The bump in question:Lynch’s clash with De Koning.

Tigers star banned for high bump;Demons name five debutants;AFL flexes its muscle over cricket

Richmond will be without their spearhead in round two,while the AFL put its foot down and kiboshed the planned Sheffield Shield final at the Adelaide Oval.

  • Scott Spits andJon Pierik

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‘I’ll never live that down’:SA’s premier on tricky photo shoots – and trickier votes

South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas on why he’s a good and bad Catholic,a vote he still struggles with – and those shirtless photos.

  • Benjamin Law
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced a $2.4 billion support package for the Whyalla steel mill.

Albanese seizes ‘extraordinary opportunity’ in Whyalla steel $2.4b bailout

The faltering mill was plunged into administration on Wednesday and state and federal governments have pledged billions of taxpayer dollars if a new buyer can be found.

  • Mike Foley
The Whyalla steelworks in South Australia is in adminstration for the second time in less than a decade.

What went wrong in Whyalla? And why is the government getting involved?

Governments have promised a $2.4 billion taxpayer bailout,if a new buyer can be found for the beleaguered mill.

  • Mike Foley
The Whyalla steelworks is part of the GFG Alliance.

Labor’s $500m plan to rescue Whyalla from wipeout

The Albanese government will invest multi-millions to help keep the plant afloat after it was seized from the control of British billionaire Sanjeev Gupta.

  • Mike Foley andJames Massola
Alan Jones arrives at the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron,in Kirribilli.

Alan Jones and friends go from ‘pick and stick’ to ‘no comment’

After the broadcaster was charged with indecent assault offences,several of his high-profile friends remained silent.

  • Kishor Napier-Raman andStephen Brook
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Drilling at Lincoln Minerals’ Green Iron project on South Australia’s Eyre Peninsula.

Lincoln makes move to tap into SA green iron strategy

Lincoln Minerals is chasing a seat at the green steel table after lodging magnetite development plans on SA’s Eyre Peninsula to back a 2030 low-carbon vision.

The PM is sigma,but his ban plan belongs in the skibidi toilet

Of course Albanese was right when he declared “parents are worried sick” about social media,but we cannot return to the golden days when it didn’t exist.

  • Alexandra Smith
Premiers and chief ministers sent a warning to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Monday about the pressure on their budgets when they were already spending about $7 billion over four years to stop family and sexual violence.

The $702m plan to help tackle rise in domestic violence

A spate of killings earlier this year prompted the government to commission a rapid review. On Friday,the national cabinet meets to respond.

  • David Crowe
Flashback:Crowds flocked to the MCG for Boxing Day five years ago.

Boxing Day Test to be locked in at the MCG until 2031

Melbourne’s Boxing Day Test will be locked in for the next seven years,with Australia and England to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Test cricket in March 2027,as part of a complex web of deals between Cricket Australia and governments.

  • Daniel Brettig andKieran Rooney