Palmer gives QRL Wednesday deadline to register Folau or face legal action

Palmer gives QRL Wednesday deadline to register Folau or face legal action

Israel Folau will issue a Federal Court injunction against the Queensland Rugby League on religious discrimination grounds if he isn’t registered by Wednesday,according to Clive Palmer.

  • byAdrian Proszenko

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Palmer courts controversy with Tony Williams targeted to join Folau

Palmer courts controversy with Tony Williams targeted to join Folau

Just a fortnight after having his contracts torn up over a social media post supporting Jarryd Hayne,Tony Williams is next on Clive Palmer’s Gold Coast hit list.

  • byAdam Pengilly
‘No regrets in life’:Folau signs with Clive Palmer-backed rugby league team

‘No regrets in life’:Folau signs with Clive Palmer-backed rugby league team

Palmer,a patron of the Southport Tigers,said he would back Israel Folau from a legal and financial standpoint should there be any impediment to his return.

  • byToby Crockford,Adrian Proszenko andMichaela Whitbourn
Australian Christian Lobby wasting breath with Folau campaign,says V’landys

Australian Christian Lobby wasting breath with Folau campaign,says V’landys

The ACL has started a petition and launched an ad campaign to get the controversial code-hopper back in the NRL.

  • bySarah Keoghan
Merv’s everyman charm – and unbreakable spirit – brought us all closer to greatness

Merv’s everyman charm – and unbreakable spirit – brought us all closer to greatness

Merv Hughes being inducted into the hall of fame? Like so much about the great man,it’s enough to make you think it could’ve been any of us.

  • byPeter FitzSimons
Folau the leader? Online armies show way to stop game in its tracks

Folau the leader? Online armies show way to stop game in its tracks

You would say this was league’s GameStop moment,except that it’s not a new thing in sport for the public to orchestrate emotions effectively enough to change policy.

  • byMalcolm Knox
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‘It would have been great to work with Israel’:Dragons coach

‘It would have been great to work with Israel’:Dragons coach

Anthony Griffin,who tried to lure Israel Folau to the Dragons,says the cross-code star was “philosophical” about the club’s decision to abandon its bid to sign him.

  • byChristian Nicolussi
Politics has always been a part of sport

Politics has always been a part of sport

Thinking you can keep politics out of sport is naive. It is already there. Arguing it shouldn’t be – particularly when you don’t agree with the political statement being made – is a political act in itself.

  • byBrandon Jack
'Christians are not victims':church leader slams religious freedom bill

'Christians are not victims':church leader slams religious freedom bill

Uniting Church NSW and ACT Synod moderator Simon Hansford puts himself at odds with other denominations in slamming the bill as heavy-handed.

  • byAngus Thompson
Israel Folau stood while his team took a knee – and that's OK

Israel Folau stood while his team took a knee – and that's OK

Israel Folau doesn't have a track record of inclusiveness but he shouldn't be shamed for standing while his teammates knelt for Black Lives Matter.

  • byPhil Lutton
The cost of Folau to Rugby Australia's bottom line

The cost of Folau to Rugby Australia's bottom line

A breakdown of Rugby Australia's unaudited 2019 financial results highlights the cost of the Israel Folau saga and where else extra money was spent.

  • byTom Decent