|
Canberra Times |
Have you ever suspected a partner of cheating? Trust rarely ends with a single dramatic betrayal but with the gradual accumulation of small doubts....
The recent early resignation of Julie Bishop as chancellor of the ANU, and the resignations of many of her allies on the ANU council, is on the one...
There are no solutions in economics, only trade-offs. It's a great quote from economist Thomas Sowell, and it highlights the dishonesty we are...
Incredibly brave or utterly foolish? Three months ago, when plans for a 91-storey Trump tower on the Gold Coast came to light, it took no time for me...
"She was a child. She was part of a family. She was part of this nation. She deserved the same safety, dignity and opportunities every Australian...
The drone's callsign was Red Fang and it had just pinged 300 metres west of Adam Hourican's house. It had been dispatched by xAI, the...
Last Wednesday in America another glimmer of hope the Middle East war could be resolved was reported by US news website Axios, based on information...
The result for Labor in the Farrer byelection was truly ghastly. Labor did not field a candidate, so it has largely been ignored. Subscribe now for...
Australia has been in the grip of housing crisis for years. Subscribe now for unlimited access. Login or signup to continue reading Home ownership is...
You might want to avert your eyes because I'm about to drop a C-bomb. Subscribe now for unlimited access. Login or signup to continue reading Not...
I have a vested interest in writing this, so too does every person reading it and even those who don't, for the message it contains affects the...
Australia's hands-off method for setting monetary policy relies, solely, on the wisdom and independence of the Reserve Bank. Subscribe now for...
Pressed on the ABC about royal commissioner Virginia Bell's interim finding that counter-terrorism's share of National Intelligence...
The federal budget we are soon to see will be dedicated in part to the idea of generational equity, the idea that older Australians own too much at...
There's a particular kind of exhaustion that settles in during an election cycle; not from the debates, the door knocking, the policy vacuum that...
My dad is in his 87th year. Not great on his feet anymore, but comfortably enough settled into aged care. Subscribe now for unlimited access. Login or...
On Thursday night, ANU chancellor Julie Bishop finally resigned. Her departure follows the resignation of vice-chancellor Genevieve Bell in September...
"If you want to know what God thinks of money just look at the sorts of people He gives it to." Subscribe now for unlimited access. Login or...
The run-up to a budget always sees a degree of chaos. But this year it has looked like one of those willy-willies that blow up in outback Australia...
Jack Waterford's May 2 column, ostensibly on the Royal Commission, rehashed many of the untrue claims he has made about Israel and the Australian...
I fear our capacity for heartbreak in this country is too big. We inhale the misery and move on. And nothing gets fixed. Subscribe now for unlimited...
Late night in a secretive laboratory reeking of chemicals and sinister intent. White-coated scientists with thick glasses and unruly hair sit hunched...
Each day we're bombarded by a flood of lies, misinformation and half-truths. Subscribe now for unlimited access. Login or signup to continue...
ACT public servants in the ACT have had enough. That message could not have been clearer last Friday on May Day, when more than 700 union members...
The recent tragic death of Kumanjayi Little Baby from one of the town camps in Alice Springs and the response highlights the consequences of mistakes...
It can't come soon enough. That's because five days ahead of it actually being handed down, it's a fair bet most Australians have had a...
Something terrifying happens when you have a book contract and zero ideas for the book. It's just you, a laptop and a blindingly blank page....
Greens. They could be insufferably earnest and bitter. And too often there was a guilt trip when you came across them. "Don't you know...
Australia is expected to consider this week a request from the US to join a coalition of allies in a military effort to reopen the Strait of Hormuz -...
There was no big ceremony, no date recorded for posterity. All I remember is that some time in the mid 2000s, I stubbed out my last cigarette....
With the federal budget imminent, there is growing concern about the prospect of increasing redundancies in the Australian Public Service. Despite the...
A long time go in a galaxy far, far away ... they made a movie which has endured in our cultural memory for almost half a century. And on May 4 or, to...
The sun is shining brightly and but for a few streaks of white, the sky is deep blue. Rounded green hills highlighted with pine tree windbreaks...
The Australian literary giant, David Malouf - who died just a fortnight ago at 92 - once described his task as "going to an ordinary or familiar...
As fridge magnets go, the one I received in the post two weeks ago was nothing much to get excited about - at least not visually. Subscribe now for...
"I know an economic slam dunk when I see one," Industry Minister Tim Ayres told a Hunter business audience last week, defending the Tomago...
Here's hoping that the royal commission into the Bondi massacre of last December does not turn into partisan point-scoring, least of all over...
A Senate inquiry is looking into rural healthcare. The biggest problem it should tackle is "GP deserts" - communities in the bottom 5 per...
The ACT government will introduce developer licensing from October 1, 2026. From that point on if you are building three or more dwellings, you...
Linda Reynolds argues that reforming the National Disability Insurance Scheme is a "national obligation." On that point, she is right - but...
Wolfram (M, 100 minutes) While this outback drama is one of a growing number of stories on screen about Indigenous dispossession, it is also a tale of...
Seven Snipers (MA15 , 88 minutes) It's not easy being a single mother - or a former combat sniper. Being both is even harder, especially when the...
The interim report from the royal commission on anti-Semitism, set up after the Bondi massacre, leaves hanging more questions than it answers....
The Devil Wears Prada 2 (M, 122 minutes) How time flies. It's been two decades since the release of the very enjoyable comedy The Devil Wears...
US President Donald Trump appears to have fortuitously survived yet another potential assassination attempt. This latest incident occurred on April...
The very best news for the Australian National University is that Julie Bishop, its chancellor, is on the way out. As Julie Hare, veteran higher...
"This won't take long," promised the specialist as I nervously lowered my pants. "It'll be over before you know it." He...
"Because it's there." Subscribe now for unlimited access. Login or signup to continue reading - Mountaineer George Mallory's...
It costs more to do business in the regions than it does in the city. This has always been the case. It's as true for businesses selling things...
The drone strikes on the refinery sparked an inferno that caused toxic black smoke to rise like an angry fist, a grey smudge visible from space....