Umpire banned for wearing bin Laden costume;AFL probes crowd abuse
AFL Briefing
AFL 2024

Umpire banned for wearing bin Laden costume;AFL probes crowd abuse

Umpire Leigh Haussen wore the costume at a function the day after the AFL grand final;as the league investigates crowd abuse of an AFLW player.

  • byMarc McGowan andHannah Kennelly

Latest

Losing sleep over Trump? It’s time to wake up to the real tyrants
Opinion
Dictators

Losing sleep over Trump? It’s time to wake up to the real tyrants

Donald Trump is dangerous because he takes too much of our attention. So much so,people become blind to much larger threats.

  • byParnell Palme McGuinness
People may rant in our liberal democracy,even when they’re wrong

People may rant in our liberal democracy,even when they’re wrong

Amid so much noise on social media,we must not import the systems that many new Australians were fleeing.

  • byParnell Palme McGuinness
Hambali lawyer seeks AFP reports ahead of Bali bombings trial

Hambali lawyer seeks AFP reports ahead of Bali bombings trial

Indonesian-born Hambali has been held by the United States,at CIA black sites and then its military detention centre at Guantanamo Bay,for almost 20 years.

  • byChris Barrett
The CIA has built a museum but don’t expect them to let you in

The CIA has built a museum but don’t expect them to let you in

The museum features gadgets such as a polygraph machine in a briefcase,a communication device disguised as a tobacco pipe,and pigeon-carried cameras

  • byGillian Brockell
Prince Charles ‘accepted millions’ from family of Osama bin Laden

Prince Charles ‘accepted millions’ from family of Osama bin Laden

The Prince of Wales’ Charitable Fund received the donation in 2013 from the half brothers of Osama bin Laden,founder of al-Qaeda and architect of 9/11.

  • byStephen Castle
Advertisement
My brush with Bin Laden,and why Pakistan doesn’t deserve the Khyber Pass

My brush with Bin Laden,and why Pakistan doesn’t deserve the Khyber Pass

The Pakistani people have sorely missed the sight of their heroes on the local turf,and Pat Cummins has an opportunity to prove his captaincy is not limited to home pitches and friendly environments.

  • byGeoff Lawson
Twenty years on from the terrorist attack that changed the world

Twenty years on from the terrorist attack that changed the world

Today on Please Explain,North America correspondent Matthew Knott joins Nathanael Cooper to look at what has occurred in the past two decades since the September 11 attacks.

  • byNathanael Cooper
What happened to America?

What happened to America?

When the planes hit the towers they sliced through more than steel. The September 11 attacks shattered the myth of American innocence and invulnerability.

  • byMatthew Knott
The Taliban has retaken Afghanistan. Here’s what it wants

The Taliban has retaken Afghanistan. Here’s what it wants

After two decades of fighting in Afghanistan,the Taliban has seized power again for the first time since 2001. But what does the fundamentalist force want?

  • byDerek Hawkins
Mission demolished:Afghanistan’s ‘Hollywood democracy’ crumbles

Mission demolished:Afghanistan’s ‘Hollywood democracy’ crumbles

There are seven conclusions we can draw from the disastrous,costly and misguided allied occupation of Afghanistan. All of them point to significant security and geopolitical problems ahead as the emboldened Taliban regain control.

  • byPeter Hartcher