The Aporia · Brownlow Medal 2026 LIVE updates: Nick Daicos, Marcus Bontempelli and Bailey Smith frontrunners to take out league’s best and fairest

Scott Spits

7 article(s) here · 1 carrying a prediction

🔮 With their first AFL game only about a year-and-a-half away, the Devils have signed a key group of underage players – teenagers who will forever be remembered as the initial signings of the AFL’s 19th club.

2026-09-29 · assertive framing · New Devil dodges draft: Tasmania’s homegrown hope commits to Apple Isle club

🔮 Behind expected Brownlow Medal winner Nick Daicos, Western Bulldogs captain Marcus Bontempelli is set to share a slice of history.

2026-09-21 · assertive framing · Brownlow Medal 2026 LIVE updates: Nick Daicos, Marcus Bontempelli and Bailey Smith frontrunners to take out league’s best and fairest

🔮 Football legend Leigh Matthews doubts Sydney will face a list upheaval following the Pullman hotel saga, declaring the time that has elapsed since the events of last month “will make the initial anguish fade”.

2026-09-19 · assertive framing · ‘Are you better off without these players?’ Legend’s question of besieged Swans after season ends in heartbreak

🔮 Those are the words you will almost certainly hear on Monday night.

2026-09-17 · assertive framing · The big intrigue that’s looming for Brownlow night

🔮 It loomed as a good, old-fashioned “danger game” for the Dockers, who finished clear on top of the ladder, but no one could have predicted just how thoroughly they’d be outplayed by Sam Mitchell’s men in their qualifying final at Optus Stadium.

2026-09-03 · assertive framing · Dockers v Hawks player ratings: From a skipper’s career night, to the gun forwards who disappeared

🔮 He has just been announced as the winner of the Robert Rose most courageous award, beating home Zak Butters and Brayden Maynard.

2026-08-25 · assertive framing · AFL LIVE: Gawn hopes for a ninth All-Australian jumper, Butters is sitting at a suitor’s table

Also by Scott Spits

New Devil dodges draft: Tasmania’s homegrown hope commits to Apple Isle club

2026-09-29 · The Sydney Morning Herald

‘Are you better off without these players?’ Legend’s question of besieged Swans after season ends in heartbreak

2026-09-19 · The Sydney Morning Herald

The big intrigue that’s looming for Brownlow night

2026-09-17 · The Sydney Morning Herald

‘Not eliciting that duty of care’: AFLW player hit with three-game ban for jaw-breaking bump

2026-09-13 · The Sydney Morning Herald

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Danny Russell

32 article(s) here · 1 carrying a prediction

🔮 The Joseph O’Brien stayer has set European racing alight in the past six months by adopting daring catch-me-if-you can tactics and was expected to turn Tuesday’s 3200m race at Flemington into a gruelling test of stamina that would suit the Europeans.

2026-10-31 · assertive framing · Another shock scratching three days out from Melbourne Cup

🔮 A 5am start will be trialled after the spring carnival.

2026-10-28 · assertive framing · ‘Can’t have a life’: Kanga joins welfare push for later starting times in racing

🔮 The winner of one, he says, will become a household name.

2026-10-27 · assertive framing · One is the race that stops a nation. The other will make you an instant $30 million

🔮 This guide will be updated when the field is set with comments from Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Michelle Payne assessing each runner’s chances.

2026-10-27 · assertive framing · First look at the Melbourne Cup form - we rate the top 24 horses

🔮 As trainer Andrea Leek, who operates stables in Nar Nar Goon North, celebrated becoming the first woman in 32 years to win Australia’s weight-for-age championship with West Australian star Cosmic Crusader, the dual Brownlow winner and his Carlton crew were left to wonder what might have been.

2026-10-24 · assertive framing · No October joy for Carlton stars on Cox Plate’s sojourn to Flemington

🔮 One of the country’s finest trainers will set foot on the vast green lawns at Flemington on Saturday with a serious Cox Plate chance and mixed emotions.

2026-10-23 · assertive framing · Track tensions, the Valley roar, and Daryl Braithwaite’s Horses: The mixed emotions behind Cox Plate’s Flemington move

🔮 That would take Waller’s total victories in the race to seven and McDonald to five.

2026-10-23 · assertive framing · Like bacon and eggs, this perfect pairing is hard to go past in the Cox Plate

🔮 Zahra is waiting on medical advice to be cleared to resume riding, but will miss Saturday’s Cox Plate day, while McNeil has been given the all-clear.

2026-10-22 · assertive framing · ‘Stark reminder’: Racing boss emails horse owners over Caulfield Cup death

🔮 But what we are missing now is the “coroner’s report”; information that goes beyond those in-race mechanics and more deeply into the other factors that may have had an impact on the day.

2026-10-20 · assertive framing · The report into the Caulfield Cup horse death has been released, but we need more information

🔮 They opened an inquiry on Saturday and it will be ongoing this week.

2026-10-18 · assertive framing · Why the inquiry into Caulfield Cup horse death must be made public

Also by Danny Russell

Another shock scratching three days out from Melbourne Cup

2026-10-30 · The Sydney Morning Herald

‘Can’t have a life’: Kanga joins welfare push for later starting times in racing

2026-10-28 · The Sydney Morning Herald

One is the race that stops a nation. The other will make you an instant $30 million

2026-10-27 · The Sydney Morning Herald

First look at the Melbourne Cup form - we rate the top 24 horses

2026-10-27 · The Sydney Morning Herald

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Gemma Grant

15 article(s) here · 1 carrying a prediction

🔮 The coffee is good, but Federation Square needs to be fixed – those are the first takeaways from former New York mayor Bill de Blasio and world-leading city planner Carlos Moreno after hitting Melbourne’s sunny pavements.

2026-10-19 · assertive framing · Melbourne Assembly live: Ex-New York mayor, PM share visions to improve liveability

🔮 Melissa Arch was the long-serving chief of staff for former Health Minister Mary-Anne Thomas, and worked by her side to examine the serious cultural and management issues that cohealth faced and attempted to overcome last year. Thomas stepped down from her ministerial position in April after announcing she would not recontest her seat at the November 28 election.

2026-10-12 · assertive framing · ‘A priority crisis’: cohealth hires former minister’s top adviser

🔮 With residents involved in the class action – who live in three towers across Flemington and North Melbourne – expecting to wait until after November’s election for a verdict, opposition housing spokesman David Southwick said a Coalition government would pause and review the project.

2026-10-09 · assertive framing · ‘They’ve been praying endlessly’: Glimmer of hope for public housing tower residents

🔮 In a projected breakdown of costs, Watermark offered cohealth a discount from its standard fee of 25 per cent of the chief executive’s first-year remuneration package (which it estimated to be between $112,500 and $122,500 in this instance) to a fixed fee of $65,000 plus GST – bringing the total proposed bill to $71,500.

2026-10-06 · assertive framing · Cohealth splurged on a recruiter. Then it chose an internal applicant

🔮 From her home in Hawthorn, the 78-year-old could visit her grandson and buy her own groceries.

2026-10-05 · assertive framing · Pauline died after falling on tram. Her family is still waiting for answers

🔮 Yarra Mayor Stephen Jolly has been found not guilty of punching a masked protester at a post-election celebration almost two years ago.

2026-10-02 · assertive framing · Yarra mayor cleared of assault charge at Fitzroy party

🔮 Yarra Mayor Stephen Jolly has been found not guilty of punching a masked protester at a post-election celebration almost two years ago.

2026-10-02 · assertive framing · Yarra mayor cleared of assault charge at Fitzroy party

🔮 Frankston Mayor Sue Baker, who was among the councillors supporting the motion, said everyone should have access to safe and appropriate housing.

2026-09-28 · assertive framing · While Helen slept beside criminals and addicts, her jeans were pinched from under her pillow

🔮 While Peter might once have felt comfortable intervening in such circumstances, he says it now feels safer to remain a bystander.

2026-09-25 · assertive framing · ‘Changes take time’: In Sunshine, a grocer reopens, but hearts are still broken

🔮 Behind expected Brownlow Medal winner Nick Daicos, Western Bulldogs captain Marcus Bontempelli is set to share a slice of history.

2026-09-21 · assertive framing · Brownlow Medal 2026 LIVE updates: Nick Daicos, Marcus Bontempelli and Bailey Smith frontrunners to take out league’s best and fairest

Also by Gemma Grant

Melbourne Assembly LIVE: First home buyers in Carroll’s sights as Labor pledges $1b election sweetener

2026-10-20 · The Sydney Morning Herald

Melbourne Assembly live: Ex-New York mayor, PM share visions to improve liveability

2026-10-19 · The Sydney Morning Herald

‘A priority crisis’: cohealth hires former minister’s top adviser

2026-10-12 · The Sydney Morning Herald

‘They’ve been praying endlessly’: Glimmer of hope for public housing tower residents

2026-10-09 · The Sydney Morning Herald

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Hannah Kennelly

29 article(s) here · 1 carrying a prediction

🔮 6.23am Have your say: Will Antonelli win the championship today?

2026-10-25 · assertive framing · F1 United States GP LIVE: Can Kimi Antonelli make history and win the championship in Texas ?

🔮 However, organisers had hoped the main race could still go ahead, pushing the start time until 3pm and then 4pm.

2026-10-25 · assertive framing · MotoGP cancelled amid weather chaos in sad ending to Phillip Island era

🔮 Sharon Carlyle has made the six-day motorcycle journey from Queensland’s Sunshine Coast to Phillip Island for the past five years and said the move to Adelaide means she might not attend again.

2026-10-24 · assertive framing · ‘Nothing will ever live up to it’: Phillip Island prepares for life after MotoGP

🔮 The WNBA also attracts investors such as Serena Williams (part-owner of the Tempo), Tom Brady (who has a stake in the Las Vegas Aces), Magic Johnson (part owner of the Los Angeles Sparks) and Karlie Kloss, who is an investor in the group that owns the Liberty.

2026-10-17 · assertive framing · The WNBA is shattering records. Is women’s sport in Australia falling behind?

🔮 Most experienced endurance runners would have a bevy of answers ; shattering mental fatigue, blistered feet and sleep deprivation that leaves you with mild hallucinations and nausea.

2026-10-16 · assertive framing · Jack is about to run a race with no finish line. The goal, to be the last man standing

🔮 The Brisbane Lions remain resolute they want Essendon’s pick 17 for Coleman, but the Bombers have offered their No.27 and are unwilling to hand over either 17 or pick 21.

2026-10-13 · mixed framing · AFL trade deadline day LIVE: Bombers push to land premiership Lion

🔮 “I remember feeling that I would have liked to be with him on the plane,” Hill says in the documentary.

2026-10-10 · assertive framing · This F1 driver lost his dad in a plane crash. His new documentary explores the depth of his grief

🔮 The Saints confirmed on Friday that the former St Kilda and North Melbourne star would step down after Saturday’s game against Collingwood and the club would do an independent review of its AFLW program.

2026-10-09 · assertive framing · Dal Santo steps down as Saints coach after 0-8 season

🔮 To say it’s been a challenging 2026 for Oscar Piastri would be an understatement.

2026-10-07 · assertive framing · Piastri hasn’t won a race in 402 days. This F1 legend thinks he’s still world champion material

🔮 Never fear, because our experts have got you covered and are here to answer all your questions. Will Zach Merrett make it to Hawthorn at his second attempt?

2026-10-04 · assertive framing · AFL trade period day one: Saints put hefty price tag on ruckman

Also by Hannah Kennelly

F1 United States GP LIVE: Can Kimi Antonelli make history and win the championship in Texas ?

2026-10-25 · The Sydney Morning Herald

MotoGP cancelled amid weather chaos in sad ending to Phillip Island era

2026-10-25 · The Sydney Morning Herald

‘Nothing will ever live up to it’: Phillip Island prepares for life after MotoGP

2026-10-24 · The Sydney Morning Herald

AFLW round 11 LIVE: Collingwood Magpies take the field after losing skipper Ruby Schleicher

2026-10-23 · The Sydney Morning Herald

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Fiona Byrne

16 article(s) here · 1 carrying a prediction

🔮 VRC chair Neil Wilson, who will step down after this year’s Melbourne Cup Carnival, and his wife Stephanie, Vin Cox, the chair elect to follow Wilson into the top job at the VRC, and his wife Nicole, and VRC chief executive Kylie Rogers were in the unfamiliar position of being at a race meeting at Flemington but not on duty.

2026-10-24 · assertive framing · Wide awake premier braves the endurance test for social animals

🔮 Vella, who has been on maternity leave since the birth of her daughter, Eve, in March, was expected to stay on with the ABC in 2027 and return to the co-hosting chair alongside Murphy, a former Western Bulldogs player.

2026-10-22 · assertive framing · Sharnelle Vella quits ABC breakfast as radio exodus continues

🔮 After almost a decade as a radio team, Gold Logie winner Carrie Bickmore and comedian Tommy Little have called time on their Carrie & Tommy national drive show and will exit the Hit Network at the end of the year.

2026-10-21 · assertive framing · ‘Not how I wanted it to end’: Carrie Bickmore, Tommy Little end Hit Network radio show

🔮 “If it turns out that it’s a criminal matter, there was intent, etc, etc, charges will follow subsequently.

2026-10-21 · assertive framing · Pencil case to blame for premier’s petrol station blunder

🔮 Victoria Racing Club chair Neil Wilson, who recently announced he would step down after this year’s Melbourne Cup Carnival, and wife Stephanie were moving between the committee room and the mounting yard, where they were supporting friends who had runners in the big races.

2026-10-17 · assertive framing · Powerbrokers, influencers, safari suits descend on Caulfield Cup

🔮 Why this seven-year-old, $34 shot might just be poised to spring an almighty Everest upset By

2026-10-17 · assertive framing · Caulfield Cup and The Everest LIVE: Big day of racing lined up for Melbourne and Sydney

🔮 “Funnily enough, in regard to that road, it is the residents who do not want it resealed, because they do not like traffic going down it, so they are quite happy to have it full of potholes, might I add.”

2026-10-12 · assertive framing · Pothole MP steps down just weeks before the election

🔮 “When you’ve gone from nothing … to something like that, there’s a bit of imposter syndrome, there’s a fear that one day something could happen, the bubble could burst and the dream could be over,” he told a NZ podcast in 2024.

2026-10-09 · assertive framing · ‘Imagine if I stuffed this up’: Sam Wood had the world, now it’s crashing down around him

🔮 Wood’s lawyer has indicated the 46-year-old would defend the charges.

2026-10-06 · assertive framing · Sam Wood dumped by healthcare billionaire after domestic violence charges

🔮 Wood did not appear in court in Queensland on Monday, and he will remain behind bars until a bail application on Thursday.

2026-10-05 · assertive framing · Sam Wood stood down ‘indefinitely’ from million-dollar fitness, nutrition empire

Also by Fiona Byrne

Wide awake premier braves the endurance test for social animals

2026-10-24 · The Sydney Morning Herald

Sharnelle Vella quits ABC breakfast as radio exodus continues

2026-10-22 · The Sydney Morning Herald

‘Not how I wanted it to end’: Carrie Bickmore, Tommy Little end Hit Network radio show

2026-10-21 · The Sydney Morning Herald

Pencil case to blame for premier’s petrol station blunder

2026-10-21 · The Sydney Morning Herald

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Brownlow Medal 2026 LIVE updates: Nick Daicos, Marcus Bontempelli and Bailey Smith frontrunners to take out league’s best and fairest

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