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The scandal enveloping Nvidia's founder offers lessons for men (and women)

The scandal enveloping Nvidia's founder offers lessons for men (and women)

I knew that zillionaire Jensen Huang had a trouser problem when I saw his leather jacket. Subscribe today for the news that matters Login or signup to...

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Steve Evans

Before she went to jail, Elizabeth Holmes invited a film crew into her home

Before she went to jail, Elizabeth Holmes invited a film crew into her home

You Can See Everything (Rated M. 174 minutes.) Thirty-four days before the disgraced Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes was due in federal prison to...

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Lindsey Bahr

The Australian cricket team's most significant 'gates': a history

The Australian cricket team's most significant 'gates': a history

Cricket is obsessifying, if that's even a word. On Boxing Day, there is nothing I love more than slumping on the couch watching the telly. Doubt...

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Jenna Price

The RBA is doing the only thing it can to curb the inflation monster

The RBA is doing the only thing it can to curb the inflation monster

Imagine you and your friends are in a horror film and the monster is coming right for you. Subscribe today for the news that matters Login or signup...

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Adam Triggs

Don't know about you but I wouldn't be treasurer for quids

Don't know about you but I wouldn't be treasurer for quids

All you people out there carping, put your honesty hats on for just a moment and answer this: Who among you would willingly put your hand up to become...

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John Hanscombe

Why 1 million movie-lovers in regional Australia could lose their local cinema

Why 1 million movie-lovers in regional Australia could lose their local cinema

There is a quiet irony unfolding across Australian movie theatres right now. If you've been to your local cinema lately, you've probably...

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Nick Hayes

I keep returning to this question about justice and power. I think I know the answer

I keep returning to this question about justice and power. I think I know the answer

A few months ago, I found myself returning to a question I could not shake. Subscribe today for the news that matters Login or signup to continue...

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Zoë Wundenberg

Thanks to those who do the tough jobs so we don't have to

Thanks to those who do the tough jobs so we don't have to

Few Australians would not have been affected by the sad death of Beaconsfield mine collapse survivor Todd Russell. For those of us who sat glued to...

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John Hanscombe

What utter trash: if this man represents you, do us all favour

What utter trash: if this man represents you, do us all favour

Sometimes you hear about a guy on the other side of the world and he's the absolute best. You just wish there were more like him. I'll...

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Jenna Price

Australia's hate speech laws could yet make a martyr out of Pauline

Australia's hate speech laws could yet make a martyr out of Pauline

Soon we will find out just how far freedom of speech goes in Australia. Subscribe today for the news that matters Login or signup to continue reading...

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Crispin Hull

Tech broligarchs get an overdue taste of reality

Tech broligarchs get an overdue taste of reality

Amid all the fine oratory in the victory speeches one line stood out for me. Delivered by Michigan Senator-elect Abdul Al-Sayed on the night of his...

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John Hanscombe

Not appy, Jan. How smart devices can fuel misery

Not appy, Jan. How smart devices can fuel misery

How I scoffed at the mere suggestion. Preposterous, I thought, these scaremongers telling us our household appliances were spying on us. Subscribe now...

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John Hanscombe

Incumbent leaders beware: voters have their eye on the escape hatch

Incumbent leaders beware: voters have their eye on the escape hatch

Effectively, until last week, American voters were co-conspirators in their own democratic enfeeblement. Subscribe now for unlimited access. Login or...

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Mark Kenny

Can council staff cuts truly save millions without breaking essential services?

Can council staff cuts truly save millions without breaking essential services?

Launceston City Council's proposed $1.89 million annual savings from staff cuts might look attractive on paper. But behind the carefully balanced...

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Craig Thomson

The rout of Trump's party has a clear message for our government

The rout of Trump's party has a clear message for our government

It's so easy to lose hope when things are bleak, but after years of democracies descending into authoritarianism, it is heartening to see voters...

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Ebony Bennett

Fighting for Ask Izzy: why 300 groups want funding restored for this lifeline

Fighting for Ask Izzy: why 300 groups want funding restored for this lifeline

Australians are doing it tough. Cost-of-living challenges are biting and more households are experiencing financial stress. In regional Australia the...

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David Spriggs

The Nats could be a facing a series of extinction-level events here

The Nats could be a facing a series of extinction-level events here

Matt Canavan, who confirmed this week he'll seek to move from the Senate to the lower house, will be favourite to win the central Queensland seat...

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Michelle Grattan

It's good to know that Trump's not being let off the hook

It's good to know that Trump's not being let off the hook

I'm on a flight to Melbourne as the results for the midterms start rolling in and I'm panicking about them. Far too often polls have...

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Jenna Price

You've been warned: stock up, be prepared and be very afraid

You've been warned: stock up, be prepared and be very afraid

And so it came to pass that the end of days was nigh and people were commanded to stock up on canned food and bottled water so they might thus survive...

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Garry Linnell

For families like mine, there really was no other store like David Jones

For families like mine, there really was no other store like David Jones

The announcement on Thursday that the David Jones department store chain has gone into voluntary administration stirred a lot of memories and feelings...

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Megan Doherty

Are you really priced out of housing? Or just an entitled big spender

Are you really priced out of housing? Or just an entitled big spender

So much for the image of tough, can-do Aussies. Subscribe now for unlimited access. Login or signup to continue reading We have a growing proportion...

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Amanda Vanstone

As Australia ages, there is a workforce we cannot afford to overlook

As Australia ages, there is a workforce we cannot afford to overlook

Australia's aged care reforms promised a system built more firmly around the rights and needs of older people. Subscribe now for unlimited...

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Colette Browning

A political drama that was impossible to ignore

A political drama that was impossible to ignore

I'm sorry. Really sorry. I shouldn't have shrieked, shouldn't have alarmed the dog and possibly the neighbour. Subscribe now for...

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John Hanscombe

Are you really priced out of housing? Or just an entitled big spender

Are you really priced out of housing? Or just an entitled big spender

So much for the image of tough, can-do Aussies. Subscribe now for unlimited access. Login or signup to continue reading We have a growing proportion...

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Amanda Vanstone

I'm here to eat as much as I can in three days. Gluttony? No, it's vital cultural research

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Michael Turtle

How my love affair with America was betrayed - and still needs repairing

How my love affair with America was betrayed - and still needs repairing

I lived in New York for five years and travelled to every corner of the United States; to every state except North Dakota, Hawaii and Alaska. I fell...

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Steve Evans

This is more than sex with a basket. It's wicked, full of heart and turns the tables

This is more than sex with a basket. It's wicked, full of heart and turns the tables

Wicker (MA15 . 106 minutes) A romance between a soft-bodied female human and an animated wicker man had to work for this film to succeed, and it does....

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Jane Freebury

This is what really builds and breaks social cohesion in regional Australia

This is what really builds and breaks social cohesion in regional Australia

The regional communities of Australia have a remarkable capacity to come together, support one another and respond to change. Subscribe now for...

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Liz Ritchie

It's not flying at altitude that scares me. It's other passengers

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John Hanscombe

Plenty of dead horses flogged on one day

Plenty of dead horses flogged on one day

Let's begin with that race in Melbourne which despite the best efforts of its backers no longer stops the nation. Subscribe now for unlimited...

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John Hanscombe

The honest cost of leadership is never as tidy as politicians pretend

The honest cost of leadership is never as tidy as politicians pretend

Life would be much simpler if the right thing was always obvious. Simpler still if doing the right thing carried no cost. Unfortunately, most...

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Zoë Wundenberg

Donald Trump may have picked the wrong target this time

Donald Trump may have picked the wrong target this time

Whatever the result of the mid-terms, one inquiry into President Donald Trump's conduct will not easily go away without a humiliating backdown on...

03.11.2026 20

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Crispin Hull

I won't cry a river for the flailing booze industry

I won't cry a river for the flailing booze industry

How my heart bleeds for them. They've been at the centre of our nation's history since Europeans landed on these shores but what do we do?...

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John Hanscombe

A civil Question Time was brief but beautiful

A civil Question Time was brief but beautiful

There's every reason to be cranky. Inflation's heading north again. Another interest rate hike is about to make life even tougher. The...

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John Hanscombe

Voters are tiring of tantrum politics and its paper-thin playbook

Survivors of cyclones and hurricanes talk of a surprising, almost preternatural calm in the eye of the storm. Subscribe now for unlimited access....

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Mark Kenny

From pitchgate to school reforms, Jo Palmer is floundering at the crease

Jo Palmer should be in the same boat as Marnus Labuschagne. Subscribe now for unlimited access. Login or signup to continue reading The Aussie...

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Anthony Haneveer

The NSW Nationals could get wiped out by One Nation at this election

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Michelle Grattan

Be vulgar if you're actually funny. But do not come for Bluey

30.10.2026 20

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Jenna Price

Stop ambushing us with the tipping guilt trip

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Garry Linnell

Australia has a federal minister for fish. It's time our kids got one too

29.10.2026 20

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Katrina Lines

There's much to be said for clear election results

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John Hanscombe

Nothing like flying to trigger a bunch of phobias

28.10.2026 30

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John Hanscombe

Why high prices and high profits don't equal price gouging

27.10.2026 30

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Adam Triggs

The real reason you should travel will always be the strangers you meet

27.10.2026 30

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John Hanscombe

Names mean everything when it comes to cars

Shopping around for a car a few years back, I derided a mate's suggestion I investigate a new Chinese brand called Build Your Dreams. Subscribe...

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John Hanscombe

Big tech is destroying democracy and political cowards are letting it happen

It seems a race is on. Will democratic states be able to control the tech companies and their products before the tech companies buy control of, or...

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Crispin Hull

Let's bin the silly arguments over bins

Bins, like fences, are great sources of discord. Subscribe now for unlimited access. Login or signup to continue reading I still can't forgive my...

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Steve Evans

What happened to Helen Haines seemed unthinkable. It's a warning we can't ignore

How do we comprehend this savagery against someone so conscientious and unifying? Subscribe now for unlimited access. Login or signup to continue...

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Mark Kenny

Waging a culture war against primary school kids is not a winning move

Did you know there's a law of holes? It's basically this: If you find yourself in a hole, stop digging. Subscribe now for unlimited access....

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Anthony Haneveer

It's OK to disagree, but we need to do it with respect for democracy's sake

Australia is reckoning with a rise in political violence in the wake of the distressing attack on Helen Haines in her electorate. But I want to talk...

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Ebony Bennett