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"I want to pay back to the country." A year after being granted permanent residency, the former world No. 8 Daria Kasatk...
12/01/2026

"I want to pay back to the country." A year after being granted permanent residency, the former world No. 8 Daria Kasatkina is preparing for her first grand slam in her adopted home.

More than seven years after her victory over an up-and-coming Ash Barty at Wimbledon, Russian-born Daria Kasatkina will fly the Australian flag in her first home grand slam.

Editorial: Trump revels in the absence of accountability. His entire life has been built from the mockery of consequence...
12/01/2026

Editorial: Trump revels in the absence of accountability. His entire life has been built from the mockery of consequences.

Australia’s most significant military ally is now a rogue state. This fact should be more startling than it is. It should be cause for serious reconsideration of the country’s position.

"This tart is light and crisp and the perfect base recipe to build upon by adding herbs and leftover bits of ham or chic...
11/01/2026

"This tart is light and crisp and the perfect base recipe to build upon by adding herbs and leftover bits of ham or chicken."

When midsummer rolls around and the novelty of the first zucchinis has faded, you may find yourself in your garden looking down a prickly stem at the monster zucchini you missed during your most recent harvest. What to do with such a giant? If you’re tired of grilling, shaving and roasting, this t...

11/01/2026

Academy Award-winner Chloé Zhao’s adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s Shakespearean novel, Hamnet, is a film about the collective expression of grief.

According to the US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency, 490 protesters and 48 security personnel have been killed,...
11/01/2026

According to the US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency, 490 protesters and 48 security personnel have been killed, with more than 10,600 people arrested in two weeks of unrest.

"Instead of trying to keep the pressure on the government, he’s trying to make himself the issue.” As Andrew Hastie cont...
11/01/2026

"Instead of trying to keep the pressure on the government, he’s trying to make himself the issue.” As Andrew Hastie continues to freelance on immigration policy, Liberal MPs from various factions say he is only hurting his leadership aspirations.

As Andrew Hastie continues to freelance on immigration policy, Liberal MPs from various factions say he is only hurting his leadership aspirations.

Victoria Police have confirmed that one person had been found dead in an area affected by the Longwood fire, near the Ce...
11/01/2026

Victoria Police have confirmed that one person had been found dead in an area affected by the Longwood fire, near the Central Victorian town of Gobur.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers will travel to the US this week to meet with G7 finance ministers, following a deal to build a se...
11/01/2026

Treasurer Jim Chalmers will travel to the US this week to meet with G7 finance ministers, following a deal to build a secure supply chain for rare earths signed in October.

“The plodding, controlling ways that served Anthony Albanese well enough to become prime minister in the first place, an...
11/01/2026

“The plodding, controlling ways that served Anthony Albanese well enough to become prime minister in the first place, and win re-election in a landslide last year, suddenly quit working for him.”

An extraordinary opening week in Australian politics in 2026 has seen a full-court press of business, sporting, security and political figures force Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to embrace a federal royal commission into the Bondi terror attack. Albanese began to publicly walk back his opposition...

“The much more dangerous and challenging global economic and geopolitical circumstances that we face in 2026 are due to ...
11/01/2026

“The much more dangerous and challenging global economic and geopolitical circumstances that we face in 2026 are due to Trump’s ego,” writes John Hewson.

The new year opens on an explosion of global uncertainty, with Donald Trump yet again at the epicentre. Why this extraordinary invasion of Venezuela, and where will it lead?

"At every step of this now years-long reform process we have been told not to worry about one change or another, only to...
11/01/2026

"At every step of this now years-long reform process we have been told not to worry about one change or another, only to find out in practice that we did have to worry about it.”

As parliament considers another bill to boost the NDIA’s power to cut costs, tens of thousands of participants are now on reduced plans and many more have lost flexibility due to restructured payments.

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11/01/2026

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