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My first 100 days: As One Nation's newest MP, I'm in the fight for our regions

My first 100 days: As One Nation's newest MP, I'm in the fight for our regions

When regional Australia is strong, all of Australia prospers. Subscribe now for unlimited access. Login or signup to continue reading That's the...

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David Farley

Is the age of reading coming to an end?

Is the age of reading coming to an end?

In all the fuss last week about the dip in NAPLAN results, comments from a principal at one of the schools which scored well stood out for me....

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John Hanscombe

Bird flu is here, and Australia's vulnerable wildlife is unprepared for it

Bird flu is here, and Australia's vulnerable wildlife is unprepared for it

The H5 bird flu has taken 30 years to reach Australia. Emerging from the crowded cities and farms of southern China, it recently reached the crowded...

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Dr Carol Booth

Katter's 'beast' never materialised, but maybe it was just decades too early

Katter's 'beast' never materialised, but maybe it was just decades too early

Two decades ago, Bob Katter began warning of an upwelling against the political mainstream's affection for privatisation, free trade, and...

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Mark Kenny

When incurious councillors don't read the fine print, ratepayers pay the price

When incurious councillors don't read the fine print, ratepayers pay the price

The most alarming detail in the City of Launceston councillors' decision to hit some property owners with a 40 per cent rates increase isn't...

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Craig Thomson

Whining young people say they have it too hard? Here's why they're right

Whining young people say they have it too hard? Here's why they're right

Australians aren't imagining it; they really are worse off than ever. And young Australians are increasingly worst off, despite all the...

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Parnell Palme McGuinness

Bet buddies: Albo has truly backed the wrong horse here

Bet buddies: Albo has truly backed the wrong horse here

Can someone, anyone, explain to me why the Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will not meet "Kate"? Subscribe now for unlimited access. Login...

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Jenna Price

The battle for Victoria will send important signals to federal players

The battle for Victoria will send important signals to federal players

Victoria's election on November 28 has taken on a drama and significance we wouldn't have anticipated a year ago. Subscribe now for...

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Michelle Grattan

Believe it or not, we are losing our religion

Believe it or not, we are losing our religion

They couldn't tell you the last time they attended mass. They never offer a prayer of thanks before a meal. Couldn't name all 12 apostles....

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Garry Linnell

Other than inflation, the numbers look OK. So why is our economy really in pain?

Other than inflation, the numbers look OK. So why is our economy really in pain?

Are you in any pain? Doctors ask this because it's a pretty reliable indicator of whether there's a problem. It's not reliable,...

06.08.2026 10

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Adam Triggs

Another day, another One Nation conspiracy theory is dredged up

Another day, another One Nation conspiracy theory is dredged up

You know it's all a plot, right? A secretive scheme cooked up by unelected globalist bureaucrats to restrict your freedom of movement, to control...

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John Hanscombe

Milk-fed young Liberals count the cost of war

Milk-fed young Liberals count the cost of war

The hatred was visceral. A loathing so deep, so mutual, there was no way the two would ever be reconciled. On occasions it manifested itself in public...

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John Hanscombe

The truth about negative gearing and what many investors get wrong

The truth about negative gearing and what many investors get wrong

Whenever governments announce changes to negative gearing, the public debate tends to become highly polarised. Subscribe now for unlimited access....

04.08.2026 10

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Mark Chapman

Is your childcare centre safe? The warning signs you need to know

Is your childcare centre safe? The warning signs you need to know

Reports of shocking abuse and neglect in our early childhood system mean many Australians are questioning whether they can trust childcare centres....

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Peter Hurley

The gilts wears thin in this phony golden age

The gilts wears thin in this phony golden age

His love of gold knows no bounds. And when he promised a new golden age, he wasn't joking. The Oval Office groans under the weight of it - at...

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John Hanscombe

Stupid decisions led us to war over a century ago. We're on the verge of repeating them

Stupid decisions led us to war over a century ago. We're on the verge of repeating them

On August 4, 112 years ago, stupid decisions by the leaders of great powers at the time - Britain, Germany, France, Austria-Hungary and Russia -...

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Crispin Hull

This world of whiplash is a real pain in the neck

This world of whiplash is a real pain in the neck

Curious about that pain in your neck? The persistent, low-level discomfort you can't seem to shake could be caused by many things, among them the...

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John Hanscombe

Our country's luck will run out if you don't fund research properly

Our country's luck will run out if you don't fund research properly

Australia's ARC (Australian Research Council) Centres of Excellence program is designed to break down research silos by funding...

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Brian Schmidt

We used to trust each other. What happened?

We used to trust each other. What happened?

You see a lot walking a dog at dawn - magnificent sunrises, stunning frosts, hot-air balloons and the occasional kangaroo. Subscribe now for unlimited...

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Mark Kenny

More fast food restaurants won't help Launceston: Here is what we actually need

More fast food restaurants won't help Launceston: Here is what we actually need

It is easier to buy a cold six-pack or a drive-through burger in Greater Launceston than it has ever been. McDonald's recently opened its fifth...

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Craig Thomson

Conflicts of interest plague our universities and new rules might not help

Conflicts of interest plague our universities and new rules might not help

Last month, Education Minister Jason Clare introduced new regulations that should help stop some of the rot eating away at Australia's...

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Morgan Harrington

I grew up with local news. This is why I still believe in it

I grew up with local news. This is why I still believe in it

It was late on a Friday afternoon in January this year, when fires broke out west of Ballarat. We had few staff on deck at The Courier but when a...

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Emily Sweet

The old photo that fooled us all, and the forgotten video that brought it to life

The old photo that fooled us all, and the forgotten video that brought it to life

Look at this photo. It seems as if it was taken in the 1940s. The dirty overalls. The dark, confined space. Take the newspapers out of it and you...

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John Paul Moloney

I'm devastated: our most beloved family photos are now an online safety minefield

I'm devastated: our most beloved family photos are now an online safety minefield

We moved not long ago. And while we were doing that, I came across box after box of photos. That's what we did in the olden days. We managed our...

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Jenna Price

Beyond the crisis: why local papers are vital in our fight for the truth

Beyond the crisis: why local papers are vital in our fight for the truth

It's a sad reality of news coverage that my local community only really makes the front page of the major Sydney newspapers and media when...

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Susan Templeman

The assisted dying fight highlighting deep divides in Labor

The assisted dying fight highlighting deep divides in Labor

At last week's Labor conference, which was totally under the Prime Minister's thumb, only one issue was contested on the floor: support for...

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Michelle Grattan

Earth is in peril. Better change the subject

Earth is in peril. Better change the subject

The oceans are heating, the skies are burning, the ice is melting and the earth is cracking. But let's not talk about that. Subscribe now for...

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Garry Linnell

How trusted local news strengthens democracy one council meeting at a time

How trusted local news strengthens democracy one council meeting at a time

When the Glen Innes Examiner ceased printing in September 2024, our community lost more than a physical newspaper. We lost a familiar and trusted part...

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Mayor Margot Davis

If you keep barracking for your side like it's sport, the big loser will be democracy

If you keep barracking for your side like it's sport, the big loser will be democracy

Why is it that so many Aussies will confidently share their views on Trump, Netanyahu, Meloni, Macron, but might not be able to name their own local...

30.07.2026 20

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Amanda Vanstone

Older people's media literacy can be boosted in just 60 minutes: new study

Older people's media literacy can be boosted in just 60 minutes: new study

Consider these scenarios. Subscribe now for unlimited access. Login or signup to continue reading An influential political commentator posts a reel on...

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Saffron Howden

Forget unboxing videos - it's time to wrap rage

Hell hath no fury like ... me trying to get past stupid packaging to the product I paid good money for and I want to use now. Not in an hour's...

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John Hanscombe

'Relational trust': why it's the key to saving local news from AI and apathy

In many regional communities, local news is more than a source of information. Subscribe now for unlimited access. Login or signup to continue reading...

29.07.2026 20

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Sora Park

When vows of loyalty foretell acts of betrayal

Amid all the drama in the deposing of Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan - her early defiance, the acceptance of the inevitable, the resignation speech...

29.07.2026 20

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John Hanscombe

Why your community pharmacist can now do more than just fill your scripts

Over the past decade, community pharmacy has been steadily changing. Pharmacists have taken on a widening range of services beyond the supply of...

28.07.2026 10

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Associate Professor John Smithson

How you're helping us build the digital future of trusted local news

To our digital subscribers, loyal newspaper readers and long-time advertising partners: thank you. Your continuing support for this masthead and its...

28.07.2026 10

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Tony Kendall

Labor's path to government is clear, but the Senate is a looming crisis

Since the recent rise of One Nation, pollsters have had to deduce not just a Labor-Coalition two-party-preferred tally but also a Labor-One Nation...

28.07.2026 20

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Crispin Hull

Nonstop to New York or London is my idea of hell

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John Hanscombe

Europe's fires remind us to be alert if not alarmed

By this time of year, the longing begins. The buds on the liquidambars and the London plane tree are checked for the first signs of swelling. Note is...

28.07.2026 20

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John Hanscombe

I wonder how many crises went ignored before the govt bothered to tell us our lifeline was cut

In 1979 my mother, Val French, received a grant to survey the needs of rural Australians. Subscribe now for unlimited access. Login or signup to...

28.07.2026 20

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Jackie French

Nonstop to New York or London is my idea of hell

It usually begins three hours into the flight. A gnawing restlessness and intensifying, often irrational intolerance for other passengers. Subscribe...

27.07.2026 20

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John Hanscombe

Slogans won't fix Northern Tasmania: It's time for real local governance

A conversation I had this week with a long-serving former northern Tasmanian councillor confirmed what many of our readers already suspect: local...

26.07.2026 20

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Craig Thomson

Is the Liberal era done?

Implicitly at least, a landmark new book, The Twilight of Exceptionalism: The Liberal and Conservative Era, might equally have been titled,...

26.07.2026 20

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Mark Kenny

Fostering a child was my worst nightmare, until I met John

I recently saw a story on Instagram claiming that the English TV talent show judge Simon Cowell intends to leave his estimated $600 million fortune to...

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Denis Moriarty

Another barking mad performance posing a million-dollar question for Joyce's voters

First of all, please stop complaining about Sarah Ferguson. Sure, she's not perfect. Me neither. But when she dragged Barnaby Joyce over the...

24.07.2026 20

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Jenna Price

'Seize the moment, seize the money': a chance for energetic reform squashed

Bill Kelty has been a member of the Labor Party since 1964 but he is not among the hundreds of delegates at the party's national conference in...

24.07.2026 20

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Michelle Grattan

I'm sorry but no apology gets Telstra off the hook

The apology arrived in millions of inboxes around the country brimming with the usual bloodless verbiage and condescending prattle we now expect from...

24.07.2026 20

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Garry Linnell

In a world where everything seems busted, here's the surprising truth about our economy

The word of the day is resilience. It was in the title of the Treasurer's budget speech and then appeared another 13 times after that. In the...

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Adam Triggs

We take fewer sick days, which is quite unhealthy

My powers have been low the past few days. Scratchy cough, runny nose, generally out of sorts, nothing alarming just a typical winter lurgy, most...

23.07.2026 20

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John Hanscombe

Barking mad, Barnaby dogged in the limelight

I don't often feel sorry for Barnaby Joyce but I did the other night. There he was, mid-interview with 7.30's Sarah Ferguson, rarely a...

22.07.2026 30

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John Hanscombe

Why office workers should wake up to the power nap

Workers need to put a new demand in for enterprise bargaining agreement negotiations: entitlement to a nap in the afternoon. Subscribe now for...

21.07.2026 20

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Steve Evans