Good Weekend

Portrait of Dr Anne Aly.

New face in town

Anne Aly is the first Muslim woman to be elected to federal parliament, a global counter-terrorism expert – and she’s destined to become a leading voice in public life.

Features

Shock tactics

School-leavers are set to descend on popular Schoolies destinations next week including the Gold Coast and Bali- with ...

As Schoolies week kicks off, emergency specialists are using hard-core methods to deter adolescents from risk-taking behaviour,

They shoot horses, don't they?

They are bred for speed and grace, but when they don’t perform, the knackery looms.

The daughter of a former thoroughbred breeder confronts the brutal reality faced by racehorses who've outlived their usefulness.

Why we have affairs

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Infidelity has become big business: but can marriage survive one partner's urge to "feel alive again"?

Weapon wars

An anti-carry rally on the University of Texas campus.

University students in Texas now have the right to carry concealed firearms on campus, a trend that has the police deeply worried.

Di Morrissey's fine romance

Di Morrissey counts her blessings. "There are, like, six people in Australia who can make a living from full-time writing."

Di Morrissey seems to have it all: a big house, doting partner, a legion of fans. Well, everything but a literary award …

Song of the siren

Danielle de Niese.

A Young Talent Time winner at the age of nine, Danielle de Niese has gone on to become one of the world’s leading opera sopranos.

Two Of Us

Alison McKenzie and Fran Pearce near Tamworth.

Alison McKenzie and Fran Pearce

In 2014, environmental officer Glen Turner was shot dead. Since then, the friendship between his partner, Alison, and his sister, Fran, has deepened.

Modern Guru

Adult Education

Benjamin Law

Home cooking

There are advantages in dating someone who loathes cooking.

Minutes With...

Endorsed

Moored dinghy by the jetty.

My dinghy

It was a lucky find, and the beginning of a beautiful friendship.