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Paris Olympics 2024 LIVE updates: Grace Brown wins Australia’s first gold, Boomers and Kookaburras win ahead of swimming finals

Paris Olympics 2024 LIVE updates: Grace Brown wins Australia’s first gold, Boomers and Kookaburras win ahead of swimming finals

Australia’s first opportunities to win gold have arrived just hours after a spectacular opening ceremony in Paris. Follow live.

A slip and an underwater scream: Aussie pair distraught after fluffing their last dive

Heartbreak: Maddison Keeney and Anabelle Smith missed the medals.

Divers Anabelle Smith and Maddison Keeney were right in contention for Australia’s first medal in Paris. Then, disaster.

The Boomers need their star trio to fire at the Games. They passed the first test

Josh Giddey, of Australia, shoots in front of Willy Hernangomez, of Spain, in a men’s basketball game at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 27, 2024, in Lille, France. (Gregory Shamus/Pool Photo via AP)

The Boomers’ Olympic campaign is off to a great start with an impressive win over Spain in their opening Group A match in Lille.

Three-year-old boy hit by car and left on side of Perth road

Sometime between 12.30pm and 1pm on Friday the boy was found injured alongside The Strand in Bayswater.

The ‘other’ Bali still exists, and it’s only an hour from the airport

Balinese women in traditional dress, rice paddies … the real Bali.

The holiday isle’s east coast offers a step back in time for disillusioned visitors.

‘Are you scared of China?’: Doping suspicion turns the pool into a well of mistrust

The Australian swim team huddle on pool deck in Paris.

At the start of the Paris Games, a gulf exists between the athletes who have come here to compete and the organisation responsible for keeping sport clean.

The Obamas called Kamala Harris. Cameras rolled. Hokeyness ensued

The historical weight of the moment may have been somewhat undercut by the stage management.

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Carmen Walters with her four children.

From graveyards to orange juice labels, baby naming is getting creative

John, William, Mary, Elizabeth: There was a simple formula for naming children in the Western world from the 17th to early 19th centuries. Not anymore.

Museum pulls wax figure of Sinead O’Connor after complaints it does not compare to the real thing

The late singer’s brother said it was a “hideous” representation of his sister that looked like a cross between something in a department store window display and a 1960s sci-fi TV show that used electronic puppets.

The three Perth suburbs where house prices doubled in five years

It’s becoming harder for young people to buy in to the great Australian dream of homeownership.

In 2018 a three-bedroom, one-bathroom house near Rockingham would have set you back $250,000. Now … not so much.

How to solve Australia’s housing crisis

Governments have neglected their fundamental obligation to realise everyone’s human right to housing and home.

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Tyson Stengle of the Cats celebrates a goal.

Cats top-four quest back on track as Dempsey, Stengle star

Ollie Dempsey was innovative and eye-catching in a performance that might help him secure the Rising Star as Geelong’s clinical performance reminded rivals they aren’t out of the race.

‘Successful teams have to go on a journey of some pain’: Can the Bombers bear it?

Essendon fans and players were bewildered after last Friday night’s loss to Adelaide

Essendon’s close wins this season have been more by good luck than design. Last week, Adelaide were good enough to take advantage of the Bombers’ shortcomings. But it raises the question many fans are asking: when will this group learn?

Carlton’s identity crisis as Power surges past them for crucial top four win

Carlton has looked a premiership contender at times this season but has hit the skids as they struggle with injuries and whether they are a genuine flag threat.

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Josh Giddey, of Australia, shoots in front of Willy Hernangomez, of Spain, in a men’s basketball game at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 27, 2024, in Lille, France. (Gregory Shamus/Pool Photo via AP)

The Boomers need their star trio to fire at the Games. They passed the first test

The Boomers’ Olympic campaign is off to a great start with an impressive win over Spain in their opening Group A match in Lille.

Heartbreak: Maddison Keeney and Anabelle Smith missed the medals.

A slip and an underwater scream: Aussie pair distraught after fluffing their last dive

Divers Anabelle Smith and Maddison Keeney were right in contention for Australia’s first medal in Paris. Then, disaster.

Singer Lady Gaga is one of the celebrities visiting Paris for the Olympics

Royals, movie stars, rich listers get their Olympic fix in Paris

The movers and shakers of Australian sport and business have descended on Paris, hoping to rub shoulders with royalty, celebrities and sports stars from around the world.

This photo of Kaylee McKeown at the Australian Swimming trials last month shows us where drag influences a race. The pressure of McKeown’s head pushing into the water forces the water up into a wave in front of her, which takes energy from her and slows her down. This is something that affects all swimmers.
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Why staying underwater (and using a dolphin kick) might be the key to gold

Ariarne Titmus and Kaylee McKeown will be racing the best swimmers in the world in Paris, but they have another foe to overcome to win gold.

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A Victoria police officer has tested positive for coronavirus.

WA men charged over alleged forced marriage of Perth teenagers

It is the first time the Australian Federal Police have laid charges for this crime in WA.

WA Justice agency ‘lied’ about unit where teen died

Cleveland Dodd.

Former Department of Justice director-general Adam Tomison conceded it was an “appalling state of affairs” for the agency to write letters containing “untruths”.

‘I was now the guy hurting kids’: Ex-justice boss breaks down over kids abused in custody

Cleveland Dodd, 16, (inset) died after self-harming in his cell at the youth Unit 18 wing of Perth’s maximum-security Casuarina Prison.

Former Department of Justice director general Adam Tomison agreed it was cruel punishment and inhumane treatment. He also accepted it was institutional abuse of children that started in 2021.

WA parents are flocking to get their kids tutors. Why?

Small-group tutoring is important, experts say.

There’s something all these parents got a chance to witness firsthand in recent years, one industry veteran says.

Kenneth and Wendy got engaged four days after they met. Decades later, she tried to kill him

Wendy Ruth Sym was found guilty of  attempting to murder her husband, who she cared for.

She described their marriage as “lovely” and said she loved her husband to bits. Now she’s been sentenced to nine years behind bars for attempted murder.

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Wendy Ruth Sym was found guilty of  attempting to murder her husband, who she cared for.

Kenneth and Wendy got engaged four days after they met. Four decades later she tried to kill him

She described their marriage as “lovely” and said she loved her husband to bits. Now she’s been sentenced to nine years behind bars for attempted murder.

Ghislaine Maxwell, pictured in New York in 2016.

‘A strange power move’: Ghislaine Maxwell’s odd in-court antics

Accused of sex-trafficking young girls, Ghislaine Maxwell faced 80 years in prison. But during her trial, she was treated as more of a celebrity than criminal.

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House prices in Perth have continued to rise to record highs.

Perth house prices gain nearly $500 a day to smash fresh record

This is the steepest house price rise in Perth’s history, with the city’s traditionally more affordable south-eastern suburbs recording staggering gains.

Finding somewhere to live has become highly competitive.

The type of property that was supposed to get cheaper – but soared

A “perfect storm” of rising demand and scant supply has been putting upward pressure on prices since the pandemic began.

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Tyson Stengle of the Cats celebrates a goal.

Cats top-four quest back on track as Dempsey, Stengle star

Ollie Dempsey was innovative and eye-catching in a performance that might help him secure the Rising Star as Geelong’s clinical performance reminded rivals they aren’t out of the race.

France’s Melvyn Jaminet in action during a 2021 international against Australia in Brisbane.

Racist ‘headbutt’ video: six-month ban for French rugby star

French rugby union full-back suspended for six months following racist remarks he made while on tour in Argentina.

Sam Short and Ariarne Titmus are vying for gold on night one in Paris.

Why night one at the pool could be the greatest in Australian Olympic history

Australia has never won three gold medals on the same night in the pool at an Olympics. Is that about to change?

Cyril Rioli and his wife, Shannyn Ah Sam-Rioli.

Cyril Rioli and former teammates launch human rights case against Hawthorn

The club champion has lodged a human rights suit along with his wife and two former players in the federal court.

Carlton’s Charlie Curnow.

Carlton’s identity crisis as Power surges past them for crucial top four win

Carlton has looked a premiership contender at times this season but has hit the skids as they struggle with injuries and whether they are a genuine flag threat.

The Hawks take a post-game selfie.

Sam Mitchell keeps a lid on ‘Showbiz Hawks’ as finals race nears climax

The hottest team in the league has surged into finals contention and the Hawthorn coach admits he’s finding it more challenging to handle the hype.

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Eagles load up on stars ahead of Western Derby this weekend

Jake Waterman, Jeremy McGovern, Elliot Yeo and Jack Darling are back against a Dockers outfit missing Michael Walters.

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