Sonic takes on Mario Kart in a fun (but bumpy) ride

Offering a unique co-operative take on the genre alongside a great story-led Adventure mode, Team Sonic Racing is a fast, fun and fully-featured mascot racer; even it isn't always the smoothest ride. This is Sumo Digital's third Sega-themed racer, following Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing  in 2010 and the multi-vehicular Transformed in 2012. But this…

Fed-mania sweeps Paris as fans swoon over Roger's French Open return

Retour Sur Terre (Back To Earth) was the headline on the Roland Garros program. It saluted Roger Federer's first appearance on the French Open's crushed brick, known to the locals as terre battue, since he lost to Stan Wawrinka here in the 2015 quarter-final. To watch Federer, though, was to acknowledge that his extra-terrestrial gifts…

Women, it's not your fault – not if you're alone, not if it's night. Never

That a man has been charged so quickly for allegedly bashing 25-year-old Courtney Herron to death in what police describe as a "horrendous" act of extreme violence is some, small comfort in a city in which so many women have fallen victim to violence – so much so that both the lord mayor and the…

'A lovely, idiosyncratic rush of melodic misery': Steve Kilbey on The Cure

If ever there was a quintessentially English band it's gotta be the Cure, right? Arriving around the time of New Wave back in 1979, the Cure were never about anarchy or unemployment or all that other new-wavy stuff; rather, they were about the ever-ongoing dislocation of an English childhood. There's a lot of Narnia and…

Morrison pledges recognition but will take 'as long as needed'

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has "committed to getting an outcome" on constitutional recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, paving the way for a national discussion on the best way to achieve it. Click Here: But he has given no timeframe on how long the process might take. The freshly elected Mr Morrison told…

Beauty Point teacher investigated for alleged mistreatment of year 1 class

Aptly named, Beauty Point is one of the loveliest spots in Mosman. But in one classroom at a local school, something ugly may have been unfolding. Year 1 teacher at Beauty Point Public School Lisa Curvey is accused of repeatedly shoving her young students, pulling chairs out from beneath children and pulling and pushing students…

The PM, the cop, the punch and the 50-year cover-up

It was 50 years ago when R.J. Hawke, just-elected president of the Australian Council of Trade Unions, arrived as guest of honour and after-dinner speaker at the Victoria Police Criminal Investigation Branch’s annual dinner. Unwisely, he fronted directly from a long lunch and was spectacularly drunk. Even so, the Police Association secretary Bill Crowley (who…