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Is Michelle Obama, the great hope of the Democratic Party, teasing her political suitors? Last week, she announced the launch of her new podcast,...
On March 11, 1941, the Germans launched yet another bombing raid on Manchester, this time targeting the Trafford Park Industrial area. Some of the...
According to the business press, Anthony Albanese was desperately hoping for an early election so he could avoid next week’s budget and the...
Donald Trump is destroying the system. Which system? The system of US government, developed over centuries, with its conventions and delivery...
The headlines were sensational: Jackson Topine, taking on his former club Canterbury in court, supposedly had “at least six” former teammates...
London: Five years after it left the European Union, Britain may have finally found a new role on the global stage – a gig that looks curiously...
In honour of St Patrick, here’s a word from the Irish language that has wheeled itself into English as spoken in Ireland: plámás (pronounced plaugh...
As a professional writer, I’m supposed to fear, loathe or at least be suspicious of artificial intelligence. The questions I often get asked about...
Australia’s Formula 1 drivers must have walked under a ladder, encountered a black cat or broken a mirror. How else to explain a home-race podium...
For nearly 44 laps, it looked like Oscar Piastri was going to make history at Sunday’s rain-soaked Australian Grand Prix. The McLaren driver had...
Move over pashminas and Prada handbags, the ultimate accessory for a woman in 2025 is a toyboy draped over her arm. A recent study published in a...
I realised I’d probably gone back to work too soon when I began crying uncontrollably at the airport. I was looking out of the window to the planes...
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...
Kate Ceberano has been one of Australia’s foremost singing talents for the better part of four decades. This week she announced her Australian Made...
What are the boundaries of acceptable free speech? And do those boundaries change if there is money on the line? The answer depends on who you are...
There are many social issues that look very different from the bottom of the socioeconomic heap than they look when you’re nearer the top. Housing...
My husband (57) and I (55) are considering retirement planning. I earn $51,500 a year, while he is currently not working due to illness. I aim to...
St Joseph, the husband of Mary, mother of Jesus, exerts a powerful and enduring influence on the Christian imagination. His feast day is celebrated...
Contrary to popular opinion, there is no better time to do the weekly grocery shop than Sunday night. Of all available windows, it is the only one...
McLaren came into the opening round of the Formula 1 season in Melbourne as the team to beat after pre-season testing in Bahrain, where last year’s...
Hello, and greetings from 135 metres above the River Thames. I’m standing alongside Julia Barfield, an architect whose vision changed London’s...
The Waratahs have a tough block of games coming up – the Reds in Brisbane on Saturday, the Brumbies in Sydney, and the Hurricanes in Wellington. In...
As he sauntered towards Redfern Oval for the meeting that would seal the fate of the world’s best prop, a familiar figure drew the attention of the...
Friends help each other out. Tesla’s boss, Elon Musk, may well have been grateful when Donald Trump said he would buy one of its electric vehicles...
If you’ve been watching the markets lately – and thinking about retirement at the same time – you might be clutching your super statement with a...
Every generation has its James Bond, and Amazon’s purchase of creative control over the movie franchise has triggered a moral panic about a new 007...
They thought they were so clever. The Australian politicians who decided that aping Donald Trump was a winning move. And for a while, for some, it...
In just over two weeks, there will be yet another hit to the hip pockets of millions of Aussies: private health insurance premiums will go up. But...
My youngest grandson, Sweetpea, is lying in an old-fashioned cot. He is being doted upon by two children: a six-year-old girl and her four-year-old...
Clint Gutherson, I said. Far and away the most important player at the Parramatta Eels, I said. The new coach must have ROCKS in his head to push...
Sam Mitchell’s box office Hollywood Hawks are the early March champions. This is not intended as a slight. Last year, Hawthorn didn’t open their...
Sitting in the commentary box in Newcastle on Thursday night, Andrew Johns made a noise no man should make on a family-friendly broadcast. “There’s...
Vladimir Putin had three options: accept Ukraine’s ceasefire offer, but surrender momentum on the battlefield; reject it and risk antagonising...
Tony Popovic has played it relatively safe with the most important Socceroos squad he has named in his six-month tenure as coach. That is to be...
As a keen reader of US fiction, I’ve seen the word a thousand times: clapboard. The stuff of Californian bungalows and Cormac McCarthy. What...
Within minutes of Newcastle defeating the Dolphins on Thursday night, TV commentators started to discuss the club’s record signing, Dylan Brown. A...
The world is in a difficult stage of its recent history, and the new United States administration’s change of tack is undeniably jarring. President...
Donald Trump is snatching Western defeat from the jaws of victory in Ukraine. He is extending a lifeline to a struggling war criminal running out...
In late February, a former NSW Police officer made admissions in criminal proceedings against him that he knowingly gave false evidence under oath...
And now, time for something that puts me in danger of choking on my tomato and caprese mozzarella ladybird. Gawd. Make a mea culpa to Meghan...
It used to completely baffle me how addicted runners seem to be to their sport. My dad, who has run nearly 200 marathons, used to drive my brother...
Canada’s incoming prime minister, Mark Carney, had good reason to go hard against Donald Trump this week when he spoke to supporters after winning...
Essendon thought Massimo D’Ambrosio was sticking around, on a modest one-year rookie contract. The mid-season draftee fell out of favour under new...
I’m in a managerial position and have been struggling with a toxic team member for quite a while. Not long ago, they confided to me during a...
The US inflation rate is falling, but what might otherwise be regarded as good news is being overshadowed by the ramping up of Donald Trump’s trade...
Look, of course I loved the win by the young Australian, “Koala Karl” Vilips, on the weekend. In just his fourth outing on the PGA Tour, the...
Let’s take Tuesday of this week in Washington. Donald Trump trashed the 20-year-old free trade agreement with Australia and launched punitive...
Sore neck, tired eyes, tense shoulders. All of these are sadly familiar to anyone who’s ever spent time slouched over their work desk staring into...
My roof leaked onto my TV. One rainy night when I was away the poor thing drowned, MAFS and all. I called a roof plumber and he turned up...
Australia’s security blanket, which used to keep us safe from nightmares, has morphed into the nightmare itself. The security blanket, or Binky as...