Lawrie Zion has some novel proposals for politicians contesting the upcoming election. But is pedal power enough for Tony Abbott to fend off an equine challenge?

From the track and field to the footy field and even the Olympic ski slopes, Australians made their presence felt in the noughties. Ben Waterworth looks back at the decade in sport.

Can Zipping make it three Sandown Classics in a row? Our racing writer Ben Asgari previews the final day of the Melbourne spring racing carnival.

After a shocker of a day on Tuesday, our racing writer Ben Asgari has plans to make amends with his tips for the third day of the Flemington carnival. And he thinks he has the whiff of a good thing in the main race of the day.

Upstart’s racing writer Ben Asgari says this year’s Melbourne Cup looks like a match race between a previous Cup winner trained by Bart Cummings, and a relatively inexperienced contender who has won his last four races.

The Melbourne Cup might stop the nation, but Derby Day remains the ultimate day of racing in the spring carnival, and one of the greatest race days on the planet. Our racing writer Ben Asgari previews the nine-event program.

Will Whobegotyou consolidate his status as Australia’s best horse? Could trainer Bart Cummings follow up his Caulfield Cup quinella with a win for three year-old So You Think? Upstart’s racing writer Ben Asgari previews Australia’s most prestigious weight-for-age contest.

It’s one of the big three races of Melbourne’s Spring Carnival, and this year the result is as hard to predict as Melbourne’s weather. But upstart’s racing writer Ben Asgari believes that Cima de Troimphe will triumph.