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There’s a dinner party game we play about disaster. But when fire bears down the choice is stark

Everything that could be done was done. With fire approaching your family home, what choices would you make?

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Kate Halfpenny

Steve Smith v David Warner: Why Sydney cricket fans should enjoy it while they can

They played hundreds of games together, but the two greatest Aussie batsmen of their generation don’t often cross paths on the field these days.

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Robert Dillon

Wall Street CEOs staying silent on Trump is no longer an option

Business leaders – for their own good, for the good of the world, and for the sake of their legacies – have been silent on Trump long enough. If...

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Gautam Mukunda

Climate whiplash: We can no longer pretend this isn’t a crisis

Australia has been riven by fires and floods this summer. What will it take to make policymakers treat this as the crisis it is?

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Bianca Hall

Being sick was bad enough, but did everyone else need to be so jolly?

Having the flu during summer festivities is like watching the world through death’s door.

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Anson Cameron

My health app cheated on me, so I dumped it

I was seduced by my fitness app’s relentless attention and generosity. But after almost three years together it was time to move on.

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Neil Breen

Too fast, too slow, too broad, too narrow... Albanese’s hate speech critics agree on one thing

Legislation is not a press conference. It has to anticipate future situations and be coherent 20 years hence.

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Waleed Aly

My work moved office. Why won’t they pay for my travel costs?

If you’re being asked to drive from your home to a new premise and back, your options may be limited.

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Jonathan Rivett

The five surprising skills you’ll need to get a promotion this year

The last few years in the workplace have seen some of the biggest upheavals to how we work in generations. Here’s how to stay ahead of the pack.

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Tim Duggan

Heated Rivalry proves hot is hot, romance is romance and sex is sexy

Having spent years waiting for the inevitable snickers at displays of homosexual desire in cinemas, the acceptance of HBO’s steamy gay hockey TV...

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Damien Woolnough

It’s the accepted wisdom on reducing bushfire risk, but doubts are growing

For decades, authorities have used prescribed burning to reduce bushfire severity. But a rising number of scientists say we can no longer burn our...

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Bianca Hall

Trump’s trade war with China is a $1.8 trillion fail

A tsunami of Chinese exports to the rest of the world has blunted Donald Trump’s attack on the world’s second-largest economy.

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Elizabeth Knight

FA counting on bold new management structure to help revive domestic game

Most of the time, when a sporting organisation appoints a new chief executive, there are two seats at the press conference. That’s the standard...

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Vince Rugari

After Bondi, time must be taken to get race hate law changes right

It would be remarkable to see the Coalition, which has argued antisemitism is a national crisis, vote against the laws while the Greens allow them...

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Matthew Knott

The not-so-subtle message in cheesy moment between two leaders

Like all finely tuned pieces of diplomatic stagecraft, there was more to the friendly jamming session than matching tracksuits and K-pop hits.

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Lisa Visentin

The world watched as Australia kicked under-16s off social media. The results are in

Almost 5 million accounts have been deactivated since Australia’s ban came into effect five weeks ago. So why are some parents still finding their...

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Bronte Gossling

The Islamic Republic of Iran is crumbling. Miscalculations have pushed it to this terminal frenzy

Syria’s Assad, who had fought a brutal war against his people for 14 years, fell in less than 11 days. Ayatollah Khamenei faces a similar fate...

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Kylie Moore-Gilbert

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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Elizabeth Knight

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

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. We know the perfect tennis player doesn’t exist. Of course, in men’s tennis, Jannik...

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Peter Ryan

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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Michael Koziol

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

Jannik Sinner and Madison Keys left with the trophies, but the two most memorable moments from the 2025 Australian Open were Daniil Medvedev’s...

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Billie Eder

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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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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Will Stidston

One word makes proposed race hate law changes problematic

The government’s proposed changes to hate speech legislation may have unintended consequences, and fall foul of the Constitution.

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Anne Twomey

Say yes to these drugs. They will save your life

A skinny doctor applauded my weight loss via diet and exercise rather than drugs. I wish I’d told him to get lost. I’d have taken those drugs in a...

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Jenna Price

We’ve seen the video. Trump’s lies about it are fanning the flames

The terrible divisiveness of police violence is why responsible leaders respond to every incident with extreme care. You don’t send out allies and...

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David French

What will happen to my investment losses once I die?

In the eyes of the taxman, capital losses have a limited life. But things can change if you have a self-managed super fund.

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Noel Whittaker

It may be awkward, but a BFA 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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Will Stidston

Knocking down and rebuilding? Don’t fall for these tax traps

When it comes to your redevelopment, there is no avoiding the fact that, in the eyes of the taxman, this is a profit-making venture.

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Julia Hartman

Who will stick their neck out for Jerome Powell? So far, it’s slim pickings

All three living former Federal Reserve chairs have slammed the criminal investigation into Powell, but there’s been a stony silence from others in...

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Michael Koziol

Ambassador Rudd was always a high-reward, high-risk gamble

Choosing the former prime minister to be Australia’s US ambassador always stood out for being full of potential but laden with risk. That’s how it...

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Matthew Knott

How Alyssa Healy took her chance and launched a golden era for Australian women’s cricket

With a typically cheeky quip about the need to spend more time on her golf, Alyssa Healy drew the curtain on one of Australian cricket’s most game-...

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Daniel Brettig

Apple’s Gemini deal a win for Google, but will it make your iPhone smarter?

Apple has been extremely cautious when it comes to using AI and is hoping Google’s raw resources will help it close the gap on its rivals.

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Tim Biggs

I lost thousands. But it taught me a crucial lesson about money

I knew my only shot at avoiding this happening again was to figure out what I could do better next time. So, I asked myself a question I’d been...

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Paridhi Jain

Iranian leader’s brutal gamble in showdown with Trump

This blinkered and ruthless old man has staked everything on the idea that maximum cruelty will quash his protesters – and that the US will do...

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David Blair

Pacifist to pugilist: Why Trump’s move against the US Fed boss could backfire

Jerome Powell has had enough, and he is fighting back. The time for a biblical ‘Turning the other cheek’ is over.

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Elizabeth Knight

Rudd’s successor will need to be a political animal to survive DC

His infamous tweet left a question mark over his capacity to do the job, but Kevin Rudd changed the narrative.

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Michael Koziol

As a Jew who knows antisemitism, I need answers, not the stifling of free speech

We’ve heard calls not only to investigate how the Bondi massacre occurred but to place universities, protest movements and migrants under suspicion.

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Max Kaiser

I was at rock bottom in grim Dublin when my life was turned around by an elderly stranger

The Celtic Tiger was roaring and I was on track to fulfilling my journalism dream. Then an email arrived with a word that I’d not heard in years...

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Jonathan Drennan

My family wound up in an altercation at the beach. I wondered if we were welcome

OK, yes, I am invading your precious beach town. But we summer tourists bring good things too.

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Zoya Patel

I thought I had to quit the thing I loved to become a doctor. I was wrong

I was 16 and had the colours of rolling thunder and driving rain at my fingertips. I thought I had to choose between listening to my head or...

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Louis Wang

Trump calls climate change a ‘con job’ but it could drive his bid to seize Greenland

As Greenlanders watch the ice melt around them, mining becomes more commercial and more attractive to the US president – or that’s the theory.

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David Crowe

How artificial intelligence is driving the world’s biggest mining mega-merger

Even two years ago coal was the mining industry’s kryptonite - the dirty commodity cousin whose place in the energy mix was rapidly fading.

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Elizabeth Knight

Time to get off X, prime minister. It’s repulsive

Now would be a great time for the federal government and the opposition to review their use of the platform they condemn.

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Michelle Griffin

‘Biggest moment in Iran since 1979’: World on edge as protests grow

The overthrow of Iran’s Islamic regime would be a seismic event that would transform geopolitics and markets. Analysts say the government has a...

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Paul Wallace

What if the fastest way to ‘build’ homes is to stop building?

One of the solutions to the housing crisis could be right under our noses – or over our heads.

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Dr Ehsan Noroozinejad

RFK’s new food pyramid is all sizzle and no steak

Why, if the message is so simple (and unoriginal), have the guidelines caused such a stir?

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Sarah Berry