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On track: The train line winning prizes and transforming Perth

The Morley-Ellenbrook line’s domination of this year’s WA Architecture Awards acknowledges how rail is reshaping our city.

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Mark Naglazas

Everyone’s a winner from Smith trade, but the Cats got the cream: Key takeouts from round 14

Bailey Smith’s Brownlow Medal credentials continue to grow in his first year at Geelong, but the Cats aren’t the only club smiling after the...

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Marc Mcgowan

The 28-year-old whiz Zuckerberg is betting $23 billion on

Alexandr Wang became the world’s youngest billionaire in 2021. Now he is joining forces with Mark Zuckerberg.

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Matt Field

DCE’s not good enough for Origin. Will he be good enough for the Roosters?

The case for and against the Sydney Roosters signing Daly Cherry-Evans.

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Neil Breen

Melbourne doesn’t give up its secrets easily. This festival is delving below its surface

From a shaky start, this year’s Rising Festival shows it is maturing into a distinctive and diverse event.

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Cameron Woodhead

Jim Chalmers faces a mission-critical national security test

The Treasurer will have to decide if Australia should risk allowing the sale of significant gas assets to what is essentially a foreign-government-...

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Elizabeth Knight

Bayern thrash team of forklift drivers and fizzy drinks salesmen 10-0 in Fifa farce

Bundesliga giants humiliate part-timers Auckland City in embarrassing mismatch at Club World Cup.

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Tom Morgan

How the housing crisis is fuelling a mental health catastrophe

Mental illness is the single biggest health issue facing teens and young adults in Australia. Housing inaffordability is making it worse.

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Dr Ehsan Noroozinejad

Soaring doctor fees are a pain, but medics have another problem

The cost of seeing a medical specialist can be extortionate, but there’s another reason we’re losing our patience.

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Jenna Price

Cosmetic surgery ads have invaded my safe space

They’re in your face, and they want you to have a new face. But please keep these promos out of my gym.

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Jayce Carrano

How banks are muddying the waters for savers as interest rates fall

How banks are muddying the waters for savers as interest rates fall

When so many of us are groaning under super-sized mortgages, it’s not surprising that the first question many people ask after an interest rate cut...

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Clancy Yeates

The taboo question: At what point does America become unworthy as our ally?

The taboo question: At what point does America become unworthy as our ally?

Last week, a man named Alex Padilla attended a press conference held by US Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem. He attempted to ask...

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Sean Kelly

Trump fantasises about being king and he doesn’t care which rules he breaks to become one

Trump fantasises about being king and he doesn’t care which rules he breaks to become one

Since taking office, US President Donald Trump has been testing his power. He has ignored court orders, fired civil servants, limited journalist...

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Cory Alpert

Like school shootings, political violence is becoming part of life in the US

Like school shootings, political violence is becoming part of life in the US

The statements of shock and condolences streamed in eerily, one after another, on Saturday after the assassination of a Minnesota lawmaker and her...

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Lisa Lerer

The big reset: How will Tom Harley and Greg Swann improve the AFL?

The big reset: How will Tom Harley and Greg Swann improve the AFL?

Rebuilding relationships with fans and clubs, rather than focusing on metrics, should drive the revamped AFL executive attempting a reset at AFL...

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Peter Ryan

While Trump enjoyed a military parade, millions attended ‘No Kings’ protests

While Trump enjoyed a military parade, millions attended ‘No Kings’ protests

Seattle: Ken Medley thinks Donald Trump won’t pay any attention to the “No Kings” protests held in all 50 US states on Saturday. He doesn’t care. A...

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James Massola

The Brumbies could have won the Super Rugby title. A loss in February scuttled it

The Brumbies could have won the Super Rugby title. A loss in February scuttled it

The Brumbies’ season officially concluded – again – on a cold and miserable night in Hamilton on Saturday, but the beginning of the end came...

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Iain Payten

Remember bank tellers? I found one and defeated faceless banking in a single day

Remember bank tellers? I found one and defeated faceless banking in a single day

My triumphant story of opening a bank account in six hours – after being told it could take four weeks – was met with cheers from my husband, who...

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Jo Pybus

Despite what Donald Trump says, factory work is overrated. Here are the jobs of the future

Despite what Donald Trump says, factory work is overrated. Here are the jobs of the future

Trumpian types are unanimous: America needs factories. The president describes how workers have “watched in anguish as foreign leaders have stolen...

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The Economist

How the clocks stopped for Netanyahu, allowing him to go ‘full Hezbollah’ on Iran

How the clocks stopped for Netanyahu, allowing him to go ‘full Hezbollah’ on Iran

“I must govern the clock, not be governed by it.” So said Golda Meir, one of Israel’s founders and its first and only female prime minister....

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Paul Nuki

America was already divided – Trump’s $69m military extravaganza did not help

America was already divided – Trump’s $69m military extravaganza did not help

Washington: As artillery tanks rolled down Washington’s Constitution Avenue on a steamy Saturday evening, Chelsea Wuesthoff stood on a ledge wearing...

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Michael Koziol

Why I love being Jewish, even with all the rules

Why I love being Jewish, even with all the rules

Judaism is one of the only religions that does not proselytise. If you want to convert to Judaism, you will be discouraged from doing so at least...

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Nomi Kaltmann

Iran’s four possible responses to Israeli attack – and their risks

Iran’s four possible responses to Israeli attack – and their risks

Israel’s attack on Iran opens the next phase of the Great Middle Eastern War that began on October 7, 2023. Over the past 20 months, that war has...

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Hal Brands

Why Europe needs a defence deal with Australia – and why we need it, too

Why Europe needs a defence deal with Australia – and why we need it, too

The news last Thursday that the Trump administration had commissioned a review which casts doubt over the future of AUKUS meant that an important...

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George Brandis

The hard questions needed to be asked about Super Rugby

The hard questions needed to be asked about Super Rugby

There was some outstanding rugby played throughout Super Rugby, with tournament organisers justified in talking up the increased competitiveness of...

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Paul Cully

Teaching your teenager to drive is terrifying (for more reasons than the obvious ones)

Teaching your teenager to drive is terrifying (for more reasons than the obvious ones)

My daughter is learning to drive, and I am a cliché on wheels: proud, supportive and scared for my life. Torn between gentle instruction, and the...

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Jo Stanley

Clueless about how your super is invested? You’re not alone

Clueless about how your super is invested? You’re not alone

Real Money, a free weekly newsletter giving expert tips on how to save, invest and make the most of your money, is sent every Sunday. You’re...

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Dominic Powell

Is this the end of free-to-air TV? A veteran weighs in

Is this the end of free-to-air TV? A veteran weighs in

Peter Meakin is Australia’s most experienced and legendary news and current affairs producer, having worked on such seminal programs as 60 Minutes,...

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Peter Fitzsimons

I loved confronting the left-wing mob on the Q+A panel. I’ll miss it dearly

I loved confronting the left-wing mob on the Q+A panel. I’ll miss it dearly

The irony. After making its name in the heady days of internet cancellations, the ABC’s Q A has finally received a taste of its own medicine. Not...

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Parnell Palme Mcguinness

With the Bulldogs under fire, Ciraldo asked Gould to address the team. This is what he said

With the Bulldogs under fire, Ciraldo asked Gould to address the team. This is what he said

It would appear from the outside that the challenge Canterbury coach Cameron Ciraldo is facing with Lachlan Galvin is one every club would like to...

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Danny Weidler

Good enough: Simon Goodwin’s done enough repairs to coach Demons next year

Good enough: Simon Goodwin’s done enough repairs to coach Demons next year

Essendon are hardly a fearsome unit in 2025. So when the Bombers toyed with Melbourne on the Saturday of Gather Round, Simon Goodwin’s position...

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Jake Niall

I’m 10 years off retirement. Should I focus on buying a property?

I’m 10 years off retirement. Should I focus on buying a property?

I am 55, aiming to retire within the next 10 years. I don’t own property but have $800,000 in super that my employer is contributing at 16.5 per...

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Paul Benson

Chokers no more: For South Africa, the past stayed in the past

Chokers no more: For South Africa, the past stayed in the past

London: There was no mad scramble, no final-ball thriller, no cruel twist of fate. Just two men, bats in hand, embracing mid-wicket at Lord’s to...

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Rob Harris

Cummins hits team reset button after Australia fail at Lord’s

Cummins hits team reset button after Australia fail at Lord’s

London: As Australia fought to string out the final day of their failed World Test Championship bid against South Africa, they were also raging...

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Daniel Brettig

To defend itself, Australia mustn’t kowtow to its rivals. Or its allies

To defend itself, Australia mustn’t kowtow to its rivals. Or its allies

Anthony Albanese’s plane took off from Canberra on Friday morning without any word on whether he would be meeting Donald Trump. The same US...

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Peter Hartcher

Farewell Johnny Shakespeare – a great artist, an even better man

Farewell Johnny Shakespeare – a great artist, an even better man

This has been a very sad week for those of us at the Herald and, from your touching reaction, many readers, too. It was the week we lost the...

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Peter Fitzsimons

Seven steps to boost your super this tax time

Seven steps to boost your super this tax time

Most people don’t think about their super until something shifts. A milestone birthday. A serious conversation about retiring. A market wobble that...

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Bec Wilson

Danger signs are building as the ‘grumpy rally’ gathers steam

Danger signs are building as the ‘grumpy rally’ gathers steam

Last week, it was the Commonwealth Bank becoming the first Australian stock to top the $300 billion mark with absolutely no one convinced this was...

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Colin Kruger

New laws could mean bad news for Afterpay, Zip users

New laws could mean bad news for Afterpay, Zip users

Buy now, pay later (BNPL) reforms have been a curiously long time coming. First discussed more than 10 years ago, they came into effect last week....

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Nicole Pedersen-Mckinnon

I had a car accident the other day. It couldn’t have gone any better

I had a car accident the other day. It couldn’t have gone any better

I had a slight bingle on the roads the other day. Someone had cut in front of me, I whacked on the brakes and the car behind smacked into me. But...

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Richard Glover

A tale of two cities on either side of a divided country

A tale of two cities on either side of a divided country

What in the World, a free weekly newsletter from our foreign correspondents, is sent every Thursday. Below is an excerpt. Sign up to get the whole...

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Michael Koziol

How the f--- are we losing at swearing to the Yanks and Poms?

How the f--- are we losing at swearing to the Yanks and Poms?

Australia, with respect, lift your f---ing game. Americans can beat us in the Davis Cup. England can snag an Ashes upset. But how are we losing to...

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David Astle

Israeli strikes back Iran’s leadership into a corner

Israeli strikes back Iran’s leadership into a corner

Jerusalem/Washington: Israel’s surprise attack on Iran had an obvious goal of sharply disrupting Tehran’s nuclear programme and lengthening the...

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Samia Nakhoul

What’s the alternative? The many AUKUS questions the PM must answer

What’s the alternative? The many AUKUS questions the PM must answer

The AUKUS submarine program, announced in September 2021, is the most complex defence project in this nation’s history, costing an estimated $368...

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The Age&x27S View

Deeply flawed, highly problematic ... but FIFA’s Club World Cup is well worth your time

Deeply flawed, highly problematic ... but FIFA’s Club World Cup is well worth your time

David, meet Goliath. Harry Kane, meet Conor Tracey, a dude who works as a storeman at Auckland’s largest veterinary pharmaceutical warehouse....

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Vince Rugari

How to talk to your child about global chaos (while they’re watching Bluey)

How to talk to your child about global chaos (while they’re watching Bluey)

Halfway through the year, we can all agree that things are not going well. Even by Modern Standards, 2025 is shaping up to be a bin fire that will...

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Thomas Mitchell

Why Mountainhead’s ‘tech bro’ satire rings eerily true

Why Mountainhead’s ‘tech bro’ satire rings eerily true

Four obscenely wealthy men, standing on a white mountain top, faces lit with snow glare. One uncaps a bright red lipstick and begins to perform...

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Julia Baird

Star of Sandpapergate gives Australia a Test batting lesson

Star of Sandpapergate gives Australia a Test batting lesson

London: A few days ago, Pat Cummins was queried about some unresolved elements of the 2018 “Sandpapergate” series in South Africa by an English...

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Daniel Brettig

It’s the race Australia’s swimmers never lose. Now the USA can smell blood

It’s the race Australia’s swimmers never lose. Now the USA can smell blood

Mollie O’Callaghan took out the women’s 100m freestyle final at the Australian swimming trials on Friday night in a solid time of 52.87 seconds,...

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Tom Decent

‘Like being in bed with Richard Burton’: how alcohol became the third wheel in our marriage

‘Like being in bed with Richard Burton’: how alcohol became the third wheel in our marriage

When we discovered a shared love for Barry Manilow and vodka on our first date, I knew Chris was the one. Our courtship was fuelled by post-work...

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Kate Halfpenny