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The one thing we can all agree on in this art controversy is it's a sorry mess

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Jenna Price

February 7: a day that should live in hilarity

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John Hanscombe

I looked at 35 years of data to see how Australians vote

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Intifar Chowdhury

What happens now the RBA has cut rates?

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Luke Hartigan

The NRL going to Las Vegas is proof gambling steers our sports

The NRL going to Las Vegas is proof gambling steers our sports

The NRL will next month be again hosting its opening round in Las Vegas. Login or signup to continue reading And if ARL Commission Chair Peter V'...

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Tim Costello

Would it actually be the worst thing if China filled gaps left by US foreign aid?

Would it actually be the worst thing if China filled gaps left by US foreign aid?

The utter decimation of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the world's biggest bilateral foreign aid program has...

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Grace Stanhope

Calling for HELP: Lazy government accounting is costing students thousands

Calling for HELP: Lazy government accounting is costing students thousands

The government's lazy accounting is costing students thousands of dollars over the lifetime of their HELP debt. There's an easy fix, but the major...

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Tammy Tyrrell

The world has changed. Australia needs to keep up

The world has changed. Australia needs to keep up

There are decades where nothing happens, and there are weeks where decades happen, Lenin famously observed. Login or signup to continue reading If...

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Mark Kenny

Some of my devilishly clever ways to avoid Trump's evils

Some of my devilishly clever ways to avoid Trump's evils

Thinking, delicate readers, how are you going with your followings of my famous advice that we must blot the sickening Donald Trump out of our...

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Ian Warden

He might have bogus intentions, but Trump could still drag us into a devastating war

He might have bogus intentions, but Trump could still drag us into a devastating war

President Donald Trump's recent Gaza proposal appeared to confound those who sought or pretended to seek some consistency from the American leader....

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Malcolm Patterson

Light rail haters need to look at the bigger picture. This is making Canberra better

Light rail haters need to look at the bigger picture. This is making Canberra better

Australia has had an on-again, off-again relationship with light rail. Login or signup to continue reading Once the backbone of transport in major...

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Caroline Wilkie

In Australia, healthcare is like champagne. The rich get heaps, the poor get none

In Australia, healthcare is like champagne. The rich get heaps, the poor get none

To make profits for shareholders, ASX200 companies work hard to maximise value. Login or signup to continue reading They target consumers who can...

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Peter Breadon

Will the world's most powerful relationship fall apart? History suggests it will

Will the world's most powerful relationship fall apart? History suggests it will

It's been a burning political question for weeks: How long will President Donald Trump - who doesn't like sharing the spotlight - be able to do...

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Will Weissert

There's a lot of hype about Elon Musk's govt 'efficiency' but we should be watching closely

There's a lot of hype about Elon Musk's govt 'efficiency' but we should be watching closely

If you believe the hype, America's new Department of Government Efficiency (or DOGE) has been tremendously efficient in rooting out all sorts of...

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Simon Cowan

Dutton doesn't pull his punches on Trump while Albanese has to tread more carefully

Dutton doesn't pull his punches on Trump while Albanese has to tread more carefully

Treasurer Jim Chalmers will not be organising a bucks' night ahead of the coming nuptials of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Jodie Haydon....

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Michelle Grattan

Whether Labor or Liberals, independents must put boot on neck of the next government

Whether Labor or Liberals, independents must put boot on neck of the next government

Any teal or independent standing for the House of Representatives at the election would be well advised to keep schtum about their cards in the...

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Jack Waterford

We're terrified by the still sound of silence

We're terrified by the still sound of silence

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Garry Linnell

What Football Australia can learn from the NRL amid Kerr saga

What Football Australia can learn from the NRL amid Kerr saga

Football Australia do a lot of things right, but as the Matildas desperately try to move on from the Sam Kerr drama, the sporting body could learn...

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Melanie Dinjaski

DeepSeek is rewriting the AI playbook

DeepSeek is rewriting the AI playbook

The emergence of Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) startup DeepSeek has stunned the tech world; the company's AI chatbots are said to rival the...

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Xueyin Zha

Populist campaigns usually bank on a charismatic figure. So Clive's push won't go far

Populist campaigns usually bank on a charismatic figure. So Clive's push won't go far

I'm not a fan of body shaming and so I won't go there with Clive Palmer. Thing is, it's not his body that's the problem, it's his mind. He is a...

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Jenna Price

An old speech echoes down the decades

An old speech echoes down the decades

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John Hanscombe

Why do top bureaucrats earn so much more than politicians?

Why do top bureaucrats earn so much more than politicians?

Tasmanian senator Jacqui Lambie represents the lowest-income Australians, with median weekly earnings of $1208 a week. In the Australian Capital...

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Chris Wallace