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We’ve had a skinful: drinks to toast the end of the political year

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The Guardian

For Most Of These Tipples

Stop with the excuses, PM. What do you have to hide?

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The Australian

Josh Frydenberg

Albo’s stonewalling a cynical distraction from real issues

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The Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph Author

Don’t let leaders dodge real poison that led to Bondi

8

The Australian

Peter Jennings

How to move past hatred to a post-terrorist future

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The Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph Author

The NRL’s boldest rule change could be no change at all

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The Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph Author

Officers armed with assault rifles will patrol Sydney’s streets. But do more imposing police make us feel any safer?

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The Guardian

Anne Davies

Sorry, PM: full Bondi inquiry can be short, sharp too

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The Australian

Scott Prasser

‘Actual experts’ must be unveiled

7

The Australian

Greg Brown

Why a royal commission would only be the end of the beginning

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The Australian

Mark Le Grand

This is not leadership. A royal commission will drag the evil into the light

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Canberra Times

A C M

This is not leadership. A royal commission will drag the evil into the light

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The Examiner

A C M

How to move past hatred to a post-terrorist future

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Herald Sun

Anthony Dillon

Smitho’s top 10 political moments of 2025

From a leader’s demise to letting the cat out of the bag about an old dog’s new trick. As the year rapidly draws to a close and an election looms,...

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InDaily

Mike Smithson

Six legal changes from 2025 you need to know

8

The New Daily

Rick Sarre

What housing crisis? For most, there isn’t one – but look how the other third live

Housing was only deemed in “crisis” when the offspring of property owners found themselves locked out of the market. But we used to be better at...

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WA Today

Kate Shaw

Sussexit? Harry and Meghan desperate to downplay staff exodus

Of all the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s staff departures of recent year, the loss of a deeply loyal executive director will hit the hardest.

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WA Today

Hannah Furness

The social media whipping boy, cult hero and unlikely captain in our Test team of 2025

Only three players – Travis Head, Joe Root and Ravindra Jadeja – retained their places from last year, while seven have been named in this team for...

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WA Today

Andrew Wu

What housing crisis? For most, there isn’t one – but look how the other third live

Housing was only deemed in “crisis” when the offspring of property owners found themselves locked out of the market. But we used to be better at...

3

The Sydney Morning Herald

Kate Shaw

Sussexit? Harry and Meghan desperate to downplay staff exodus

Of all the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s staff departures of recent year, the loss of a deeply loyal executive director will hit the hardest.

3

The Sydney Morning Herald

Hannah Furness

The social media whipping boy, cult hero and unlikely captain in our Test team of 2025

Only three players – Travis Head, Joe Root and Ravindra Jadeja – retained their places from last year, while seven have been named in this team for...

3

The Sydney Morning Herald

Andrew Wu

What housing crisis? For most, there isn’t one – but look how the other third live

Housing was only deemed in “crisis” when the offspring of property owners found themselves locked out of the market. But we used to be better at...

4

The Age

Kate Shaw

Sussexit? Harry and Meghan desperate to downplay staff exodus

Of all the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s staff departures of recent year, the loss of a deeply loyal executive director will hit the hardest.

5

The Age

Hannah Furness

The social media whipping boy, cult hero and unlikely captain in our Test team of 2025

Only three players – Travis Head, Joe Root and Ravindra Jadeja – retained their places from last year, while seven have been named in this team for...

5

The Age

Andrew Wu

Australia must learn from the UAE’s zero tolerance for extremism

As the government develops its response to Islamist terrorism, it should look closely at countries that have already confronted and contained it.

3

Financial Review

Alan Tudge

What housing crisis? For most, there isn’t one – but look how the other third live

Housing was only deemed in “crisis” when the offspring of property owners found themselves locked out of the market. But we used to be better at...

3

Brisbane Times

Kate Shaw

Sussexit? Harry and Meghan desperate to downplay staff exodus

Of all the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s staff departures of recent year, the loss of a deeply loyal executive director will hit the hardest.

3

Brisbane Times

Hannah Furness

The social media whipping boy, cult hero and unlikely captain in our Test team of 2025

Only three players – Travis Head, Joe Root and Ravindra Jadeja – retained their places from last year, while seven have been named in this team for...

3

Brisbane Times

Andrew Wu

Trump has just sacked 30 ambassadors. The consequences for Australia are profound

In the past year, we have seen a wholesale change in how American power works, and these ambassadorial changes are an emblem of the president’s...

9

WA Today

Cory Alpert

The future is electric: Hot metals are exposing the fossil fuel fantasy

Drill, baby, drill: The arrival of the revanchist Trump administration was seen by the carbon industry as an opportunity to demonstrate fossil...

10

WA Today

David Fickling

Trump has just sacked 30 ambassadors. The consequences for Australia are profound

Trump has just sacked 30 ambassadors. The consequences for Australia are profound

Earlier this month, amid a slew of other news and on the same day as a botched release of comically almost-redacted files from the Epstein case,...

8

The Sydney Morning Herald

Cory Alpert

New laws aim to make Australian campuses safer

New laws aim to make Australian campuses safer

Australian universities are being forced to confront and deal with the shocking fact that their campuses are often not the safe and welcoming...

8

The Sydney Morning Herald

The Herald&x27S View

The future is electric: Hot metals are exposing the fossil fuel fantasy

The future is electric: Hot metals are exposing the fossil fuel fantasy

The past year began with a promise from President Donald Trump to deliver a future of “peace through strength” by unleashing America’s fossil fuel...

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The Sydney Morning Herald

David Fickling

Will 2026 be the year when the great AI revolution actually happens?

Will 2026 be the year when the great AI revolution actually happens?

I feel deeply insulted. Login or signup to continue reading As an experiment, I asked AI to create a picture of me writing an Echidna. It showed an...

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The Examiner

Steve Evans

How baseball helped shape Japanese migrants’ experiences during the White Australia policy

How baseball helped shape Japanese migrants’ experiences during the White Australia policy

In 1919, Japanese migrants in Sydney gifted a silver cup to the New South Wales Baseball Association. The cup was “in appreciation of the...

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The Conversation

Ray Nickson

Literature from Islamic societies embraced homoerotic love until the 19th century. What happened?

Literature from Islamic societies embraced homoerotic love until the 19th century. What happened?

For centuries, literature from Islamic regions, especially Iran, celebrated male homoerotic love as a symbol of beauty, mysticism and spiritual...

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The Conversation

Morteza Hajizadeh

Why do we get snippets of songs stuck in our heads? And are earworms more common with OCD?

Why do we get snippets of songs stuck in our heads? And are earworms more common with OCD?

You’re reading a report and trying to concentrate. The room is silent. But despite your best efforts to focus, a little snatch of melody – an...

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The Conversation

Timothy Byron

No small beer: how the famous drink affects law (and law affects beer)

No small beer: how the famous drink affects law (and law affects beer)

Law affects beer, and beer affects law. The connection between the two is stronger than you might think, as we have illustrated in the recently...

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The Conversation

Dan Jerker B. Svantesson

The science of the casino: why the house always wins in the long run

The science of the casino: why the house always wins in the long run

You’ve probably heard the phrase “the house always wins” when it comes to casino gambling. But what does it actually mean? After all, people do hit...

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The Conversation

Milad Haghani

In a world of digital money, what’s the right etiquette to split the bill with friends?

In a world of digital money, what’s the right etiquette to split the bill with friends?

We’ve all been there – splitting a bill at dinner, covering a mate’s coffee, or sending a quick transfer for concert tickets. It’s part of modern...

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The Conversation

Rhys Ashby

How to party like an ancient Greek

How to party like an ancient Greek

Parties in ancient Greece were wild, with evidence of copious alcohol and sex. That’s the popular idea that endures today. But there were different...

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The Conversation

Konstantine Panegyres

All autocrats require an ‘architect’. Meet the man pulling the strings for Donald Trump

All autocrats require an ‘architect’. Meet the man pulling the strings for Donald Trump

Every autocrat needs a clan of loyalists, strategists, masterminds – these are the figures behind the scenes pulling the strings. They’re unelected...

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The Conversation

Justin Bergman

Like strongmen the world over, Donald Trump’s power grab required a crisis – and a scapegoat

Like strongmen the world over, Donald Trump’s power grab required a crisis – and a scapegoat

Donald Trump has sounded the alarm, over and over again, that the United States is facing an “invasion” by dangerous gang members. He blames...

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The Conversation

Justin Bergman

Bondi attack must prompt a reflection on antisemitism in the arts

Bondi attack must prompt a reflection on antisemitism in the arts

Shortly after the Bondi massacre, I joined an informal gathering of Jews who came together to share in our shock and grief. We were broad in age,...

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The Age

Benjamin Preiss

Trump has just sacked 30 ambassadors. The consequences for Australia are profound

Trump has just sacked 30 ambassadors. The consequences for Australia are profound

Earlier this month, amid a slew of other news and on the same day as a botched release of comically almost-redacted files from the Epstein case,...

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The Age

Cory Alpert

A wish for 2026: Less grandstanding, more attempts to truly tackle nation’s challenges

A wish for 2026: Less grandstanding, more attempts to truly tackle nation’s challenges

The way that 2025 has ended – with the worst terrorist attack ever carried out on Australian soil – is likely to shape our understanding of the...

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The Age

The Age&x27S View

The future is electric: Hot metals are exposing the fossil fuel fantasy

The future is electric: Hot metals are exposing the fossil fuel fantasy

The past year began with a promise from President Donald Trump to deliver a future of “peace through strength” by unleashing America’s fossil fuel...

10

The Age

David Fickling

Will 2026 be the year when the great AI revolution actually happens?

Will 2026 be the year when the great AI revolution actually happens?

I feel deeply insulted. Login or signup to continue reading As an experiment, I asked AI to create a picture of me writing an Echidna. It showed an...

9

Canberra Times

Steve Evans

Trump has just sacked 30 ambassadors. The consequences for Australia are profound

In the past year, we have seen a wholesale change in how American power works, and these ambassadorial changes are an emblem of the president’s...

8

Brisbane Times

Cory Alpert

The future is electric: Hot metals are exposing the fossil fuel fantasy

Drill, baby, drill: The arrival of the revanchist Trump administration was seen by the carbon industry as an opportunity to demonstrate fossil...

9

Brisbane Times

David Fickling