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Best of Good Weekend: Shark attack survivors bite back
Shark attack survivors have to deal with significant physical and emotional pain. So why are they treated as ocean intruders getting their just deserts?
Shark attack survivors have to deal with significant physical and emotional pain. So why are they treated as ocean intruders getting their just deserts?
Di Morrissey seems to have it all: a big house, doting partner, a legion of fans. Well, everything but a literary award …
She's sold six million books about the darker side of suburban life. So why is Liane Moriarty the most successful Australian author you've never heard of?
Hip-hop choreographer Parris Goebel says she's always felt different – which is exactly why A-Listers from Justin Bieber to J-Lo want her.
A report into the circumstances behind the death of a young family in Davidson in Sydney's leafy northern suburbs.
Following an Australian Open win that no one saw coming, Germany’s Angelique Kerber has finally wrested the No. 1 ranking from Serena Williams. Now she’s preparing to return to defend her crown.
Please like me? We love him. For comedian Josh Thomas, life and art are virtually indistinguishable.
After serving in war, most Australian veterans swore they’d never go back to Vietnam. But scores have since settled there, permanently.
For Naomi Klein, the only way to save the planet is to smash capitalism. Are her ideas too radical to be useful?
George Christensen is hurtling down the Bruce Highway, the end of the world as we know it on his mind.
In her new retelling of Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew, the Pulitzer-Prize winning author "liked being rude to people, vicariously".
In lieu of TV, you can watch penguins. The food's great, but you’re 3000 kilometres away from your partner. Here's what life is really like in Antarctica.
What happens when an atheist sets out to compose a Mass?
We’ve done the hunting, you do the gathering: try these intriguing Christmas gift ideas to ensure that the joy is all in the receiving.
A destructive blaze north of Sydney rages for days. Tim Elliott follows the investigation to find out if the inferno was deliberately lit.
TV chef and paleo diet champion Pete Evans eschews dairy and grains - but also sunscreen and fluoride - and his unusual advice goes out to 1.5 million Facebook followers.
In World War II London, a four-year-old boy's mother disappears without a trace. Years late, not even knowing her name, he begins to search for her.
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.
As Schoolies week kicks off, emergency specialists are using hard-core methods to deter adolescents from risk-taking behaviour,
While the Test team is in disarray, James Sutherland is driving unprecedented growth in the game.
The daughter of a former thoroughbred breeder confronts the brutal reality faced by racehorses who've outlived their usefulness.
Her Instagram presence is too perfect for some, but this beauty writer, entrepreneur and novelist has reasons for focusing on the "shiny, fun stuff".
Animal conservationist Bob Irwin, 77, was mourning the loss of his first wife when he met Judy, 61, in 2000. They slowly bonded over their mutual love of wildlife, went on to marry, and now live on a rural Queensland property.
Should I rescue Christmas beetles trapped lying on their backs?
How to strategise during the most capitalist time of the year.
This orthopaedic surgeon's own life has been saved by a long-time mate.
Dim sims. Off-key soap stars. Stilted gags from breakfast-TV hosts. The things an Aussie Christmas is made of.
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