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Nov 19, 2024 | 
theaustralian.com.au | Jessica Halloran |Jessica HalloranExclusive
Rugby Australia could be exposed to the full weight of a $11.5m tax debt, after the Melbourne Rebels franchise collapsed, lawyers claim. RA should be held “jointly or severally liable” for the multi-million tax bill, state Gilbert and Tobin lawyers who are acting for the Melbourne Rebels’ administrators, PwC. The former Melbourne Rebels board are currently engaged in a legal battle with RA in the Federal Court, where they are seeking $30m in damages from the governing body.
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Sep 19, 2024 | 
theaustralian.com.au | Jessica Halloran |Wendy Carlisle
Rugby league rookie Keith Titmuss had the brain disease Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy when he died aged 20 – the youngest Australian sport player to be diagnosed with the fatal condition related to repeated head knocks. The diagnosis – made after Titmuss died of exertional heat stroke following a 2020 Manly Sea Eagles training session and until now not disclosed – has sparked warnings the major football codes are not doing enough to protect young athletes.
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Aug 8, 2024 | 
news.com.au | John Stensholt |Jessica Halloran
Olympic boss John Coates has called on the Australian team to aim for a top-three finish in Brisbane 2032. After Australia’s best-ever performance at an Olympics, sports should be aiming to keep rising up the medal table for our next home Games in eight years. “If Russia is not there, we need to be targeting the top three,” Mr Coates said, noting the ban of a usual Olympic powerhouse over its invasion of Ukraine.
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Aug 8, 2024 | 
theaustralian.com.au | John Stensholt |Jessica Halloran
Olympic boss John Coates has called on the Australian team to aim for a top-three finish in Brisbane 2032. After Australia’s best-ever performance at an Olympics, sports should be aiming to keep rising up the medal table for our next home Games in eight years. “If Russia is not there, we need to be targeting the top three,” Mr Coates said, noting the ban of a usual Olympic powerhouse over its invasion of Ukraine.
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Jul 29, 2024 | 
theaustralian.com.au | Jessica Halloran |Jessica HalloranExclusive
The president of the most valuable women’s football franchise in the world said it is “critical” Australia gets its national women’s competition right to capitalise on the Matildas’ boom.
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Jul 24, 2024 | 
kidsnews.com.au | Kathryn Bermingham |Jessica Halloran
greenREADING LEVEL: GREENThe smell of coffee hits you when you walk into the Australian section of the Olympic Village. A coffee cart has been set up alongside tables and chairs. Throughout the Games, two baristas* will serve up about 20,000 cups of coffee to the Aussie athletes. Chef de mission* Anna Meares said the coffee cart has been put in the village to build a sense of community – and remind Aussie athletes of home. “We’re trying to bring those normal elements in for them,” she said.
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Jun 24, 2024 | 
theaustralian.com.au | Jacquelin Magnay |Jessica Halloran
A Dutch beach volleyball star who raped a 12-year-old girl has qualified for the Paris Olympics, creating a major moral issue for Olympic bosses. Steven Van de Velde was found guilty of three counts of sexually assaulting a British pre-teen who was legally incapable of consent. At the time, Van de Velde was aged 19, seven years older than his victim, whom he had met and groomed on social media throughout 2014.
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May 2, 2024 | 
theaustralian.com.au | Paul Kelly |Liam Beatty |Greg Bearup |Jessica Halloran
A prominent protest leader during Melbourne’s Covid-19 lockdowns has been found guilty of running an unregistered fundraiser to pay for her legal challenges. Monica Smit, 35, and her company, Reignite Democracy Australia, were charged last year after a fundraiser called “Monica’s legal defence support” was set up following her arrest in August 2021.
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Apr 30, 2024 | 
theaustralian.com.au | Greg Bearup |Jessica Halloran |Rachel Baxendale |Richard Spencer
The famous cherry blossoms may be fading for another year but demand from Aussies wanting to visit Japan is brighter than ever. This year’s “sakura” season saw a surge in the number of Australians heading to the Land of the Rising Sun. The Japan National Tourism Organisation said there has been a 46 per cent jump in Australian visitors in the first quarter of 2024, compared with the same period in 2019.
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Feb 6, 2024 | 
theaustralian.com.au | Tess McCracken |Robbie Slater |Jessica Halloran |Marco Monteverde
Matildas mentor Tony Gustavsson has turned to super coach Ange Postecoglou for some “inspiration” in his bid to guide Australia to this year’s Olympic Games without the help of star striker Sam Kerr. Gustavsson has named a 23-player squad – missing the injured Kerr – for this month’s two-legged, home-and-away Paris Olympics qualifier against Uzbekistan in Tashkent and Melbourne.
