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Heated Rivalry proves hot is hot, romance is romance and sex is sexy

Having spent years waiting for the inevitable snickers at displays of homosexual desire in cinemas, the acceptance of HBO’s steamy gay hockey TV...

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Damien Woolnough

It’s the accepted wisdom on reducing bushfire risk, but doubts are growing

For decades, authorities have used prescribed burning to reduce bushfire severity. But a rising number of scientists say we can no longer burn our...

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Bianca Hall

The five surprising skills you’ll need to get a promotion this year

The last few years in the workplace have seen some of the biggest upheavals to how we work in generations. Here’s how to stay ahead of the pack.

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Tim Duggan

The Islamic Republic of Iran is crumbling. Miscalculations have pushed it to this terminal frenzy

The decline of the Islamic Republic of Iran is now terminal. The periodic waves of mass popular unrest the country has experienced since the 1979...

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Kylie Moore-Gilbert

Alyssa Healy leaves cricket much bigger than she found it

In the summer of 2006, 16-year-old Alyssa Healy was selected as wicketkeeper for the Barker College First XI – the first girl to play in the NSW...

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We love to hate a tantrum, but where would tennis be without them?

Jannik Sinner and Madison Keys left with the trophies, but the two most memorable moments from the 2025 Australian Open were Daniil Medvedev’s...

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Billie Eder

Australia’s big but unloved companies will test investors’ mettle

It’s difficult to get excited about this year’s share price prospects for most of the heavyweight companies that dominate the Australian market –...

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Elizabeth Knight

Like Dr Frankenstein, we built a monster. This is the ultimate tennis player

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. We know the perfect tennis player doesn’t exist. Of course, in men’s tennis, Jannik...

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Peter Ryan

Trump in dangerous territory as he encourages Iran protesters while criticising his own

One man’s terrorist is another man’s freedom fighter, as they say, which is certainly true for Donald Trump when it comes to protesters. Brave...

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Michael Koziol

AUKUS is not on the rocks, despite the UK’s submarine troubles

As with 2025, early 2026 again sees AUKUS, Australia’s plan to acquire a nuclear-powered submarine capability, back in the headlines. This time the...

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Jennifer Parker

It may be awkward, but a prenup could save your relationship (and wallet)

For anyone planning a major, exciting life milestone this year – like moving in with a partner, getting married or starting a family – thinking...

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Will Stidston

One word makes proposed race hate law changes problematic

In 1995, the Keating government tried to enact a criminal offence of inciting racial hatred, with a maximum penalty of one year’s prison. It was...

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Anne Twomey

My childhood swimming pool has barely changed. Sydney needs more like it

The suburban pool in southern Sydney where I learnt to swim was a simple affair. Built in the 1970s, it featured a small kiosk selling hot chips...

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Megan Gorrey

Say yes to these drugs. They will save your life

I was in hospital last year for one of those endless bloody check-ups you get at my age if you have an iffy family history. The doctor asked me how...

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Jenna Price

We’ve seen the video. Trump’s lies about it are fanning the flames

President Donald Trump is putting on a clinic about how to break the United States. There are few things in American life more divisive than...

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David French

What will happen to my investment losses once I die?

You have written that death does not trigger capital gains tax. It passes the liability to the beneficiary who will pay CGT if and when they...

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Noel Whittaker

It may be awkward, but a BFA could save your relationship (and wallet)

For anyone planning a major, exciting life milestone this year – like moving in with a partner, getting married or starting a family – thinking...

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Will Stidston

Knocking down and rebuilding? Don’t fall for these tax traps

It’s a scenario frequently seen in suburbs across Australia. You take your valuable block of land with the old family home in the middle of it, and...

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Julia Hartman

Apple’s Gemini deal a win for Google, but will it make your iPhone smarter?

Apple’s future artificial intelligence (AI) features, including a revamped Siri assistant due to arrive this year, will be powered by Google as the...

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Tim Biggs

Who will stick their neck out for Jerome Powell? So far, it’s slim pickings

It’s no longer possible to be shocked by the Trump administration’s overreach, including its pursuit of the president’s political enemies. The...

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Michael Koziol

Ambassador Rudd was always a high-reward, high-risk gamble

Anthony Albanese’s choice of Kevin Rudd to be Australia’s top diplomat in Washington always stood out for being ripe with potential but laden with...

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Matthew Knott

Pacifist to pugilist: Why Trump’s move against the US Fed boss could backfire

Since Donald Trump came to office, his attempts to goad the US central bank’s chair Jerome Powell into cutting interest rates have met with a dead...

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Elizabeth Knight

Rudd’s successor will need to be a political animal to survive DC

Washington: From Kevin Rudd’s point of view, he will exit the Australian embassy with the country’s main policy priorities – AUKUS, critical...

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Michael Koziol

How Alyssa Healy took her chance and launched a golden era for Australian women’s cricket

With a typically cheeky quip about the need to spend more time on her golf, Alyssa Healy drew the curtain on one of Australian cricket’s most game-...

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Daniel Brettig

I lost thousands. But it taught me a crucial lesson about money

I had just spent thousands on a marketing agency that ended up being a total bust. I watched money go down the drain over several months. The loss...

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Paridhi Jain

I was at rock bottom in a grim Dublin when my life was turned around by an elderly stranger

In the summer of 2008, I was 22 years old, with unwise peroxide-dyed hair, working as an English teacher in Kolkata, when I first read the word “...

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Jonathan Drennan

As a Jew who knows antisemitism, I need answers, not the stifling of free speech

I’m writing as someone who has studied antisemitism for decades, and as a Jew living through its resurgence. Like many in our community, I’m...

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Max Kaiser

My family wound up in an altercation at the beach. I wondered if we were welcome

A few years back, my family wound up in an altercation at the beach. It involved two dogs and an unfortunate mishap, and ultimately one dog was...

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Zoya Patel

Iranian leader’s brutal gamble in showdown with Trump

The death toll from the crackdown on protesters in Iran is vivid evidence not only of the regime’s brutality but also of a monumental gamble by...

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David Blair

I thought I had to quit the thing I loved to become a doctor. I was wrong

I was 16 and standing in the doorway of my piano teacher’s studio, at what would turn out to be my final music lesson. I had just played a...

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Louis Wang

Trump calls climate change a ‘con job’ but it could drive his bid to seize Greenland

The wind is howling down the main street of Nuuk on Sunday afternoon, just as the sun sets about 4pm, and it sweeps ice crystals up from the ground...

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David Crowe

How artificial intelligence is driving the world’s biggest mining mega-merger

The merger talks between Rio Tinto and Glencore to create the world’s largest mega-miner underline a fascinating tale of two commodities. The most...

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Elizabeth Knight

What if the fastest way to ‘build’ homes is to stop building?

One of the solutions to the housing crisis could be right under our noses – or over our heads.

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Dr Ehsan Noroozinejad

RFK’s new food pyramid is all sizzle and no steak

The message of the new American dietary guidelines is simple: eat real food. Revolutionary, if you forget Michael Pollan’s famed line from 2007 to...

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Sarah Berry

Time to get off X, prime minister. It’s repulsive

On this one topic Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Opposition Leader Sussan Ley can agree: Elon Musk’s social media platform is abhorrent. So...

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Michelle Griffin

‘Biggest moment in Iran since 1979’: World on edge as protests grow

As protesters pour into the streets of Iran night after night, leaders across the region and around the world are grappling with the possibility...

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Paul Wallace

After Bondi, our leaders needed to draw breath. Now, so do we all

Some years ago, a friend began referring to the period between Christmas and New Year’s Day as “the interregnum”: a pause between two things. To...

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Sean Kelly

Why Trump’s jackboots and AI’s trillions won’t shake giddy investors

Anyone fretting about how fragile global financial markets might be in 2026 got an early and robust response from investors who have lost none of...

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Colin Kruger

In Trump’s America, smart robots and AI mask an uncomfortable future

Las Vegas, Nevada – The first thing you notice at CES, the world’s largest tech show, is how seamlessly everything is supposed to work. The...

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David Swan

The next Ashes series is only 18 months away. Here’s what Australia must do to win again

Suitcases packed, hotel rooms vacated, sore heads and red eyes hidden under baseball caps and behind sunglasses, winners and losers alike face the...

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Geoff Lawson

Can anyone stop Sabalenka? It will take a bold, brave and fearless player to step up

There will be no denying Aryna Sabalenka’s standing as favourite to clinch a third Australian Open mantle, but even the world No.1 has issued a...

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Nick Wright

Wilcox cartoon was divisive – and we apologise for the hurt it has caused

In the days after the Bondi massacre, this masthead took the editorial decision to lead calls for a royal commission into this murderous attack on...

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Iran has brutally crushed protests before. This time could be different

After 35 years of ruling Iran, Ali Khamenei is running out of options fast. The 86-year-old supreme leader is facing his most serious challenge...

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Akhtar Makoii

The data doesn’t lie: it’s getting hotter and fossil fuels are fanning the flames

I’m writing this as the CEO of the Climate Council, and also as a mum of two young children. Every time the temperature is forecast to soar into...

11.01.2026 9

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Amanda Mckenzie

The abomination on Bondi Beach is a failure that extends beyond any politician or party

One year after the horrors of October 7, 2023, I gave a speech to the University of NSW warning that Australia was sleepwalking into a period of...

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Steven Lowy