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How the world’s most valuable company disappointed Wall Street

Have there ever been quarterly earnings releases as anticipated or influential as those of Nvidia? For the past week, the US market has essentially...

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Stephen Bartholomeusz

The Hawks couldn’t win in the racism scandal. But they found an escape route

The series of events known as the Hawthorn racism saga have cost the club and competition millions of dollars, damaged the reputations and...

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Jake Niall

Forget Melania, Musk’s all set to be Trump’s ‘first buddy’

I was feeling sad that Melania may not care to come play first lady in the second Trump administration. She visited the East Wing only a couple of...

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Maureen Dowd

In the Middle East, Trump can’t have his cake and eat it too

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has hit the jackpot with the election of Donald Trump. He could not hope for a more ardent supporter than...

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Amin Saikal

The odds are stacked: Shareholders stare down Murdoch and lose (yet again)

Minority shareholders in Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation tried and failed this week to release the python-like stranglehold the nonagenarian...

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Elizabeth Knight

A seagull in the office? More workplace ‘animals’ and how to manage them

The modern workplace is a zoo, and you’re likely to encounter all types of animals roaming around the grounds. At least, that’s what I wrote...

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Tim Duggan

Rivals playing golf together? In Sydney derby week? The game’s gone

On May 19, 1996, professional wrestlers Scott Hall and Kevin Nash competed in the final matches of their contracts with the then-World Wrestling...

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Vince Rugari

They said they’d clean up political donations. The major parties will certainly clean up

For five years, the Centre for Public Integrity has advocated to get rid of “big money” in politics. Caps on donations and campaign spending...

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Anthony Whealy

Tough run for Rabbitohs, Roosters – but which team struck it rich in 2025 draw?

Arch rivals the Rabbitohs and Roosters have been handed two of the toughest schedules of the 2025 NRL season, according to analysis of next...

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Dominic Brock

Bunnings has never used facial recognition to track customers – only violent intruders

As the person privileged to lead almost 55,000 Bunnings team members across Australia and New Zealand, my top priority is to ensure all of them...

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Michael Schneider

Time to land ‘Airbus Albo’. Letting fly over PM’s travels is plain silly

The last thing Anthony Albanese wanted to do when he left the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro was talk any more about the G20 summit in Rio de...

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David Crowe

Demons future-proof for life after Petracca and Oliver; Saints take a punt on x-factor talents

Melbourne chose to stack their list with precocious midfield talent in the national draft, using their two first-round picks on Vic Country left-...

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Peter Ryan

Big Tech didn’t like Biden. Trump won’t be any better for Google & Co

The Biden administration has been increasingly aggressive in pursuing antitrust cases against big technology companies, including one that...

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Stephen Bartholomeusz

‘Guilty by chromosome’: Culture change doesn’t come easy for Rio’s workers

In 2022, mining giant Rio Tinto discovered it had a massively troubling workplace culture pervading the company from its corporate offices to...

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Elizabeth Knight

A perilous path to the 2026 World Cup just got trickier for the Socceroos

Somehow, the Socceroos’ World Cup destiny remains in their own hands. Good luck trying to make sense of that after Wednesday morning’s dramatic...

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Vince Rugari

How to end the cycle of financial self-sabotage

One step forward, two steps back. Is that what your financial life feels like? You know you should save more, and you try – cutting spending,...

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Paridhi Jain

Three players to front board, another can’t train: Why Benji’s got Tigers right where he wants them

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Benji Marshall’s got them walking on eggshells in Tiger town. And it’s exactly...

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Michael Chammas

Calamitous defending and spurned chances: Socceroos player ratings against Bahrain

The inability to turn chances into goals continues to plague the Socceroos. On either side of a pair of defensive howlers, the Socceroos were the...

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Paul Zalunardo

I can’t wait for driverless taxis to come to Australia. Here’s why

Question. Would you ride a self-driving cab? “Robotaxis” already exist – they’re ubiquitous in San Francisco (where else?) – but some find...

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Gary Nunn

Putin’s chilling nuclear threat has one strategic target

This week, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a change in Russian nuclear doctrine. The new approach permits Russia to use nuclear weapons...

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Mick Ryan

Hello Kitty’s looking pretty at 50 (and worth more than ever)

Hello Kitty is famously the height of just five apples. But these days, the more striking statistic is that she’s worth more than 1 trillion...

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Gearoid Reidy

The curve that (partially) explains Australia’s climate future

Examine, a free weekly newsletter covering science with a sceptical, evidence-based eye, is sent every Tuesday. You’re reading an excerpt – sign...

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Liam Mannix

How climate-denier Trump may leave China to save the planet

To a sensible person, the most worrying aspect of the re-election of Donald Trump is his refusal to take climate change seriously. He says it’s a...

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Ross Gittins

Thinking of gifting the grandkids some money? Check this first

It’s that time of year when people start thinking about gifting. We are not talking about socks, perfume or movie tickets, we’re talking about...

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Rachel Lane

I work overseas. Can I get early access to my super?

I am currently working full-time in the USA and have $130,000 in superannuation in Australia. I am thinking of withdrawing the whole amount. I am...

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Noel Whittaker

Will the ACCC’s spotlight on supermarkets deliver any relief?

There is plenty at stake for the nation’s supermarkets in the competition regulator’s inquiry into the sector. But it’s politicians of every...

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Elizabeth Knight

As we mark 1000 days of Putin’s war, Ukrainians know how to force him into peace

It is timely, on the 1000th day of Russia’s war against Ukraine, to mark the lessons learnt and to consider the latest developments, including...

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Vasyl Myroshnychenko

Fox Footy has given viewers a choice. Will they pay up?

This year was bad for incumbents in global politics. It remains to be seen whether that trend will transfer to football commentators in 2025 when...

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Peter Ryan

Trying to ‘rule from the grave’? The trouble with testamentary trusts

When it comes to divvying up your estate after death, testamentary trusts are often touted as an option. They can be a way to ‘rule from the...

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Julia Hartman

I took on Alan Jones. I survived, but the backlash terrified me

There’s a moment, when you take on Godzilla, you fear you’ll be crushed underfoot. That was me, in 2012, when a bunch of us – wrangled by...

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Jenna Price

‘Drill, baby, drill’: What if the world doesn’t need Trump’s ‘liquid gold’?

Amid the spate of appointments to the incoming Trump administration announced over the past few days are two that have the president-elect and the...

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Stephen Bartholomeusz

How Xi worked the room at G20 while Biden went AWOL

Rio de Janeiro: The big challenges at the G20 summit were on display in a disorganised photo shoot when United States President Joe Biden arrived...

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David Crowe

What happens next for Alan Jones?

The arrest of Alan Jones at his Circular Quay apartment following a nine-month police investigation regarding indecent assault allegations spanning...

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Sarah Mcphee

I received an invitation to meet the King and Queen. This is why I accepted it

A few weeks after I’d arrived home from Paris after covering the Olympics for Channel Nine, and shortly after I’d finished presenting the Today...

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Brooke Boney

Daisy saved $400 a month not buying groceries. Here’s how she still eats well

At a recent house party, the conversation made its way to the unsexy but prevalent subject of how we’re coping in the cost-of-living crisis. One...

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Maggie Zhou

The cardigan giving the ugly Christmas jumper some stylish competition

The coastal grandma trend, epitomised by Diane Keaton in white turtlenecks, cream pants and sandy bucket hats, has drifted out to sea, but look...

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Damien Woolnough

Why Martha Stewart can be my boss any day

I’ve only once been tasked with hiring a new staff member, and I was in my mid-20s when it happened and unaware of all the ways a person might...

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Brodie Lancaster

At 26, I don’t know if my donor father is dead or alive – or if I’m ready to find out

Before I arrived home from uni several years ago, my dad messaged me that we were going to have a family meeting – a letter had arrived that day...

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Louis Taffs

Trump signals a ‘seismic shift’, shocking the Washington establishment

Washington: Somehow disruption doesn’t begin to cover it. Upheaval might be closer. Revolution, maybe. In less than two weeks since being elected...

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Peter Baker

The age of the carnivores is upon us: China, Russia and their war machine

The world is “made up of herbivores and carnivores”, French President Emmanuel Macron said in a speech this month. Europe, he said, was a...

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Peter Hartcher

Target Trump: How Wall Street and the Fed could derail MAGA plans

Jerome Powell threw a bucket of cold water last week over markets that had been gripped by euphoria in the aftermath of Donald Trump’s resounding...

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Stephen Bartholomeusz

Wallabies player ratings: How the men in gold fared against Wales

The Wallabies have consigned Wales to their worst-ever losing streak of 11 in a row and have also kept their hopes of a Grand Slam tour on track...

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Jonathan Drennan

Redemption. Revenge. Renaissance. The Wallabies are back, baby

The dream lives! Two down, two to go, and with the scalps of England at Twickenham and now Wales at Cardiff hanging from their belts, the mighty...

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Peter Fitzsimons

I plan to give birth in Trump’s America, knowing it could kill me

It was 11.27pm on Wednesday, November 5, at my home in Vancouver, Washington, when I turned to my partner and stated dramatically, albeit not...

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Amy La Porte

I was excited to see one of my favourite bands. Except I didn’t see them, not really

As a long-time fan, I was excited to see Coldplay perform at one of their recent Melbourne concerts. Except that I didn’t see them, not really....

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Angus Delaney

How a schoolyard bully set me on my spiritual path

In 1960, when I was seven, my family moved from the Netherlands to Australia, where I attended a Catholic primary school in Noble Park Victoria....

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Bhakta Dasa

He’s the ‘most talented’ kid in the draft. So why isn’t Finn O’Sullivan a lock at No.1?

AFL recruiters will tell you there is no one more talented in this year’s highly touted draft class than Koroit kid and Xavier College boarder Finn...

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Marc Mcgowan

A ‘good life’ can be ours: The curious common ground between Labor and Coalition

A month ago, Communications Minister Michelle Rowland said her proposed changes to social media laws would help parents decide what they should...

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Sean Kelly

Memo to RBA: If wages growth isn’t the problem, then what is?

I can’t help wondering if the Reserve Bank isn’t misreading the economy. And it seems I’m not alone. When you’re seeking to manage the economy...

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Ross Gittins

Dispute over Gaza and Ukraine dogs APEC, as leaders issue warning to Trump on trade

A dispute over the wars in Gaza and Ukraine has erupted at a major economic summit after countries including Australia tried to air their concerns...

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David Crowe

Dutton can’t win by aping Trump – and he knows it

It would be an error for Australian conservatives to draw too many parallels between the election of Donald Trump and our election next year. Early...

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George Brandis

Why opening the batting has become a fool’s errand in Australia

When Matthew Hayden and Justin Langer intimidated bowling attacks around the world and particularly in Australia, most Test pitches on which they...

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Daniel Brettig

Mike Tyson’s fight with Jake Paul was utterly awful. I loved it

The big fight in Texas was, by any rational account, a sporting abomination. A degrading spectacle that pitted a puffed-up YouTuber with a big...

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Simon Briggs

‘Dutton deal’ and ‘Albo arbitrage’: Can markets predict the next PM?

Once again, and for the third election in a row, the pollsters got it terribly wrong, but to those of us who watch financial markets, Trump’s...

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Will Bennett

The climate killer we ignore: Women are losing babies. I call it ‘maternalcide’

Extreme temperatures are accelerating a global crisis of maternal mortality, doubling the rate of miscarriage in the hottest countries while...

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Nathalie Beasnael

Breakaway rugby competition would flop - even with Saudi billions

Reports of deep-pocketed investors targeting rugby emerged last week, to no one’s real surprise. This masthead understands the funding source is...

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Paul Cully

It started as a headache. By evening, James was unresponsive to his name

“It’s not meningococcal or something, is it?” I was texting my husband, Simon, at 4am on a Monday from my hotel room in Palm Springs while he...

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Fiona Hall

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