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When violence becomes a commodity, there’s no telling where it will end

With so little known about the spate of antisemitic attacks being carried out in Australia, terrorism and espionage are beginning to look...

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Waleed Aly

Michael Clarke is in the Hall of Fame. It should never have been in doubt

The former Australian captain may have split public opinion, but his on-field record compares with the greatest of all time.

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Malcolm Knox

In reinventing themselves, Harry and Meghan are losing their special sauce

Most people care about the Sussexes only because of their royal past. When that’s taken away, they become as plain as the next person.

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Kate Halfpenny

Australia Day roars back into favour in wake of Voice referendum

Australia Day roars back into favour in wake of Voice referendum

The surge in recent support for January 26 as Australia’s national day suggests Australians have shed their shyness over openly expressing their...

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Should I pretend to worship my boss so I can keep my job?

Should I pretend to worship my boss so I can keep my job?

I work in an area where a manager has developed a cult of personality. They are bombastic, aggressive and delight in attention and adulation. Many...

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Jonathan Rivett

The dark truth about Trump’s bid to save TikTok

The dark truth about Trump’s bid to save TikTok

In his first day in office, Donald Trump signed an executive order that defies a US law and encourages others to breach it. Trump’s order directed...

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Stephen Bartholomeusz

Renters could get slice of parking on Sydney’s northern beaches

Renters could get slice of parking on Sydney’s northern beaches

The Australian beach is portrayed as the great equaliser. Surf washes off social layers and other protections and, in the church of the open sky,...

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Why this Aussie billionaire welcomes Trump’s China tariff threat

Why this Aussie billionaire welcomes Trump’s China tariff threat

It was a big week for retail billionaire Solomon Lew. He has spent decades in the Myer wilderness after being ousted from the Coles Myers board in...

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Elizabeth Knight

The rise of Trump sets a new test for Albanese, and Dutton

The rise of Trump sets a new test for Albanese, and Dutton

One of Donald Trump’s biggest supporters, Steve Bannon, had some advice for Australians during this week’s effusive ceremonies to welcome the...

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David Crowe

Why we shouldn’t give up on de Minaur being more than ‘a quarter-final guy’

Why we shouldn’t give up on de Minaur being more than ‘a quarter-final guy’

Two years ago Alex de Minaur was on the wrong end of a Novak Djokovic masterclass. He finds himself in a very similar position now. On Wednesday...

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Marc Mcgowan

What is Stargate? Trump’s $800b AI investment explained

What is Stargate? Trump’s $800b AI investment explained

One of President Donald Trump’s first announcements has been Stargate, a new joint venture designed to unlock up to $US500 billion ($800 billion)...

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David Swan

Albanese now realises he’s on a rescue mission to save the sinking ship

Albanese now realises he’s on a rescue mission to save the sinking ship

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has recently established a new rescue service. Its mission is to save his government, his party and his place in...

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Shaun Carney

How uninvited attendees are plaguing our virtual meetings

How uninvited attendees are plaguing our virtual meetings

The next time you’re in an online meeting, I want you to take a closer look at the list of attendees. In addition to Steve from marketing and...

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Tim Duggan

Shelton thinks players are being disrespected? We’re shocked

Shelton thinks players are being disrespected? We’re shocked

Ben Shelton thinks broadcasters are disrespecting players at the Australian Open. He went out of his way to say so after blazing his way past...

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Greg Baum

The terrifying experience that made me a fierce supporter of vaccines

The terrifying experience that made me a fierce supporter of vaccines

In 1988, when I was 34 weeks pregnant with my first child, my waters broke in a Thai restaurant. Yeah, I know, embarrassing. I found myself in...

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Jane Caro

It was highly anticipated, but not unpredictable: Sinner was heavenly, the Demon exorcised

It was highly anticipated, but not unpredictable: Sinner was heavenly, the Demon exorcised

Early in the first set of this match, the crowd began to erupt as Alex de Minaur chased a ball to the net post and angled a winning backhand pass...

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Greg Baum

More laws won’t stop hate speech. But there’s something else we can do

More laws won’t stop hate speech. But there’s something else we can do

I couldn’t have been more than 10, maybe 12, years old when my parents walked with me to the local synagogue. They wanted to show me vile...

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Jenna Price

How housing went from being a sellers’ market to a buyers’ market

How housing went from being a sellers’ market to a buyers’ market

As far as metrics go, it’s not scientific. But if you’ve noticed that more oversized headshots of slick-looking real estate agents appear to be...

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Elizabeth Knight

Twenty facts about Australian history that everyone should know

Twenty facts about Australian history that everyone should know

Australia has a sandcastle culture, according to Jim Davidson, one-time editor of Meanjin. His point: we suffer from cultural amnesia. Every...

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Richard Glover

Trump’s migrant deportations start as bishop pleads with him to have mercy

Trump’s migrant deportations start as bishop pleads with him to have mercy

Washington: The impact was swift and severe, just as Donald Trump had intended. No sooner had the newly inaugurated president signed his name on a...

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Farrah Tomazin

My family had to bury a relative in their courtyard. Their exhaustion is palpable

My family had to bury a relative in their courtyard. Their exhaustion is palpable

For more than 15 months, Gaza has endured relentless violence from Israel, its people living in unimaginable terror and grief. Now, as the...

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Ramia Abdo-Sultan

Banning G-strings at public pools is a bummer for some, but it’s the right move

Banning G-strings at public pools is a bummer for some, but it’s the right move

While strolling through sunny markets with my five-year-old daughter last week, we encountered a bare bum. Bare bums aren’t an anomaly in my...

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Cherie Gilmour

Trump’s green attack threatens the future of the US car industry

Trump’s green attack threatens the future of the US car industry

In the midst of Donald Trump’s executive orders dump on Tuesday were some that could undermine the American auto industry’s efforts to remain a...

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Stephen Bartholomeusz

How your superannuation is becoming one of Australia’s biggest exports

How your superannuation is becoming one of Australia’s biggest exports

When we travel overseas, we regularly find ourselves taking note and appreciating those subtle reminders of home. Strolling past an RM Williams...

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Alex Joiner

The tactical injury is Novak’s intellectual property. So’s the immaculate recovery

The tactical injury is Novak’s intellectual property. So’s the immaculate recovery

All hail Novak Djokovic, the greatest tennis player in all of history. (That was the po-faced bit. He is.) But where does a man go once he is the...

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Malcolm Knox

Handle with care: Flags can’t be won in January, but they can be lost

Handle with care: Flags can’t be won in January, but they can be lost

Collingwood’s delicate handling of their most precious on-field asset – Nick Daicos – was reflected in the non-appearance of the precocious...

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Jake Niall

As rival clubs circle, what price is right for Carlton to keep De Koning?

As rival clubs circle, what price is right for Carlton to keep De Koning?

On Tuesday, Carlton announced two new re-signings. But neither was the man who looms as one of the most talked-about free agents of 2025. Tom De...

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Peter Ryan

Salacious corporeal material rather than suited corporate failings ends Sayers tenure

Salacious corporeal material rather than suited corporate failings ends Sayers tenure

If some mystery remains about the turn of events that saw a lewd image posted on the X account of Luke Sayers, there is no question that Sayers has...

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Jake Niall

He didn’t just beat Alcaraz, he mastered him: Novak Djokovic stalls the march of time

He didn’t just beat Alcaraz, he mastered him: Novak Djokovic stalls the march of time

A generation gap will develop and grow between Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz, but it’s not discernible yet, and it may never show on the...

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Greg Baum

Falling fertility rates will hurt the economy. But a new baby boom is not the answer

Falling fertility rates will hurt the economy. But a new baby boom is not the answer

I was a youngish reporter at federal parliament when former Treasurer Peter Costello issued his famed appeal for Australians to have more babies....

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Matt Wade

Being shamed for spending money won’t help you. Here’s what will

Being shamed for spending money won’t help you. Here’s what will

Today, I yet again saw some personal finance guru advocating the same tired advice: if you don’t have money, why are you wasting it on coffees,...

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Paridhi Jain

I pay more tax than my husband. Will that affect our pension?

I pay more tax than my husband. Will that affect our pension?

My husband is 64, and I am 59. I work full-time with an income of $83,000, while my husband works part-time, earning $15,000–$20,000 per year. I...

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Noel Whittaker

Trump’s ‘Day One’ promise has been broken

Trump’s ‘Day One’ promise has been broken

Amid the blitz of executive orders Donald Trump foreshadowed at his inauguration there was a notable omission. There were no new tariffs – at...

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Stephen Bartholomeusz

Trump returns bolder than ever with a speech that sets the tone for his second term

Trump returns bolder than ever with a speech that sets the tone for his second term

Washington: It was an inauguration that set the tone for a second-term presidency more emboldened and unchecked than the first. Six months after he...

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Farrah Tomazin

There’ll be no Big Show in the Test team, but that’s a win for the Big Bash

There’ll be no Big Show in the Test team, but that’s a win for the Big Bash

Leaving Glenn Maxwell out of the Sri Lanka Test tour wasn’t the hardest call for Australia’s selectors. That unfortunate honour instead went to...

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Daniel Brettig

Mars, you’ve been warned: Donald Trump launches second term like a rocket

Mars, you’ve been warned: Donald Trump launches second term like a rocket

Strap in. Day one of Donald Trump’s second term as president of the United States was by turns fascinating, funny and frightening: the 21st...

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The $230m experiment that Wesfarmers would rather forget

The $230m experiment that Wesfarmers would rather forget

It’s taken five years but Wesfarmers boss Rob Scott has raised the white flag on the company’s expensive retail experiment which involved forking...

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Elizabeth Knight

The key moments from Trump’s first day back in power

The key moments from Trump’s first day back in power

The frosty Washington weather may have forced Donald Trump’s inauguration indoors, but his first day back in the White House was never going to be...

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Matthew Knott

Could a boarder help you pay your mortgage?

Could a boarder help you pay your mortgage?

The immediate solution to the housing shortage is fitting more people into existing houses, something that would also help with cost of living...

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Julia Hartman

Trump lines his pockets and leaves his supporters out in the cold

Trump lines his pockets and leaves his supporters out in the cold

Some of the best relationship advice I ever received was to begin the way you intend to carry through. That probably meant something like being...

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Cory Alpert

Penny Wong’s golden ticket to the Trump show signals Australia’s strength

Penny Wong’s golden ticket to the Trump show signals Australia’s strength

Penny Wong and Donald Trump: the cerebral, cautious champion of Labor’s left and the brash real estate tycoon turned Republican hero. It hardly...

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Matthew Knott

Trump 2.0 means what he says. His delirious base expects nothing else

Trump 2.0 means what he says. His delirious base expects nothing else

At 12.02pm in Washington DC, Donald Trump took the oath to “preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States,” and resumed...

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Bruce Wolpe

We saw four Donalds in one day, but there’s a fifth we need to watch

We saw four Donalds in one day, but there’s a fifth we need to watch

Washington: Donald Trump sat at the Resolute Desk signing executive orders for the cameras and taking questions from a small pool of journalists...

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Michael Koziol

Looking back, my birth plan was delusional. I wouldn’t change a thing

Looking back, my birth plan was delusional. I wouldn’t change a thing

Birth stories take many forms. Some are joyous, some are tragic, many are traumatic and confusing. Mine was an overwhelming mix of all of the...

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Wendy Syfret

Minns says antisemitism doesn’t start with a firebombing. Will his new laws find where it does?

Minns says antisemitism doesn’t start with a firebombing. Will his new laws find where it does?

Whether it’s a childcare centre set alight in Maroubra, a house firebombed in Dover Heights, or the steady stream of hateful graffiti, Sydney’s...

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Michael Mcgowan

‘Children of the elite’ send tech broligarchy to the right

‘Children of the elite’ send tech broligarchy to the right

Palo Alto, the small Californian town which spawned Stanford University, Silicon Valley and the so-called “broligarchy”, used to boast that it...

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Janine Perrett

Alex de Minaur reaches tennis base camp, but can he climb higher still?

Alex de Minaur reaches tennis base camp, but can he climb higher still?

On the face of it, what Alex de Minaur thinks makes it possible for him to win a major one day is also what makes it nearly impossible. “Anything...

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Greg Baum

The summer I traded for five weeks with a French family

The summer I traded for five weeks with a French family

The moment I hopped off the train at a small regional town an hour north of Paris and into my host family’s car, I knew I’d plunged into the deep...

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Millie Muroi

If Trump wields the wrecking ball, the democratic damage may be irreversible

If Trump wields the wrecking ball, the democratic damage may be irreversible

Donald Trump is returning to the White House – and the world is holding its breath. No one doubts that Trump 2.0 means business, and it’s not...

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Rosalind Dixon

I’ve lived in three cities in three years. Returning to Sydney is the one I fear

I’ve lived in three cities in three years. Returning to Sydney is the one I fear

Over the past three years, I’ve called three cities home. But one, above all, was responsible for my housing affordability awakening. I had no say...

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Millie Muroi

The $58 trillion shadow hanging over Trump’s return

The $58 trillion shadow hanging over Trump’s return

Donald Trump’s inauguration and expectations of the tumult he will release on day one of his administration have deflected attention from the...

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Stephen Bartholomeusz

Joe Biden leaves little behind at the White House except Donald Trump

Joe Biden leaves little behind at the White House except Donald Trump

What is it about high office that blinds political leaders to the fact that their time has come and gone? Bob Hawke could not see the writing on...

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$Trump meme coin gives new meaning to ‘creating money out of thin air’

$Trump meme coin gives new meaning to ‘creating money out of thin air’

Donald Trump’s marketing and merchandising prowess reached nosebleed heights with the creation of his own digital meme coin, $Trump — a product...

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Elizabeth Knight

The public agrees on climate, so why can’t our politicians?

The public agrees on climate, so why can’t our politicians?

Despite the continuing political arm-wrestling on climate policy, a remarkable degree of public consensus has developed over the past few years....

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Stephen Grenville

It’s a tornado in a thimble, but Djokovic needs to get off his high horse

It’s a tornado in a thimble, but Djokovic needs to get off his high horse

For all the connectedness that globalisation supposedly has brought, sometimes we’re still Venus and Mars, and by that I don’t mean platforms for...

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Greg Baum

‘The superstar effect’: Australia’s growing band of billionaires

‘The superstar effect’: Australia’s growing band of billionaires

We’re in the midst of a billionaire boom. The number of Australians with wealth of $US1 billion or more has jumped by 52 per cent since 2020, new...

20.01.2025 10

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Matt Wade

Djokovic v Jones: Offensive stitch-up or just another Novak grievance?

Djokovic v Jones: Offensive stitch-up or just another Novak grievance?

The Australian Open sells itself as the “happy slam”. But Novak Djokovic isn’t happy. That is not surprising. Djokovic is often unhappy –...

20.01.2025 10

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Paul Mcnamee

Under Trump, the US and China may be greater friends than ever

Under Trump, the US and China may be greater friends than ever

Much has been said about the impending trade war amid Donald Trump’s threats to implement new tariffs against China, Mexico and Canada. But while...

20.01.2025 9

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Baogang He

I’ve had four housemates in three years. And I’m not the problem

I’ve had four housemates in three years. And I’m not the problem

I’ve had four housemates in three years. And I’m not the problem. Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg is doing away with the company’s...

20.01.2025 10

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Meg Kanofski

Albanese once called John Howard the worst PM ever. Now he’s trying to emulate him

Albanese once called John Howard the worst PM ever. Now he’s trying to emulate him

Six months before the 1998 election, Anthony Albanese reminded the parliament of claims John Howard, then in his first term, was the worst prime...

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Sean Kelly

Camelot came to Canberra, but did Caroline Kennedy match the hype?

Camelot came to Canberra, but did Caroline Kennedy match the hype?

Never had a diplomat arrived in Australia with such star power or as compelling a narrative as Caroline Kennedy. Camelot had come to Canberra,...

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Matthew Knott

Sydney has a stark unemployment gap. How does your area compare?

Sydney has a stark unemployment gap. How does your area compare?

There are stark differences in job opportunities across Sydney, with the south-west of the city having among the highest unemployment rates in the...

20.01.2025 9

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Matt Wade

One word lies at the heart of Israelis’ and Palestinians’ inability to find peace

One word lies at the heart of Israelis’ and Palestinians’ inability to find peace

After 470 days of war that began with the horrific Hamas attack on October 7 and resulted in the decimation of Gaza by Israel, an agreement has...

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Ittay Flescher