs. The 25-year-old has spent the last 10 weeks at the NFL's International Player Pathway (IPP) training program at Florida's IMG Academy. New Zealand basketballer Nathaniel Salmon and fringe Australian rugby league and union professionals Laitia Moceidreke and Laki Tasi are also among the intake.
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2 months ago | 
nit.com.au | David Prestipino |Jackson Clark |Andrew Mathieson |Dechlan Brennan
Fremantle's three Indigenous recruits experienced their first smoking ceremony as Dockers at a special event to celebrate the start of the 2025 AFL season. Superstar Richmond recruit Shai Bolton, Quinton Narkle, snapped from Port Adelaide after six years at Geelong, and South Australian small forward Isaiah Dudley, joined Fremantle players and staff in the Yorkas Nyinning area of Kings Park (Kaarta Koomba) for the ceremony.
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2 months ago | 
nit.com.au | Jackson Clark |Andrew Mathieson |Dechlan Brennan
Adelaide AFLW star Danielle Ponter has identified her aerobic capacity as a key component of her game that she wishes to improve heading into the 2025 season. One of the most skilled players in the competition, the Tiwi and Marranunggu woman is hoping to have more of an impact in a hybrid forward-midfield role for the Crows this season. The 25-year-old told the club building her fitness base is something she is continuing to focus on during the off-season.
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2 months ago | 
nit.com.au | Giovanni Torre |Andrew Mathieson |Jackson Clark
Noongar business and community leader Colleen Hayward didn't mince words at WA Labor's state election campaign launch on Sunday, firing a clear shot at the Liberal Party's culture war tactics. Professor Hayward gave a Welcome to Country at the event, something conspicuous in its absence from the Liberal party's campaign launch. "We don't refuse to stand in front of the Aboriginal flag or deny its existence, even though it is a gazetted flag of Australia," she said.
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2 months ago | 
nit.com.au | Giovanni Torre |Andrew Mathieson |Jackson Clark |Joseph Guenzler
The Quandamooka Yoolooburrabee Aboriginal Corporation is progressing plans to open the newly built QUAMPI Arts & Culture Centre on Minjerribah/North Stradbroke Island in September. QUAMPI will be the new home for Brisbane and Redlands Coast region of the popular annual Quandamooka music and cultural festival.
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2 months ago | 
nit.com.au | Tess Ikonomou |Ben McKay |Jackson Clark |Joseph Guenzler
Australia and Papua New Guinea have been urged to prevent a brain drain as the nations look to deepen co-operation between their militaries under a new defence treaty. Defence Minister Richard Marles started negotiations on the treaty with his PNG counterpart Billy Joseph in Brisbane on Thursday. He said elements of Australia's biggest military exercise Talisman Sabre would be held in PNG, the first time in any other country, in a "very significant step forward".
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2 months ago | 
nit.com.au | Joseph Guenzler |Jackson Clark |Dechlan Brennan
The Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA) has announced its 2025 program, with Gamilaroi/Bigambul artist Archie Moore's award-winning 'kith and kin' among the key exhibitions. The work, which won the Golden Lion for Australia at the 2024 Venice Biennale, will be presented at QAGOMA from 27 September. Mr Moore's 'kith and kin' is a vast genealogical chart tracing First Nations Australian connections over 65,000 years, alongside his own British ancestry.
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2 months ago | 
nit.com.au | Dechlan Brennan |Andrew Mathieson |Jackson Clark
Victorian quick Scott Boland has continued his love affair with the Sydney Cricket Ground, completing a ten-wicket hall. After going unused in Australia's two-Test tour of Sri Lanka, the 35-year-old complemented his 4-56 in NSW's first innings by tearing the Blues apart in the second, taking 6-46. Boland's second 10-wicket match haul of his first-class career included test young-gun Sam Konstas for the second time in the match, caught cutting at point.
