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An ambition 16 years in the making was finally realised last weekend when a large, domestically-built, Chinese passenger jet made its much-delayed...
Johnathan Thurston, who has claimed Origin wins with his arm falling off and celebrated them from a wheelchair, lost it. Just a little bit. “And...
There are few corporate titans with more at stake in the Australian property market than the big four banks, which between them hold about $1.5...
This article was originally published in The Chainsaw. The tax treatment of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are now on the radar of the Australian Tax...
Ben Roberts-Smith chose not to face his moment of destiny. Nearly every day during the trial he strode through the sliding doors at Queens Square...
“The totalitarian phenomenon,” French philosopher Jean-François Revel once noted, “is not to be understood without making an allowance for the...
Ben Roberts-Smith’s defamation case against The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald and The Canberra Times has now been dismissed in its entirety,...
Harry McKay is the 427th rated player in the league this season, according to Champion Data. It’s an alarming ranking for the Carlton forward,...
Australian women are being delivered a shocking deal when it comes to their pay packets, with the gender wages gap persistently one of the widest...
Before the pandemic, my younger brother had been studying at high school, working at a restaurant, going to parties – trying the best he could to...
Building the case for Australia to significantly upgrade its defence capability, including the expensive acquisition of nuclear-powered submarines,...
Nobody won the fight, mostly because there wasn’t one. Just some vigorous push-and-shove with Tom Gilbert’s face turning various shades of red....
Could a small piece of silicone be a ticket to more choice? More agency? More sex? Periods can be tedious at best: cramps, brain fog, a 3000 per...
One person’s hell is another’s person’s fun, so who am I to judge? Who are any of us to judge? US tech entrepreneur Bryan Johnson’s idea of a...
Before the announcement on Tuesday evening, AFL CEO Gillon McLachlan briefed club presidents on the agreement reached between the league, the six...
Like Adelaide, NSW started this year’s Origin series half an hour behind. By that stage Queensland had grabbed two tries, the initiative and a...
The Republicans have capitulated on the US debt ceiling. This averts the risk of abrupt fiscal tightening in a slowing economy that has yet to...
Late last week Elon Musk withdrew Twitter from a European Union voluntary code of practice against disinformation. Twitter could soon face massive...
For what may have been his last parliamentary grilling, Reserve Bank governor Phil Lowe went out with more whimper than bang. Lowe, the punching...
Travellers willing to be flexible in booking trips can save hundreds of dollars on airfares as international and domestic travel regains popularity...
Think of splendid poetry. Think of great oratory. Think of deathless words that ring with profundity. Think of the Gettysburg Address. Then think...
Kyiv: It is not only Muscovites who would have been shocked by the large-scale drone strike on the Russian capital on Tuesday. Western observers...
Our journey began with joy. We thought we were in the clear and excitedly awaited the arrival of our first child. But life had other plans. On...
Just before 9am on Wednesday, St George Illawarra CEO Ryan Webb was posing with a novelty cheque. “Jason is definitely in the mix,” Webb told...
How do I overcome analysis paralysis? I have been trying to get myself to start investing for a while, and I am financially ready to invest. I have...
On Monday morning, as I dropped our little girl off to preschool in Bulli on the NSW south coast, the teacher was addressing the kids holding my...
Welcome to the third decade of Australia’s own morning wars. In one corner: Today’s Karl Stefanovic and Sarah Abo. And in the other: Sunrise’s...
“Well, we had a move called ‘Latrell’, so Stephen might adjust to that … but we might have to change the name,” Brad Fittler quipped at...
As we watch the Albanese government and the Senate crossbench getting to the bottom of what’s become “The PwC Scandal”, it’s important to join...
Insurance giants are the latest big companies attracting unwanted government attention over some of their prices, hot on the heels of Labor’s...
The sense of anticipation before game one of a State of Origin series is like nothing all year, and the question on everyone’s lips is: will this...
I have $330,000 in my super in pension mode. I also receive a small age pension. I have a $40,000 loan with ANZ with an interest rate of nearly 9...
Not since the fall of the Berlin Wall in the late 1980s has geopolitics occupied so much time and energy. From Eastern Europe to the Middle East...
Recently, a client I’d worked with for almost 20 years passed away. Peter, who was 64 years old, was robbed of many well-earned retirement years,...
Home loan customers have been in the box seat to demand a sharp interest rate from their bank in the past year, as lenders fought tooth and nail to...
Readers of Joseph Heller’s classic novel, Catch-22, understand the absurdity at the heart of the story. According to the Collins Dictionary, to be...
What does a professional services firm actually sell? Knowledge and specialist expertise, obviously, but ultimately its only assets are its people,...
Several weeks ago, the NSW coaching staff spent all day in the video room poring over recent Origin matches to find answers to two questions: who...
US tech firm Nvidia, which makes advanced chips needed to train and run artificial intelligence (AI) networks, recently upgraded its revenue...
There are always two games being played at Carlton. One is ruthless and menacing, the players convinced of their own ability to finally deliver the...
Geelong are maintaining a positive outlook as they prepare for their tough run home in the second half of the season after falling out of the eight...
Blackstone took a big gamble when it acquired Crown Resorts for $8.9 billion in cash last year, given the regulatory pressures the casino giant was...
How can Australia have any faith in New Zealander Brendon Pickerill going to the Rugby World Cup as a television match official after his actions...
There is a version of the Bible called The Message by Eugene Peterson. It translates ye olde King James verses like “Come to Me, all you who labor...
We’ve copped a lot of crap post-pandemic. From rising interest rates and rents, a cost-of-living crisis, mass burnout and the promise of other...
In late 2020, a former TV journalist and Townsville deputy mayor-turned Gold Coast MP took the helm of the LNP’s shrinking parliamentary team, after...
The post-match headlines were dominated by the flying fists of Dane Gagai and Matt Burton, the concussions in the opening minutes and Ben Hunt’s...
The dismantling of the US as a normal, functional nation-state continues. America’s gun neuralgia continues to worsen, and now we see new...
The House Republicans gambled with the fate of the US financial system and economy, and potentially the global financial system and economy, for...
This month’s budget is not as profligate as its critics claim, but nor is it the deficit-disappearing, penny-pinching budget it was tricked up to...
When Brad Fittler and Greg Alexander sat down to muster their team for the opening game of last year’s State of Origin series, there was one name...
Billionaires are not known for doing things by half. When Elon Musk set up a battery plant, he billed it a “Gigafactory” and made unfulfilled...
In this age of Instagram, people have tons of photos of their meals on their phones. I have no doubt this is the most documented generation that...
The news last week that 15,000 of the globe’s residents chose Sydney as the best place in the world to live has stirred up a predictable mix of...
Why do blokes get all the fun on gambling apps? I want gender equity in all facets of life. And if that means equal opportunity to become a...
If PwC thought it could this week take back control of the rolling public relations horror show that is its tax leaks scandal, it will be...
For as long as anyone can remember, we’ve been told that NSW doesn’t “get” State of Origin. Doesn’t pick Origin players. Doesn’t prepare...
A tough few weeks for Australian sides in trans-Tasman clashes means they will fall short of last year’s seven victories against New Zealand sides...
The Victorian government’s announcement last week that it will end native forest logging in the state next year has accelerated debate about the...
As a teacher, I have seen the classroom transform in the past decade. Before computers were ever-present, teaching was like a dance between the...
Aristocrat Leisure is the big name behind the headlines when talk turns to Australia’s addiction to poker machines. “Aristocrat, with its 50 per...
I had difficulty getting a prescription for morphine when I went to my medical centre a while ago. My regular GP was unavailable, and the young...
Two months ago, announcing the provisions Australians would vote on at a referendum, Anthony Albanese made a statement that is more interesting now...
At the London Defence Conference last week, a mood of optimism prevailed about the likelihood of Ukraine’s ultimate success in its war against...
Twitter’s widely criticised reinvention of its verification program, combined with a new generation of synthetic media powered by generative AI,...
This was a very upsetting round of football. It was an awful round for tipping and a brilliant round for watching. In a round of statement...
Shavuot is a Jewish dairy festival that celebrates the giving of the Torah. Why dairy? Because, before receiving the Torah, the Jewish people had...