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Why our US alliance is under threat in 2026 – from Trump

The US president said it was “full steam ahead” on AUKUS, but can Australia rely on him – for that and much more?

30.12.2025 2

Bruce Wolpe

After every economic norm is blithely tossed aside, what’s the future?

Everybody who claims to know where the AI revolution will lead is either lying or deluded. Investors are flying blind.

30.12.2025 2

Clive Crook

Less may be more as Zac Lomax prepares to chase a dream, not money

Even if he makes a successful transition to rugby union and plays for the Wallabies, the 26-year-old would almost certainly have earned more...

latest 10

Robert Dillon

As some boycott Myanmar’s flawed election, others hope for change

Voting is almost sure to favour the ruling military junta, which is stage-managing the polls but some see them as the most pragmatic way to try to...

latest 10

Sui-Lee Wee

I was the mother of holiday invention ... until my kids went feral and I went to yoga

But let me tell you this: Yoga is for wimps.

latest 10

Cherie Gilmour

A royal commission into antisemitism is a risk, but Labor’s excuses are wearing thin

Royal commissions are a symbolic way Australia confronts its ugliest problems, even if they do not solve them.

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Natassia Chrysanthos

Let them eat cake: We have a fix for obesity, but only the wealthy can afford it

The wealthy now collect decades of life in the same way they once collected art or property.

latest 9

Vinay Rane

Bradman and co. knew toughness was part of Test cricket. Do today’s players?

Few of the players involved in the Boxing Day Test put their body on the line, gesturing, laughing and cursing as they departed as if the surface...

latest 40

Greg Chappell

2025, a year best to forget? We never will

The year 2025 will be forever defined in our history by the horror of December 14. But as it ends in sorrow, this is the time to reflect on all the...

latest 9

George Brandis

Were you not entertained? Satisfied? Making sense of a rogue Boxing Day Test

Such was the frenzy that was England’s successful run chase at the MCG on Saturday that at one point, Ben Duckett played an orthodox forward...

latest 10

Greg Baum

Inside the 21-minute grilling of the MCG curator and his boss

It’s never a good sign when the curator of a cricket pitch fronts a press conference, beamed live on national television, at 9.01am on what should...

yesterday 10

Tom Decent

The health system is sick. It needs to be examined nationally

A small number of specialist doctors charge unethical and extreme fees, defined as a cost over three times the Medicare rebate for that service....

yesterday 10

Dr Nikki Stamp

Trump’s ‘Golden Fleet’ battleship plan a disaster waiting to happen

On December 22, at his Mar-a-Lago resort, US President Donald Trump unveiled plans for a new “Trump-class” battleship as the centrepiece of his “...

yesterday 10

Tom Sharpe

There are existential threats? And then there’s the real thing

How many existential threats can one person endure in a week? There was I, feeling a little less worried about the state of the world after a...

yesterday 10

Warwick Mcfadyen

There are three kinds of antisemitism – each needs to be dealt with differently

Each day that passes since the unimaginable terror of the events in Bondi seems to bring with it fresh announcements from various levels of...

yesterday 10

Kylie Moore-Gilbert

Why Australia will stick with Cameron Green … for now

If the ground staff at the MCG continue to produce batting surfaces that yield 20 wickets a day then the national discourse about team balance...

yesterday 10

Geoff Lawson

I quit my six-a-day coffee habit. Then my life began to fall apart

I made a resolution last New Year’s Eve to give up coffee. I only did it because my family had dared me. They are not kill-joys – they said my...

yesterday 1

Warren Duncan

The age-old question raised by horrific Bondi massacre

The horrific tragedy at Bondi two weeks ago raises again one of the most significant challenges non-believers level at the three monotheistic...

yesterday 10

Barney Zwartz

England won a game of cricket at the MCG, but this was no Test match

England won a game of cricket at the MCG on Saturday. Technically, it was an Ashes Test match, but by most other measures this game was quite a bit...

previous day 10

Daniel Brettig

Souths were desperate to re-sign Koloamatangi. Here’s why they couldn’t

South Sydney fans are entitled to be devastated by the news Keaon Koloamatangi is on his way to NRL rivals St George Illawarra, but something had...

previous day 10

Robert Dillon

Ashes player ratings: The Australian trio who should be nervous after Bazballers finally deliver

England have finally won an Ashes Test in Australia – and it only took another two-day Test for the “Bazballers” to shine and secure a famous MCG...

previous day 9

Dan Walsh

I’m no spy, so why does ASIO think my stint in China is a black mark?

If you believe Australia needs Asia capability, then you must believe the Australian government and the wider workforce need Australians who have...

previous day 2

Ciara Morris

D’oh-mographics: What Millennials want from Labor and the Coalition

Politically, I have become Homer Simpson. That’s not a comment on my waistline. Rather an acceptance that at the age of 34, I’m closer to Homer...

previous day 1

Kieran Rooney

Midterms, Moscow and MAGA’s main man: How 2026 will be shaped

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. What’s in store for the world next year? As our correspondents looked ahead, the...

previous day 2

Michael Koziol

Nick Kyrgios has become a sideshow. This ‘battle of the sexes’ proves it

It is a truth universally acknowledged that paying attention to Nick Kyrgios is only justifiable when he has achieved something noteworthy....

previous day 10

Alan Attwood

Water company revelation no surprise from a government with a contempt for transparency

As you are washing your dishes or refilling glasses this holiday season, spare a thought for the customers of Greater Western Water (GWW) across...

previous day 10

The Age&x27S View

Thirty-five ways I plan to fail at being a better person in 2026

It’s nearly New Year’s Eve, so it’s Viva La Resolution. What a shame that, on past performance, most of my resolutions won’t outlast the end...

previous day 10

Richard Glover

Lay down or lie down? The grammar errors that drive readers to distraction

Time to capsize the mailbag, check the leftovers before the year checks out. Random notes like the lay-lie muddle, via Gillian Appleton: “I...

previous day 10

David Astle

In praise of mediocrity – and having a go regardless

One thing I will never forget on the one occasion I met Donald Trump, when he was running for president in 2016 and trying to convince The New York...

friday 8

Julia Baird

Order an Uber: As Boxing Days go this one was borderline ridiculous

“If the Poms bat first, let’s tell the taxi to wait.” So read a banner during one of Australia’s many Ashes maulings of England in the 1990s....

friday 8

Daniel Brettig

Rory, Duplantis and India’s women cricketers: In 2025, it was a wide world of sports

It’s a big world. Here are my best sporting moments of 2025 that did not involve Australians. The Ryder Cup is the best thing in sport, and the...

friday 5

Malcolm Knox

How I tried – and failed – to get the better of the Barmy Army

I was prepared for the Barmy Army. I actually felt like I over-prepared, to be honest. But watching cricket is a game of key moments and, when...

friday 6

Grant Mcarthur

It’s not too late to cash in on the new space race

Elon Musk fans might soon have a new stock to fixate on: SpaceX. Over the past few weeks, news has been filtering out that Musk’s company might be...

friday 3

David Stevenson

What’s in a name? Trump’s vainglorious branding stunts point to underlying phobia

In April 2018, during his first term as US president, Donald Trump visited George Washington’s former residence and plantation at Mount Vernon in...

friday 10

Michael Koziol

Can you make new friends in your 50s? I’ve found them in unexpected places

This nearly-done year. Maybe the fastest of my life. And not completely balanced. A little bit from column A, a little bit from column B. I saw...

friday 10

Kate Halfpenny

Silicon Valley’s billionaire elite can’t engineer our consent

You have to give them credit – today’s tech lords thought about the future when many in democracy had forgotten about it. We hear constantly how...

friday 3

Chris Zappone

This is no time for partisan rage

Earlier this month, when contemplating what to write for a year-end column, I wanted to depart from the journalistic tradition of casting an eye...

friday 2

Nick Bryant

Why the AI boom Is unlike the dot-com boom

The dot-com boom, a period of wild exuberance and extreme hype that began in the mid-1990s, built the foundations for the contemporary wired world....

friday 2

David Streitfeld

Sorry, Elton, but ‘sorry’ seems to be the easiest word

Why is everyone apologising? It’s 50 years since Elton sang S orry Seems To Be the Hardest Word, yet these days I spend my time swatting more...

friday 10

Jo Pybus

How sober curious and Ozempic gave Aussie wines a Christmas hangover

Shares of Penfolds owner Treasury Wine Estate (TWE) are trading at a decade low, and its plight serves as a good barometer for Australia’s wine...

friday 2

Colin Kruger

Why Albanese is plain wrong on a Bondi royal commission

Anthony Albanese’s opposition to a national royal commission into the massacre at Bondi is, quite simply, baffling. As the shock and indignation of...

friday 2

James Massola

The evil secrets of the Great Haunted Ocean Road

The Great Ocean Road is among the most beautiful drives in Australia. It is also the most haunted. A reminder of old tragedies along the Great...

friday 5

Tony Wright

The fight for the Ashes is over. But the Boxing Day Test is definitely not dead

Just because the last two Tests of the Ashes series are again dead does not mean that they are not brimming with life, gravitas and meaning. No...

friday 2

Greg Baum

Bondi shows us that politics is the very worst forum for us to try to stand together

“Stand together.” It’s not often you can quote both major party leaders at once, but just now we can. Both Anthony Albanese and Sussan Ley used...

friday 20

Waleed Aly

Looking for a Christmas Day movie? Try A Dingo Ate My Christmas Spirit

You’ve sat down on the couch, post-Christmas lunch, and turned on the telly. What great Christmas film are you and the family going to watch?...

25.12.2025 9

Shane Wright

Who suffers FOMO any more? I’m more likely to have ROMO

I used to have FOMO but these days you’re more likely to find me in a calm state of ROMO. For the uninitiated, that’s shorthand for Fear of Missing...

25.12.2025 2

Claire Heaney

Ben Stokes’ leadership is fracturing. Has it cracked or fully shattered?

$Ben Stokes’ leadership is fracturing. Has it cracked or fully shattered?$

Apparently Ben Stokes asked his teammates to run 12 kilometres with him in Noosa National Park, and apparently they decided to sit in a bar all day...

25.12.2025 2

Malcolm Knox

The Doomsday Clock: Counting down to the next apocalypse

We’re once again approaching the annual resetting of the Doomsday Clock. Last January, the Science and Security Board of the Bulletin of Atomic...

25.12.2025 2

Andreas Kluth

Remember Elon Musk’s DOGE? Here’s how it caused so much chaos but saved so little money

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Elon Musk’s department of government efficiency said it made more than 29,000 cuts...

25.12.2025 30

Emily Badger

I’m not going to judge Ben Duckett for drinking. I did the same

I am not going to criticise England for what they got up to in Noosa. I criticise what they do on the cricket field, the way they play and the way...

25.12.2025 2

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Why our US alliance is under threat in 2026 – from Trump

Bruce Wolpe

After every economic norm is blithely tossed aside, what’s the future?

Clive Crook

Less may be more as Zac Lomax prepares to chase a dream, not money

Robert Dillon

As some boycott Myanmar’s flawed election, others hope for change

Sui-Lee Wee

I was the mother of holiday invention ... until my kids went feral and I went to yoga

Cherie Gilmour

A royal commission into antisemitism is a risk, but Labor’s excuses are wearing thin

Natassia Chrysanthos

Let them eat cake: We have a fix for obesity, but only the wealthy can afford it

Vinay Rane

Bradman and co. knew toughness was part of Test cricket. Do today’s players?

Greg Chappell

2025, a year best to forget? We never will

George Brandis

Were you not entertained? Satisfied? Making sense of a rogue Boxing Day Test

Greg Baum

Inside the 21-minute grilling of the MCG curator and his boss

Tom Decent

The health system is sick. It needs to be examined nationally

Dr Nikki Stamp

Trump’s ‘Golden Fleet’ battleship plan a disaster waiting to happen

Tom Sharpe

There are existential threats? And then there’s the real thing

Warwick Mcfadyen

There are three kinds of antisemitism – each needs to be dealt with differently

Kylie Moore-Gilbert

Why Australia will stick with Cameron Green … for now

Geoff Lawson

I quit my six-a-day coffee habit. Then my life began to fall apart

Warren Duncan

The age-old question raised by horrific Bondi massacre

Barney Zwartz

England won a game of cricket at the MCG, but this was no Test match

Daniel Brettig

Souths were desperate to re-sign Koloamatangi. Here’s why they couldn’t

Robert Dillon

Ashes player ratings: The Australian trio who should be nervous after Bazballers finally deliver

Dan Walsh

I’m no spy, so why does ASIO think my stint in China is a black mark?

Ciara Morris

D’oh-mographics: What Millennials want from Labor and the Coalition

Kieran Rooney

Midterms, Moscow and MAGA’s main man: How 2026 will be shaped

Michael Koziol

Nick Kyrgios has become a sideshow. This ‘battle of the sexes’ proves it

Alan Attwood

Water company revelation no surprise from a government with a contempt for transparency

The Age&x27S View

Thirty-five ways I plan to fail at being a better person in 2026

Richard Glover

Lay down or lie down? The grammar errors that drive readers to distraction

David Astle

In praise of mediocrity – and having a go regardless

Julia Baird

Order an Uber: As Boxing Days go this one was borderline ridiculous

Daniel Brettig

Rory, Duplantis and India’s women cricketers: In 2025, it was a wide world of sports

Malcolm Knox

How I tried – and failed – to get the better of the Barmy Army

Grant Mcarthur

It’s not too late to cash in on the new space race

David Stevenson

What’s in a name? Trump’s vainglorious branding stunts point to underlying phobia

Michael Koziol

Can you make new friends in your 50s? I’ve found them in unexpected places

Kate Halfpenny

Silicon Valley’s billionaire elite can’t engineer our consent

Chris Zappone

This is no time for partisan rage

Nick Bryant

Why the AI boom Is unlike the dot-com boom

David Streitfeld

Sorry, Elton, but ‘sorry’ seems to be the easiest word