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The glaring and baffling omission in Dezi Freeman case

The glaring and baffling omission in Dezi Freeman case

The differences in the hearings into the deaths of two slain police and their killer were mostly reassuring and respectful, but one threatens to...

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Grant Mcarthur

Arrow response showed the one value that truly unites rugby league’s dysfunctional family

Arrow response showed the one value that truly unites rugby league’s dysfunctional family

While politics and hostility dominate the everyday news, the game has an underlying unity in the face of a real crisis – which was seen in the...

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Malcolm Knox

I mentioned quolls. Not one person knew what they were

I mentioned quolls. Not one person knew what they were

Invasive predators are being normalised while native species are being driven towards extinction.

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Nicola barton

The art of the incomplete deal: To open the strait, Trump had to leave the hard issues for later

The art of the incomplete deal: To open the strait, Trump had to leave the hard issues for later

The deal on the table with Iran isn’t a nuclear deal, and it won’t limit Tehran’s missiles. It is about the best both sides can manage for the...

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David E. Sanger

There’s no tennis on Abdo’s CV. Can he make the hard calls?

There’s no tennis on Abdo’s CV. Can he make the hard calls?

While Craig Tiley was lauded for turning the Australian Open into an entertainment behemoth, how Abdo handles the other side of the business will...

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Marc Mcgowan

The idea of living in this suburb left me aghast. Then it captured my heart

The idea of living in this suburb left me aghast. Then it captured my heart

You would never call it trendy or bustling, but this area is connected to the landscape, and the rhythms of family life dominate.

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Rebecca laface

Teal or no teal? Why these independents might stay solo

Teal or no teal? Why these independents might stay solo

A teal political party could give the crossbench more power and influence. But it comes with big risks too.

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James Massola

Are chatbots making things more difficult than old-fashioned transactions?

Are chatbots making things more difficult than old-fashioned transactions?

These days as consumers, we are often locked into these false amities with chatbots, our to-and-fro reliant on what previous questions and responses...

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David Astle

Hanson has no solutions, but she’s winning over younger Australians with one simple truth

Hanson has no solutions, but she’s winning over younger Australians with one simple truth

Pauline’s party may have no answer to why a generation cannot afford a house, but unlike the majors, One Nation is not pretending otherwise.

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Jane Buncle

A wave of property sellers has been hit by a buyers’ strike

A wave of property sellers has been hit by a buyers’ strike

There is little dispute about whether property prices will cool this year – but there is a range of views on whether the change will be arctic or...

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Elizabeth Knight

Trump has handed his man a poisoned chalice

Trump has handed his man a poisoned chalice

Donald Trump has finally got what he wanted, with Kevin Warsh taking over as head of the Federal Reserve. But the president’s actions will make it...

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Stephen Bartholomeusz

Inflation spike casts a shadow over minimum wage debate

Inflation spike casts a shadow over minimum wage debate

Unions say low-paid workers should be shielded from rising prices, but others say a large pay increase could feed into further upward pressure on...

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Millie Muroi

Our $1 trillion debt doesn’t scare markets - but it still has a cost

Our $1 trillion debt doesn’t scare markets - but it still has a cost

Markets appear unfussed about a looming milestone for public debt. Should taxpayers be a bit more concerned about it?

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Clancy Yeates

Days after Trump left, Xi welcomed Putin. They have a chemistry that’s reshaping the world

Days after Trump left, Xi welcomed Putin. They have a chemistry that’s reshaping the world

The West has imposed widespread sanctions against Russia in an attempt to isolate Putin over his illegal invasion of Ukraine. They have been...

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Clinton Fernandes

Lost in translation? Labor’s historic tax reforms need plain English

Lost in translation? Labor’s historic tax reforms need plain English

Both sides of this debate are mangling their case, but the Albanese government needs to maintain the courage of its convictions.

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Sean Kelly

Amid the cynicism, the Enhanced Games will finally happen. But is this sport?

Amid the cynicism, the Enhanced Games will finally happen. But is this sport?

Billionaires, banned substances and a Vegas-style spectacle collide as the Enhanced Games prepare to launch amid global fascination and fierce...

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Tom Decent

My beloved husband has died. I’ll never hear him say ‘hello beautiful’ again

My beloved husband has died. I’ll never hear him say ‘hello beautiful’ again

I lost the love of my life after a heroic battle with cancer. What happens now?

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Melissa Coburn

Melbourne Airport is degrading our experience of that last hug goodbye. We’ve seen how this story ends

Melbourne Airport is degrading our experience of that last hug goodbye. We’ve seen how this story ends

We deserve a world-class gateway to Melbourne, not a world-class car park from a facility determined to gouge us and make our lives more miserable.

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Cara Waters

When a ‘fake’ Monet turns out to be the real deal: What we really value about art

When a ‘fake’ Monet turns out to be the real deal: What we really value about art

So, humans can’t pick an AI-generated painting from a master’s. That doesn’t devalue the masterpiece.

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Will Bennett

Tony Abbott and Jim Chalmers, an unlikely pair of saviours for the Liberal Party

Tony Abbott and Jim Chalmers, an unlikely pair of saviours for the Liberal Party

Tony Abbott, the most effective opposition politician Australia has ever seen, is about to become Liberal Party president. Labor’s Jim Chalmers is...

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George Brandis

Why Waratahs’ prized recruit would be wasted if used only at inside-centre

Why Waratahs’ prized recruit would be wasted if used only at inside-centre

Roosters star Angus Crichton will bring leadership and fitness to the Waratahs next year, but he might also bring something else – if given the...

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Paul Cully

The Jewish festival you’ve never heard of – and it involves ice-cream

The Jewish festival you’ve never heard of – and it involves ice-cream

The Shavuot festival memorialises the giving of the law to the Jewish people – and is intimately bound to dietary practices.

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Nomi Kaltmann

Should we set up super accounts for our pre-teen kids?

Should we set up super accounts for our pre-teen kids?

Rarely when talking about children and finances does the topic of super come up. And that’s usually for a good reason.

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Paul Benson

Russian organised crime links, affairs with rappers: The updated book about Andrew and Fergie is shocking

Russian organised crime links, affairs with rappers: The updated book about Andrew and Fergie is shocking

Andrew was a risk to national security and a sexual predator with an interest in Japanese rope bondage, alleges the author.

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Peter Fitzsimons

Djokovic, Nadal and Federer never achieved it. This should have been the year Sinner did

Djokovic, Nadal and Federer never achieved it. This should have been the year Sinner did

Jannik Sinner’s shock Australian Open defeat to Novak Djokovic is even more significant four months later, on the eve of the year’s second grand...

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Marc Mcgowan

What the trust tax changes mean for your inheritance

What the trust tax changes mean for your inheritance

Labor says its proposed trust changes are not a “death tax”. How will they impact succession planning?

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Dominic Powell

Meet Albo, the high-vis, small-biz raider – and other deepfakes

Meet Albo, the high-vis, small-biz raider – and other deepfakes

If you want to “catch fire on the internet”, don’t let the facts get in the way of the story. That’s the sad lesson of a post-budget onslaught...

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Jacqueline Maley

There something dangerous and deadly lurking in Victoria that no one wants to discuss

There something dangerous and deadly lurking in Victoria that no one wants to discuss

The state government supposedly has a strategy to make this problem half as bad. It’s heading the other direction.

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Neil Mitchell

The health costs nobody warns you about once you turn 60

The health costs nobody warns you about once you turn 60

It’s like our body is sending invoices for things we did, and didn’t do, in our 40s and 50s. And no one explains that it’s coming, or how to prepare.

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Bec Wilson

Do young people want to eat the rich? No, they want something else

Do young people want to eat the rich? No, they want something else

Anthony Albanese believes he understands the economic desires of young Australians. But what if he’s got it all wrong?

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Parnell Palme Mcguinness

‘They are the right people to lead this club’: Why Bulldogs boss is backing Gus and Ciraldo

‘They are the right people to lead this club’: Why Bulldogs boss is backing Gus and Ciraldo

Canterbury chairman Adam Driussi insists the club isn’t panicking amid criticism over their form and a media campaign to coach and general manager.

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Danny Weidler

I interviewed Bob Katter on the budget. Things got awkward, fast

I interviewed Bob Katter on the budget. Things got awkward, fast

The member for Kennedy is well known for marching to the beat of his own drum. But his statement about working women still caught me off guard.

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Victoria devine

Super Rugby’s next partnership will be with Japan

Super Rugby’s next partnership will be with Japan

Expect to see Super Rugby teams take on Japanese opponents in the future – but don’t bet on a Sunwolves revival.

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Paul Cully

Are you not entertained? NRL walking a fine line between integrity and mass appeal

Are you not entertained? NRL walking a fine line between integrity and mass appeal

So often has rugby league supremo Peter V’landys declared that the game is primarily about entertainment that he could be channelling Russell Crowe...

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Roy Masters

While everyone’s ‘maxxing’ everything, I’m reviving the lost art of laziness

While everyone’s ‘maxxing’ everything, I’m reviving the lost art of laziness

In this era of optimisation, let’s not forget the joy in doing sweet f--- all.

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Annabel Ross

Not much pride in the AFL’s LGBTQI+ efforts

Fines, suspensions, and cancelled games: How the AFL turned a celebration of pride into a bureaucratic mess.

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Stephen Brook

The super shake-up that could change how you spend in retirement

The super shake-up that could change how you spend in retirement

This week, two announcements signal a shift that is putting lifetime income products within reach of many more Australians.

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Bec Wilson

Holidays have become dirt cheap – but only if you book them right

Holidays have become dirt cheap – but only if you book them right

Amid all the budget and interest rate outrage and Delta only coming fourth in Eurovision, you may have missed it’s been getting cheaper and cheaper...

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Nicole Pedersen-Mckinnon

Another grand final win can put A-League icon in reach of Ange’s record

Another grand final win can put A-League icon in reach of Ange’s record

Steve Corica is the only person to have been involved, in one form or another, in each of the A-League’s 21 seasons to date.

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Vince Rugari

Greener pastures? Toby’s departure would be a disaster for the Giants

Greener pastures? Toby’s departure would be a disaster for the Giants

After dedicating more than 15 years of blood, sweat and tears to the Giants, it would be an alarm-bells moment for the club if Greene, their captain...

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Caroline Wilson

Government will need to tread carefully through budget storm

Government will need to tread carefully through budget storm

Labor is showing signs of tacking with the wind, and it will need to act with dexterity and resolve in the coming weeks.

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The Age's View

A bit Richo! When Australia honours the ‘minister for kneecaps’, what does that say about us?

A bit Richo! When Australia honours the ‘minister for kneecaps’, what does that say about us?

History’s ‘dark connectors’ are ruthlessly discarded when they become a liability, but Graham Richardson managed to maintain his grip, even from...

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Malcolm Knox

What next for Rudd? He’s steeling himself for his grandest ambition

What next for Rudd? He’s steeling himself for his grandest ambition

Kevin Rudd has been so right about many of the great matters of our time. His tragedy is that he alienated some of the very people he most needed to...

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Peter Hartcher

When even the Kiwis conclude Anzac Day Test is a no-brainer, it’s time to make it happen

When even the Kiwis conclude Anzac Day Test is a no-brainer, it’s time to make it happen

An Anzac Day clash between the Wallabies and All Blacks makes perfect sense, and it should have its own trophy. There is no shortage of inspiration.

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Peter Fitzsimons

What in the world changed to allow the so-called IS brides home?

What in the world changed to allow the so-called IS brides home?

As Anthony Albanese once again performed apoplexy, Syria allowed the women and children to leave with relatives. Family ties clearly smoothed the way.

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Michael Bachelard

Colbert takes final bow, a late-night casualty of the president who couldn’t take a joke

Colbert takes final bow, a late-night casualty of the president who couldn’t take a joke

Is this the beginning of the end of America’s late-night television – and the freedom of speech it represented?

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Bill Wyman

‘Like trying to become a gyros chain in Athens’: what went wrong for GyG in America

‘Like trying to become a gyros chain in Athens’: what went wrong for GyG in America

Private equity and investment bankers convinced Aussies they could sell burritos to the Yanks – and they swallowed it.

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Colin Kruger

Greed and hubris: The inside story of a legal scandal

He was Melbourne legal royalty – a successful barrister and the son and grandson of Supreme Court judges. Norman O’Bryan knew the law. His fall...

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John Silvester

The Enhanced Games are dangerous. They’re not a celebration of science

The Enhanced Games are dangerous. They’re not a celebration of science

It’s a prime-time, livestreamed advertisement for a drug business. Swimming, athletics and weightlifting, the bait.

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Darren Kane

She’s a legit national icon. But is it wrong to want Kylie to be a bit more...interesting?

She’s a legit national icon. But is it wrong to want Kylie to be a bit more...interesting?

There’s so much pop culture gold in the new Kylie documentary. But the standout star is her old boyfriend and Neighbours co-star Jason Donovan.

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Kate Halfpenny