From the Pocket: Geelong is a club that pushes its luck but the concussion story must not be buried
Want to get this in your inbox every Wednesday afternoon? Sign up for the AFL newsletter here. Remember the Geelong concussion waiver scandal? Feels like about a dozen outrages ago,…
Sávio savours debut goal as Spurs coast to emphatic Carabao Cup win over Charlton
A new season at the snazziest modern stadium in England and something extremely welcome for Tottenham. A home win over domestic opposition. There were only four of them last time…
It shouldn’t be a secret who the prime minister has dinner with, and what was discussed. Australians deserve to know | Geoffrey Watson
Any money being paid to dine with Anthony Albanese should be a matter of public record Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email,…
‘Find out who you are, and do it on purpose’: unabashedly herself, Dolly Parton was an icon to LGBTQ fans
Parton’s gift lay in uniting everyone from God-fearing country fans to queer devotees. The way she saw me when I met her made me feel like a flower turning towards…
With no friends left to burn, Trump is running out of diplomatic ammunition | Rafael Behr
Everyone can see that the Iran war has been a strategic disaster for the US, while a failing president pretends he is winning Now is the twilight of Donald Trump’s…
Decoding America: Could datacentres lose Trump the midterms? – podcast
In this episode of Guardian Australia’s US politics podcast Decoding America, co-hosts Jonathan Yerushalmy and Reged Ahmad explore why datacentres in the US have provoked such anger – and whether…
A moment that changed me: I sought out rejection. Instead, strangers met me with profound generosity
As I turned 21, fear was holding me back. So I decided to face it headfirst. It taught me that courage leads to connection – and people who owe you…
‘It destroyed me’ – your top true-crime TV shows of all time
From influencers gone (really, really) bad and the outrageous Joe Exotic to the greatest reveal in television history – here are Guardian readers’ favourite real-life documentaries and whodunnits I watched…
Stuck bundts? You need ‘cake goop’: Natalie Paull’s lime and yoghurt bundt – recipe
The cookbook author and owner of Melbourne’s Beatrix Bakes shares a her ‘100% reliable’ formula for freeing bundts from tins When all the layer cakes are baked and iced, I…