Subscriber only: A soccer exclusion zone and only one rectangular venue in the capital have scuppered plans for Canberra to be a part of Australia's bid to host the women's World Cup in 2023.
Subscriber only: Here's a story about a starry-eyed youngster who arrived as a leg-spinner before shining with the bat. Sound familiar?
Times Past
'Red Infiltration in Public Service Alleged in House', a front page headline ran on this day in 1951. This was right in the middle of the period of panic and anxiety about communism that gripped Australia and of course the United States. And so what could be worse than having a public service riddled with reds? Two members of the House of Representatives, Labor's Stan Keon and Liberal Bill Wentworth pondered what to do in a nighttime debate. READ MORE
