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The Guardian view on Trump’s assault on the Fed: it is part of an affordability blame game

The US government’s authoritarian and vexatious attack on Jerome Powell, the chair of the Federal Reserve, should be seen in the light of America’s...

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The Guardian

Editorial

Iran’s people need world support

10

The Australian

Editorial

Why Rudd, a contentious choice as ambassador, left

20

The New Daily

Michelle Grattan

Don’t be fooled by Labor’s sneak attack on free speech

10

The Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph Author

Light will triumph over darkness in Australia

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The Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph Author

Frontline fight to keep NDIS grifters in check

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The Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph Author

We need to understand history if we want to counter antisemitism

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The Australian

Simon Benson

Anthony Albanese is weaker for losing Kevin Rudd

10

The Australian

Greg Sheridan

Bushfires: Calmer Weather Helps, But 12 Major Blazes Still Burning

MELBOURNE, Australia — Firefighters in Victoria are taking advantage of cooler conditions to strengthen containment lines around a dozen major...

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International Business Times

Daniel Lee

The Founder with a Purpose: How Kandace Swaisland Stumbled into Fixing the Compliance Mess

Kandace Swaisland never planned to start a consulting company. If someone had told her during her early days at a sprawling construction...

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International Business Times

Andrea Joy Dizon

‘If it was the board’s decision, why did half its members resign?’: Boycotting author reflects on Writers’ Week wake

In the wake of the Adelaide Writers’ Week fallout, local author and InReview editor Walter Marsh tells how “this episode has left our small...

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InDaily

Walter Marsh

Australia’s big but unloved companies will test investors’ mettle

For the super fund giants and major overseas investors that load up on only the biggest ASX companies, it’s likely to be slim pickings among the...

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Brisbane Times

Elizabeth Knight

Trump in dangerous territory as he encourages Iran protesters while criticising his own

Compare the way Donald Trump views protesters at home with those in Iran and it’s clear few principles are guiding his approach, even as he calls...

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Brisbane Times

Michael Koziol

AUKUS is not on the rocks, despite the UK’s submarine troubles

The UK has experienced decades of underinvestment and a shortage of trained personnel. But all is not lost.

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Brisbane Times

Jennifer Parker

It may be awkward, but a prenup could save your relationship (and wallet)

If 2026 is shaping up as a landmark year for you, a binding financial agreement could be a good fit. Your future self might thank you.

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Brisbane Times

Will Stidston

Fear after Bondi is putting free speech on trial

Instead of rushing to add new laws to an already swollen statute book, we should enforce rigorously and without hesitation the laws already in place.

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Financial Review

Peter Kurti

AI is killing grad jobs and making MBAs matter more

The challenge is not to add fashionable modules on AI tools, but for education to build judgement and decision-making capabilities, and to...

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Financial Review

Jenny George

The Guardian view on long waits for disability benefits: the system should not push people closer to poverty

Long delays in processing personal independence payment (Pip) claims have become one of the most damaging and least defensible failures in the UK’s...

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The Guardian

Editorial

Rudd free to strut world stage

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The Australian

Editorial

Like Dr Frankenstein, we built a monster. This is the ultimate tennis player

If you could take all the best skills and attributes of the leading players at this year’s Australian Open and combine them into one player, what...

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The Age

Peter Ryan

We love to hate a tantrum, but where would tennis be without them?

Tennis tantrums get us talking and keep us watching, but where’s the line between endorsing bad behaviour and acknowledging it’s good for the sport...

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The Age

Billie Eder

Hate laws must keep their tight parameters on race

9

The Australian

Editorial

Like Dr Frankenstein, we built a monster. This is the ultimate tennis player

If you could take all the best skills and attributes of the leading players at this year’s Australian Open and combine them into one player, what...

9

The Sydney Morning Herald

Peter Ryan

Like Dr Frankenstein, we built a monster. This is the ultimate tennis player

If you could take all the best skills and attributes of the leading players at this year’s Australian Open and combine them into one player, what...

10

WA Today

Peter Ryan

Like Dr Frankenstein, we built a monster. This is the ultimate tennis player

If you could take all the best skills and attributes of the leading players at this year’s Australian Open and combine them into one player, what...

10

Brisbane Times

Peter Ryan

Why the Heated Rivalry TV series understands gay men better than the book

Rachel Reid’s Heated Rivalry doesn’t quite capture all of the nuances of a gay male relationship. Jacob Tierney’s adaptation does.

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The Conversation

Harry Stewart

As we begin to assess the fire damage in Victoria, we must not overlook these hidden costs

Bushfires disproportionately expose disadvantaged communities, and a one‑size‑fits‑all recovery can deepen those inequalities.

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The Conversation

Sonia Akter

Anti-Trump posts caught up with Rudd in Washington

Rudd’s successor will need to have more than exceptional credentials. They must also have the “X-factor” that gets them meaningful access to the...

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Financial Review

The Afr View

Louise Adler invoked Nazi pogrom to joke about antisemitism in the arts

10

The Australian

Ariela Bard

Creatives lose the plot on writers’ platforms

10

The Australian

Timothy Lynch

‘This was no incident, I was knifed by a terrorist’

10

The Australian

Officer B

The spirit of reinvention: Jayne Hrdlicka’s biggest test yet

10

The Australian

Eric Johnston

What’s the difference between a sprained ankle and a twisted ankle?

As you step out, you trip and land awkwardly. You think you’ve twisted your ankle. Or is a sprain? What’s the difference anyway?

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The Conversation

Hunter Bennett

From bolts to blue jets, lightning comes in many strange forms

Lightning also influences our environment in ways scientists are only beginning to understand.

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The Conversation

Andrew Dowdy

A ‘cosmic clock’ in tiny crystals has revealed the rise and fall of Australia’s ancient landscapes

Vaporising crystals with a laser allows us to look deep into Earth’s past.

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The Conversation

Maximilian Dröllner

Morrow: He’s Kevin 07 and he’s off to a new mission

9

The Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph Author

We love to hate a tantrum, but where would tennis be without them?

Tennis tantrums get us talking and keep us watching, but where’s the line between endorsing bad behaviour and acknowledging it’s good for the sport...

9

Brisbane Times

Billie Eder

What’s cooler than sex, drugs and pashing models? I found out from 3 rock memoirs

A former rock journalist reviews memoirs by Lemonhead Evan Dando, teen Rolling Stone writer Cameron Crowe and feminist punk legend Kathleen Hanna.

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The Conversation

Liz Evans

We love to hate a tantrum, but where would tennis be without them?

Tennis tantrums get us talking and keep us watching, but where’s the line between endorsing bad behaviour and acknowledging it’s good for the sport...

8

The Sydney Morning Herald

Billie Eder

The World Trade Organization is on life support. Will Trump’s new rules finish it off?

Under Donald Trump, the US is fundamentally remaking the rules of the global trade system, provoking an existential crisis in the WTO.

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The Conversation

Jane Kelsey

Banning organisations has a sorry history – does Australia really want to go down this road again?

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The Guardian

Anne Twomey

Jewelled eels, beards of gold and unfathomable cruelty: 5 of ancient Rome’s most eccentric leaders

Depictions of the eccentricities of Roman leaders were (and remain) interesting. But such leaders were often also dangerous, unpredictable and...

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The Conversation

Peter Edwell

Why Iran can’t afford to shut down the internet forever – even if the world doesn’t act

Thousands of Iranians have been killed in the current protests. But the longer the regime maintains its blackout, the more people will be driven...

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The Conversation

Dara Conduit

Takeaway coffee cups release thousands of microplastic particles

The material of your coffee cup matters more than you might think.

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The Conversation

Xiangyu Liu

Guide to the classics: death-haunted masterpiece The Blind Owl shadows the decline of modern Iran

The dire social and political landscape of Sadeq Hedayat’s time contributed to the existential despair and pessimism of his writing.

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The Conversation

Hossein Asgari

Delights aplenty in this Tigerfish tale

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Business News

Georgia Moore

What to do in the face of catastrophic fire danger

20

The New Daily

Sarah Mccoll-Gausden

What 2026 may bring for China-Aus relationship

10

The New Daily

Guangyi Pan And Edward Sing Yue Chan

Smithson: Premier has more ‘flies buzzing in ointment’ than Writers’ Week fiasco

As the Premier deals with a ‘public relations disaster’ over Writers’ Week, Mike Smithson ponders potential tensions with Labor’s frontline MPs who...

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InDaily

Mike Smithson

It may be awkward, but a prenup could save your relationship (and wallet)

If 2026 is shaping up as a landmark year for you, a binding financial agreement could be a good fit. Your future self might thank you.

5

WA Today

Will Stidston