Hello, soccer fans and welcome to The Athletic’s live coverage of the Group D clash between Australia and Turkey at BC Place Stadium in Vancouver. Group D also contains the USMNT and Paraguay and so you can bet Mauricio Pochettino’s side will be paying close attention to events in Canada today.

SYDNEY, June 19 () - Australia has detected its first suspected mainland case of H5N1 bird flu in a remote part of the country's southwest, ‌authorities said on Friday. A migratory sea bird known as

Analysis of Australia's opening World Cup match against Turkey and both sides' qualifying chances from Group D

Diplomatic relations between the countries are almost always strong. But Australia, it seems, has had enough with the disparaging American punditry going into this enormously consequential matchup.

The populist leader blamed the country's housing crisis on extremely high levels of immigration. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Australia has committed an extra $100 million in assistance to Ukraine to help procure critical military equipment, years on from Russia's full-scale invasion.

SYDNEY, June 18 (Reuters) - The Australian government, in a major turnaround, announced on Thursday changes to its capital gains tax overhaul after critics warned the planned reforms would stifle small businesses.