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The good grace with which Peter Dutton exited politics in 2025 explained much about why his colleagues had stayed true. Subscribe now for unlimited...
The government has announced it will spend another $3.6 billion to subsidise childcare wage increases - an amount not included in the budget just five...
Could Australia be heading for one of its best performances at a FIFA World Cup? Subscribe now for unlimited access. Login or signup to continue...
The fall of Sir Keir Starmer as prime minister of the British Labour government is full of meaning for his friend Anthony Albanese as Australian prime...
There's a sickness in the heart of our city, and you can see it on any walk through Civic: graffiti, boarded-up windows, and everyday Canberrans...
When last year the salary of the top Commonwealth departmental secretaries tipped over the magic million mark, senator Jacqui Lambie's blood,...
For the purposes of this week, Andrew Hastie is an honorary woman. I am completely sure he will be delighted to be living his truth. More on this in a...
There is something both Monty Pythonesque and Groucho Marx-ist about the decision by two of the nine Climate 200-backed teals in the Parliament to...
The Lowy Institute's annual poll, released this week, carried two important signals for politicians and other policy makers about Australian...
It's a rare thing to finish a Steven Spielberg movie disappointed. The Hollywood maestro has been leaving audiences with a sense of awe and...
A damning Auditor-General's report has exposed a startling lack of ministerial oversight over the Phillip pool saga, leaving the Woden community...
Compulsory voting, our preferential voting system and our strong institutions will protect Australia from populist political parties. Subscribe now...
Wait, what? Why are all these people yelling at me? Did I poop in the laundry again? I'm sure I didn't but my recall's not that good so...
It was going to be the best blue you've ever seen. Tremendous American flag blue. Bluer than any blue. Something to make Washington so proud....
The debate over the proposed relocation of Arcadia House, Canberra's long-running, respected alcohol and other drug rehabilitation service, from...
So the calls to sack Ricky have started. Subscribe now for unlimited access. Login or signup to continue reading But maybe it's time for some...
The message was clear. It was from a recent migrant from South Africa who was married to a recent migrant from Bosnia. Subscribe now for unlimited...
It was the worst of pranks, painful and humiliating. The tormentor would sneak up behind you, grab the waistband of your undies and yank upwards as...
Pauline Hanson has spent three decades presenting herself as the voice of "ordinary Australians": the battlers, the forgotten, the people...
The far right often cloaks itself as a movement to save women and girls, while doing the exact opposite. So, it's no surprise that as the far...
This is an important announcement from the Australian Department of Monocultural Affairs. To preserve our way of life the following regulations will...
"I don't have a country. I am trying to find a country to belong to." Subscribe now for unlimited access. Login or signup to continue...
The brash anti-establishment mood sweeping Western democracies showed its first real fragility last week, just as its hubristic leader in this country...
I spent a decade riding the professional rugby rollercoaster. One lesson from one man has stuck with me more than any other. Subscribe now for...
Recently, I was sitting in the 24/7 library at ANU, watching a viral Senate estimates clip on my small laptop screen. In this clip, our interim...
Open a newspaper, turn on talkback radio or spend five minutes on social media and you'll find somebody warning that changes to property tax...
It may be a while before the full dimension of the military defeat of the United States and Israel by Iran can be assessed. Subscribe now for...
Only a little more than a year into its second term and with Pauline Hanson turning politics upside down, the Albanese government finds itself in...
My goodness, that was a lot to take in, wasn't it? Pauline Hanson's first address at the National Press Club of Australia was awkward for...
A trillion is a thousand billion and a thousand billion is a million million. No wonder such numbers turn us mere minions a bright shade of...
Armchair travel novels are all the rage, but that's not why I chose to set my thriller Find Me in Tasmania. Subscribe now for unlimited access....
What a surprise to find that stale pale (white) middle-aged males have so much in common with male Indigenous Australians. Subscribe now for unlimited...
Look, I want want to be mean but I can't find any other way to say this: Pauline Hanson is not fit to run the country. Not if her address to the...
Pauline Hanson's first ever appearance at the National Press Club settled some questions - although not many - and invited several more....
Generative AI is emerging as an important part of the Australian news ecosystem. Subscribe now for unlimited access. Login or signup to continue...
I'll never forget that first olive. Spat out like a bullet from a gun. My face contorted with disgust. Salty and sour like nothing I'd ever...
I learned to be a journalist in the suburbs that raised me. Subscribe now for unlimited access. Login or signup to continue reading My first newsroom...
Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers went about his tax reform the wrong way. He thought that if he could get the negative-gearing, trust, and capital-gains...
The sums paid to departmental secretaries and other top public servants have grown beyond the expectations of the public, but reform should be done...
There were a couple of reasons I felt particularly proud to be an Aussie the past couple of days. Subscribe now for unlimited access. Login or signup...
Pauline Hanson makes no secret of her distrust of and disdain for China. She's criticised the prime minister for engaging with Beijing, called...
Many parts of the federal government's budget have been hotly debated in recent weeks. Subscribe now for unlimited access. Login or signup to...
The lucky country continues to ride its good fortune. Violent unrest in Britain has given us a window into a still avoidable future which promises our...
Not only are Canberrans going to pay more in rates, they will also be paying more to drive their car if it's not an electric vehicle. Subscribe...
Australia has long benefited from migration. It has strengthened the economy, offset demographic ageing, enriched national culture, and helped create...
Jonny Warren is taking part in next week's Vinnies CEO Sleepout, but doing it in a way that reminds him of his own time sleeping rough on the...
"So come with me, where dreams are born, and time is never planned. Just think of happy things, and your heart will fly on wings, forever, in...
I've always had the distinct sense that I was born 60 years too late and some administrative error had placed me in the wrong generation....