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How Australia's inaugural T20 world champs paved the way to the packed stadiums of today

From a scattering of fans to stadiums at near-capacity, women's cricket has come a long way in the last decade since Australia won its first women's T20 World Cup.




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World Cup reserve days a 'no-brainer', says Starc

Mitchell Starc comes home early from South Africa to watch his wife Alyssa Healy play for Australia in the T20 World Cup final — and criticises the lack of reserve days which nearly saw the hosts eliminated.




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Ellyse Perry set for surgery and a six-month absence after hamstring injury

Australia's superstar all-rounder Ellyse Perry will go under the knife and face six months out of cricket after injuring her hamstring during her team's T20 World Cup campaign.




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Labuschagne smashes century, but Australia swept by South Africa in ODI series

Australia slumps to a 3-0 series defeat in South Africa with a six-wicket loss in Potchefstroom, despite Marnus Labuschagne's maiden ODI century.




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Australia wins T20 World Cup with incredible final victory over India

Australia is Women's T20 World Cup champion again after thumping India by 85 runs in front of a whopping 86,174 people at the MCG.




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Australia lifts the T20 World Cup trophy




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If you build it, they will come: Historic day for women's cricket at T20 World Cup final

From small crowds and no coverage to filling the biggest stadium in Australia — the speed of the change in women's cricket defies belief, writes Geoff Lemon.




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This is how a record cricket crowd can play a critical role in gender equality

Last night's T20 women's cricket match was more than just a game — its impact on gender equality in sport will reverberate for years to come, writes Kate O'Halloran.




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Billie Jean King once asked 'where is everyone else?' The NRL's new advert presents evidence the sport is more inclusive

It was predictably branded as "politically correct". Yet rather than a legitimate beef with the promotional video, you wonder if the real objection was that it did not fit the needs of those yearning for the past, writes Richard Hinds.




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Australia rolls New Zealand at empty SCG

With fans locked out due to the coronavirus outbreak, Australia beat New Zealand by 71 runs amid a surreal and eerie atmosphere at the SCG.














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Couple tie the knot at 92 and 86 in 'moving' ceremony, many years after first meeting

This couple's love affair was sparked by an innocent remark about mince pies during the interval of a show many years ago.





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Medieval re-enactment groups see surge in popularity credited to rise in period TV dramas

A medieval re-enactment group says a growing number of people are choosing to ditch the chaos of modern life and return to a simpler time.






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Dan Larkin with Grandfather and other family










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Breastfeeding used as a survival tool by Australopithecus africanus, our early human ancestor

How scientists "read" two-million-year-old teeth and uncovered the hidden breastfeeding patterns of our ancient ancestors.



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Digging up hidden history of Chinese gold mining on North Coast beaches

Some historians believe the White Australia policy played a part in covering over the early history of Chinese miners in Australia.



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Hat found near Cape Byron Lighthouse could belong to Theo Hayez, NSW police say

A hat possibly belonging to Theo Hayez is found at Cape Byron Lighthouse, near where he was last seen, and sent for forensic testing.




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Theo Hayez's parents still have faith they'll find him and that he may be held captive

The parents of missing Belgian backpacker Theo Hayez, who disappeared in Byron Bay in May shortly before he was due to fly home, say they are hopeful their son will still be found alive.




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Surf rage attacker found guilty of assault at Lennox Head

A man who held a champion female surfer under the water until she went limp has been found guilty of assault.




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After Vanity Fair came to town, Byron Bay took a long hard look at itself

After a US magazine visited the far-north NSW coast town, Byron Bay was abuzz. Dig a little deeper and the stories pour forth from angered locals.



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Drug driving advice on NSW Government website a 'cruel underestimation', magistrate says

A magistrate who found a Nimbin Mardi Grass festival worker not guilty of drug driving has blasted the NSW Government's advice to motorists, saying it "lulls them into a false sense of security".




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Busara OReilly drug lord daughter



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Drug lord's daughter Busara O'Reilly offers spice of life to regional Australia

Life for Busara O'Reilly in her Lismore cafe is a far cry from the day she fled gunfire on a beautiful Thai beach as a toddler, but it is that start to life that has made her take nothing for granted.




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Miles Franklin Literary Award won by Melissa Lucashenko for her novel Too Much Lip

Too Much Lip is a raucous family yarn that explores intergenerational trauma, class and the lives of Aboriginal women, and it has just won its author a prestigious $60,000 prize.




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The day Grafton's water fluoridation fight descended into bloodshed

On the day Grafton's water fluoridation fight reached fever pitch, one man was stabbed with a tomato stake; another struck by a stock whip. At some point, a pistol was drawn. But how did it get to this point?







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Sydney news: Man bites police officer on thigh, car missing in Hawkesbury River

MORNING BRIEFING: A NSW police officer is left with bite marks after an attack by a man who also swallowed a balloon, while divers resume their search for a car that crashed into the Hawkesbury River last night.





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SA police officer led 'dangerous cult's' attempts to have critic criminally charged

Acting detective Eric Walsh sought advice from police colleagues on ways to silence online criticism of Universal Medicine, a group found by a jury to be a "dangerous cult", the ABC can reveal.