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LIVE: Western Force look to continue winning ways against Fijian Drua | Drua will be different on…

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LIVE: Western Force look to continue winning ways against Fijian Drua

LIVE: The Fijian Drua have scored back-to-back tries for a 19-7 lead over the Western Force after 34 minutes.

The Force come into the contest fresh off a win over the Queensland Reds, keeping themselves in the hunt for finals.

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Wallabies lock and club captain Jeremy Williams returns to the side, with NRL star Zac Lomax set for his debut via the bench.

Drua will be different on Saturday: Harris

Former Swire Shipping Fijian Drua assistant coach who is now part of the Western Force coaching staff, Brad Harris, says the Drua may be hurting from two losses on the road but they’ll surely turn up a different side on Saturday in Lautoka.

Harris who is the Force defense coach, was also an assistant to Simon Raiwalui for the Flying Fijians at the 2023 Rugby World Cup in France.

He says the two recent successive losses for the Drua were against two tough teams.
‘They played two top teams away on the road and a lot of teams have tough results when they play in Auckland and Christchurch so we under no illusion mate when the Drua play at home in Lautoka, Churchill Park, it is going to be a challenge’.

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Live: Fijian Drua v Western Force at Churchill Park, Lautoka – Super Rugby Pacific

Follow all the Super Rugby Pacific action, as Fijian Drua take on Western Force at Churchill Park in Lautoka.

Fijian Drua: 1. Haereiti Hetet, 2. Zuriel Togiatama, 3. Mesake Doge, 4. Isoa Nasilasila (co-c), 5. Joseva Tamani, 6. Etonia Waqa, 7. Motikiai Murray, 8. Elia Canakaivata, 9. Issak Fines-Leleiwasa, 10. Isaiah Armstrong-Ravula, 11. Ilaisa Droasese, 12. Iosefo Namoce, 13. Tuidraki Samusamuvodre (co-c), 14. Isikeli Basiyalo, 15. Isikeli Rabitu

Bench: 16. Mesulame Dolokoto, 17. Emosi Tuqiri, 18. Samuela Tawake, 19. Mesake Vocevoce, 20. Kitione Salawa, 21. Vilive Miramira, 22. Simione Kuruvoli, 23. Manasa Mataele.

Western Force: 1. Sef Fa'agase, 2. Brandon Paenga-Amosa, 3. Misinale Epenisa, 4. Franco Molina, 5. Jeremy Williams (c), 6. Nick Champion de Crespigny, 7.Jack Daly, 8. Vaiolini Ekuasi, 9. Henry Robertson, 10. Ben Donaldson, 11. Dylan Pietsch, 12. Bayley Kuenzle, 13. Hamish Stewart, 14. George Bridge, 15. Mac Grealy

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April 11, 2026
Calls to force NDIS providers to register as Labor eyes savings | Crossbench MPs warn Labor again…

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Calls to force NDIS providers to register as Labor eyes savings

NDIS reform is expected in the upcoming budget with the government already in talks with states and territories about options. (ABC News: Luke Bowden)

Major providers are calling for stricter NDIS registration rules, arguing it would improve quality and reduce costs.

The federal government is weighing options to slow the scheme's growth, including eligibility and pricing changes.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has indicated Labor will outline its NDIS reform plan at the federal budget in May.

Stricter registration rules would weed out low-quality NDIS providers and result in better services for Australians and budget savings, major operators say.

Further reforms to the National Disability Insurance Scheme are expected to be a key feature of Labor's budget in May, with registered providers calling for tighter controls to stop unscrupulous businesses profiting from the $50 billion program.

Crossbench MPs warn Labor against slashing NDIS growth in budget

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Crossbench MPs will push back against Labor’s attempts to rein in spending on the NDIS in next month’s budget, warning that premature efforts to curb the $50 billion scheme’s growth will just move costs onto other areas such as health and aged care.

As NDIS participants cautioned against focusing on costs at the expense of the scheme’s many benefits, several independents, led by Monique Ryan, were on Tuesday writing to the scheme’s ministers, Mark Butler and Jenny McAllister, with their fears that the government was prioritising budget savings over vulnerable people.

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Two Labor MPs – both of them doctors – say the NDIS must be redesigned

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Two Labor MPs who are doctors want their government to overhaul the National Disability Insurance Scheme, warning that public support would crumble if the $50 billion program isn’t redesigned.

The NDIS is coming under intense scrutiny ahead of the May budget, where driving down the scheme’s growth trajectory to 6 per cent or lower will be a centrepiece of the government’s savings plan.

Labor backbenchers Michelle Ananda-Rajah and Mike Freelander on Monday added to a debate over the scheme’s future as new data reveals people with autism or development delay who have lower support needs now make up more than 40 per cent of NDIS participants.

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April 8, 2026
Soaring temperatures in SA force Tour Down Under changes | Vine survives kangaroo crash to win To…

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Soaring temperatures in SA force Tour Down Under changes

Today's Tour Down Under stage through the Adelaide Hills and McLaren Vale will go ahead. (Getty Images: Dario Belingheri)

Catastrophic fire danger ratings have been declared for the Yorke Peninsula and the eastern Eyre Peninsula.

The Tour Down Under will go ahead as usual but spectators have been urged to stay safe.

The temperature on Australia Day in Adelaide could reach 45 degrees Celsius.

South Australian authorities say today fire danger conditions are "as serious as it gets" and that the public should be vigilant, as the day's Tour Down Under stage is modified due the heat.

The Country Fire Service has declared catastrophic fire danger ratings for the eastern Eyre Peninsula and the Yorke Peninsula today, while 12 other regions have been rated as extreme, including the Mount Lofty Ranges.

Vine survives kangaroo crash to win Tour Down Under

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Australian cycling star Jay Vine has survived a race crash caused by a kangaroo to win the Tour Down Under for the second time.

Despite losing two more UAE Team Emirates colleagues on Sunday's last stage, Vine's commanding lead was enough of a buffer. He also won the Santos Tour in 2023.

British sprint ace Matthew Brennan (Visma-Lease A Bike) won the last stage.

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Crash after kangaroo in peloton on final stage of Tour Down Under, race leader Jay Vine caught up and had to chase back

Ochre jersey works his way back into field after bike change as group sits up

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The challenges continued for UAE Team Emirates-XRG on Sunday's final stage of the Santos Tour Down Under, as while the team may have started stage 5 in the enviable position of having Jay Vine in front with an almost unheard of gap to his nearest rival of 1:03 they'd lost the previously second-placed Jhonatan Narváez from the race to a nasty crash on stage 4. An injured Vegard Stake Laengen also had to leave the race on Saturday.That left the team with five riders on the start line and then, in the early part of stage 5, there came word that there had been a crash in peloton, with a kangaroo visible hopping off the side of the road as the footage on broadcaster Seven panned back to vision of the after-effects of the crash. It showed one of Vine's teammates, Mikkel Bjerg, on the road as Vine was remounting and starting his chase.

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January 25, 2026