Sydney, July 16 (IANS) Moises Henriques, the most capped player in Australian domestic cricket history, has announced his retirement from New South Wales and the Sydney Sixers. Henriques’ full domestic retirement follows the conclusion of his First-Class career a year ago. He played five matches in the Blues’ successful One-Day Cup campaign in 2025-26 and led the Sixers to the BBL 15 Final but was not offered a contract for BBL 16.He will turn out for his native Portugal next month in a Euro…
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Sydney, July 7 (IANS) Extreme heat significantly increases the risk of hospital admissions for mental health conditions among young people, according to a large Australian study, highlighting a growing public health concern linked to climate change. “Climate change is already impacting children and young people’s mental health in multiple ways,” said the study’s co-author Cybele Dey, an adolescent psychiatrist with the Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network, quoted by the Guardian Australia on Tues…
Sydney, July 3 (IANS) Authorities in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) said on Friday that they have detected the first suspected case of the deadly H5N1 avian influenza on the country’s east coast.Tara Moriarty, NSW’s minister for agriculture, told reporters that preliminary testing of samples taken from a migratory giant petrel that was found sick near the small coastal town of Hawks Nest, 165 km northeast of Sydney, returned a positive result for the highly pathogenic strain.She s…
Sydney, June 23 (IANS) Six men from the eastern Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) have been charged over an alleged attempt to import 120 kg of cocaine from the US and the subsequent discovery of a drug laboratory, officials have said. The Australian Federal Police (AFP) and Australian Border Force (ABF) said on Tuesday that an investigation began in December 2025 when officers intercepted a consignment from California containing four vehicle transmissions.The components were dismantled,…
Hobart, June 22 (IANS) Damien Wright will return to Tasmania as bowling coach of the men’s team once he completes his current stint with the West Indies women’s team in the ongoing ICC Women’s T20 World Cup, Cricket Tasmania announced on Monday.Wright has been the assistant coach of the West Indies women’s team since January 2024 and is specialising in fast bowling. As of now, West Indies are at second spot in Group B of the Women’s T20 World Cup and are one of the three unbeaten teams…
New Delhi, June 4 (IANS) The International Cricket Council (ICC) has congratulated Australian umpire Rod Tucker for officiating in his 100th Test match, a milestone he reached when he took the field at Lord’s for the opening game of the World Test Championship series between England and New Zealand.Tucker is now the fourth umpire in cricket’s history to stand in 100 Tests after Aleem Dar (145), Steve Bucknor (128), and Rudi Koertzen (108). He was presented with a crystal trophy by former ICC…
Canberra, May 26 (IANS) Australia’s energy regulator said that electricity prices will fall for most households and small businesses on regulated default plans from July 1, reflecting easing costs across the power sector.The Australian Energy Regulator (AER) said its final Default Market Offer (DMO) for 2026-27 would cut residential electricity prices by between 3.4 per cent and 5 per cent in the state of New South Wales and by 7.2 per cent in the southeast state of Queensland, while the state o…
New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) Cricket Australia CEO Todd Greenberg has admitted that the board failed to clearly communicate its vision for privatising the Big Bash League (BBL), as disagreements among state associations over the competition’s future structure persist.The discussion about private investment in the BBL has grown more heated following New South Wales and Queensland’s opposition to CA’s initial proposal to sell franchise stakes to outside investors. South Australia has also shown caut…
New Delhi, May 11 (IANS) Though Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis and Steve Smith have been left out of Australia’s T20I series in Bangladesh, chief selector George Bailey has insisted the trio have ‘not been dropped’ and remain in contention for future assignments in the shortest format.The trio, along with Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood, were notable absentees from the 16‑member squad announced for the three‑match T20I series to be played in Dhaka on June 17, 19 and 21.Cummins and Hazlew…
Canberra, April 30 (IANS) A landmark antisemitism inquiry established in the wake of the fatal terror attack at Sydney’s Bondi Beach has called for all levels of government in Australia to prioritize a consistent national approach to gun laws.In an interim report released on Thursday, the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion made 14 recommendations, five of which were not released publicly for national security reasons.It said that federal, state and territory governments should …