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Linda Reynolds argues that reforming the National Disability Insurance Scheme is a "national obligation." On that point, she is right - but...
Wolfram (M, 100 minutes) While this outback drama is one of a growing number of stories on screen about Indigenous dispossession, it is also a tale of...
Seven Snipers (MA15 , 88 minutes) It's not easy being a single mother - or a former combat sniper. Being both is even harder, especially when the...
The interim report from the royal commission on anti-Semitism, set up after the Bondi massacre, leaves hanging more questions than it answers....
The Devil Wears Prada 2 (M, 122 minutes) How time flies. It's been two decades since the release of the very enjoyable comedy The Devil Wears...
The very best news for the Australian National University is that Julie Bishop, its chancellor, is on the way out. As Julie Hare, veteran higher...
"This won't take long," promised the specialist as I nervously lowered my pants. "It'll be over before you know it." He...
The bond, James Bond, market is heating up. Subscribe now for unlimited access. Login or signup to continue reading For almost a year, Denis...
It costs more to do business in the regions than it does in the city. This has always been the case. It's as true for businesses selling things...
The drone strikes on the refinery sparked an inferno that caused toxic black smoke to rise like an angry fist, a grey smudge visible from space....
A friend was watching CNN and saw the whole thing unfold in real time. He texted me immediately. But the news didn't shock me as much as my...
Sometimes evolution can be quite quick, almost revolutionary. Politics is similar to biology that way. Subscribe now for unlimited access. Login or...
It's the season of anniversaries. Subscribe now for unlimited access. Login or signup to continue reading The big one, of course, was Anzac Day...
For many Tasmanians, Port Arthur will always be our "where were you when" memory. Subscribe now for unlimited access. Login or signup to...
Last week the government unveiled plans to reduce the number of people in the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) by 160,000 over the next...
For a lot of Australians, life has become much more expensive. Prices for groceries, rent, insurance, gas bills are up and the cost of petrol is...
When construction began on the houses in the new estate around the corner a few years ago, there was always one voice raised in anger on the building...
When North Melbourne was given the okay to play a few home games in Sydney in the late 1990s, the Swans were not impressed. Subscribe now for...
Among the many conceits of political discourse are the words used to explain outcomes as if they are temporary aberrations. Subscribe now for...
New National Disability Insurance Scheme reforms pose a novel test of character for the Albanese government. Subscribe now for unlimited access. Login...
At Gallipoli, up at the battleground we know as the Nek, we were walking carefully through the eroded impressions of 110-year-old trenches on a hot...
Politically, it's a very bad time to be a baby boomer. Subscribe now for unlimited access. Login or signup to continue reading It is not just...
110 years ago this week, Anzac Day was held for the first time. It has been observed annually ever since. Subscribe now for unlimited access. Login or...
I am standing at the counter of one of the big four banks, speaking with a kind and patient teller. Her name is Camille. The amicable calm is suddenly...
He seemed too good to be true. With his chiselled jaw, muscled physique and courageous derring-do under fire, it felt like Ben Roberts-Smith had burst...
Calle Malaga (M, 116 minutes) It's not easy growing old, for parents or their children. Mother and Son addressed this in sitcom fashion but all...
You don't need to be a genius to conclude that the government has made a mess of the migration program. Subscribe now for unlimited access. Login...
There's a story I haven't been able to shake from a recent survey of our charity partners. Subscribe now for unlimited access. Login or...
It wasn't a particularly cold morning but it had rained overnight so I could forgive the smoke curling from the chimney three days before Anzac...
Something remarkable happens on Sydney buses. At every stop, disembarking passengers thank the driver. In a world in which good manners have become...
Weekends can be hard. Subscribe now for unlimited access. Login or signup to continue reading As a person with a disability, I feel incredibly...
The Coalition and business lobbyists are quite right to say that the federal government must rein in spending and reduce debt. And they were doing it...
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The AI wave has crashed, and we're now swimming through the detritus. Subscribe now for unlimited access. Login or signup to continue reading...
I'll never forget the morning I froze during a client presentation at Kearney, the global management consulting firm, where I was a vice...
For a long time, ageing came with a script. You study. You build a career. You work full time for decades. Then somewhere in your 60s, you step back...
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Long before the internet put unchecked power in the hands of billionaire technofascists, there was a kid's doll which emitted insults when you...
Fuel companies are asking Tasmanians to accept something consumers would never tolerate in any other essential market: sudden, sharp price increases...
US President Donald Trump is letting it be known that he is considering pulling the United States from NATO, and perhaps some of America's...
I've gained a new respect for Harry and Meghan after their Australian visit this week. Subscribe now for unlimited access. Login or signup to...
An effective opposition is good at policy. Last term and so far this term, the Coalition has been very poor at policy formulation. Subscribe now for...
Mum had no time for Australian values. In fact, she was pretty vocal on the topic. Australians allowed their kids to roam around after school on...
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Like most people with a Netflix subscription, I recently watched the latest doco from Louis Theroux called Inside the Manosphere. Subscribe now for...
The federal government is preparing a budget badged as "intergenerational fairness". The idea it sells is simple: young people are...
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Last week I was asked by someone on a very modest income whether it was worthwhile keeping private health insurance. Subscribe now for unlimited...
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