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On the longest of our long weekends, it’s good to have something different to think about. Try this. Could it be that the information revolution –...
About halfway through last season, by which time there appeared an inevitability about Penrith completing a historic three-peat, Phil Gould...
I ask you, how far wrong can you go with a hot cross bun, a Good Friday treat decorated with a cross to represent the crucifixion of Jesus Christ?...
I was put on the spot in a meeting and asked to explain a fairly complex concept to several colleagues. I completely stuffed it up and embarrassed...
London: I have just returned from a week in Ukraine and I can’t stop thinking about it. History has judged Neville Chamberlain − who led Britain...
Peter Dutton should have sounded like a winner this week when he walked into question time after the latest opinion polls confirmed his gains...
Here’s yet another comparison between Tim Tszyu’s career and that of his famed father, Kostya – but we promise this one’s worth it. On January...
Billionaire Lindsay Fox appears to be playing a dangerous game of chicken with a formidable and powerful foe – a collective of nine organisations...
The turmoil at the top of Boeing this week underscores the extent to which the aircraft manufacturer’s quality control issues have the potential...
Huge disparities in population growth have emerged across Sydney as numbers spiral higher in some suburbs but remain well below pre-COVID levels in...
If the fictional world of Netflix’s new blockbuster 3 Body Problem is weird, then its journey from Chinese sci-fi novel to millions of TV screens...
If a music festival has not shifted at least half of its tickets within the first 24 hours, the organisers know it is in trouble. If they respond...
It could have been any player but, of course, it was Clayton Oliver. On the day Melbourne were, again, thrust into the spotlight, this time by a...
Step aside Sisyphus, Icarus, Narcissus. Move over Oedipus, Nemesis, Spartacus. Gather round, children. I’ll tell you a little-known Greek myth about...
The imposition of a two-week youth curfew in Alice Springs following an outbreak of violence has again exposed Australia’s dark heart ruined by...
Every year at every AFL club, a player will start the season not knowing they are about to leave the game. Very few get to leave the sport in...
It’s smoko and I’m stretched out across an offcut of carpet, work boots at the door to protect the expensive cork floor, the smell of meat pies...
Hey LinkedIn, I have an exciting new opportunity just for you. You’ve become the last digital platform standing as your rivals have succumbed to...
Ok, let’s cut to the chase: A politician has come out saying AFL clubs are secretly testing players for illicit substances and, if the results...
Nathan Cleary might only be 26, but he’s going to have to be very careful with his body from this point on. A second significant hamstring injury...
We’re close to entering our low inflation era, after a three-year rollercoaster of rapidly rising prices. The latest monthly figures from the...
The new dawn that appeared to break last month when the Albanese government decided to modify the stage 3 tax cuts turns out to have been false....
The minute the Australian Bureau of Statistics released its latest report on population growth last week, the usual offenders got worked up, hand-...
Yes, just three rounds into the NRL season, it would be absurd to draw too many conclusions of who’s hot, who’s not, who’s shot, and who’s...
Labor deserved to lose its inflammatory attempt to ram a new law through parliament so it could look tough on borders by turning asylum seekers...
Opining about the world’s largest economic challenges is now an annual endeavour for Larry Fink, the founder of the world’s largest investment...
Each day, 391 people call Sydney their new home. It is a statistic that shows how Sydney is bursting at the seams – but it has also lost the title...
Got a second? Maybe two? You won’t need long to read this column. A blink at least, a dozen heartbeats, as today we mark a timely term turning...
Inflation may no longer trending upwards, but cost of living issues are still taking a toll across Australia, with Lifeline reporting increased...
So it appears that, after several more years of consultation, reviews and inquiries, Australia’s communities of faith will once again be...
It happens all the time on Facebook; if you linger too long over an image or post, the algorithm will serve the same content to you relentlessly....
What is happening in Alice Springs? Violent brawls took place on Tuesday after a group of young people attacked a local pub, the Todd Tavern. Three...
China’s response to its property crash has been to dramatically expand its manufacturing sector. With domestic consumer confidence and demand...
Most of us are too young to see it, but a big way the federal government affects our lives is through its system of compulsory superannuation. As...
A family law expert is warning parents looking to help their children buy their first home to have plans in place for what will happen to the money...
My wife and I are expecting our first child, and we are currently putting aside $2000 a month to pay for private high school fees that will...
I have some opinions that financial advisers don’t like. Specifically, the one where I believe that many people do not need a financial adviser....
A new suite of proposed financial reforms for land lease communities introduced by the Queensland government is likely to have a major impact...
The European Union has moved a big step closer to using the near-$350 billion of Russian central bank assets frozen within Europe to help Ukraine...
The West over the past four decades developed a Pavlovian response to any hint of economic slowdown in China. Just as Ivan Pavlov’s dogs would...
The fractured relationship between United States President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is now official, as is...
Many investors say they are willing to invest ethically but hold concerns over potentially falsified green claims, citing a lack of independent...
Millions of Australians with substantial debt hangovers have been scrambling to start the year with better financial habits and pay off their debt....
It feels like Solomon Lew is playing a game of international retail chess as his strategy to move the brand pieces becomes clearer. The move to...
Big reforms always provoke strongly competing claims. The current debate about housing affordability is no different. Greens housing spokesman Max...
Beijing’s use of Chinese nationals to further its ambitions in the Pacific has received a setback by the revelation that their man in Suva is...
Examine, a free weekly newsletter covering science with a sceptical, evidence-based eye, is sent every Tuesday. You’re reading an excerpt – Sign...
Instagram has made a significant change recently. If you happen to be one of the app’s 1.4 billion users, and if you care about the future of...
New York has its brownstones. London, its townhouses. Singapore is busy reinventing heritage precincts after sweeping them away. And Sydney, with...
Have real estate agents changed, or have I? You be the judge. We bought our first house in 1984. It had previously been owned by the kind of real...
It has been fascinating to watch the once sleepy NSW casino regulator transform into a head kicker of compliance. And its target, the financially...
The AFL ladder tells lies. Particularly at this time of year, and especially in a season where head office has performed some incredible logistical...
1. Waratahs may be blowing their chance in a weaker competition On the one hand, a Waratahs victory against the Fijian Drua would have capped one...
They shall not be forgotten. St Kilda’s highly impressive defeat of out-of-sorts reigning premiers Collingwood on Thursday night shone a light on...
Prince Harry’s decision to contact the Prince and Princess of Wales privately after her cancer diagnosis may have signalled a thaw in fraternal...
For many, the threat from Islamic State ended in the dusty Syrian town of Baghuz in 2019 when the remnants of the organisation finally succumbed to...
Just got off the phone with Graham Annesley, the NRL’s head of football for elite competitions. He’d stepped off the plane from the Gold Coast,...
It’s 9.15pm and the bar smells of beer and delusion. The din surrounding me sounds so awful it’s as though my ears have been hate-crimed. A man...
Collingwood are debating selection changes as they seek energy, pace and hunger to reinvigorate their ageing line-up ahead of Thursday night’s...
Need to hide an embarrassing document? Want to avoid scrutiny? In the past, public servants could look to their hero, Sir Humphrey Appleby of Yes...
Sunday’s episode of 60 Minutes revealed a fascinating tension within the Fijian government about whether to embrace a 2011 agreement signed with...
In the early months of John Quayle’s tenure as general manager of the NSWRL, it wasn’t uncommon for him to take calls from reporters at 6am....
On Friday, shareholders in a US cashbox company finally approved a merger with Trump Media and Technology Group. At face value, that will give...