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There was so much attention on Donald Trump that it was easy to overlook the steel in the message from Benjamin Netanyahu.
The US president deserves much credit for striking a ceasefire deal. But in his exaggeration of what has been achieved, some fear he will lose...
“I never thought it would come to this,” Donald Trump wrote on the weekend, Australian time. China last week announced strict, new controls on its...
Shore’s Latin motto, Vitai lampada tradunt – “they hand on the torch of life” – speaks to the passing of knowledge, values and integrity to...
Many are hoping and willing the hostages’ deal to be the beginning of some sort of mutually acceptable outcome for the Middle East, but the NSW...
Vladimir Putin has his back against the wall. He is losing the economic war faster than he is gaining any military advantage in Ukraine. Russia’s...
Why did China escalate trade hostilities with the US so abruptly last week? China’s announcement of tighter global export controls on rare earths...
During Australian cricket’s imperial phase from about 1999 to 2007, the teams of Steve Waugh and Ricky Ponting often found themselves in trouble,...
When Donald Trump was first elected president, foreign policy seemed like the zone of greatest danger, the place where a political novice promising...
I flicked on the telly on Sunday morning to check the weather and there was Diane as Annie Hall. Oh no! It only meant one thing. I was stabbed by...
Nuno Matos, the foreign banker brought in to run ANZ Bank, has a big plan and no shortage of confidence to execute it. He’s seemingly ready to do...
Treasurer Jim Chalmers calls a complete overhaul of his planned changes to superannuation tax concessions a “tweak”. Even Shane Warne would have...
Jim Chalmers has been forced into a humiliating backdown as he announced sweeping changes to the government’s proposed superannuation reforms....
It is go time for Hawthorn. The Hawks have won at least one final in consecutive years and led Geelong by 21 points before losing the clubs’...
It’s been the silver lining in the dismal polling the Coalition has copped in the past five months: voters still seemed to like Opposition Leader...
It was never going to be President Donald Trump’s year to win the Nobel Peace Prize. It never should be. Maria Corina Machado of Venezuela won the...
A decade ago, then premier Mike Baird promised to sell $200 million worth of government-owned hotel and office buildings on Sydney Harbour to fund...
Pat Cummins’ back injury has thrown open the prospect of Australia turning to either a new or inexperienced fast bowler this summer. Josh...
Jose Mourinho didn’t name any names when he went on an off-season rant about how modern-day managers hide behind poor results by talking about...
Fifty years ago today, Australians witnessed the opening of the final chapter of our greatest political drama – the demise of the Whitlam...
The ceasefire in Gaza was less than a day old when Israeli soldiers shot dead a young Palestinian man near the West Bank city of Jenin. The Israel...
I was once a happy-go-lucky consumer who enjoyed ambling through shops and online indulging in some unauthorised purchases, aka those that weren’t...
When artificial intelligence first arrived on the scene, people generally fell into one of two camps. There were those who believed (and still...
Australia’s best jockey James McDonald must be growing tired of being plonked on the wrong Chris Waller horse in a run of group 1 outs that have...
On Friday night, the Norwegian Nobel Committee chose to honour Maria Corina Machado, the opposition leader in Venezuela, for “her struggle to...
The conventional wisdom says liquefied natural gas is the future of energy — bridging the gap between the world abandoning fossil fuels and...
We celebrate the firsts. We document them, share and record them. We archive them on Instagram grids and in baby books. We toast them with...
It started with a ping. An email notification from my daughter’s soccer club. Training will increase to three nights a week, starting with...
Former prime minister Tony Abbott, my erstwhile rugby coach, releases a book on Monday, Australia: A history – How an ancient land became a great...
There seems to be a moment in the career of every pop star when she has become so famous that it’s hard not to write songs about being famous....
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It has been a very long NRL season full of highs and lows, scandals and stars. Here are my awards for 2025. Reece Walsh owned the game of the year,...
Bari Weiss knows the price of courage, as well as its value. In 2020 it cost her a job she loved, as opinion writer and editor at The New York...
Eleven years ago, we got convinced to set up a self managed super fund and buy a property off the plan. We paid $600,000 for the apartment and sold...
“He has made everything beautiful in its time.” This quote, Ecclesiastes 3:11, got me thinking about God’s time, Kairos, as compared to human time,...
As Ashes summers go, the 2025-26 edition is promising as much speculation and opining as any since perhaps Mike Gatting’s 1986-87 “can’t bat, can’t...
Confirmation that the Albanese government is positioning Australia as a global go-to for critical minerals highlights two areas of tension. The...
“The train coming down the tracks isn’t the one that you expected. It’s not the one advertised on the board,” says actor Benedict Cumberbatch...
If you’ve ever gone looking for retirement advice, you’ll know how repetitive the messages can be. Most so-called experts say the same things....
Mention insurance to any Aussie and you will see pain flicker across their face – premiums are now hurting budgets badly thanks to a collision of...
If I had a boozy brunch every time you despaired about the American impact on English, I’d need a new liver. Get-go for outset. My bad for sorry....
Does anyone have a pash any more? I realise people kiss, but what do they call it? “Snog”, I’ve always thought, was disgusting, “smooch” is...
The most staggering thing about “rugba league” in the modern age is its capacity to generate tension, and often high drama, in the final throes of...
“As a token of my esteem for your frankness and writing skills, I’ve enclosed a sample of my wonder oil...” That is simultaneously one of the most...
A good trade, like justice, not only needs to be good, it needs to be seen to be good. Finding a deal to please the list manager is one thing –...
For a prime minister with a large majority, nothing spells hubris better than a poorly chosen holiday destination. Anthony Albanese and his fiancee...
Two months before Michael Maguire guided South Sydney to a drought-breaking premiership in 2014, Wayne Bennett labelled the Rabbitohs predictable....
“It has to be hospital, I’m afraid” are never the words you want to hear, particularly when you are caring for an elderly relative. One in five...
Stepping out publicly for the first time since news broke she’s divorcing Keith Urban, Nicole Kidman wore Chanel, Pharaoh-adjacent eyeshadow, a...
London: Hamas and Israel have agreed to the first phase of Donald Trump’s solution to the Gaza war. The deal represents a breakthrough on the path...