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Having spent years waiting for the inevitable snickers at displays of homosexual desire in cinemas, the acceptance of HBO’s steamy gay hockey TV...
For decades, authorities have used prescribed burning to reduce bushfire severity. But a rising number of scientists say we can no longer burn our...
The last few years in the workplace have seen some of the biggest upheavals to how we work in generations. Here’s how to stay ahead of the pack.
The decline of the Islamic Republic of Iran is now terminal. The periodic waves of mass popular unrest the country has experienced since the 1979...
In the summer of 2006, 16-year-old Alyssa Healy was selected as wicketkeeper for the Barker College First XI – the first girl to play in the NSW...
Jannik Sinner and Madison Keys left with the trophies, but the two most memorable moments from the 2025 Australian Open were Daniil Medvedev’s...
It’s difficult to get excited about this year’s share price prospects for most of the heavyweight companies that dominate the Australian market –...
Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. We know the perfect tennis player doesn’t exist. Of course, in men’s tennis, Jannik...
One man’s terrorist is another man’s freedom fighter, as they say, which is certainly true for Donald Trump when it comes to protesters. Brave...
As with 2025, early 2026 again sees AUKUS, Australia’s plan to acquire a nuclear-powered submarine capability, back in the headlines. This time the...
For anyone planning a major, exciting life milestone this year – like moving in with a partner, getting married or starting a family – thinking...
In 1995, the Keating government tried to enact a criminal offence of inciting racial hatred, with a maximum penalty of one year’s prison. It was...
The suburban pool in southern Sydney where I learnt to swim was a simple affair. Built in the 1970s, it featured a small kiosk selling hot chips...
I was in hospital last year for one of those endless bloody check-ups you get at my age if you have an iffy family history. The doctor asked me how...
President Donald Trump is putting on a clinic about how to break the United States. There are few things in American life more divisive than...
You have written that death does not trigger capital gains tax. It passes the liability to the beneficiary who will pay CGT if and when they...
For anyone planning a major, exciting life milestone this year – like moving in with a partner, getting married or starting a family – thinking...
It’s a scenario frequently seen in suburbs across Australia. You take your valuable block of land with the old family home in the middle of it, and...
Apple’s future artificial intelligence (AI) features, including a revamped Siri assistant due to arrive this year, will be powered by Google as the...
It’s no longer possible to be shocked by the Trump administration’s overreach, including its pursuit of the president’s political enemies. The...
Anthony Albanese’s choice of Kevin Rudd to be Australia’s top diplomat in Washington always stood out for being ripe with potential but laden with...
Since Donald Trump came to office, his attempts to goad the US central bank’s chair Jerome Powell into cutting interest rates have met with a dead...
Washington: From Kevin Rudd’s point of view, he will exit the Australian embassy with the country’s main policy priorities – AUKUS, critical...
With a typically cheeky quip about the need to spend more time on her golf, Alyssa Healy drew the curtain on one of Australian cricket’s most game-...
I had just spent thousands on a marketing agency that ended up being a total bust. I watched money go down the drain over several months. The loss...
In the summer of 2008, I was 22 years old, with unwise peroxide-dyed hair, working as an English teacher in Kolkata, when I first read the word “...
I’m writing as someone who has studied antisemitism for decades, and as a Jew living through its resurgence. Like many in our community, I’m...
A few years back, my family wound up in an altercation at the beach. It involved two dogs and an unfortunate mishap, and ultimately one dog was...
The death toll from the crackdown on protesters in Iran is vivid evidence not only of the regime’s brutality but also of a monumental gamble by...
I was 16 and standing in the doorway of my piano teacher’s studio, at what would turn out to be my final music lesson. I had just played a...
The wind is howling down the main street of Nuuk on Sunday afternoon, just as the sun sets about 4pm, and it sweeps ice crystals up from the ground...
The merger talks between Rio Tinto and Glencore to create the world’s largest mega-miner underline a fascinating tale of two commodities. The most...
One of the solutions to the housing crisis could be right under our noses – or over our heads.
The message of the new American dietary guidelines is simple: eat real food. Revolutionary, if you forget Michael Pollan’s famed line from 2007 to...
On this one topic Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Opposition Leader Sussan Ley can agree: Elon Musk’s social media platform is abhorrent. So...
As protesters pour into the streets of Iran night after night, leaders across the region and around the world are grappling with the possibility...
Some years ago, a friend began referring to the period between Christmas and New Year’s Day as “the interregnum”: a pause between two things. To...
Anyone fretting about how fragile global financial markets might be in 2026 got an early and robust response from investors who have lost none of...
Las Vegas, Nevada – The first thing you notice at CES, the world’s largest tech show, is how seamlessly everything is supposed to work. The...
Suitcases packed, hotel rooms vacated, sore heads and red eyes hidden under baseball caps and behind sunglasses, winners and losers alike face the...
There will be no denying Aryna Sabalenka’s standing as favourite to clinch a third Australian Open mantle, but even the world No.1 has issued a...
In the days after the Bondi massacre, this masthead took the editorial decision to lead calls for a royal commission into this murderous attack on...
After 35 years of ruling Iran, Ali Khamenei is running out of options fast. The 86-year-old supreme leader is facing his most serious challenge...
I’m writing this as the CEO of the Climate Council, and also as a mum of two young children. Every time the temperature is forecast to soar into...
One year after the horrors of October 7, 2023, I gave a speech to the University of NSW warning that Australia was sleepwalking into a period of...