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Rote learned, manners have served me well

Rote learned, manners have served me well

Something remarkable happens on Sydney buses. At every stop, disembarking passengers thank the driver. In a world in which good manners have become...

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John Hanscombe

I am living proof of the NDIS's value. Now I fear it will all be taken away

I am living proof of the NDIS's value. Now I fear it will all be taken away

Weekends can be hard. Subscribe now for unlimited access. Login or signup to continue reading As a person with a disability, I feel incredibly...

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Jeramy hope

The hidden public cost of private schools blowing a hole in our budget

The hidden public cost of private schools blowing a hole in our budget

The Coalition and business lobbyists are quite right to say that the federal government must rein in spending and reduce debt. And they were doing it...

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Crispin Hull

When the loop is useless, it's best to stay out of it

When the loop is useless, it's best to stay out of it

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John Hanscombe

AI isn't coming for your job, it's coming for your to-do list

AI isn't coming for your job, it's coming for your to-do list

The AI wave has crashed, and we're now swimming through the detritus. Subscribe now for unlimited access. Login or signup to continue reading...

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Jake Dimarco

Have you quietly stopped caring about work? These are the three things to do

Have you quietly stopped caring about work? These are the three things to do

I'll never forget the morning I froze during a client presentation at Kearney, the global management consulting firm, where I was a vice...

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Graeme cowan

Not ready to retire? How to make the most of hidden job market for over-50s

Not ready to retire? How to make the most of hidden job market for over-50s

For a long time, ageing came with a script. You study. You build a career. You work full time for decades. Then somewhere in your 60s, you step back...

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Robyn greaves

Choosing kindness is a quiet act of rebellion for our troubled times

Choosing kindness is a quiet act of rebellion for our troubled times

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Zoë Wundenberg

I was ready to mourn my online life, but the social media ban never came for me

I was ready to mourn my online life, but the social media ban never came for me

As a 15-year-old, Edie Roff had mixed feelings in the lead-up to the social media ban last year. Now that it hasn't worked, her feelings are...

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Edie roff

Trump's failing grip on global power

Trump's failing grip on global power

Long before the internet put unchecked power in the hands of billionaire technofascists, there was a kid's doll which emitted insults when you...

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Mark Kenny

As the leaves begin to fall, leaders show their true colours

As the leaves begin to fall, leaders show their true colours

"What shade of orange is Donald Trump?" Subscribe now for unlimited access. Login or signup to continue reading Headline in Fast Company...

18.04.2026 10

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Ian Warden

Voters no longer want managers - they want fighters

Voters no longer want managers - they want fighters

There is a word that gets used a lot in political commentary right now - realignment - and like most words deployed too frequently, even by me, it is...

18.04.2026 10

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Kos Samaras

Harry and Meghan? I say 'all power to them'

Harry and Meghan? I say 'all power to them'

I've gained a new respect for Harry and Meghan after their Australian visit this week. Subscribe now for unlimited access. Login or signup to...

18.04.2026 10

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Megan Doherty

Why our 'special relationship' with the US is a one-way street

Why our 'special relationship' with the US is a one-way street

US President Donald Trump is letting it be known that he is considering pulling the United States from NATO, and perhaps some of America's...

18.04.2026 10

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Jack Waterford

Defence vs. cost of living: Why more military spending is a hard sell

Defence vs. cost of living: Why more military spending is a hard sell

While some of the criticism of the defence strategy announced by Defence Minister Richard Marles in Canberra on Thursday was so extreme as to render...

18.04.2026 10

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The Canberra Times

How we avoid the next fuel shock

How we avoid the next fuel shock

A few weeks ago Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen joined a group of local and federal politicians at the end of my street in Dickson to...

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Scott Hannaford

Migration debate deserves better policy approach and less politicking from Liberals

Migration debate deserves better policy approach and less politicking from Liberals

An effective opposition is good at policy. Last term and so far this term, the Coalition has been very poor at policy formulation. Subscribe now for...

17.04.2026 10

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Michelle Grattan

Corio refinery blaze is more fuel on the fire of a national crisis

Corio refinery blaze is more fuel on the fire of a national crisis

The fire that broke out at Viva Energy's Corio refinery near Geelong on Wednesday night could not have come at a worse time for Australians or...

17.04.2026 10

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The Canberra Times

A new values statement for migrants misses the point about Australia

A new values statement for migrants misses the point about Australia

Mum had no time for Australian values. In fact, she was pretty vocal on the topic. Australians allowed their kids to roam around after school on...

17.04.2026 10

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Jenna Price

Why an antiquated newsroom poster carries an uncomfortable truth

Why an antiquated newsroom poster carries an uncomfortable truth

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Garry Linnell

Young men are looking for help in all the wrong places

Young men are looking for help in all the wrong places

Like most people with a Netflix subscription, I recently watched the latest doco from Louis Theroux called Inside the Manosphere. Subscribe now for...

16.04.2026 10

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Adam Triggs

Canberrans' coffee now includes a 5% fuel levy. This is a warning of looming pain

Canberrans' coffee now includes a 5% fuel levy. This is a warning of looming pain

The days of a cheap cappuccino, a familiar, affordable morning habit, are a rapidly fading memory, a quaint artefact of an era unlikely to return....

16.04.2026 10

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The Canberra Times

Young people need more than just handouts from the federal budget

Young people need more than just handouts from the federal budget

The federal government is preparing a budget badged as "intergenerational fairness". The idea it sells is simple: young people are...

16.04.2026 10

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Parnell Palme Mcguinness

Spending money on your kids and grandkids is the best investment you can make

Spending money on your kids and grandkids is the best investment you can make

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Jenna Price

It was short on detail, but this speech gave us a window into the Libs' soul

It was short on detail, but this speech gave us a window into the Libs' soul

Angus Taylor's wide-ranging remarks on immigration on Tuesday were less of a policy statement than they were an illuminating insight into the...

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The Canberra Times

Someone asked if private health insurance was worth it. I told them no

Someone asked if private health insurance was worth it. I told them no

Last week I was asked by someone on a very modest income whether it was worthwhile keeping private health insurance. Subscribe now for unlimited...

14.04.2026 10

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Crispin Hull

Artemis shifted humanity's pressing concerns to the far side of the moon

Artemis shifted humanity's pressing concerns to the far side of the moon

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Jenna Price

The talk every parent needs to have before dropping their teen at a party

The talk every parent needs to have before dropping their teen at a party

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James Joyce

Epic fail as Trump rushes for the exit

Epic fail as Trump rushes for the exit

Fractured internally and debased internationally, it is hard to imagine that the US will again wield the unique mix of strategic threat, intellectual...

12.04.2026 10

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Mark Kenny

A simple gas tax has broad support. It could help soften the coming blow

A simple gas tax has broad support. It could help soften the coming blow

With friends like these, who needs enemies? The US is supposed to be Australia's "closest ally, and our principal economic and strategic...

12.04.2026 10

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Ebony Bennett

We import 90 per cent of our fuel. It doesn't have to be that way

In 40 years of advising company directors, I have seen boards deal with recessions, regulatory upheaval, trade wars, and pandemic. The organisations...

11.04.2026 9

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Mark love

Sunshine on secrecy: why the Pezzullo report release is a win for the public

Good government won despite the Albanese government losing a court case recently. Given the money and the effort that it put into losing its case, and...

11.04.2026 10

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Jack Waterford

Matt Canavan's call to move federal jobs to regions echoes costly past failures

While some might suggest it is impolite to say that the Nationals are slow learners determined to repeat previous costly mistakes, that is where the...

11.04.2026 10

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The Canberra Times

Post-Trump times are coming soon. Can I get an Alleluia?

It is so easy to let satanic Donald Trump and the Hell-bent America that has spawned him drive us all to drink, to despair, to the psychiatrist's...

11.04.2026 20

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Ian Warden

Feeling the weight of the world? Here's how to find your way back to calm

There's a particular kind of overwhelm that belongs to this moment in history. Subscribe now for unlimited access. Login or signup to continue...

10.04.2026 10

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Zoë Wundenberg

Taylor and Canavan are chalk and cheese - and that's a problem for Taylor

If you want a basic measure of the difference between Liberal leader Angus Taylor and Nationals leader Matt Canavan, compare these two reactions to US...

10.04.2026 20

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Michelle Grattan

The policy vacuum driving voters to minor parties

Pauline Hanson's One Nation (PHON) has surged in the opinion polls, and rather surprisingly, those poll numbers have held up in the party's...

10.04.2026 10

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Denis Moriarty

Does the Iran ceasefire mean the fuel crisis is over? Not even close

It might feel like a lifetime ago, but it was just last week analysts began talking about fuel rationing in Australia. Subscribe now for unlimited...

10.04.2026 10

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Kevin morrison

Why Trump's claim of victory in Iran is a dangerous illusion

Donald Trump must be approaching his nadir. His attempts to spin an ephemeral ceasefire that might not even last until sundown into a "mission...

10.04.2026 10

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The Canberra Times

How does the War Memorial deal with a problem like Roberts-Smith?

Imagine being the folks at the Australian War Memorial right now. What a nightmare. Subscribe now for unlimited access. Login or signup to continue...

10.04.2026 20

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Jenna Price

The Trump Translator: Get yours now!

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Garry Linnell

Tony Soprano reminds me of my dog Harriet. Whadayagunnado?

I've just watched The Sopranos episode where Carmela discovers that Tony's psychiatrist is a woman and she is jealous. Carmela devotes quite...

09.04.2026 10

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Rosalie ham

Cheap smokes are a gateway for organised crime. Is anyone watching?

It would be an understatement to describe as pathetic the ACT government's response to this newspaper's revelations that dozens of shops...

09.04.2026 10

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The Canberra Times

Labor's green virtue-signalling is a policy of hypocrisy and stupidity

Chris Bowen singing "it's all ok we've got supplies till May" is cold comfort. May is just around the corner. Somehow we're...

09.04.2026 10

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Amanda Vanstone

Sending kids to jail doesn't make our communities safer

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Jenna Price

Artemis II crew pioneers venturing beyond high Earth orbit for the first time in 54 years

The boy who told a reporter who asked why he was watching the launch of Artemis II: "Because we're going back to the freaking moon"...

08.04.2026 10

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The Canberra Times

Growing EV popularity is leading to queues at fast chargers. Could a kerbside charger network help?

The war on Iran has made crystal clear how shaky our reliance on fossil fuels is. It's no surprise electric vehicles and transport have become...

08.04.2026 9

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Bjorn Sturmberg

More fool me. Time to stop taking advice from people who know next to nothing.

It was 1999 and we were doing what we thought was our final renovation. Oh, the naivety of the first time renovator. We'd heard of solar panels...

08.04.2026 10

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Jenna Price

Yes, we need big changes to tax, but here's why the budget isn't the place for it

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Treasurer Jim Chalmers have confirmed in the past week that the May budget will contain major tax changes to help...

07.04.2026 10

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Crispin Hull

The currawong has an important message

Don't know about you but I'm exhausted. Seems it's been one thing after another for at least six years. Subscribe now for unlimited...

07.04.2026 20

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John Hanscombe