A left hamstring injury to Glenn Maxwell is the only dampener as Australia beats Pakistan by seven wickets to whitewash their three-game Twenty20 series.

The Miss Universe 2024 pageant has featured its first contestant in her 40s after lifting its decades-long age limit. 

The Coalition has announced it will oppose the government's bill to limit the number of international students able to enrol from next year, just weeks out from when the caps were meant to come into force.

Australia is being urged to heed the lessons of Spain's devastating floods and make sure that warning systems and emergency response capabilities are up to tackling disasters that are becoming more frequent and more intense.

The fate of government plans to cap international student enrolments from the start of next year hangs in the balance, with the Coalition yet to announce their support with two sitting weeks left in the year.