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

If you could take all the best skills and attributes of the leading players at this year’s Australian Open and combine them into one player, what...

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Peter Ryan

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

Tennis tantrums get us talking and keep us watching, but where’s the line between endorsing bad behaviour and acknowledging it’s good for the sport...

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Billie Eder

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

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

After Venezuela, Trump is gassed up on ‘winning’ – he will likely decide he must act in Iran

But 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...

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Michael Koziol

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

The angry moment that could define Jacinta Allan’s response to the fire disaster

If we think of voter grievance as fuel on the forest floor, there is a point in any long-term government where the build-up reaches combustive levels.

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Chip Le Grand

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A funding squeeze and ageing fire trucks are a choice the government has made

Fighting fires is, like the health sector, an essential service, and it is under pressure due to budget strain.

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The Age&x27S View

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

I was at rock bottom in a 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

After Bondi, our leaders needed to draw breath. Now, so do we all

Our political classes have shown Australians how not to respond to a crisis. Can we learn from it?

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Sean Kelly

Why Trump’s jackboots and AI’s trillions won’t shake giddy investors

The financial markets have passed two crucial tests barely a week into the new year.

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Colin Kruger

The data doesn’t lie: it’s getting hotter and fossil fuels are fanning the flames

The big question for me is how do I keep my kids safe? The good news is that we are not powerless.

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Amanda Mckenzie

The next Ashes series is only 18 months away. Here’s what Australia must do to win again

Suitcases packed, hotel rooms vacated, sore heads and red eyes hidden under baseball caps and behind sunglasses, winners and losers alike face the...

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Geoff Lawson

Iran has brutally crushed protests before. This time could be different

After 35 years of ruling Iran, Ali Khamenei is running out of options fast.

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Akhtar Makoii

In Trump’s America, smart robots and AI mask an uncomfortable future

The world’s largest gadget show promised a future in which technology handles everything. Outside the Las Vegas bubble, reality had other plans.

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David Swan

Wilcox cartoon was divisive – and we apologise for the hurt it has caused

Although there is no place in this country for hate speech, there must be room for people to express their views on politics and world events.

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The Age&x27S View

Can anyone stop Sabalenka? It will take a bold, brave and fearless player to step up

There will be no denying Aryna Sabalenka’s standing as favourite to clinch a third Australian Open mantle, but even the world No.1 has issued a...

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Nick Wright

The abomination on Bondi Beach is a failure that extends beyond any politician or party

The true test is not whether we establish an inquiry but whether we have the courage to confront uncomfortable truths about how we arrived at this...

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Steven Lowy

Voters thought Albanese was weak on Bondi. Now he risks being seen as tricky

There will be a royal commission into antisemitism and social cohesion. Not just because eminent Australians spoke out in favour, but because...

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Parnell Palme Mcguinness

Greenlanders tell ‘absolutely insane’ Trump what they really think

On the streets of Nuuk, derision of the US president is palpable. A group of boys walking in the snow stop to say “we hate Trump”. One makes the...

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David Crowe

We have $1.2m in super. Should we try to qualify for the age pension?

Financial gymnastics aimed at obtaining a few extra dollars from social security that you don’t really need is not my cup of tea.

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Paul Benson

Flowers in the gutter. The father is not alone

In times of grief, words can be unnecessary. Yet there are such times when something must be said. Anything. Say it with love.

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Alexandra Sangster

Brendon McCullum’s latest absurd claim should spell the end of his tenure

An alarming sign of Brendon McCullum’s attitude to coaching England came on the Adelaide outfield, where, with Australian players uncorking the...

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Oliver Brown

Starc, Head and Carey were outstanding, but they weren’t why Australia hammered England

The problem with my Best Combined XI from the 2025-26 Ashes is that it only has VI players in it. Travis Head opens the batting, and then we have...

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Malcolm Knox

My love letter to ye olde postie … Will he mind if I email it?

Letter writers and coin collectors of the world unite! Our analogue days are numbered.

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Jo Pybus

The inside story of the booze-fuelled Ashes tour that divided Stokes and McCullum

The morning after England’s sucker-punch of an opening Ashes defeat in Perth, Brydon Carse was sitting at a riverside cafe with his teammates Zak...

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Nick Hoult