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Is Pauline Hanson's populist anger a recipe for Australia's ruin?

Is Pauline Hanson's populist anger a recipe for Australia's ruin?

There's a particular kind of political rhetoric that thrives in moments of uncertainty. It doesn't offer solutions, or reforms, or even...

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Zoë Wundenberg

Ask Property: How do we help the kids without putting ourselves in a worse financial position?

Ask Property: How do we help the kids without putting ourselves in a worse financial position?

Welcome to Ask Property, our new weekly column where we answer your real estate dilemmas. Our Ask Property columnist Nina Hendy is here to hunt down...

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Nina Hendy

Trump should get a red card and so should FIFA

Trump should get a red card and so should FIFA

Justice was done. The United States were bundled out of the World Cup despite a grubby intervention by the President of the United States. Mr Trump...

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Steve Evans

The costly tax mistakes property investors make every year

The costly tax mistakes property investors make every year

Every tax season, tax professionals hear the same comment from property investors. Subscribe now for unlimited access. Login or signup to continue...

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Mark Chapman

Trump's power grabs echo the very tyranny America was founded to escape

Trump's power grabs echo the very tyranny America was founded to escape

There was much to celebrate and be grateful for last Saturday as the US marked the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Subscribe now...

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Crispin Hull

The Prime Minister should tell the lynch mobs to shag off

The Prime Minister should tell the lynch mobs to shag off

Let me say unapologetically that I would "shag" Kylie Minogue. As the Prime Minister has also perceived, they all seem to have a very...

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Steve Evans

Doomscrolling? I'd much rather be joyscrolling, thanks

Doomscrolling? I'd much rather be joyscrolling, thanks

Good morning to the burrow, it's Jenna Price here - our email banner hasn't received the message about John's time off. Subscribe now...

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Jenna Price

Expert's guide to why your son is hooked on screens and how to help him

Expert's guide to why your son is hooked on screens and how to help him

Co-host of TV's Parental Guidance and podcast Happy Families DR JUSTIN COULSON says boys lost to screens and algorithms designed to be addictive...

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Justin Coulson

Dutton was high risk. Now Taylor wants to do something even crazier

Dutton was high risk. Now Taylor wants to do something even crazier

Remember the pious hand-wringing a few years back as Liberals and their media friends warned that electing community independents meant the end of the...

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Mark Kenny

Voters rethinking Hanson's grievance politics after sustained media scrutiny

Voters rethinking Hanson's grievance politics after sustained media scrutiny

A journalist's job is not to cheer politicians. Equally, it is not generally to tear them down. Our primary job is to test them. To challenge...

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Craig Thomson

After decades of hugely helping the rich, can the rest of us finally get ahead now?

After decades of hugely helping the rich, can the rest of us finally get ahead now?

The biggest and best tax reforms in 25 years just passed the Parliament. Subscribe now for unlimited access. Login or signup to continue reading In...

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Ebony Bennett

Pauline the Appalling v Albo the Inadequate

Pauline the Appalling v Albo the Inadequate

"Whoever wants to preach effectively must preach with love." Subscribe now for unlimited access. Login or signup to continue reading Saint...

04.07.2026 10

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Ian Warden

How a basketball story can teach boys about grief, friendship and hope

How a basketball story can teach boys about grief, friendship and hope

Boys often struggle to express themselves, but books can help them process their feelings safely and in their own way. For author FIONA HARRIS,...

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Fiona Harris

The unspoken rules of saying a final farewell to a loved one who is dying

The unspoken rules of saying a final farewell to a loved one who is dying

It's usually great seeing old friends. You don't have to plan what to say, watch your words, suffer awkward silences, or try to guide and...

03.07.2026 10

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James O'Loghlin

It's not just Trump: the real reasons we're falling out of love with the US

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Michael Turtle

What if the trees are watching us? A film to change how you think about plants

What if the trees are watching us? A film to change how you think about plants

Silent Friend (M, 147 mins) This gorgeous, unusual film never lets us lose sight or the sound of the natural world. Subscribe now for unlimited...

03.07.2026 5

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Jane Freebury

The deadly arms race playing out on suburban roads

The deadly arms race playing out on suburban roads

If you stood outside your local primary school at pick-up time two decades ago you witnessed a procession of Commodores, Falcons, Corollas and the odd...

03.07.2026 10

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Garry Linnell

Well done, Serena. You sullied a supreme legacy to flog some weight-loss drugs

Well done, Serena. You sullied a supreme legacy to flog some weight-loss drugs

I can't recall exactly what tickets to the local Olympics cost - but I do know I ended up with a massive credit card debt, which built up as...

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Jenna Price

The glaring difference between a real leader and a political celebrity

The glaring difference between a real leader and a political celebrity

Leaders are meant to bring out the best in us. They draw us into being our better selves, to being a part of something bigger and better than our own...

02.07.2026 10

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Amanda Vanstone

The government has a big four problem it can no longer ignore

The government has a big four problem it can no longer ignore

Children. Nothing but trouble. Except Deborah O'Neill, 65. Her parents would be very proud. And Albo should be acknowledging the NSW...

02.07.2026 10

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Jenna Price

How to love beer and hate alcohol at the same time

How to love beer and hate alcohol at the same time

Don't get me wrong. I love an ice cold beer. That refreshing fizz. The shock of bitterness. It's an instant party for the palate. Subscribe...

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John Hanscombe

How Trump's Hormuz gambit could sink the treaty that ensures free trade

How Trump's Hormuz gambit could sink the treaty that ensures free trade

United States President Donald Trump's innate inability to empathise with others and lack of intelligence to foresee consequences are likely to...

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Crispin Hull

I tried the viral sudoku packing hack - and it's changed the way I travel

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Danielle Norton

Global memory lapse as AI gobbles all the chips

Global memory lapse as AI gobbles all the chips

They're calling it RAMageddon, the extreme shortage of computer memory chips caused by the AI industry's rapacious appetite for them. The...

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John Hanscombe

What Pauline Hanson really means when she talks about monoculture

What Pauline Hanson really means when she talks about monoculture

When Pauline Hanson stood at the National Press Club lectern and declared that Australia "must be monocultural," the internet's comment...

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Zoë Wundenberg

Thanks, Daryl, your old song brought me to tears

Thanks, Daryl, your old song brought me to tears

A strange thing happened last week. I found myself tearing up on the news Daryl Braithwaite was calling time on his live music career. Subscribe now...

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John Hanscombe

Is Angus Taylor leading the Liberals into political oblivion?

Is Angus Taylor leading the Liberals into political oblivion?

The good grace with which Peter Dutton exited politics in 2025 explained much about why his colleagues had stayed true. Subscribe now for unlimited...

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Mark Kenny

In a highly competitive field, who is the most annoying traveller?

27.06.2026 20

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Mal Chenu

Here is who had the gonads to actually stand up to Hanson

For the purposes of this week, Andrew Hastie is an honorary woman. I am completely sure he will be delighted to be living his truth. More on this in a...

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Jenna Price

Now's the time to renovate multiculturalism, elevating 'interculturalism'

The Lowy Institute's annual poll, released this week, carried two important signals for politicians and other policy makers about Australian...

26.06.2026 20

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Michelle Grattan

The day after we learn that we are not alone

It's a rare thing to finish a Steven Spielberg movie disappointed. The Hollywood maestro has been leaving audiences with a sense of awe and...

26.06.2026 20

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Garry Linnell

Want to see One Nation's downfall? Just let them keep talking

Compulsory voting, our preferential voting system and our strong institutions will protect Australia from populist political parties. Subscribe now...

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Adam Triggs

For golden retriever Gus, the struggle is real

Wait, what? Why are all these people yelling at me? Did I poop in the laundry again? I'm sure I didn't but my recall's not that good so...

25.06.2026 10

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John Hanscombe

Donald forced to drain the swamp he oversaw

It was going to be the best blue you've ever seen. Tremendous American flag blue. Bluer than any blue. Something to make Washington so proud....

24.06.2026 20

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John Hanscombe

Australia's 'Whinger in Chief' hasn't proposed a thing to fix the system she hates

The message was clear. It was from a recent migrant from South Africa who was married to a recent migrant from Bosnia. Subscribe now for unlimited...

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Crispin Hull

The Coalition gives itself a wedgie on tax reform

It was the worst of pranks, painful and humiliating. The tormentor would sneak up behind you, grab the waistband of your undies and yank upwards as...

23.06.2026 20

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John Hanscombe

Supporting Pauline Hanson now? Here's where she actually stands on key issues

Pauline Hanson has spent three decades presenting herself as the voice of "ordinary Australians": the battlers, the forgotten, the people...

22.06.2026 20

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Zoë Wundenberg

Saving women? Spare me. This is hatred of women at its heart

The far right often cloaks itself as a movement to save women and girls, while doing the exact opposite. So, it's no surprise that as the far...

22.06.2026 20

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Ebony Bennett

Saxa salt with a serve of chips on the shoulder

This is an important announcement from the Australian Department of Monocultural Affairs. To preserve our way of life the following regulations will...

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John Hanscombe

This is the moment it all came crashing down for Hanson and her ilk

The brash anti-establishment mood sweeping Western democracies showed its first real fragility last week, just as its hubristic leader in this country...

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Mark Kenny

Pauline Hanson's monoculture right-wing dog-whistle has no place in Australia

Let's get something straight with Pauline Hanson and One Nation supporters. Australia has never been a "monoculture". Subscribe now for...

21.06.2026 20

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Craig Thomson

Our doglike obedience to the US means we also lost this war Iran

It may be a while before the full dimension of the military defeat of the United States and Israel by Iran can be assessed. Subscribe now for...

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Jack Waterford

Albanese government gives ground on tax, but how much will it have to cede on the NDIS?

Only a little more than a year into its second term and with Pauline Hanson turning politics upside down, the Albanese government finds itself in...

19.06.2026 20

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Michelle Grattan

Sure, Pauline's soundbites reel people in. But how much truth is she actually speaking?

My goodness, that was a lot to take in, wasn't it? Pauline Hanson's first address at the National Press Club of Australia was awkward for...

19.06.2026 20

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Jenna Price

Money can buy lots of things but not happiness

A trillion is a thousand billion and a thousand billion is a million million. No wonder such numbers turn us mere minions a bright shade of...

19.06.2026 20

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Garry Linnell

The island that haunts me - and landed a New York thriller deal

Armchair travel novels are all the rage, but that's not why I chose to set my thriller Find Me in Tasmania. Subscribe now for unlimited access....

19.06.2026 20

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Holly Craig

Coolcations are hot, but I'd rather drink a mojito than be one

18.06.2026 10

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Amy Cooper

Are welcome to country ceremonies actually causing harmful division?

What a surprise to find that stale pale (white) middle-aged males have so much in common with male Indigenous Australians. Subscribe now for unlimited...

18.06.2026 20

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Amanda Vanstone

Hanson in the hot seat gets a little, well, heated

Look, I want want to be mean but I can't find any other way to say this: Pauline Hanson is not fit to run the country. Not if her address to the...

18.06.2026 10

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John Hanscombe

Gen AI is reshaping our news habits, but at what cost to the truth and trust?

Generative AI is emerging as an important part of the Australian news ecosystem. Subscribe now for unlimited access. Login or signup to continue...

17.06.2026 20

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Sora Park