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Host Australia and three-time champion New Zealand were drawn into the same group Wednesday for the expanded Rugby World Cup in 2027. Australia was placed into Pool A from the second band of teams that were ranked from seventh to 12th.

Australia’s economic growth probably accelerated at the fastest pace in three years last quarter, coinciding with hotter inflation that’s prompted traders and some economists to wager the Reserve Bank’s next move will be an interest-rate increase.

Former England captain Michael Vaughan is left dismayed as Harry Brook is caught for 31 by Steve Smith off the bowling of Mitchell Starc as England fall to 176-4 on the opening day of the second Ashes Test in Brisbane.

Debate has long surrounded when humans first traveled into Sahul, the ancient landmass that is now Australia, New Guinea and Tasmania. Now, a study published in Science Advances, lends credence to the theory that the first humans entered Sahul around 60,

Australia will be pushing to go 2-0 up against their old foe England in Brisbane after securing the first Test inside two days of pulsating cricket last month.

Zak Crawley is caught for 76 off the bowling of Michael Neser, ending a 117-run partnership with Joe Root to leave England on 122-3 on day one of the second Ashes Test in Brisbane.

Defence Minister Richard Marles said Australia had received the United States' review of the AUKUS nuclear submarine partnership and is "working through it". President Donald Trump's administration said in June it had launched a formal review into the AUKUS defence deal - worth hundreds of billions of dollars - that will allow Australia to acquire U.