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It costs $1.3m a year to keep a child in prison. And it doesn’t work.
As 130 armed conflicts rage around the world, United Nations agencies are saving millions of lives, even as UN workers risk their own.
Australia’s World Cup campaign sparked an unprecedented wave of career-changing transfers. Against Brazil, the impact was clear for everyone to see.
New PM Andy Burnham may well promise a second referendum on EU membership to save Labour seats – and the Union itself.
The strength in depth of South African rugby can be seen again by the quality of their replacements, and Les Kiss’ side will need to be at their...
As of this month I haven’t picked up a drink for a year, and I’ve made some huge discoveries.
Long before our fears over pandemics, AI and climate change, the Bible spoke eloquently and repeatedly on the topic of security.
The financially stretched and stressed might contemplate fixing their mortgage ahead of Tuesday’s expected increase. It may not be the best idea.
Operation Rosny proves the watchdog’s value in protecting the democratic process in NSW against corruption.
He told the boys he wanted every young woman they met to be safer because the boys were there. “Not safe from you - safer because of you.”
When comparing younger generations with older Australians financially, there are many issues to lament. But there’s also a striking bright spot on...
I’ve paid off my mortgage but want to boost my super. If I sell the shares, it will trigger significant capital gains tax.
It’s a brave woman who dares to challenge the left-leaning orthodoxy.
The star halfback will attempt to emulate Roosters great Cooper Cronk by leading his side to a premiership while carrying a serious injury. Meanwhile,...
A week after their improbable win in a preliminary final many rated the greatest game of all time, Brisbane pulled off another miraculous triumph in a...
When the bells tolled for Wharfie Time with just over four minutes left, few, if any, of the 100,023 crammed into the MCG could have imagined what...
With minutes to go, Fremantle looked to have secured their first-ever AFL premiership. The Lions stopped them cold. Who soared and who flopped, on the...
More than three million Australians use AI for financial advice. Here are the 10 reasons AI gave me not to use it.
While the US president focused on pomp and prestige, his Chinese counterpart reinforced Beijing’s geopolitical message. But neither side achieved...
The prime minister has several foreign trips in coming months. He will need to explain to voters why rubbing shoulders with foreign leaders matters.
I may need to go back to a nine-to-five just to free up some spare time.
South Australia is getting Australia’s Michelin Guide, and there’s a story behind that.
Chris Fagan’s 10 years as senior coach have transformed not simply the Brisbane Lions, but the clubs’ conception of what matters in coaching.
An affair, a marriage break-up, and the search for a new club: Inside the tumultuous season of Lachie Neale.
For future prosperity and security, and to have any real influence over the big beasts of AI, Australia must convince them to train their models here.
Peter V’landys is now rugby league’s benevolent dictator, and his first job should be to send an SOS to Hugh Jackman to sort out this fiasco.
Every time I discuss the age pension, someone pipes up on social media to say it won’t be there by the time they retire.
With less than a day to go until the Fremantle Dockers take on the Brisbane Lions in Saturday’s AFL decider, WA Premier Roger Cook and Queensland...
If scandals and controversy were the season’s underbelly, on field the action was compelling.
Other sports have recognised that a one-match ban can be a disproportionately severe punishment depending on the match in which it is served. The...
The death of a young female NSW Police officer is a reminder of the dangers of standing in harm’s way on behalf of the community.
There is no ‘spare adult’ to play backstop in single-parent households – and Australia has 1.2 million of them. We haven’t adjusted for this reality.
How is it that the singer ended up offending everyone? This is a study in the mental and moral gymnastics of inoffensiveness.
Riddle: It is something we do every day, hopefully twice a day, but even when we try our hardest, most of us fail.
I want my kids back home, but with them improved in all ways since they packed their drum kits and cricket stuff and burned off to their own share...
Champion halves boasting 14 titles and 1500 games between them all agree. Sam Walker – the gambler, meticulous planner and ambidextrous rogue – is...
Anthony Albanese promised to fix the political staffing system when he was elected in 2022. Instead, he’s made it worse.
A Brazilian-Latvian influencer who has spoken out about racism is the inadvertent face of T-shirts for the conservative news and opinion outlet.
A romantic relationship with a colleague might cause genuine problems but if you’re just inviting them to a barbecue, there is room to manoeuvre.
We shouldn’t be aiming for more children, but it might be a side-effect of focusing on the right thing as we face an ageing population.
Instead, there are four games at three different venues, one of which is an eyesore.
Extortion attempts, secret recordings and shakedowns all featured the day’s evidence. The great confusion was who was doing what to whom.
Solidarity? In America? Among the media? It seems astonishing that anything quite so unified could grow from America’s famously polarised soil.
The underlying wrinkle of this case is that the match review system leaves little room for shades of grey in the grading of offences.
Come to Australia, steal and plunder. That’s the prime minister’s message to the AI giants.
Factual errors are only part of the reason critics are lashing his book as a cash grab. The true state of Earl Spencer’s relationship with his...
The quirky trend is digital edging for the person who gets off on designer labels, not sex – PornHub for the Carrie Bradshaws of the world.
Liu Jinsong’s first Australian speech was not a time to emphasise differences, but to accentuate the positive – and implore both sides to pursue...
The company synonymous with super-sized everything is revamping its menu for an era of slimming waist lines.
An ancient Roman philosopher wrote about a wealthy and lazy man who desired to appear worldly and educated, without wanting to do the hard work of...