Michael Maguire has warned against the NRL's late-hit edict going too far, after losing Wests Tigers forward Luke Garner to the controversial rule.

South Sydney supremo Nick Pappas has hailed John Sutton as the Rabbitohs' ultimate clubman after he closed the curtain on his 16-year NRL career.

The SCG might prove the secret weapon in the Sydney Roosters' bid for back-to-back NRL titles with their near-perfect record there shaping as a crucial finals advantage.

Former defence minister Christopher Pyne spoke with EY about his life after politics while still an MP, before accepting a defence-focused role with the professional services giant.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has promised to show up for the "hard conversations" at the Pacific Islands Forum, as Australia's approach to climate change comes under the spotlight.

Australia's migration program is set to go under the microscope at a new parliamentary inquiry.

Former deputy Liberal leader Julie Bishop says women need to take up 50 per cent of federal parliamentary seats before the toxic misogyny she witnessed during her 20-year political career ends.

Justin Langer has picked the brains of Socceroos counterpart Graham Arnold on the eve of the second Ashes Test, continuing his trend of learning from outside the cricket bubble.

A Sydney man accused of killing a woman before unleashing "terrifying carnage" in a stabbing rampage in Sydney's CBD was allegedly carrying material about mass casualty terrorist events.

Hailed as "heroes of the highest order", bystanders bravely chased down a knife-wielding man on a stabbing rampage in Sydney's CBD before wrestling him to the ground and pinning him down with chairs and a milk crate.