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Up down under: How rugby coach Eddie Jones hopes to make a comeback with Australia

Sacked as England coach in December, Eddie Jones was facing the end of his elite rugby dream – but his reappointment as head coach of Australia puts him in pole position if the two teams face each other in the World Cup knock-out rounds

Turmec eyes US acquisition as it aims for further expansion in waste recycling sector

Meath company has begun looking for American firms to buy after winning a €30 million Australian contract

Cruising through Southern Queensland: Warm reflections on an Australian Everglade

The Noosa Everglades in Southern Queensland is a 60km stretch of narrow waterways, pristine wilderness, magnificent birds, plants and native animals, but keep an eye out for snakes and sharks

How ‘impostor syndrome’ led to billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes becoming an accidental activist

The tech billionaire called Elon Musk out on his promise to solve Australia’s energy crisis via an industrial-scale battery facility. Since then he has doubled down, and become an environmental activist like no other

Anthony Albanese drew on his blue-collar roots to become Australia’s PM, but now comes the hard part

Albanese, the leader of the Labor Party, won over voters by appealing to those who wanted incremental changes to address climate change

Leader of Irish Boys fails in appeal against jail term

Stephen Keating, who was convicted last year of duping 160 people out of $2.1 million in Australia, has lost an appeal to reduce his eight-year sentence

Covid-19: From ‘Fortress Australia’ to a gilded cage

Once the envy of all other nations for its zero-Covid achievement, Australia is now so far behind on vaccination that global travel is only now being contemplated – and initially just for citizens

Gary Gray: Australia can work with Ireland to help shape better policy on climate change

The future of our ‘pale blue dot’ depends on the ambition and resources we put towards its safety

Cathal Mac Coille: World watches to see who wins in Facebook face-off with Australia

The move to make social media companies pay for news generated by national and international media could have direct implications for Ireland

Facebook’s spat with Australia is warning shot over future of news

Big tech will need to come to a detente with news providers, and the world is watching this stand-off closely

Explainer: What’s happening with Google and Facebook in Australia, and what does it mean for us?

The tech giants have reacted wildly differently to the Australian government’s pressure to force them to pay media companies but this is far from a simple story