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The moment I knew Sam Konstas was ready for Test cricket

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Geoff Lawson

I knew when my time was up. Ageing greats Kohli and Smith will, too

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Greg Chappell

The best and worst of sport in 2024: And that was only Raygun

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Peter Fitzsimons

This Christmas, Keira and Hugh take us from Love Actually to mass murder, actually

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Steve Meacham

Let’s rethink The Lucky Country. Australia’s fortune was never dumb luck

Sixty summers ago, thousands of Australians were devouring a book published in the lead-up to Christmas which became an instant Aussie classic....

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Nick Bryant

In NRL clown town, can a Tiger turn into a Magpie? It’s not black and white...

You reckon perhaps it’s true; we’re all just existing in a clown world? Of course, why can’t a tiger shapeshift to transform into a magpie? The...

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Darren Kane

Our unhinged annual Christmas obsession is the one thing Aussies can’t control

A week out from Christmas, I wake to something unusual. My husband is awake first! Even without coffee, he seems pretty pumped. Leans – looms –...

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Kate Halfpenny

‘Are you not entertained?’ Postecoglou is two steps away from vindication with Spurs

In 2005, back when he was still playing the character of a buffoonish right-wing television pundit, comedian Stephen Colbert coined the term ‘...

yesterday 9

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Vince Rugari

Putin’s spectacular act of self-sabotage has killed the Kremlin’s biggest market

As talk of an end to Russia’s war in Ukraine grows among Western diplomats, and Volodymyr Zelensky comes round to the idea of what he calls a...

yesterday 10

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Ben Marlow

Sydney’s rail network hangs in balance ahead of ultimate showdown

It has been building towards this for months: an ultimate showdown between powerful rail unions and a state Labor government as Sydney’s rail...

yesterday 7

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Matt O&x27Sullivan

‘Co-president’ Elon Musk? True power of Trump’s ally in the spotlight

Washington: Elon Musk has never been elected to office. President-elect Donald Trump has not tapped him to serve in any role inside the government....

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Cat Zakrzewski

We’re trying Christmas without presents. Blame my late Aunty Elspeth

The base of the Christmas tree looks a bit depleted in an empty nest. A white envelope. A couple of token efforts. Something from someone, but not...

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Malcolm Knox

To AI or not to AI? How chatbots can help revive the university essay

Generative AI does not signal the end of student writing. Even that time-honoured (if shop-soiled) form of writing – the “student essay” –...

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Huw Griffiths

Why bribery is key to boosting our economic prosperity

Of all the incentives in the world, money must be among the most powerful. Since its birth thousands of years ago, dosh – chasing it, saving it,...

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Millie Muroi

What’s scarier than Trump suing to cow the media? The media caving in

ABC News in America has just settled a defamation suit Donald Trump brought against the network. ABC, which is owned by Disney, agreed to pay $US15...

yesterday 2

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Bill Wyman

The nation has lost its horsepower. Why? Because our leaders are too scared to act

Australia heads into the summer lull with enormous pressures bearing down on households and no substantial answers on how the country will jump out...

yesterday 6

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David Crowe

All I want for Christmas is world peace and a four-year snooze

When my brother and sister sent me my niblings’ Christmas lists this year – instruction manuals to keep this out-of-state, out-of-touch aunt on a...

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Genevieve Novak

‘What the hell is going on?’: Big bank’s year of woe summed up in one meeting

A bond-trading scandal, a culture crisis, environmental remonstration, human rights concerns related to the funding of arms maker Lockheed Martin...

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Elizabeth Knight

Kiwis are brave enough to ban greyhound racing. Why aren’t we?

Those bloody Kiwis. There they go again, showing us the way. What makes them so smart and progressive, making us of the “West Island” look like we...

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Peter Fitzsimons

We all love Uzzie, but we’d love some runs from him even more

We’ve been so busy talking about Marnus Labuschagne and Steve Smith and Nathan McSweeney that we’ve hardly gotten around to talking about Usman...

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Greg Baum

Albanese has taken hits but isn’t a terrible PM. Cut him some slack

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is at a perilous moment, when it feels like the electorate has summed him up – in a word, gutless – checked out,...

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Paddy Manning

The Trump shadow hanging over Wall Street’s meltdown

Investors got what they expected from the Federal Reserve Board when it cut US interest rates for the third time this year – but promptly spat...

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Stephen Bartholomeusz

Germans get it. We need to stop being so hung up about our naked bodies

I sometimes take my clothes off for money. There’s usually 10 or so people with me when I do, and it’s a good way to earn some money on the side....

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Liam Heitmann-Ryce-Lemercier

Australians don’t want a nuclear wasteland in their backyards

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton’s promise to build nuclear power stations will undoubtedly create immediate security and environmental conundrums,...

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Lehmann says Australia’s chief selector is too close to the team. How does his claim stack up?

Travis Head dropped during a Test series. Mitchell Starc dropped during a World Cup. David Warner on notice for his spot. These were a few of the...

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Daniel Brettig

Sex merchants have hijacked Christmas. Does Santa really need to be ‘weirdly hot’?

As Mariah Carey once again defrosts to bring All I Want for Christmas is You into every shopping centre, there’s something else that’s warming...

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Cherie Gilmour

How Elon Musk and Taylor Swift can resolve US-China relations

I just spent a week in Beijing and Shanghai, meeting with Chinese officials, economists and entrepreneurs, and let me get right to the point: While...

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Thomas L. Friedman

Why my bosses are both out of a job. But spa builders are doing OK

Earlier this month, my occupation disappeared. There I was, strutting around Parliament House as a print journalist, pen behind my ear, a dog-eared...

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Shane Wright

Don’t blame the MCA for new admission fee. Call out politicians who don’t value the arts

The decision by the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia to scrap free admission is a bellwether to Sydney’s arts sector still struggling...

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Bulldogs players rank coaching staff best in the NRL … 12 months after Topine sacking

Eighteen months ago, Canterbury’s coaching staff were accused of leaving Jackson Topine with “psychiatric injury” and “physical and mental...

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Christian Nicolussi

For years, Jones has been surrounded by acolytes. In court, he is alone

They used to call him the Moses of the airwaves. Prime ministers and premiers paid court to him. He had a loyal “pick and stick” crew that...

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Jacqueline Maley

Who needs runs and who’s in a different class? Player ratings from the third Test

The third Test in Brisbane was heavily affected by rain and ended in a draw on the fifth day. Here’s how players from both teams rated. Usman...

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Tom Decent

‘Ready, relentless and super fit’: Scott Boland is India’s MCG nightmare

Josh Hazlewood’s misfortune is Scott Boland’s good fortune – and it’s likely to force Australia into a potentially series-winning move they...

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Andrew Wu

Telling Israel the killing must stop in Gaza is not antisemitic

The lack of any middle ground in commentary about Gaza is striking. Advocates press hard for their side without conceding any ground to the other....

wednesday 10

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Rodger Shanahan

Might look like Chalmers is spending like a drunken sailor, but this is what’s really going on

Jim Chalmers has delivered a set of budget numbers covered in red – that’s bad news for Anthony Albanese and also for Peter Dutton. In the run-up...

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Shane Wright

Why the world needs Trump and Xi to rekindle their bromance

Xi Jinping and Donald Trump’s bromance could be rekindled in 2025 if both sides play their cards right. This is positive and would help create...

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Karishma Vaswani

935 reasons why Christmas gift guides need to be chucked down the chimney

The holiday season marks its arrival in many ways: the sound of cicadas, the appearance of mince pies in bakery windows, a Netflix romcom in which...

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Wendy Syfret

I was once team Raygun. After her heavy-handed legal threats, no more

From where I sat, high in the rickety bleachers of the Olympic breaking stadium in Paris on that hot August day, Rachael Gunn’s performance...

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Jordan Baker

Jasprit Bumrah has Australia’s number. It might be up on Boxing Day

Brisbane: When Jasprit Bumrah peers down from the top of his mark at the MCG on Boxing Day, he will like what he sees. For all the Australian...

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Daniel Brettig

Big Oil’s green dream has turned into a multibillion-dollar nightmare

BP and Shell led Big Oil’s push into renewable energy. Now, they are leading the retreat. Last week BP announced that it had sold its offshore...

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Stephen Bartholomeusz

Welcome to Country isn’t for every occasion. Good on you, Melbourne Storm

The news of the Melbourne Storm reviewing their Welcome to Country policy is good, but hardly controversial. What we know is the Storm are not...

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Jacinta Nampijinpa Price

Words of advice for the new ABC boss: leave your door open and ignore the monkeys

Of all the people in all of the world, the ABC board landed on a local candidate when it went looking for a replacement for David Anderson,...

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Jenna Price

Don’t worry, you’ll have enough in retirement … with one big proviso

Sometimes I think I should appoint myself chief ageing reporter for this august organ. Why? Because I’m the only one left around here to know about...

wednesday 2

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Ross Gittins

These wowser women aren’t obvious feminist heroes. But their rallying cry rings through the ages

Wowser. Kill-joy. Helen Lovejoy from The Simpsons. No one likes a scold – especially when they’re half-right. On this day 130 years ago –...

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Justine Toh

Can Hugh Marks survive the ABC of minefields?

The ABC will have a new boss in the new year and the big question is not what Hugh Marks will do for Aunty, but whether the former Nine...

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Elizabeth Knight

China is already in deep trouble. Trump will make things worse

China’s final data dump for the year contained one optimistic note amid a set of economic numbers that showed the spate of actions its government...

17.12.2024 2

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Stephen Bartholomeusz

Why not Waverley? Demons should take over Hawks’ nest

Melbourne remain focused on building a training and administration base at Caulfield Racecourse and will tell their members that at their AGM on...

17.12.2024 7

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Peter Ryan

A fantastic school like ours should be replicated, not erased

Like many people, after primary school, both of us began falling out of love with our education. As students who have both previously attended...

17.12.2024 2

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Sophie Rawstorne

Sydney’s rail union risks public safety with New Year’s Eve strike threat

The Rail, Tram and Bus Union’s threat of strike action in Sydney over the busy New Year period is an object lesson in how not to win friends and...

17.12.2024 7

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Shades of McGrath: How Hazlewood’s warm-up changed the day and the series

Brisbane: If less dramatic than the ball Glenn McGrath trod on at Edgbaston in 2005, team warm-ups before day four at the Gabba will not be...

17.12.2024 1

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Daniel Brettig

The two vital decisions that could make or break Australian rugby this Christmas

The weeks before Christmas are traditionally a period where meaningful work is dialled down and hangovers are dialled up. But Rugby Australia...

17.12.2024 4

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Iain Payten

Our new home came with a fresh start, and a house guest who refused to leave

When my partner received a call in February saying he was the successful candidate for a job in the remote Northern Territory, my initial reaction...

17.12.2024 4

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Melissa Mason

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