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Paris 2024: Learn to swim – the industry that breeds Olympic gold

The rise of learn-to-swim schools in Australia has delivered an unexpected benefit: generations of elite swimmers faster than anyone else on Earth.

ASIC: Inside the push to break up the corporate regulator

ASIC chairman Joe Longo says the corporate cop is finally turning a corner, but there are plenty of critics who think the only answer for ASIC is ‘radical change’.

Paris Olympics 2024: Opening ceremony starts under watchful eye of security forces

A fleet of barges took athletes on a 6 km-stretch of the Seine, as Lady Gaga, surrounded by dancers, sang “Mon truc en plumes”.

Albanese kills uranium mining at Jabiluka

Anthony Albanese has ended a decades-old dispute over uranium mining in the NT by ending the mineral lease on Jabiluka and pledging to add the mine site to the Kakadu National Park.

US election 2024: Obamas endorse Harris, Trump vows return to shooting site

The former US president and his wife have given Kamala Harris an expected boost in her campaign against Donald Trump who says he will return to Pennyslvania.

Can Kamala Harris win the US presidency against Donald Trump?

An extraordinary few days lit a fuse under the US election campaign and Kamala Harris has a path to victory.

US election, Kamala Harris: Democrats may repent at leisure

Kamala Harris is unpopular, has a penchant for excruciating banality and her career smacks of connections and favouritism.

US election: Who will America’s VP Kamala Harris pick as her vice president?

Although Vice President Kamala Harris has officially been a presidential candidate for just days, the parlour game over her support act is well under way.

US presidential election: When Kamala Harris calls Donald Trump a predator, she can quote J.D. Vance

The vice president has a key witness in her case against the former president – his current running mate.

Paris Olympics 2024: US basketball superstar Steph Curry backs Kamala Harris in US election

Sport and politics aren’t supposed to mix at the Olympics. But someone forgot to tell Steph Curry, who endorsed the Democrat in a pre-Games press conference.