Tennis Australia boss Craig Tiley has called for a radical shake-up of Australian sports funding that would see lottery finances used to bankroll our brightest athletes.

Melbourne’s 2022 real ­estate rollercoaster added up to $1500 a day to the value of homes in some suburbs even as others shed just as much in a ­tumultuous year for homeowners.

Molly Meldrum has apologised for gatecrashing Sir Elton John’s farewell show at AAMI Park.

And Australia has had stronger jobs growth than any of the world’s biggest economies.

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