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Terry Barnes

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The sadness at the heart of Harry and Meghan’s Australia trip

Before dawn today, a Qantas jet touched down in Melbourne from the United States. Aboard, flying commercial first class but hardly incognito, were...

15.04.2026 10

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Harry and Meghan’s Australia trip is a pathetic cry for public love

Before dawn today, a Qantas jet touched down in Melbourne from the United States. Aboard, flying commercial first class but hardly incognito, were...

14.04.2026 10

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The dramatic downfall of an Australian war hero

Australia’s most decorated war hero, Ben Roberts-Smith VC, is a mountain of a man. But today, he has been cut down to size. Arriving at Sydney...

07.04.2026 10

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Doom loop / The disembodied brain cells playing video games

In a suburban Melbourne industrial estate, hidden in a clutter of brutalist buildings and parked trucks, tomorrow’s world is taking shape. Here, an...

03.04.2026 10

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Doom loop / The disembodied brain cells playing video games

In a suburban Melbourne industrial estate, hidden in a clutter of brutalist buildings and parked trucks, tomorrow’s world is taking shape. Here, an...

02.04.2026 10

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Doom loop / The disembodied brain cells playing video games

In a suburban Melbourne industrial estate, hidden in a clutter of brutalist buildings and parked trucks, tomorrow’s world is taking shape. Here, an...

01.04.2026 10

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The disembodied brain cells playing video games

In a suburban Melbourne industrial estate, hidden in a clutter of brutalist buildings and parked trucks, tomorrow’s world is taking shape. Here, an...

30.03.2026 10

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Anthony Albanese’s mosque heckling is a humiliation

Ever since the Hamas atrocities of October 2023, it’s not been easy being Australia’s prime minister, Anthony Albanese. Following the infamy of 7...

20.03.2026 10

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Australia finally did right by Iran’s brave footballers

In 1989, as tanks rolled into central Beijing to crush the pro-democracy protest in Tiananmen Square, Australia’s then prime minister, Bob Hawke,...

10.03.2026 10

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Why Australia wants Andrew out of the line of succession

‘Australians don’t want a bar of this bloke, frankly.’ That’s what Australia’s prime minister, Anthony Albanese, said today after calling...

24.02.2026 10

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Why won’t Sydney let Israel’s president speak?

10.02.2026 10

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The remarkable courage of 13-year-old Austin Appelbee

04.02.2026 10

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Australia’s Liberals are all at sea

30.01.2026 10

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This year’s Australia Day brings a painful realisation

26.01.2026 10

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Sharks are terrorising Australia

21.01.2026 20

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What winning the Ashes means for Australia

21.12.2025 20

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Bondi Beach / A gun crackdown is easier than confronting Australia's Islamist menace

20.12.2025 10

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A gun crackdown is easier than confronting Australia's Islamist menace

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Will Australia now take anti-Semitism seriously?

19.12.2025 10

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Albanese has failed to step up after the Bondi beach attack

17.12.2025 10

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Bondi Beach and the heroism of Ahmed al-Ahmed

16.12.2025 10

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Bondi Beach and the heroism of Ahmed al Ahmed

15.12.2025 10

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Australia must be purged of its festering anti-Semitism

14.12.2025 10

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Will Australia's social media ban work?

10.12.2025 20

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Bad sport / Aussies are enjoying England's Ashes meltdown

08.12.2025 10

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Why Australia’s sharks keep on targeting tourists

28.11.2025 20

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How a burka brought bedlam to Australia’s parliament

24.11.2025 10

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Australia could regret its decision to recognise Palestine

22.09.2025 10

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Victoria’s Aboriginal ‘Treaty’ will undermine its democracy

10.09.2025 20

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Australia has finally woken up to the Iranian threat

26.08.2025 10

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War of words / Australia’s relations with Israel are lying in tatters

20.08.2025 10

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Why Australia is recognising Palestine

11.08.2025 20

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Melbourne’s mad plan to adopt an Aboriginal six-season calendar

07.08.2025 10

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Australia / How can a sex offender still be a New South Wales MP? 

06.08.2025 10

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Murder trial / Australia’s fascination with the ‘mushroom murders’ must end

07.07.2025 10

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Could Donald Trump scrap Aukus?

12.06.2025 10

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Erin Patterson’s mushroom murder case is Australia’s Trial of the Century

08.06.2025 20

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Crime / Erin Patterson’s mushroom murder case is Australia’s Trial of the Century

08.06.2025 10

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Australian election: Donald Trump topples second conservative leader in a week

03.05.2025 10

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Will Australia’s angry voters punish Labor at the polls?

03.05.2025 10

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Do young Australians still care about Anzac Day?

25.04.2025 10

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Could Trump cost Australia’s Liberals victory?

23.04.2025 10

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Australia is bracing itself for a chaotic general election

28.03.2025 10

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Is a criminal gang orchestrating anti-Semitism in Australia?

14.03.2025 20

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Meet Clive Palmer – Australia’s answer to Donald Trump

20.02.2025 10

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Australia has let down Sydney’s Jews

31.01.2025 10

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