Sibling Rivalry in Australian Cricket
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Ferris, S. (2017). Sibling rivalry adds a new chapter. [webpage]. Retrieved from https://www.cricket.com.au/news/joe-root-billy-root-to-face-off-other-cricket-siblings-brett-lee-shane-lee-chappell-reid-hussey/2017-04-29
We provide some examples of not-so-brotherly love in cricket, starting with a triple threat match that begun in the backyard and continued all the way to the Sheffield Shield. -
Cooper, A. (2008). Hussey brothers rivalry began in the backyard. Daily Telegraph [website]. Retrieved from https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/cricket/hussey-brothers-aim-high/news-story/a6e44ddde72bc9107fe2257a8cae844f?sv=358cf9d6bcea340ad5c68663104
THE early cricketing days for Mike and David Hussey make this summer's fall-out between Australia and India appear like a tea party.
The pair could tonight become the first brothers to play for Australia since Steve and Mark Waugh last did six years ago, if both get the nod for the Twenty20 blockbuster against India at the MCG. -
Lane, D. (2018). Backyard heroes: the older brothers who set stars on path to greatness. The Sydney Morning Herald [website]. Retrieved from https://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricket/backyard-heroes-the-older-brothers-who-set-stars-on-path-to-greatness-2018111
You won’t find the names Aaron Hazlewood, Tim and Matt Cummins anywhere in the Australian cricket team’s record books, but their impact on international cricket as older brothers is evident every time Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood steam in and let fly. -
Pinchbeck, J. (2019). Sibling rivalry: An important ingredient in sporting success? Open Learning [Website]. Retrieved from https://www.open.edu/openlearn/health-sports-psychology/sibling-rivalry-important-ingredient-sporting-success
Research shows that families play an important role in introducing and supporting athletes throughout the various stages of their career, but the question that has rarely been asked is - how does the structure of the family influence sports participation?
Australia through the Decades
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Australian Children's Television Foundation and Education Services Australia (2011). My Place: Decade timeline. Retrieved from https://www.myplace.edu.au/decades_timeline/decade_timeline_landing.html
Short synopsis of Australia through the decades. Focus on 1970, 1980, 1990 and 2000's.
Early-Onset Alzheimer's
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Oaklander, M. (2016). Early-Onset Alzheimer’s: What You Need to Know. Time.Com, 9. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com.db.plcscotch.wa.edu.au/login.aspx?direct=true&db=azh&AN=116519423&site=ehost-live
Question and answer style article on what you need to know about early-onset alzheimer's -
PROUDFOOT, S. (2018). This is Alzheimer’s at 41. Maclean’s, 131(9), 49–55. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com.db.plcscotch.wa.edu.au/login.aspx?direct=true&db=azh&AN=131778453&site=ehost-live
The article discusses early-onset dominantly inherited Alzheimer's disease as experienced by London, Ontario resident Jo Aubin. Information on Aubin's everyday life and degenerative nature of the disease is offered, Aubin's participation in the McCormick Dementia Services programs is described, and the impact of Aubin's dementia on his family is examined.
Match Fixing
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The Sydney Morning Herald. (2017). Famous match-fixing scandals in cricket [webpage]. Retrieved from https://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricket/famous-matchfixing-scandals-in-cricket-20171214-h04e2j.html
Match-fixing claims have dogged cricket throughout the years, with perhaps the most famous surrounding Hansie Cronje and South African cricket.
In 2000, Cronje was charged by Delhi police with fixing one-day matches against India for money.
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Zhou, N. (2019). Game over: six arrested by Australian police over alleged online gaming match-fixing; Counter-Strike: Global Offensive players face 10 years in jail after allegedly arranging results of matches. Gale Health and Wellness. Retrieved from ht
Australian police have arrested six people for allegedly losing matches on purpose on the popular online game Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. In what is Australia's first police investigation into esports match-fixing, police allege the men, from Victoria and Western Australia, arranged the outcomes of matches during a tournament, and placed bets on their own matches.
Fallen Sporting Heros

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Lance Armstrong. (2019). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved from https://school-eb-com.db.plcscotch.wa.edu.au/levels/high/article/Lance-Armstrong/343162?opensearch=lance%20armstrong
Lance Armstrong, (born September 18, 1971, Plano, Texas, U.S.), American cyclist, who was the only rider to win seven Tour de France titles (1999–2005) but who was later stripped of all his titles after an investigation revealed that he was the key figure in a wide-ranging doping conspiracy while he compiled his Tour victories. -
Zhou, N. (2018). Steve Smith faces ball-tampering inquiry as Cricket Australia resists calls for immediate sacking. The Guardian Online [Website]. Retrieved from https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/mar/25/australia-ball-tampering-prompts-angry-calls-fo
Cricket Australia has resisted widespread calls for the immediate sacking of Steve Smith after the Australian captain admitted overseeing ball-tampering during the third Test in South Africa. -
Blake, M. (2018).Flashback: Shane Warne's drug suspension is a cricketing scandal. The Sydney Morning Herald [Website]. Retrieved from https://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricket/flashback-shane-warnes-drug-suspension-is-a-cricketing-scandal-20180327-h0y1hk.html
In 2003, Australia's greatest Test wicket-taker was suspended for 12 months for taking a banned substance. Warne was the third Australian cricketer in as many years to be suspended under the drug code. Australian cricket was facing a drugs crisis. -
McNiell, H. (2017). A sobering timeline of Ben Cousins' drug addiction fight. WA Today [Website]. Retrieved from https://www.watoday.com.au/national/western-australia/a-sobering-timeline-of-ben-cousins-drug-addiction-fight-20170327-gv7km3.html
Ben Cousins was sentenced to 12 months behind bars on Tuesday after a long battle with drug addiction which first became public in 2007. His lawyer, during his sentencing, described Cousins' ice habit as "the root of all his problems". He is one of thousands of Australians battling a methamphetamine addiction, with recent testing suggesting the national average of daily meth consumption is around one dose per 28 people.
Single Mothers
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Galloway, K. (2019). “Family first” rhetoric neglects single mothers. Eureka Street, 29(4), 44–46. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com.db.plcscotch.wa.edu.au/login.aspx?direct=true&db=azh&AN=136249506&site=ehost-live
The article focuses on the program ParentsNext introduced by the Australian government to help single mothers provide their children with education, manage cost-of-living and find employment. -
McKenzie, H., & McKay, F. H. (2018). Thinking outside the box: Strategies used by low‐income single mothers to make ends meet. Australian Journal of Social Issues (John Wiley & Sons, Inc. ), 53(3), 304–319. https://doi-org.db.plcscotch.wa.edu.au/10.1002/a
Research has shown that single‐parent families are particularly vulnerable to the risk of financial deprivation and poverty, and this recent welfare payment change further compounds the often dire financial situation for these families.
