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  1. The football coach behind the Matildas' World Cup drive — Ante Milicic

    Little is known — but a lot is expected — of Australia's current women's football coach, Ante Milicic. Ahead of the FIFA World Cup in France, the former Socceroo speaks exclusively to the ABC about his passion for the game and what it means to lead the Matildas on the game's biggest stage.

    By network sport editor David Mark

  2. Economic slowdown heading to GFC levels

    Weakness in retail, construction and business investment is expected to drag GDP growth down to the lowest level since 2009 when first quarter data is released this week.

    By business reporter Stephen Letts

  3. How Tottenham Hotspur went from mediocrity to Champions League headliners

    The road to Madrid and a Champions League final against Liverpool has been a rocky one, writes Timothy Fernandez, sparked by an unlikely superstar and steered by a master manager.

    By Timothy Fernandez

  4. With his last press conference, David Pocock cemented his place among sporting greats

    In his final press conference, marking the end of his Super Rugby career, David Pocock perfectly illustrated what his legacy to the game, and Australian sport, would be.

    By Brett McKay

  5. Tug-of-war with China on the agenda, but there's more to Morrison's 'historic' Pacific trip

    On Sunday Scott Morrison will become the first Australian Prime Minister to visit Honiara in more than a decade. And though the visit is being framed in the Pacific tug-of-war with China, it goes deeper than that, writes Nick Sas.

    By Nick Sas

  6. The Coalition faces the same tricky situations as is did before the election

    If Scott Morrison's job in this term of the Parliament is to run a better government, it is Anthony Albanese's job to switch the political focus on to the Coalition, writes Laura Tingle.

    By Laura Tingle

  7. Ben Stokes takes a blinder as the phoney war ends

    England finally got the 2019 Cricket World Cup underway with a 104-run victory over South Africa at the Oval, featuring a stunning Ben Stokes catch to end the phoney war, writes Geoff Lemon.

    By Geoff Lemon

  8. Is this Bill Shorten's greatest political challenge?

    Labor this week has looked like a routed army forced to regroup while it is still bandaging wounds and burying its dead. Can its former general, Bill Shorten, survive the changing of the guard? writes Michelle Grattan.

    By Michelle Grattan

  9. The mid-season AFL draft looks set to cause an 'unmanageable situation' for state leagues

    The premise of an AFL mid-season draft seemed honourable, but the reality is it has created an unmanageable situation for clubs at lower levels.

    By Neil Cross

  10. NRL right not to stop State of Origin national anthem boycott

    The NRL's tacit support of two players deciding not to sing the national anthem before next week's State of Origin I illustrates it is showing leadership in Indigenous affairs, writes Richard Hinds.

    Offsiders columnist Richard Hinds

  11. It pays to be tolerant: What the Israel Folau case teaches us about money in sport

    It cost Israel Folau millions and made Nike billions. Embracing inclusion in sport isn't just about being on the right side of history, it can be the difference between moral and financial bankruptcy.

    By Georgie Tunny

  12. Church's astonishing defence seems to airbrush history on notorious paedophile priest

    It felt as if the winds of change were blowing through the Catholic Church after the royal commission. But a new defence has rejected some of its key findings in relation to one of its most notorious paedophile priests, writes Louise Milligan.

    By Louise Milligan

  13. Australia's 0.001 per cent have become 50 times richer in my lifetime

    Australia's richest 200 people can afford a toast, with their wealth growing more than 20 per cent over the past year alone.

    By business reporter Michael Janda

  14. I was on Mount Everest the day the viral photo was taken, but I had very different experience

    I was on Mt Everest the day of the viral traffic jam. But from my vantage point on the north side on my sixth climb to the summit, the view was very different, writes Lydia Bradey.

    By Lydia Bradey

  15. Diamonds opt for form over loyalty in the hunt for Netball World Cup glory

    The Australian netball squad for the 2019 World Cup in Liverpool is named, with some key omissions as Lisa Alexander opts for form over loyalty.

    By Brittany Carter

  16. Will Boris Johnson be Britain's next prime minister?

    A very strange thing happened in British politics while you were sleeping. Boris Johnson, the leading contender to replace Theresa May as prime minister, was ordered to appear in court to face charges he lied.

    By chief foreign correspondent Philip Williams in London

  17. For parents, The Letdown is painfully real. That's what makes it so good

    In a time of unreal reality TV, dystopian nightmares and the general Americanisation of our cultural diet, Australian dramedy The Letdown stands out for being really, really real.

    By music and pop culture reporter Paul Donoughue

  18. What happens in the next few months will have a big say in whether Ross Lyon stays at Freo

    In terms of rebuilds, the Fremantle Dockers are a fair way up the mountain — but they now need to figure out how to get over the top. So what happens over the next 12 games will have a significant say in whether Ross Lyon remains, writes Clint Thomas.

    By Clint Thomas

  19. Mueller appears at last … and leaves as nuanced and mysterious as ever

    Despite US President Donald Trump's claims of exoneration, special counsel Robert Mueller left live the possibility he was among the wrongdoers, but his message — like the man himself — is as opaque as ever, writes Conor Duffy.

    By North America correspondent Conor Duffy

  20. The sneaky tricks that make you spend more when you think you're saving money

    The consumer watchdog has accused Kogan of using misleading discounts to lure customers, but it happens more than you think. Ralph-Christopher Bayer shares the tricks of the trade.

    By Ralph-Christopher Bayer

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