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The passive-aggressive tactics that helped Australia smoke England out of the Ashes

Bazball is built on constant, frenetic, stampeding action, but sometimes the best thing to do in a cricket match is nothing.

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Greg Baum

Singer’s beach ball rant reveals the fine line between amazing and Garbage festivals

Two music festivals held over the weekend highlighted what’s great, and what’s not, about the experience.

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Karl Quinn

Bold plan for an extended substitutes bench could revolutionise the NRL

Some of the most successful coaches in rugby league want to potentially double the size of the current bench as the game becomes faster and more...

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Roy Masters

‘They’re killing their own customers’: Beijing, we have a $1.5 trillion problem

China has posted a record trade surplus of more than $US1 trillion, and that is before the year is even finished. Its trading partners are...

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Stephen Bartholomeusz

Secrecy over Pentagon review suggests there’s stuff in there Australia doesn’t want to talk about

The Pentagon’s AUKUS review might be an American document, but the Australian government has a duty to its own taxpayers to insist upon greater...

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Michael Koziol

It might seem ‘safe’, but your savings account could be costing you

Having thousands of dollars in the bank doesn’t come with the elation some might imagine. For many, it comes with stress.

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Paridhi Jain

From AI to Bitcoin: These five trends will dominate markets in 2026

Gold and silver will keep their lustre, but can Bitcoin become their digital equivalent?

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Billy Leung

How did we do? Absolutely fine, until you sent me a stupid email

Give me a good table, clean toilets and actors I can actually hear. Just don’t ask me for feedback.

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Jenna Price

Now, for FIFA’s next trick: Introducing in-game advertising breaks by stealth

FIFA’s solution to the real problem of the summer heat at next year’s World Cup is a deliberate over-correction, designed to maximise revenue under...

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Vince Rugari

Hail to the king: Trump will steer battle for the future of Hollywood

Donald Trump is almost certainly going to have the final say on who wins and who gets fired in the $160 billion contest over Warner Bros.

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Elizabeth Knight

Australia needs to grasp chance to reset defence expectations with the US

Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles and Foreign Minister Penny Wong are visiting Washington this week for the 35th Australia-United States...

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Jennifer Parker

America first? Maybe not, if you ask Trump-voting Americans

When US military elites gathered in Simi Valley on the weekend for the Reagan National Defence Forum, they were treated to some surprising results...

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Michael Koziol

Trump’s deception exposed as US giants sue

As a US Supreme Court ruling on Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs looms, US companies are queuing to be in line for refunds should the court...

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Stephen Bartholomeusz

‘May the force be with you’: A relentless night in a Ukrainian bomb shelter

Lviv, Ukraine: The air raid alarm goes off when I am sitting at my desk. First, my mobile phone starts talking to me in an American accent to tell...

yesterday 10

David Crowe

From Tim Tam to Four’N Twenty: Aussie icons enjoy government sweeteners

What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you think of the federal government’s $15 billion National Reconstruction Fund? For most, it’s...

yesterday 9

Elizabeth Knight

Won’t listen. Won’t change. This England team are up their own backsides

Brisbane was a horror show: irresponsible batting, bowling too short, too wide or too full and catches dropped. This Australian team was there to...

yesterday 10

Geoffrey Boycott

This week was supposed to be a triumph for Wells. Instead, it is a trial

While the polls are still terrible for the Coalition, the developing furore over Sport and Communications Minister Anika Wells’ use of expenses is...

yesterday 10

James Massola

England were humbled, and it’s about to get worse

Claims that this was an England team which would outclass Australia have, so far, been emphatically silenced. What should scare the old enemy is...

yesterday 9

Nick Wright

Archer copped a brutal Ashes ‘champing’. It was sledging in the right spirit

In just about every field of life, when you hear the word “champion” delivered with a certain tone, you know you’re in for a good time. Then you...

yesterday 9

Emma Kemp

Piastri led the F1 title race by 34 points, but ended up third. One moment in his slide will hurt more than most

Left alone with his thoughts – relatively alone, given the hovering TV cameras and a worldwide audience awaiting his immediate verbal download of...

yesterday 9

Matthew Clayton

Gen Zs like me have stopped dating altogether. We’re opting for friends with (other) benefits

A few months ago I joked to a friend that we should make this our “summer of friendship”. He was freshly out of a serious relationship and I...

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Grace Lagan

Albanese’s words from 2015 that reveal tension at the heart of Wells scandal

When Anthony Albanese squared off against Andrew Bolt on Channel 10 a decade ago, he offered some sobering commentary about an expenses crisis that...

yesterday 3

Rob Harris

Why Australia’s social media ban for under-16s is set to go global

The Albanese government describes Australia’s social media age restrictions as world-leading, and it is right. Denmark, Norway, France, Italy,...

yesterday 2

Terry Flew

My suburb makes some people panic, but the hoons brought me here

OK, I know what you’re thinking. You’re a bit concerned. You took a wrong turn off the Tulla freeway on the way to the airport, and now you’re...

yesterday 4

Jason Doyle

The State Library won’t be frozen in time. Change keeps us relevant

Things are changing at the State Library. They have been changing every decade or so since Redmond Barry, our founder, opened the doors to the...

yesterday 3

Christine Christian

Albanese is miles ahead, right? Hastie may yet expose this as an illusion

Last week I was in Adelaide. Someone put me up at a hotel – I’ve been promoting my Quarterly Essay , you might recall me mentioning it – and it was...

yesterday 8

Sean Kelly

Why we’ll probably never see rock-bottom interest rates again

The recent message from financial markets to mortgage customers has been pretty clear: don’t expect further cuts in your home loan interest rate....

yesterday 10

Clancy Yeates

Australia has produced some terrific left-armers. Starc is the best of the best

Stability, balance, alignment – the holy trinity of athletic performance. Everyone from golfers to gymnasts to tennis players and boxers train and...

previous day 10

Geoff Lawson

When will the Australia/US critical minerals deal bear fruit? Let’s ask a player

In a week when PwC Australia released a report saying just seven of 124 investment-ready critical mineral projects have received the green light...

previous day 10

Peter Fitzsimons

Liberals ignore, despise and knife their leaders – and drive their party over a cliff

John Faulkner, Labor’s respected former Senate leader and keeper of the Whitlam flame, once said to me that one of the biggest differences between...

previous day 10

George Brandis

Starc is super, but still human. It makes the return of Lyon a must

As if anyone needed a reminder, Mitchell Starc proved once again in Brisbane just how super he was. But the champion left-armer is still human, and...

previous day 8

Nick Wright

Libs have no plan for immigration tensions, so Labor must act before it gets ugly

If Hamlet had been a pundit, he might have pondered whether it’s worse to be wrong, or to be disbelieved. With classical Greek sadism, the myth...

previous day 10

Parnell Palme Mcguinness

The Ashes 2025 second Test, day three recap: What happens when you take boldness, as well as brains, out of Bazball

Recap all the action from day three of the Gabba Test here Brisbane: Australians saw in Perth what happens when Bazball is played without brains....

previous day 1

Andrew Wu

Why did I have to pay $18,000 in tax when consolidating my super?

I had two superannuation accounts and recently consolidated them to save on fees. The receiving fund has informed me that I will lose $18,500 to...

previous day 2

Paul Benson

Money-making gifts: The Real Money guide to presents you can bank on

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...

previous day 10

Dominic Powell

When one man dies, a world ends

People at the Drop-In die all the time. And we who work here — we don’t always know that they’ve died, at least not straight away. Sometimes it...

previous day 10

Alexandra Sangster

The one moment Wayne Bennett considered quitting coaching

South Sydney coach Wayne Bennett has revealed the only moment in his rugby league career when he wanted to quit the game that has been his life. He...

previous day 3

Danny Weidler

I used to think my family’s Christmas rituals were normal. Until I met my husband

I love Christmas. Not in a “midnight Mass, stained glass and soaring carols echoing through the rafters” kind of way. No, I love the other...

previous day 10

Jamila Rizvi

Trump was expected to enforce hard Christian values. The reality has been different

As soon as he was nominated to be secretary of defence, Pete Hegseth, with his Crusader cross tattoo and his attendance at a hard-edge Calvinist...

previous day 3

Ross Douthat

‘This will be my dream project.’ How we got Frank Gehry to design the UTS ‘paper bag’

“I’m up for it” was the response of arguably the most famous architect in the world to our hesitant inquiry. “This will be my dream...

previous day 3

Roy Green

Have you heard? The invisible difference that separates Sydney and Melbourne

I visited Sydney recently, for the first time in nine years, and was stunned at how different it is from Melbourne. The weather was a lot better –...

previous day 10

Liam Heitmann-Ryce-Lemercier

I learnt a scary lesson while living in France. Playing it safe can be risky

I’m a little embarrassed to admit it, but I’ve led a safe life. I haven’t jumped out of a plane, or off anything with a bungee rope attached to...

previous day 2

Julia Pound

Energy producers want to reserve gas for Australia – but it must come from new supplies

The federal government is expected any day to announce the biggest shake-up of the east coast gas market in years. Ordinarily, gas producers would...

previous day 3

Samantha Mcculloch

Where has this been, England? Too late for the Ashes now

Brisbane: Oh how they tried. Ben Stokes, not unexpectedly, and Will Jacks very much surprisingly, defied Australia for more than three hours of...

previous day 1

Daniel Brettig

Player ratings: The Aussie with a perfect 10 and the Englishman who embodies Bazball without brains

Jake Weatherald: The opener set the tempo for Australia’s innings with a blistering 72 off 78 balls that brought back memories of David Warner in...

previous day 3

Andrew Wu

England vowed they wouldn’t abandon Bazball. They did, and look what happened

Read the full recap of day two of the second Ashes Test here. Doctor, come quick, English cricket might have a pulse after all! Good. As discussed...

saturday 4

Peter Fitzsimons

Trump has orchestrated a golden age for Australia

Australia has been riding an extraordinary financial boom for so long that it is difficult to remember what life was like without it. It has been...

saturday 50

Colin Kruger

Amid a propaganda extravaganza, FIFA finally gets round to a World Cup draw

Tony Popovic was an hour late for his virtual media conference with Australian journalists, and it was not his fault. The Socceroos coach could not...

saturday 1

Emma Kemp

How to convert your Christmas spend into bulk Qantas points

In the throes of the most expensive and hectic time of year, it’s easy to succumb to spending frenzy. Naturally, that threatens to cost you more,...

saturday 6

Nicole Pedersen-Mckinnon

Public service report casts a harsh light on state’s spending

Earlier this year, when it was put to Suburban Rail Loop Minister Harriet Shing that the government’s biggest infrastructure project might be...

saturday 5

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The passive-aggressive tactics that helped Australia smoke England out of the Ashes

Greg Baum

Singer’s beach ball rant reveals the fine line between amazing and Garbage festivals

Karl Quinn

Bold plan for an extended substitutes bench could revolutionise the NRL

Roy Masters

‘They’re killing their own customers’: Beijing, we have a $1.5 trillion problem

Stephen Bartholomeusz

Secrecy over Pentagon review suggests there’s stuff in there Australia doesn’t want to talk about

Michael Koziol

It might seem ‘safe’, but your savings account could be costing you

Paridhi Jain

From AI to Bitcoin: These five trends will dominate markets in 2026

Billy Leung

How did we do? Absolutely fine, until you sent me a stupid email

Jenna Price

Now, for FIFA’s next trick: Introducing in-game advertising breaks by stealth

Vince Rugari

Hail to the king: Trump will steer battle for the future of Hollywood

Elizabeth Knight

Australia needs to grasp chance to reset defence expectations with the US

Jennifer Parker

America first? Maybe not, if you ask Trump-voting Americans

Michael Koziol

Trump’s deception exposed as US giants sue

Stephen Bartholomeusz

‘May the force be with you’: A relentless night in a Ukrainian bomb shelter

David Crowe

From Tim Tam to Four’N Twenty: Aussie icons enjoy government sweeteners

Elizabeth Knight

Won’t listen. Won’t change. This England team are up their own backsides

Geoffrey Boycott

This week was supposed to be a triumph for Wells. Instead, it is a trial

James Massola

England were humbled, and it’s about to get worse

Nick Wright

Archer copped a brutal Ashes ‘champing’. It was sledging in the right spirit

Emma Kemp

Piastri led the F1 title race by 34 points, but ended up third. One moment in his slide will hurt more than most

Matthew Clayton

Gen Zs like me have stopped dating altogether. We’re opting for friends with (other) benefits

Grace Lagan

Albanese’s words from 2015 that reveal tension at the heart of Wells scandal

Rob Harris

Why Australia’s social media ban for under-16s is set to go global

Terry Flew

My suburb makes some people panic, but the hoons brought me here

Jason Doyle

The State Library won’t be frozen in time. Change keeps us relevant

Christine Christian

Albanese is miles ahead, right? Hastie may yet expose this as an illusion

Sean Kelly

Why we’ll probably never see rock-bottom interest rates again

Clancy Yeates

Australia has produced some terrific left-armers. Starc is the best of the best

Geoff Lawson

When will the Australia/US critical minerals deal bear fruit? Let’s ask a player

Peter Fitzsimons

Liberals ignore, despise and knife their leaders – and drive their party over a cliff

George Brandis

Starc is super, but still human. It makes the return of Lyon a must

Nick Wright

Libs have no plan for immigration tensions, so Labor must act before it gets ugly

Parnell Palme Mcguinness

The Ashes 2025 second Test, day three recap: What happens when you take boldness, as well as brains, out of Bazball

Andrew Wu

Why did I have to pay $18,000 in tax when consolidating my super?

Paul Benson

Money-making gifts: The Real Money guide to presents you can bank on

Dominic Powell

When one man dies, a world ends

Alexandra Sangster

The one moment Wayne Bennett considered quitting coaching

Danny Weidler

I used to think my family’s Christmas rituals were normal. Until I met my husband

Jamila Rizvi

Trump was expected to enforce hard Christian values. The reality has been different