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An online war zone with room for compassion

An online war zone with room for compassion

The online world was the last place I expected to be inspired by compassion, certainly not during a week in which its ugliness has been laid bare....

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John Hanscombe

Dead at 21: what will it take for people to take notice of this horrible scourge

Dead at 21: what will it take for people to take notice of this horrible scourge

It's been a terrible year for women in this country. Utterly appalling. Just last month, three women were murdered over the course of a few...

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Jenna Price

Sightseeing is great but this is what travel is really about

Sightseeing is great but this is what travel is really about

His raffish outfit caught our eye as he placed his wares outside his shop. A floral shirt worn under a rust coloured vest. Paisley scarf tied loosely...

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John Hanscombe

Pauline Hanson has shown her true self. Is this still the PM you want?

Pauline Hanson has shown her true self. Is this still the PM you want?

The premeditated put-down of Jacqui Lambie and her health issue is the most tasteless, vulgar and vicious political snipe I've seen. Subscribe...

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Amanda Vanstone

The warning signs have been there in plain sight

The warning signs have been there in plain sight

For more than a month, I'd kept a casual eye on happenings back home. Through the prism of distance, it all seemed like business as usual, apart...

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John Hanscombe

We had a rule when I was an editor. It's out the window now in the era of outrage

We had a rule when I was an editor. It's out the window now in the era of outrage

Helen Haines's electorate office is in Murphy Street, Wangaratta's main street. Most members of Parliament have their electorate offices in...

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Crispin Hull

The questions we must ask ourselves in wake of this horrific Haines attack

The questions we must ask ourselves in wake of this horrific Haines attack

I was just a baby reporter when John Newman was murdered in 1994. Such a baby that when I first met the man who reportedly organised the killing of...

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Jenna Price

I feel an intense sadness over this attack. My tears are not just for the gold-hearted Haines

I feel an intense sadness over this attack. My tears are not just for the gold-hearted Haines

The terrible news of an attack on the federal MP, Dr Helen Haines, has saddened a nation. Subscribe now for unlimited access. Login or signup to...

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Mark Kenny

I accidentally stole a BBQ chook. Here's why I turned back and paid for it

I accidentally stole a BBQ chook. Here's why I turned back and paid for it

A few years ago, I accidentally stole a barbecue chicken. Not intentionally. I'm not living some secret life of rotisserie crime. I had simply...

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Zoë Wundenberg

Time to double the GST? The cost-of-living debate we need to have

Time to double the GST? The cost-of-living debate we need to have

Australia is now seeing perhaps the starkest example in recent history of how tax changes affect human behaviour and the economy as a whole. Subscribe...

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Crispin Hull

Across the world, we finally had our day in court

Across the world, we finally had our day in court

For a week, we'd soaked up the history. We'd taken in the grand monuments, palaces and broad boulevards of Paris. The Eiffel Tower, the...

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John Hanscombe

Why Australia's slow start to primary maths is failing students

Why Australia's slow start to primary maths is failing students

Education ministers will soon receive advice on the findings of a national review of the maths curriculum for the first three years of school. It may...

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Kelly Norris

I may be fighting a losing battle, but we should ban looking at phones in cinemas

I may be fighting a losing battle, but we should ban looking at phones in cinemas

I was in a sublime concert of choral music the other Sunday, cantatas written by the supreme master of sublime music, Johann Sebastian Bach. Subscribe...

19.10.2026 10

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Steve Evans

Timing is everything: what Frydenberg's memoir reveals about truth and politics

Timing is everything: what Frydenberg's memoir reveals about truth and politics

Autobiographies of the political variety do quite well and have become de rigueur for major figures. Subscribe now for unlimited access. Login or...

18.10.2026 10

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Mark Kenny

Why the Premier's contrived war on Christmas is a massive disappointment

Why the Premier's contrived war on Christmas is a massive disappointment

Jeremy Rockliff was never the right-wing populist; he took the high road. Subscribe now for unlimited access. Login or signup to continue reading He...

18.10.2026 10

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Anthony Haneveer

Before you attack council candidates online, check if you are being played

Before you attack council candidates online, check if you are being played

Sometimes you need a thick skin in life. Subscribe now for unlimited access. Login or signup to continue reading Politicians have always required one....

17.10.2026 10

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Laurie Bullock

Labor will need yet another budget backtrack to resurrect some of its health rebate cut

Labor will need yet another budget backtrack to resurrect some of its health rebate cut

The ins and outs of some of the seemingly endless fights over the Albanese government's budget measures are often arcane or difficult for many...

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Michelle Grattan

How a jaded old man sparked awe and wonder in his heart once again

How a jaded old man sparked awe and wonder in his heart once again

There once was a jaded old man who couldn't remember the last time he'd experienced goosebumps. Subscribe now for unlimited access. Login or...

16.10.2026 10

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Garry Linnell

I've seen so many women abused online. But this instance blew me away

I've seen so many women abused online. But this instance blew me away

I have given truckloads of advice to women who are abused online. Subscribe now for unlimited access. Login or signup to continue reading Depending...

15.10.2026 20

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Jenna Price

Stop saying 'this is not who we are' when the evidence proves it is

Stop saying 'this is not who we are' when the evidence proves it is

The independent MP Monique Ryan was very dismissive recently of One Nation and the Liberals' tough stance on immigration. Subscribe now for...

15.10.2026 10

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Steve Evans

Taxes should be high, at least at the moment

Taxes should be high, at least at the moment

Recent data showed that the federal government's tax take has hit a 20-year high. Subscribe now for unlimited access. Login or signup to continue...

15.10.2026 20

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Adam Triggs

Would you want to live forever? The tech bros do

Would you want to live forever? The tech bros do

There is an obscure opera about a woman who has eternal life (fellow opera nuts will recognise The Makropulos Case by Janacek). The plot involves...

14.10.2026 10

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Steve Evans

America has a policing problem, and it's not because there are too many cops

America has a policing problem, and it's not because there are too many cops

Last week's depraved proposal to live stream the execution of Nidal Hasan, who was convicted of fatally shooting 13 unarmed US soldiers at the...

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Crispin Hull

Why you and I matter in the struggle of truth over internet fakery

Why you and I matter in the struggle of truth over internet fakery

Let me be a little self-indulgent for a moment. At the end of the week, the paper I work for will celebrate its hundredth birthday so it's time...

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Steve Evans

Stopped believing: vulnerable, neglected voters put hope in One Nation

Stopped believing: vulnerable, neglected voters put hope in One Nation

Already, the deeper story of the next federal election is written - tattooed, as it were, on the distended abdomen of our body-politic. Subscribe now...

12.10.2026 20

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Mark Kenny

Enough with the PR. Pollies, give us the truth

Enough with the PR. Pollies, give us the truth

Politicians often complain that people have lost faith in institutions. Governments lament declining trust. Public servants scratch their heads over...

12.10.2026 10

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Zoë Wundenberg

Tax reform is not just about cuts. There's another side of the coin to consider

Tax reform is not just about cuts. There's another side of the coin to consider

Australia, we need to talk about revenue. Thanks to the business lobby, "tax reform" in Australia has become synonymous with cutting taxes,...

12.10.2026 20

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Ebony Bennett

Christa Pike's botched death sentence resurfaced memories of Australia's last execution

Christa Pike's botched death sentence resurfaced memories of Australia's last execution

Being just old enough to remember the furore over the execution of Ronald Ryan, the last person to be hanged in this country, in 1967 I have always...

12.10.2026 20

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David Ellery

Costly debates and privacy risks: is our local council democracy dying?

What do you think of when you hear there is a local council election coming up? Subscribe now for unlimited access. Login or signup to continue...

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Laurie Bullock

It's troubled times for Trump as tides turn in America

For the White House, the midterm elections are always agony. They are always a referendum on the president. Subscribe now for unlimited access. Login...

10.10.2026 20

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Bruce Wolpe

Why are voices like mine lost in the brumby debate?

There is something badly missing from the increasingly heated debate about feral horses in Kosciuszko National Park. Subscribe now for unlimited...

10.10.2026 20

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Richard Swain

Unless you're Pauline Hanson, the migration debate can be a dangerous sinkhole

When, way back, the opposition started talking about cutting immigration it would have thought, on the basis of polling, that it was tapping into a...

09.10.2026 20

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Michelle Grattan

My guilty pleasure is about to pay off. But I'm not sure the spoils will be worth it

Filthy stinking rich. That's me. I'm loaded, baby. Subscribe now for unlimited access. Login or signup to continue reading Sixty-million...

09.10.2026 20

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Garry Linnell

This cursed tech gave me just what I didn't need: a new husband

I have had very little to do with AI - at least not in a way I recognise. Subscribe now for unlimited access. Login or signup to continue reading If...

09.10.2026 20

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Jenna Price

Are you still paying surcharges when you pay with a card? You shouldn't be

Surcharges on paying with a card are very annoying. I don't quite know why but I feel as though I'm being ripped off when I see those extra...

08.10.2026 20

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Steve Evans

Self-righteous activists are ruining one of life's great pleasures

Does it strike you as odd that the much-loved statement "All men are created equal" was written in the USA when they most certainly were...

08.10.2026 30

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Amanda Vanstone

Jeffrey Archer found that dishonesty didn't pay - eventually

May Jeffrey Archer rest in peace. His novels are not my cup of tea but they have their devotees. Subscribe now for unlimited access. Login or signup...

06.10.2026 30

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Steve Evans

Maybe the politicians aren't so bad - it's just that the job's too hard

Is Anthony Albanese the worst prime minister in living memory? Certainly a few days ago someone called Steve Price thought so: "Albo is our worst...

06.10.2026 30

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Steve Evans

Immigration is not on voters' minds, but its economic effects are

One of Australia's leading pollsters and repositories of knowledge about what and how Australians are thinking gave us some very encouraging...

06.10.2026 30

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Crispin Hull

BYD is reshaping Australia's car market. How did it get here?

Since the Iran-US military conflict began earlier this year, disrupting global oil markets, Australia's electric vehicle (EV) market has...

05.10.2026 40

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Milad Haghani

From killer cyborgs to garden gurus: the truth about modern AI

Artificial intelligence has suffered the worst advance publicity campaign in the history of human invention. Subscribe now for unlimited access. Login...

05.10.2026 30

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David Ellery

Can the Greens beat Pauline Hanson at her own game?

It is one of the more scathing critiques of the ALP even if it is six decades old. Subscribe now for unlimited access. Login or signup to continue...

04.10.2026 30

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Mark Kenny

Struggling to pay for city parking while their mayor sips on a cocktail

Too often our elected leaders talk of accountability and yet fail when put to the test. Subscribe now for unlimited access. Login or signup to...

04.10.2026 200

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Anthony Haneveer

Now see this: a gripping lesson in leadership and courage

In the Palace Electric this weekend, a film with a boring title about a dead, straightlaced politician who once led a distant country is playing. The...

03.10.2026 40

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Steve Evans

Class size and amenities are irrelevant. Here's what actually makes a difference in schools

Two schools, same age range, same catchment area. At school A, the kids asked me questions of depth and perception. At the end of my workshop every...

03.10.2026 40

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Jackie French

The economy is in dire straits, and the govt needs to be honest about it

The Albanese government must stop gaslighting Australians about the state of the economy, public finances and the dire implications for future...

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Stephen Walters

Latest Bell Bay deal only buys time: What happens when the clock runs out?

It was a stay of execution. Subscribe now for unlimited access. Login or signup to continue reading For more than two months the fate of the dominant...

03.10.2026 200

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Laurie Bullock

Albanese leaves a political storm at home as he flies to the blue Pacific

Having a "Pre-COP" meeting in Fiji and Tuvalu is one of those initiatives that seemed a good idea at the time. Subscribe now for unlimited...

02.10.2026 40

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Michelle Grattan

The Beatles never consulted an algorithm to determine good music. Nor will I

Ever had déjà vu, that unsettling feeling you've experienced something before? Subscribe now for unlimited access. Login or signup to continue...

02.10.2026 100

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Garry Linnell

The book I wish I read earlier (and believe all parents should read now)

As I've said many times before, I am so glad I am not a parent to young children right now. The stress would destroy me. Subscribe now for...

01.10.2026 40

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Jenna Price