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Labor’s gambling reforms ‘a deal done with vested interests’
When it comes to politics, the issue of gambling reform is both perplexing and tragic. It is perplexing, because there must be few issues that have overwhelming public support. It is tragic, because of the profound human misery gambling reform inaction is unleashing in our community. Independent polling shows up to 77 per cent of people want all gambling ads banned.
Rabbitohs sizzle Saints as Su'a gets sent
Match Report: South Sydney Rabbitohs v St George Illawarra Dragons South Sydney returned to the winners' list with a controlled 30-12 victory over St George Illawarra at Accor Stadium. A crowd of 15,116 watched a match that remained competitive for an hour before a late send‑off to Jaydn Su'A ended any chance of a Dragons comeback. The Rabbitohs opened the scoring through Latrell Mitchell, who finished a left‑side shift after a successful captain's challenge kept the ball with Souths.
RESULTS: 2026 QRL U17 Cyril Connell Cup Grand Final
Results and Scorers: All the results and scorers from the QRL U17 junior reps male grand final. All listed times are AEST (NSW/QLD/VIC/ACT).
Tim Costello A thousand days of inaction on gambling reform
This coming Tuesday, March 24, it will be a thousand days since the Murphy report into online gambling was delivered to government. The report contained 31 recommendations, including a ban on gambling ads and inducements and the creation of a national gambling regulator. In those thousand days, the Albanese government has failed to even respond to the report.
Sharks half-ton leaves Titans teetering
Match Report: Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks v Gold Coast Titans Cronulla produced one of the most ruthless performances of the opening round on Saturday evening, demolishing Gold Coast 50-10 at Ocean Protect Stadium after racing to a staggering 34-0 halftime lead. Led superbly by Nicho Hynes and Braydon Trindall, the Sharks overwhelmed a hapless Titans outfit with pace, precision and unrelenting pressure in a one-sided coastal clash. The warning signs for the Titans arrived almost immediately.
Warriors rattle Roosters in Auckland
Match Report: Warriors v Sydney Roosters The Warriors opened their 2026 campaign in emphatic fashion, running in seven tries to overwhelm the Roosters 42-18 at Go Media Stadium on Friday night. Backed by a vocal home crowd, the Warriors laid the platform with a dominant first half and then withstood a brief Roosters revival before pulling away late to put a gloss on the scoreline.
Why the pokies keep beating Australians
Australia suffers the greatest losses and harm from gambling per adult in the world. Most Australians want reform, regular surveys show. So why is it so impossible? In short: because of the political muscle and massive wealth of the poker machine lobby, which is responsible for more than half of Australia’s gambling losses.
A predatory industry is targeting our kids and the government is staying silent
The Victorian Coroner's hearing into the tragic suicide of 22-year-old Kyle Hudson is set to shine a spotlight on the activities of bookmaker Sportsbet. Subscribe now for unlimited access. or signup to continue reading All articles from our website & app The digital version of Today's Paper Crosswords, Sudoku and Trivia Kyle took his life shortly after losing two bets worth more than $6000.
MONDAY'S EXPERT: 2025 NRL Round 21
Results and Scorers: A full wrap of the weekend's action - MONDAY'S EXPERT recaps all the teamsheets, details, scores and scorers from Round 21 of the NRL, with heaps more info like the current ladder, stats leaders, match review, POTY standings, scorigami watch, crowd figures and fixtures for next week. All listed times are AEST (NSW/QLD/VIC/ACT). RELATED: See the full list of 2025 NRL Telstra Premiership Draw and Results.
Storm shade Sydney in SFS shootout
Match Report: Sydney Roosters v Melbourne Storm Melbourne have held on for a high-scoring 34-30 win over the Roosters in Thursday night's NRL Round 21 opener at Allianz Stadium. It was a difficult night for the visiting Storm outfit - already without star fullback Ryan Papenhuyzen (calf) and Maroons captain Cam Munster (personal reasons) - they then lost reigning Dally M medalist Jahrome Hughes during the game with a suspected dislocated shoulder.
Our gambling problem is infuriating and depressing. Here's how we can change the game
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Knights v Warriors preview
Match Preview: Newcastle Knights v Warriors Sunday 4:05pm at McDonald Jones Stadium, New Lambton / Awabakal Newcastle look to mine the depths of their squad against sturdy Warriors. It won't be surprising if people make comparisons to the recent malaise of the Wests Tigers when they see the Knights run out onto McDonald Jones Stadium in hi-vis orange this Sunday, a decade-old to the NSW Mining industry.
Dolphins v Cowboys preview
Match Preview: Dolphins v North Queensland Cowboys Thursday 7:50pm at Suncorp Stadium, Milton / Yuggera-Turrbal Two teams on the cusp fighting to stay in the race. In focus ahead of Thursday's round opener is the Dolphins' incredible recent record at their Suncorp Stadium home.
Three times a Weekes: Raiders rumble desperate Dragons
Match Report: Canberra Raiders v St George Illawarra Dragons Canberra fullback Kaeo Weekes has chalked up a hat-trick in a superb performance which helped his Raiders side to the outright competition lead, downing a spirited St George Illawarra 28-24 at GIO Stadium in front of nearly 16,000 fans. More to follow.
The Late Mail: Storm v Sharks
Late Mail: Melbourne Storm v Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Melbourne Storm v Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Melbourne make a bench swap with Stefano Utoikamanu going back to the bench with Nelson Asofa-Solomona starting, Bronson Garlick 18th man; Sharks change their bench with Daniel Atkinson dropped to 18th man with Billy Burns coming in Melbourne Storm 1. Ryan Papenhuyzen 2. Sualauvi Faalogo 3. Grant Anderson 4. Nick Meaney 5. Xavier Coates 6. Cameron Munster 7. Jahrome Hughes 8. Stefano Utoikamanu 9.
Manly maul timid Tigers
Match Report: Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles v Wests Tigers The Sea Eagles have entertained their fans with a strong second-half showing to thump the Wests Tigers 28-10 at Brookvale on Friday evening.
Roosters rout crumbling Cowboys
Match Report: Sydney Roosters v North Queensland Cowboys A second-half surge has seen the Sydney Roosters consign North Queensland to a second-straight heavy defeat, the Tricolours winning 42-8 in front of 21,143 at Allianz Stadium on Sunday afternoon.
LeagueUnlimited QRL Womens Teams - 2025 Round 1
Team Lists: It's Teamlist Tuesday for Round 1 of the 2025 QRL Womens Season! Around 5pm AEST every Tuesday, the full teams for each QRL Womens round will be posted right here! All times are listed in AEST (NSW/QLD/VIC/ACT) unless otherwise noted. Twitter: Follow @LeagueUnlimited Facebook: Like LeagueUnlimited - NRL & Rugby League News Brisbane Tigers v Northern Pride Sat June 14 2025, 12:40pm at Totally Workwear Stadium, Coorparoo / Turrbal Team list not yet announced. Team list not yet announced.
Sharks outlast Storm in wild wild Woolooware
Match Report: Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks v Melbourne Storm Cronulla have downed Melbourne in a hugely entertaining contest at Shark Park on Saturday night, finishing 31-26 winners in a marathon game of vintage rugby league. More to follow.
Cowboys raise bat as Titans tumble
Match Report: North Queensland Cowboys v Gold Coast Titans North Queensland have executed a second-half demolition job on the Gold Coast in a match replete with sin bins, finishing 50-18 winners at Queensland Country Bank Stadium on Saturday evening. More to come.
Opinion | Australia gambling ad ban amid election | Newcastle Herald | Newcastle, NSW
Despite being past the halfway mark of the election campaign - neither the PM or the Opposition leader has shown any appetite for banning gambling ads and reducing gambling harm.
D-II/III East Men’s Ice Hockey: Reflections on the 24-25 season & looking ahead to 25-26
After an incredible regular season and sensational NCAA tournament with Hobart winning their third consecutive national championship, it was time for the annual USCHO awards. Now after further time to digest the season that was and begin to look ahead to the 2025-26 campaign, here are some thoughts on what was, what will be different and what to look forward to as we wrap-up the coverage for the season.
Cowboys corral rusty Rabbitohs
Match Report: South Sydney Rabbitohs v North Queensland Cowboys North Queensland have relied on a 15-minute second half surge to account for a spirited South Sydney side 24-16 in the second game of an Optus Stadium double header in Perth on Saturday afternoon.
Roundy named USCHO D-III Coach of the Year
While the bid for the national championship fell just short in Utica last weekend, the Curry Colonels achieved significant milestones as a program including the CNE regular season title, the CNE tournament title where thy defeated three-time champion, Endicott, the top-seed in the NCAA tournament and a quarterfinal win over Hamilton that earned the Colonels their very first Frozen Four appearance.
Soderwall named USCHO D-III Player of the Year
Sometimes the decisions on award winners are just fairly obvious. Case in point would be the current Player of the Year in the CNE; AHCA First Team All-American; Sid Watson Award winner; Joe Concannon Award winner and newly announced New England Hockey Writers’ D-II/III MVP in the person and goaltender that is Curry’s Shane Soderwall. Now he can add the USCHO D-III Payer of the year to the award haul that has been nothing less than his season excellence deserves.
Oswego's Burke and Aurora's Schmuck co-winners of USCHO D-III Rookie of the Year honors - College Hockey
Among the many outstanding first-year players at the D-III level this season, two clearly rose to the top of the list with their exceptional play on the ice and helping their teams to both conference and NCA tournament success. Ryan Burke from Oswego and Landry Schmuck from Aurora are this year’s winners of the USCHO D-III Rookie of the Year Award. Burke, a first-year forward for Oswego led the Lakers in assists and points while being named the SUNYAC Rookie of the Year.
2024-2025 D-III All-USCHO Teams
We all just needed to take a little breather after that amazing season and sensational national tournament, but no worries the intrepid East/West duo of myself and Brian Lester have come up with this season’s All-USCHO teams and the representation of talent on the ice is nothing short of spectacular. This year we have fifteen institutions represented with twenty-eight players being recognized.
Goodwill and good intentions: lessons from Ireland relevant to Israel-Palestine
Alf McCreary is an Irish author. In A Fund of Goodwill, McCreary tells the story of the success of the International Fund for Ireland. Established in 1986 its mission was to invest in projects that brought Irish Protestants and Catholics together. Speaking about the Fund, McCreary said: The International Funds story is one of co-operation on many levels, not only politically and economically, but also across the divides within communities and across the border.
Gambling is normalised and celebrated which has led to the highest levels of gambling losses per capita in the world 40 per cent higher for poker machines and 20 per cent higher for online gambling well ahead of any other country. I have not met a parent who is not horrified by the rampant use of vaping among our young people. I have not met a parent who is not horrified by the rampant use of gambling apps among our young people.
NCAA D-III Men's Ice Hockey Quarterfinal Wrap-up - March 23, 2025 - College Hockey
The quarterfinal round shaped up with the top two seeds joining the action in the tournament while three of the four contests featured east v. west matchups that was expected to and di create a lot of excitement. They say the worse lead in hockey is a two-goal lead and the teams from the west all held that advantage or more in their games that eventually saw the east teams rally for wins that make the Frozen Four a full east playoff featuring Curry, Geneseo, Hobart and Utica.
Sizzling Sea Eagles roast rubbish Raiders
Match Report: Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles v Canberra Raiders A 23rd-minute sin-bin has unravelled the Canberra Raiders at Brookvale today, with a late first-half avalanche of points by Manly ultimately delivering the Sea Eagles a 40-12 home win in front of 16,125 fans. Despite the scoreline, there were no points scored in the opening quarter of the contest, despite both sides claiming four-pointers through Ben Trbojevic (Manly) and Seb Kris (Canberra), both of which were denied by the Bunker.
Canterbury grind out win over tenacious Parramatta
Match Report: Parramatta Eels v Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs In a low-scoring gritty contest at Commbank, the Bulldogs held on to win 16-8 over the Eels in front of 24,059 boisterous fans. There were signs of worry early for the Eels when Canterbury went over through a soft Parramatta middle, Daniel Suluka-Fifita opening the scoring for the Belmore club. The Eels' resolve tightened somewhat before 19 minutes in Will Penisini scored the hosts' first to narrow the margin to 6-4.
RESULTS: 2025 NSWRL U19 Westpac Tarsha Gale Cup Round 7
Results and Scorers: All the results and scorers from the seventh round of the NSWRL under 19 female competition. All listed times are AEDT (NSW/VIC/ACT). RELATED: See the full list of 2025 NSWRL U19 Westpac Tarsha Gale Cup Draw and Results.
First half flurry fires Sharks to win over Souths
Match Report: Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks v South Sydney Rabbitohs A 20-0 halftime lead was more than enough for Cronulla to cruise home to a comfortable 27-12 win over South Sydney at home on Saturday afternoon. More to follow.
NCAA D-III Men's Ice Hockey Quarterfinal Game Picks - March 22, 2025 - College Hockey
After a scintillating Saturday of first-round action, we now move to the quarterfinals where three of the four games are an east vs. west affair that will determine not only the participants for the Frozen Four to close out the season at the end of March but also the location for the semifinal and championship games.
NCAA D-III Men's Ice Hockey Quarterfinal Preview: Geneseo v. Aurora - College Hockey
The sole representative from the west that will be hosting a quarterfinal game is Aurora who earned the right with a 3-2 win over Wisconsin Eau-Claire in the first round of the NCAA tournament. Their opponent from the east is the newly crowned champions of the UCHC, Geneseo, who punched their ticket to the quarterfinals with a 3-1 victory over the MAC champions, Stevenson.
NCAA D-III Men's ice Hockey Quarterfinal Preview: Hamilton v. Curry - College Hockey
The only quarterfinal game that does note feature an east v. west matchup will be played on Saturday when top-seed Curry hosts Hamilton. The Colonels received a first-round bye as the No. 1 seed in the tournament while Hamilton traveled to Maine where they defeated UNE by a 4-2 score to advance to the quarterfinal round for just the second time in program history.
NCAA D-III Men's Ice Hockey Quarterfinal Preview: St. Norbert v. Utica - College Hockey
In another powerhouse east vs. west matchup, last year’s Frozen Four participant Utica plays host to five-time national champion St. Norbert with the winner advancing to the final weekend of play. The Pioneers are coming off a comfortable 5-1 first-round win over Fitchburg State while the Green Knights advanced with a 3-1 win over the MIAC champions, Gustavus Adolphus. Both teams have skilled rosters and offensive skills that will challenge team defense and goaltending accordingly.
NCAA D-III Men's Ice Hockey First Round - East Wrap-up - March 17, 2025 - College Hockey
The first round of the 2024-25 NCAA D-III men’s ice hockey championship tournament is in the books with six teams joining Curry and Hobart in the quarterfinal round set for Saturday, March 22. The first round saw six games with three set between teams from the east, two from teams from the west and one east v. west matchup.
MONDAY'S EXPERT: 2025 NRL Round 2
Results and Scorers: A full wrap of the weekend's action - MONDAY'S EXPERT recaps all the teamsheets, details, scores and scorers from Round 2 of the NRL, with heaps more info like the current ladder, stats leaders, match review, POTY standings, scorigami watch, crowd figures and fixtures for next week. All listed times are venue local to each game. RELATED: See the full list of 2025 NRL Telstra Premiership Draw and Results.
NCAA D-III Men's Ice Hockey First Round Game Picks - March 15, 2025 - College Hockey
Here we are at the final three weeks of game action that will determine the 2024-25 national champions. Fourteen teams have made the cut for this year’s tournament and not without some surprises in the mix. Kudos to the NCAA (don’t say that often) for opening up the checkbook and spending some money to set the all-important travel schedules that align best with the seeding and regional alignment.
NCAA D-III Men's Ice Hockey First Round Preview: Hamilton v. UNE - College Hockey
It’s a good thing the games are played on the ice because a look at paper with statistics and rankings such as national rank, NPI and tournament seeding has the NESCAC champions from Hamilton and CNE semifinal round losing UNE almost in a dead-heat in a head-to-head comparison.
NCAA D-III Men's Ice Hockey First Round Preview - Stevenson v. Geneseo - College Hockey
In a battle featuring the UCHC champions from Geneseo hosting the MAC winners from Stevenson, the game showcases teams built for playoff hockey led by coaches who have winning reputations when it comes to the post-season in Geneseo’s Chris Schultz and Stevenson’s Dominick Dawes. Both teams secured their conference titles by defeating the no. 1 seed in their respective tournament as the road team and now look to parlay their strong play last week into winning hockey on the national stage.
NCAA D-III Men's Ice Hockey First Round Preview: Fitchburg State v. Utica - College Hockey
The somewhat surprising Fitchburg State Falcons, winners of the MASCAC tournament will travel to play Utica on Saturday in the first round of the national tournament with both teams coming into the game in very different places. The Falcons are on a five-game win streak including three conference tournament victories that claimed their fist MASCAC title since 2018, so their confidence level is very high coming into the tournament.
NCAA D-III Men's Ice Hockey First Round Preview: Oswego v. Trine - College Hockey
The newly crowned SUNYAC champion Oswego State Lakers will travel to Indiana to face nationally-ranked Trine on Saturday in the opening round of the NCAA D-III National Championship tournament. The Thunder received an at-large bid following an excellent regular season and semifinal loss to St. Norbert in the NCHA conference tournament back on March 1.
Roosters roll Panthers in Commbank boilover
Match Report: Penrith Panthers v Sydney Roosters The Sydney Roosters have bounced back from their opening round thrashing to Brisbane, downing reigning premiers Penrith 38-32 in a pointsfest at Commbank Stadium on Friday night. More to follow.
NCAA D-II/III East Men's Ice Hockey Weekend Wrap-up - March 9, 2025 - College Hockey
It was quite the championship weekend across the region with titles being claimed by Curry (CNE), Stevenson (MAC), Fitchburg State (MASCAC), Hobart (NEHC), Hamilton (NESCAC), Oswego (SUNYAC), and Geneseo (UCHC). While the Cinderella stories of MCLA and Plattsburgh came to an end, all the winning teams fought through hard and competitive opponents seeking to take conference glory and move on to the national stage in the NCAA tournament.
The Late Mail: Dragons v Bulldogs
Late Mail: St George Illawarra Dragons v Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs St George Illawarra Dragons v Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Dragons: No changes Bulldogs: David Suluka-Fifita starts with Sam Hughes dropping out due to injury, Jaeman Salmon starts at lock with Kurt Mann dropping back to the bench. St George Illawarra Dragons 1. Clinton Gutherson 2. Mathew Feagai 3. Moses Suli 4. Valentine Holmes 5. Christian Tuipulotu 6. Kyle Flanagan 7. Lachlan Ilias 8. Toby Couchman 9. Damien Cook 10. Emre Guler 11.
NCAA D-II/III East Men's Ice Hockey Game Picks - March 8, 2025 - College Hockey
Here we are at the final weekend with everything on the line for conference titles and berths in the NCAA tournament. While some top seeds survived last week’s playoff carnage, no team can possibly be looking past any opponent regardless of their seeding. At this point the stakes are too high not to bring your very best to the ice in search of hardware and more hockey in March.
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