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The oil market sees the future of the war in the Middle East as binary. Either Iran or the US reach a deal or they head into a worsening conflict....
We’ve waited for the Southwest Metro to open and change our lives, sometimes patiently, sometimes not so patiently.
The two women have formed an unlikely alliance to try and pressure the prime minister to change his mind. Here’s why it’s not working.
A patient marooned in a NSW hospital for four months has exposed the inadequacies of the aged care sector.
The fixture arrives like lottery tickets: It might be good, but probably won’t be, and we won’t really know until later. We’ve ranked every...
Our most successful retailers can attest that the cost-of-living crisis is getting worse by the day – even before further rate rises hit consumers.
The New York Times has revealed a Democratic plot to confuse voters in Alaska by recruiting a “Dan Sullivan” to run against the Republicans’ Dan...
Things are changing outside the window, and some of it feels a little soiled.
Break-up registries are all the rage. I say bring back the sweet art of petty revenge.
The government owes veterans, and every taxpayer, an honest account of what this sale will really cost.
The US central bank has left interest rates on hold, but inflation data due later this week is expected to show another increase in prices.
For years, the unspoken rule in workplaces is that everyone wanted to move up the ranks. But now fewer people want to be the boss, and it’s not hard...
Lula’s narrow re-election in Brazil means the world has dodged a climate bullet. But with the right wing dominant in Congress, the victory remains...
With Josh Inglis, Matt Renshaw and Cameron Green batting like this, life after Steve Smith and Marnus Labuschagne may not be too shabby after all.
Halfway through the government’s second term, how many ordinary Australians could identify what its big defining goals are?
I used to fancy myself as a binfluencer, the first mover on bin night who signals to the neighbourhood what colour bin they should be wheeling out...
Of all things to repeatedly entangle yourself in, the saga of a $6 million grant to the Marrickville Golf Club must be the most ridiculous.
The clock may be ticking on America’s “exorbitant privilege”.
Chalmers, Gallagher and Albanese have to play a larger role in easing demand in the Australian economy to deal with global inflationary pressures.
Opposition Leader Kellie Sloane’s proposal to sell Long Bay jail to help relieve the state’s housing crisis has merit.
South Africa were in control when Pat Cummins handed Mitchell Starc the second new ball. Twenty minutes later, Australia were back in the game.
Israelis have rejected Benjamin Netanyahu and the far-right extremists who have kept him in power for the past four years. But that’s only half the...
The reality TV star who transformed America has lost his relevance, with Republicans expected to pay the price in the midterms. But therein lies great...
Donald Trump’s tariffs on steel imports have kicked off a bonanza for steel producers in the US, including BlueScope. They’re a pain for the wider...
Most of us live between two interconnected worlds, the online and the offline, each governed by wildly divergent and often contradictory rules and...
The federal government is yet to clarify the tax implications for leaving shares in your will, prompting a lot of confusion.
Labor warns MPs the party could lose a dozen seats at March election.
After having their contracts extensions spectacularly withdrawn from the negotiating table, Sam Walker and Hudson Young are looking for a new home.
On Melbourne Cup day – bet on interest rates rising. It’s a sure thing.
Whether Pat Cummins’ call will be looked upon kindly by history will depend on a rather bigger question than Australia’s resilience with the ball...
When property prices fall, it is tempting to put your downsizing plans on hold. But before you decide to wait, ask yourself three questions.
There is growing pressure on the Australian selectors as the Test team heads into a series-defining third and final Test against South Africa in Cape...
In much of Europe, the advance of the right has been seen as unstoppable. But in the east, nationalists are being cast aside in places where they long...
Once a party that marketed itself as the protector of innocent children, the Republicans have shocked voters with a ruthless attack on an alleged...
Labor warns MPs the party could lose a dozen seats at March election.
Barack Obama recently described Donald Trump’s White House renovations as “looking like Saddam Hussein opened a Cheesecake Factory”. What would...
My three-year-old said I’d ruined his life by not giving him a fourth scoop of ice cream. Now property investors are having a tantrum that their...
I understand the gatekeepers who think no one should be a professor without a PhD but the University of Sydney has made a wise choice.
There’s no such thing as getting rich quick. But there are some decisions that will help you get there sooner rather than later.
Trump has been ordered to attend court and answer questions – or drop the matter. But the case is unwinnable.
The $US100 billion mega-IPO simply has to succeed. If it doesn’t, it will threaten the AI industry’s access to the trillions of dollars of new...
Latest research by Foodbank Australia shows rising costs are driving food insecurity in our households.
Right-wing populist parties don’t deliver what they promise. Look at Brexit - it didn’t change the level of immigration one bit.
The train line splits our high street in two: the western end is Chinese restaurants and bubble tea stores, the eastern end brings Korean barbecue and...
A severe loss of confidence in many of the companies propping up the AI industry has sent a jolt though markets.
Last week’s rare act of violence against one parliamentarian has prompted the rest of them to interrogate what’s holding Australia’s democracy...
On Sunday, the president admired Nicki Minaj’s bottom and disparaged Norway. But his remarks about Democrat Abdul El-Sayed were more sinister.
When you’re seriously ill, wanting to look good isn’t necessarily vanity. Sometimes it’s about holding on to the person you used to be.
We’ve begun to confuse the right to hold politicians accountable with carte blanche to make their lives unbearable.
If you attack Trump on these terms, he comes back at you with a vengeance. And it will be more than simply referring to his predecessor as “Barack...