Sponsorships of the cricket body and the national team's sidelined captain and vice-captain are under a cloud as the ball-tampering scandal engulfing the sport puts their lucrative deals at risk.

We have seen you stand like a warrior at the crease, leading the team from the front and holding out your chest like you could take on the world. Well, here's your chance to do it again, but for something more significant, writes Tracey Holmes.

A high-ranking government bureaucrat was moments away from posting a job advertisement when her HR department told her it had failed a "gender decoder" test. So what makes a job ad masculine or feminine?

Research into cricket deaths prompted by the Phillip Hughes tragedy reveals dozens of historic fatal incidents, including in backyards, and urges authorities to consider further improvements to neck and chest safety equipment.

Victims of crime could be allowed to access their perpetrators' superannuation as part of compensation, under proposed changes to legislation that Financial Services Minister Kelly O'Dwyer says has been a long time coming.

The Grattan Institute says over-investment in the poles and wires of the power grid has left consumers paying "too much for something they neither want nor need".

More than 30 celebrity ambassadors, led by journalist Tracey Spicer, launch a not-for-profit organisation to end industrial and systemic sexual harassment in the workplace.

The ball-tampering scandal in Cape Town results in Steve Smith suspended for one Test by the ICC and Cameron Bancroft copping demerit points, while Smith and David Warner are stood down from leadership duties for the rest of the third Test.

Australian cricket fans are ashamed of their team and articulate in their criticism. Many are calling for Steve Smith to be sacked and some are threatening to boycott matches until it happens.

Australian cricket fans are ashamed of their team and articulate in their criticism. Many are calling for Steve Smith to be sacked and some are threatening to boycott matches until it happens.