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Real action on climate change requires two different qualities

We’ve done most of the hard work. And now we must be ambitious.

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Sean Kelly

The three (pointed) reasons why Wallabies botched chance to prosper in Paris

Up against a beatable French team, the Wallabies played better at Stade de France. But their decision-making under pressure was not good enough to...

latest 3

Paul Cully

Ugly final hours of talks highlight just how difficult Chris Bowen’s new gig will be

The COP climate talks have slowed heating, but as Chris Bowen prepares to lead the next negotiations, they are becoming ever more brutal.

yesterday 7

Nick O&x27Malley

My husband didn’t plan the end of his life – I don’t want that for anyone else

Very few of us have made decisions about our final days. It’s not just a missed opportunity; it’s a collective blindness.

yesterday 7

Melissa Reader

Piastri was just disqualified from the Vegas GP. That’s actually a good thing

McLaren would understandably be lamenting the loss of valuable points, but this disqualification has hurt Lando Norris far more than Oscar Piastri.

yesterday 5

Hannah Kennelly

Don’t believe the swipe: Wallabies have flaws but are still a team to believe in

Yes, the Wallabies cost themselves a chance of victory in Paris. And yes, they finished up with a record of 5-10 for the year. But they have also...

yesterday 9

Peter Fitzsimons

Just because a robot can walk, doesn’t mean it can work

The tech industry is obsessed with humanoid robots, and people are fascinated by them. But for almost every application they’re pitched for, they...

yesterday 10

Tim Biggs

The Liberal Party is not splitting over net zero: It’s just a policy debate

In its 81-year history, the party has navigated some deep policy differences – and stayed united.

yesterday 9

George Brandis

Test cricket for the TikTok generation: It’s cost millions, but no one can look away

This was Test cricket for our times. Just 141 overs of unadulterated madness that cost millions and captivated many more.

yesterday 8

Dan Walsh

For all the hype, AI isn’t transforming our economy in a hurry

Will AI deliver the huge gains in productivity investors hope for? Who knows, but the piecemeal adoption by firms so far suggests we’re a long way...

yesterday 9

Clancy Yeates

I’ve seen first-hand what Trump showed the world with his piggy, horseface and slob insults

Donald Trump’s about-face on Mamdani and his fawning for the Saudis makes clear he admires charismatic winners more than he cares about ideology –...

yesterday 7

Maureen Dowd

Self-immolation on an almost unconscionable scale: How England unravelled

England didn’t just lose the first Ashes Test in Perth. They suffered one of their most bruising defeats in Australia.

yesterday 7

Oliver Brown

I cannot take this stupid England team seriously any more

England never learn because they never listen to anyone outside their own bubble – they truly believe their own publicity.

yesterday 7

Geoffrey Boycott

In an increasingly dark world, we could all use more of this in our lives

For most of this year, I’ve felt like the world was pressing down on me with the weight of a thousand headlines. Climate crisis, genocide, global...

yesterday 6

Jamila Rizvi

Wells wanted to be a diplomat but she’ll be content saving Generation Alpha

Anika Wells is the minister for communications and minister for sport. She has been the driving force behind the legislation that in little more...

yesterday 9

Peter Fitzsimons

These people don’t believe in censoring art … unless it’s Israeli

When Creative Australia reversed its selection of artist Khaled Sabsabi to represent Australia at the 2026 Venice Biennale, the art world cried...

yesterday 6

Deborah Stone

It’s your accountant’s favourite topic. But what even is a trust?

Real Money, a free weekly newsletter giving expert tips on how to save, invest and make the most of your money, is sent every Sunday. You’re...

yesterday 6

Dominic Powell

Albo is secretive and unaccountable – just like Scomo

Along with most other Australians, I was under the impression that the country had voted out prime minister Scott Morrison in 2022. Increasingly,...

yesterday 7

Parnell Palme Mcguinness

Sharp dealing: What was behind Essendon’s brave draft plan?

Had Essendon been amenable to trading Zach Merrett, the first draft choice on offer from the Hawks was the pick the Bombers later used to recruit...

yesterday 8

Jake Niall

Gallen calls for lifetime ban over Katoa incident

Former Blues and Sharks skipper Paul Gallen says lifetime bans from rugby league should be considered for anyone who was found to be negligent in...

yesterday 5

Danny Weidler

My retired parents don’t trust anyone with their money. What can I do?

I am anxious about my parents. Dad is 79 and Mum is 74. They both retired last year with no super; they have $500,000 in an ANZ Plus account. They...

yesterday 9

Paul Benson

World bestseller downloaded 1 billion times

A couple of decades ago, young American Bobby Gruenewald standing in an airport security queue wondered whether technology could help him read the...

yesterday 6

Barney Zwartz

Player ratings: From the two match winners, to the Englishman whose nightmare came true

Jake Weatherald – The debutant froze like a deer in headlights in the first innings against speeds he would rarely have faced at state level, but...

previous day 9

Andrew Wu

Odd couple Trump and Mamdani sing from same song sheet in remarkable meeting

Washington: Donald Trump began to soften on Zohran Mamdani when it became clear the young Muslim democratic socialist was going to become the next...

previous day 20

Michael Koziol

Why blaming the coach is our childish way of coping with complex rugby landscape

Wallabies coach Joe Schmidt must go, the Scots should punt Gregor Townsend, All Blacks boss Scott Robertson is on thin ice, and Fabien Galthié is...

previous day 10

Paul Cully

Trump’s peace deal for Ukraine is easy to condemn. It is harder to reject

London: Ukraine is confronting a hideous choice between a horrifying war and a crushing peace with no way of knowing the best path to its future...

previous day 10

David Crowe

Travis Head’s greatest innings flattened England, and it will define this Ashes series

Perth: It was 50 years ago on a lightning fast WACA Ground pitch that Roy Fredericks scythed the greatest innings ever played against pace: 169...

previous day 9

Daniel Brettig

Gender is a spectrum; sport is binary. Why an IOC decision is anything but straightforward

In the next 12 months, the International Olympic Committee is likely to implement eligibility provisions that will effectively operate as a...

previous day 10

Darren Kane

Crash and burn: How Australia’s $6b drone-killer lost the plot

The dash for trash is a well-known investing phenomenon that marks the euphoric phase of any market boom and bubble. This year it has aptly...

previous day 10

Colin Kruger

The safest way to build wealth in Australia is to do nothing

When I started a business in my early 20s, it felt like now or never. My business partner and I could still live at home. We didn’t have partners,...

previous day 10

Jack Toohey

How to screen for ‘Aussie values’: Bring on the beagles and bugles

Sure, it’s rude to stare at the federal Coalition when they’re unlikely to win power until 2050, a year when they can tell us they were right all...

previous day 7

Malcolm Knox

I’m claiming an extra $700 from my health fund – and you can too

The countdown consuming most people right now is the one to Christmas. It’s 4½ weeks and going to – almost unavoidably – cost you. But the...

previous day 8

Nicole Pedersen-Mckinnon

It’s time England handed over the Ashes, for real

TFF’s long-time correspondent Joe Weller makes a very good point. “We are, once again, playing for the mythical Ashes. Little Britain, which still...

previous day 10

Peter Fitzsimons

The lost art of opposition: Is it a role beyond salvage for Sussan Ley?

Opposition Leader Sussan Ley is moving on. Having settled the Coalition’s messy fight on net zero, Ley hit the media this week in an attempt to arm...

previous day 1

Jacqueline Maley

Thinking about retiring soon? Here’s where to start

Every time someone starts thinking about retirement, the very first instinct is panic – more specifically, money panic. It’s so uncomfortable that...

previous day 10

Bec Wilson

A guide to understanding the daily groans of men of a certain age

According to child-rearing manuals, all parents should be able to interpret their baby’s cries. Every cry might sound the same to an outsider – a...

previous day 9

Richard Glover

What does ‘Australian’ look like? Our identity crisis is hiding in plain sight

Gurmesh Singh, the newly elected leader of the NSW Nationals, is the newest face of a much older question: Can you look Indian, Chinese or...

friday 10

Jasmine Batra

‘Piggy’ insults and bananas as gifts? Women’s cool professionalism should have a limit

The first humiliation in my career was also the most low-key. Almost inconsequential. It was just that it kept happening and I did nothing about...

friday 10

Kate Halfpenny

Gen Next has changed surfing forever. This is why Steph Gilmore, at 38, can still beat them

In the first few months of Stephanie Gilmore’s globe-trotting, tequila-launching, Spiderbait-joining sabbatical, Molly Picklum offered an earnest...

friday 9

Dan Walsh

Australians underestimated Mitchell Starc. This Ashes masterclass proves his greatness

Perth: Sitting back at the end of this hectic Ashes opening day, Mitchell Starc had every reason to feel nonplussed. He had plucked 7-58, the best...

friday 7

Daniel Brettig

Sky News sets up new digs in a ‘photo-free zone’

There’s a disruptive force rumbling toward Surry Hills as Sky News’ upstart crew prepare to start broadcasting from their plush new studios at News...

friday 10

Calum Jaspan

A ‘comprehensive’ guide to the ‘vital’ words that will mark you as an AI cheat

As a testament to language change, let’s delve into the tapestry of modern English. By now your alarm bells should be clanging. There’s something...

friday 1

David Astle

My Ukrainian neighbours have fuelled my campaign to block Russian oil from Australia

Like many kids educated in Australia during the Cold War era, my understanding of Eastern Europe was sparse and distorted. Crimea had something to...

friday 1

Mark Corrigan

Even Albanese’s friends are impatient with his lack of ambition

Few things infuriate Anthony Albanese more than suggesting he and his government lack political ambition. Raise the topic and the prime minister...

friday 5

James Massola

Britain is now impersonating Australia. It’s all it can do to fend off the far right

In politics, as in cricket, Britain lags decades behind Australia. This is not really the place to parse how England’s “Bazball” style of...

friday 3

Waleed Aly

England have a plan. Australia are making it up as they go. This could be an Ashes to remember

Of all the talk, talk, talk leading into these Ashes – and the cricketing can’t possibly last as long as the talking – some of the most beautiful...

friday 5

Malcolm Knox

A 50-year mortgage makes sense … for some

Donald Trump is known for his crazy ideas, so when he floated the possibility of a new 50-year fixed mortgage, the uproar wasn’t entirely...

friday 8

Millie Muroi

What are ‘ghost jobs’, and how can I avoid them?

I read Work Therapy on the subject of writing cover letters last week and sympathised with the reader. I am tearing my hair out trying to find a...

friday 5

Jonathan Rivett

From Gold Coast’s golden academy, to the club that didn’t pick at all: Analysing every club’s 2025 draft

Almost 60 young footballers found an AFL home across the past two nights of the most compromised draft in history, while two more – Jake Stringer...

friday 7

Marc Mcgowan

Donald Trump is in a rage as the Fed flies blind

Minutes of the US Federal Reserve Board’s October meeting show that a very different, more divided, Fed is emerging as the eight-year term of...

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Real action on climate change requires two different qualities

Sean Kelly

The three (pointed) reasons why Wallabies botched chance to prosper in Paris

Paul Cully

Ugly final hours of talks highlight just how difficult Chris Bowen’s new gig will be

Nick O&x27Malley

My husband didn’t plan the end of his life – I don’t want that for anyone else

Melissa Reader

Piastri was just disqualified from the Vegas GP. That’s actually a good thing

Hannah Kennelly

Don’t believe the swipe: Wallabies have flaws but are still a team to believe in

Peter Fitzsimons

Just because a robot can walk, doesn’t mean it can work

Tim Biggs

The Liberal Party is not splitting over net zero: It’s just a policy debate

George Brandis

Test cricket for the TikTok generation: It’s cost millions, but no one can look away

Dan Walsh

For all the hype, AI isn’t transforming our economy in a hurry

Clancy Yeates

I’ve seen first-hand what Trump showed the world with his piggy, horseface and slob insults

Maureen Dowd

Self-immolation on an almost unconscionable scale: How England unravelled

Oliver Brown

I cannot take this stupid England team seriously any more

Geoffrey Boycott

In an increasingly dark world, we could all use more of this in our lives

Jamila Rizvi

Wells wanted to be a diplomat but she’ll be content saving Generation Alpha

Peter Fitzsimons

These people don’t believe in censoring art … unless it’s Israeli

Deborah Stone

It’s your accountant’s favourite topic. But what even is a trust?

Dominic Powell

Albo is secretive and unaccountable – just like Scomo

Parnell Palme Mcguinness

Sharp dealing: What was behind Essendon’s brave draft plan?

Jake Niall

Gallen calls for lifetime ban over Katoa incident

Danny Weidler

My retired parents don’t trust anyone with their money. What can I do?

Paul Benson

World bestseller downloaded 1 billion times

Barney Zwartz

Player ratings: From the two match winners, to the Englishman whose nightmare came true

Andrew Wu

Odd couple Trump and Mamdani sing from same song sheet in remarkable meeting

Michael Koziol

Why blaming the coach is our childish way of coping with complex rugby landscape

Paul Cully

Trump’s peace deal for Ukraine is easy to condemn. It is harder to reject

David Crowe

Travis Head’s greatest innings flattened England, and it will define this Ashes series

Daniel Brettig

Gender is a spectrum; sport is binary. Why an IOC decision is anything but straightforward

Darren Kane

Crash and burn: How Australia’s $6b drone-killer lost the plot

Colin Kruger

The safest way to build wealth in Australia is to do nothing

Jack Toohey

How to screen for ‘Aussie values’: Bring on the beagles and bugles

Malcolm Knox

I’m claiming an extra $700 from my health fund – and you can too

Nicole Pedersen-Mckinnon

It’s time England handed over the Ashes, for real

Peter Fitzsimons

The lost art of opposition: Is it a role beyond salvage for Sussan Ley?

Jacqueline Maley

Thinking about retiring soon? Here’s where to start

Bec Wilson

A guide to understanding the daily groans of men of a certain age

Richard Glover

What does ‘Australian’ look like? Our identity crisis is hiding in plain sight

Jasmine Batra

‘Piggy’ insults and bananas as gifts? Women’s cool professionalism should have a limit

Kate Halfpenny

Gen Next has changed surfing forever. This is why Steph Gilmore, at 38, can still beat them