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The Coalition can be wiped out in its strongest booths. An urban versus rural divide still exists without major parties. And One Nation is making...
The result has exposed unease about whether conservative voters are simply venting or steadily shifting allegiance.
Coalition MPs held Farrer for 77 years, but a landslide orange vote gave Pauline Hanson her victory
The swashbuckler and great rival of Rupert Murdoch once laughed about how he could go off his medication and see off his tycoon rival once and for...
Two days before One Nation won Farrer, Farage’s Reform party triumphed in the UK
The way Matt Philip has led the Waratahs forwards has been admirable. He can’t do it all on his own.
Two days before One Nation won Farrer, Farage’s Reform party triumphed in the UK
Peter V’landys has come around to the view that head office must help the expansion club attract players to Perth. But tensions are growing over Mal...
The decision by two lifelong friends to choose altruistic surrogacy has exposed the joys and difficulties.
In a multicultural democracy, there is an obligation to explain ourselves, and to listen to others explain themselves.
A new survey found one in five pet owners regret getting a furry friend, with the unexpected cost being a major factor.
Two in every three new students over the past 26 years have been enrolled in an independent school. They can’t all be “rich kids”.
The Devil Wears Prada 2 is a wonderful and weirdly poignant sequel.
The candidates in the Farrer byelection aren’t towing the party line, especially when it comes to energy.
If you’ve put your name on the title, there’s not a lot you can do to avoid paying capital gains tax.
Not every parent is in a situation where they can afford to pass on property. But there are other ways to help your kids out if you start early.
The Magpies’ Friday-night blockbuster against the ladder-leading Swans was already shaping as mission impossible. It became that bit harder after a...
One Nation’s march from the far-right fringe to the political mainstream has been cemented with this win, and triggered a political earthquake in...
I was a supporter of surrogacy. I even considered being a surrogate for my late sister. But three women changed my mind.
Blanket tax exemptions for PNG Chiefs players are unfair and defeat the purpose of the NRL’s salary cap. Similar arrangements abroad have provoked...
Would you rather sleep with Jacob Elordi or sleep for more than two consecutive hours?
Only eight actors have won three or more Oscars. Only seven deserve them.
Set-piece goals are on the rise in the Premier League - a trend that title-bound Arsenal have set under Mikel Arteta, but not everyone is thrilled...
Forget straight-up digital marketing and targeting, online retailers are using “dark patterns” to convince consumers into parting with money they...
We don’t talk nearly enough about what retirement looks like – or how to plan for it – if you don’t have a lot of money.
The outgoing chair of ASIC says he’s made the regulator more ambitious, pointing to more penalties it has extracted and more investigations launched.
Two decades of evidence shows that the generous CGT discount, when used along with negative gearing, has overcompensated property investors.
And the Coalition is on the brink of a nervous breakdown.
There are questions remaining about the taxation return to Australians from the exploitation of our resources.
The Solomon Islands is one of Australia’s most important allies in the region, but an economic downturn has claimed another leader.
He is known as the greatest investor of all time, but Warren Buffett has left the man taking over from him quite a dilemma.
The timing of my last email to David Malouf was a strange coincidence.
The former Liberal defence minister has quit as ANU chancellor – and not soon enough, given the scandals that have rocked the university.
Richard Lewer’s beautiful, powerful portrait of APY Pitjantjatjara elder Iluwanti Ken is a winner that is right for the times.
There’s no shortage of opinions on these women’s return from Syria, but few are helpful.
Making the former PM party president would be a boost for the Liberals. Why be all things to all people when you can be one thing to a few people?
After rejecting the idea, New Zealand Rugby has new leadership and have agreed to play an Anzac Day Test, for an even split of at least $8 million...
The Swans have evolved from a brilliant but fragile 2024 side into a deeper, more balanced team though one structural weakness still threatens to undo...
The wife of the world’s fourth-richest man wants the world to know her coffee cup says, “Woke Up Sexy as Hell Again” and that – at 56 –...
Rather than dwelling too much on the bad idea itself, it might be better to look at why it was suggested in the first place.
The RBA governor is careful not to make her predecessor’s mistakes. But she’s changed her tune this week – in a good way.
Freed from the constraints of its soon-to-be-former name, one of Sky’s biggest segments is planning on taking to the road and delivering what...
Labor enjoys a heroically dominant parliamentary position and the Coalition is in disarray. But the government has clearly detected an even bigger...
In one state, genuine action is afoot to tackle widespread problems; in the other there is little sign of a will for change.
He’s turning 100 and we’ve been friends for 40 of those years. I never laugh as much as when I’m in his company.
Jim Chalmers’ fifth budget looks like being easily the most consequential he has delivered so far. It is also going to be one of the hardest to land.
The author followed me on Instagram. Sadly, he’s not the first man I’ve been thankful to have kept my children hidden from.
Doubts surface over the recycling of household batteries.
A vague, stopgap agreement that begins reopening the Strait of Hormuz would be a climbdown for the US, but it may not be a bad outcome for the rest of...
The reinstatement of Melbourne’s Federation Square World Cup live site following a public outcry on Thursday was a win for the authentic football...