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Being “too weird” for the big five publishing houses is the new way to win a literary award.
When the alarm goes off, I feel like I’ve been thrown in a cold shower. But I get up anyway.
The King of Ithaca confused me as a child. I’m wary about seeing what Christopher Nolan has done with him.
The NSW Liberal Party was already facing a mammoth task in the forthcoming state election. Then along came the ICAC’s Operation Rosny.
Unfortunately for media outlets prosecuting the case against the budget and the government with relentless vigour, the signs that their efforts are...
Daley’s maligned Blues of 2026 have joined the rare vintages of 1994, 2005 and 2024, those fabled NSW heroes who have won Origin deciders in Brisbane.
Basking in the afterglow of a $5.3 billion NRL broadcast deal, Peter V’landys held court with a gaggle of prime ministers at Suncorp on Wednesday...
Laurie Daley wore plenty of criticism for NSW’s sub-par performances in games one and two. Victory in the decider at Suncorp Stadium was as sweet as...
Most importantly for the Blues, Nathan Cleary, who to this point has only ever had one question mark over his superlative career – can he perform in...
We rate the first-half performances of every player who took the field in Wednesday night’s State of Origin decider at Brisbane’s Suncorp Stadium.
Pauline Hanson was set to meet the Reform UK leader Nigel Farage in London this week. The scandal engulfing him has some lessons for Australian...
The Central Coast tragedy refocuses attention on NSW’s parlous child protection system.
The telco giant has let itself down in how transparent it was about the full impact of Wednesday’s outage.
These outages have exhausted public patience, and promised fixes aren’t being felt yet.
SpaceX shares have tumbled amid growing concern that the AI boom won’t deliver the returns investors had priced into the sector.
Prince Harry’s personal attack on presiding judge Matthew Nicklin can’t mask a legal strategy riddled with flaws that led to bitter defeat at the...
Seven changes have been made across the two Origin sides. We break down how each one can make or break the decider at Suncorp Stadium.
The Maroons playmakers terrify me and they will one day go down in Origin history. So how does NSW flip Queensland’s script?
When politicians and economists bang on about the need to increase productivity, they’re arguing about a concept that is nothing more than a puff of...
This is a prime example of the unfair and unintended consequences of the new laws around capital gains tax.
For Australians considering buying into a retirement village, it’s worth crunching the numbers – because the cheapest home isn’t always the most...
When my uncle, John Egan, was well into his 90s, I had a challenging phone call with him.
The paradox is clear: Australia is an extraordinarily rich country, but its residents are increasingly pessimistic.
China’s launching of a missile into the Pacific has drawn widespread condemnation.
Alex de Minaur cut a forlorn figure after his Wimbledon defeat on Monday. It feels like a fork-in-the-road moment for his career.
The mammoth $5.3 billion, seven-year agreement has serious ramifications for the code, its players and fans.
Despite Beijing’s insistence that the launch was a “routine” test, it is widely perceived in the region as a provocative and unsettling act.
Whenever there is a big market movement like this, you will see every expert jumping behind a microphone with some predictions. Take them with a grain...
While he remains on the board as an executive director, the company’s independent board has effectively only half killed the king.
My agent repeatedly insisted I would never get a better offer. “You will be stuck in your house for another 10 years if you don’t take it,” they said.
Drawing on his years of soccer expertise, US President Donald Trump declared Folarin Balogun’s previous-round red card for stomping completely...
If the US president had things his way, Folarin Balogun would not even be an American citizen, and would not be able to play for the US soccer team at...
If Kevin Warsh can adopt the trimmed mean as the Fed’s key inflation metric, Trump’s inflation problem will almost disappear.
Submarine-launched ballistic missiles are deployed on nuclear-powered ballistic submarines. They are launched into flight by a brief burst of rocket...
Origin is faster, the gaps close quicker and the defence is more disciplined than in the NRL. Nathan Cleary will have more space and can do more...
The years 2023 to 2025 were the three hottest on record. The effects of climate change may soon make many nations uninhabitable.
China’s testing of a nuclear-capable missile in the Pacific Ocean generated a splash that no one heard, but every country in the region felt.
Here, I’m suspended between my western Sydney working-class past and my inner-west recycling future.
It’s what the kids would call cringe. You might also call it garden-variety sexism. You could definitely call it too much information.
Pokies cause massive damage in western Sydney, yet the state government seems impervious to the harm that is being done in its heartland.
For broadcast networks, marquee sports have become their programming lifeblood, and gambling advertising is a meaningful contributor to that revenue.
Last week the Japanese yen crashed through a ‘red line’ level against the US dollar. How the Bank of Japan responds could cause chaos in the...
FIFA’s decision to allow the previously suspended US striker Folarin Balogun to play against Belgium has left the football world astounded.
The office of the NSW Director of Public Prosecutions has been independent for 40 years. Let’s not change that.
New farming technologies are turbocharging cocaine production, authorities warn.
Why should AI and big tech make money from my life’s work, without my permission?
We’re likely to see a flurry of changes to banks’ reward schemes in coming months, as the industry prepares for an RBA-driven overhaul.
The office of the NSW Director of Public Prosecutions has been independent for 40 years. Let’s not change that.
Everyone agrees that gambling advertising requires drastic action.
It’s that time of year again: A flotilla of superyachts owned by Australian billionaires has descended on the south of France.