updated‘They won’t be around much longer’
4:44PMBen KeslingDonald Trump has shot back at threats that a North Korean rocket attack on the US is ‘inevitable’, goading its leaders.
I’m ashamed of the Yes camp
5:06PMGraham RichardsonWhy is it so hard to accept that it is legitimate for a Catholic or a Muslim to adhere to the values they preach?
Pope chastised over ‘heresy’
1:54PMTess LivingstonePope Francis has been issued with a “filial correction” from priests and scholars from 20 countries, including Australia.
MP: ‘It was hard to vote Yes’
4:38PMLNP leader Tim Nicholls says he agonised over his decision but was persuaded to tick Yes by a letter in the bible.
Military chief’s ISIS truth bomb
3:11PMMark HookhamBritian’s outgoing commander in Iraq has given an extraordinarily frank account of the grim price being paid there.
Riveting case casts a shadow
12:00AMGRAEME BLUNDELLIt smashed ratings records, but in bringing the real-life kidnapping of Shannon Matthews to TV, producers faced a storm of controversy.
A drug to clean up America?
12:29PMSarah MeddingsAs the death toll climbs higher than the Vietnam war, makers of a drug to counter the US opioid crisis are making a fortune.
updatedPlibersek ‘nervous’ over turnout
9:41AMPRIMROSE RIORDANTanya Plibersek said she is nervous the Yes campaign might lose as some supporters believe the result is “in the bag”.
COMMENTCrackdown exposes tech titans
11:46AMDanny FortsonThe turning of the tide against tech feels sudden but has been building for years. Finally, the penny is beginning to drop.
updatedBig four banks scrap ATM fees
4:07PMScott MurdochThe big banks have axed ATM fees for customers of other lenders, as the Treasurer warned off any attempts to recoup fees.
Teacher knows best
Lenora ChuWhen Lenora Chu put her son in a Chinese school, she was disturbed by the draconian methods. Now she’s stunned by the results.
Fighting words bode well
Greg SheridanThe cogency of Donald Trump’s tough UN speech on North Korea points up the wider tragedy of his presidency.
How Keating schooled Clinton
Troy BramstonDeclassified papers show US presidents Bill Clinton and George HW Bush faced a deeply determined Paul Keating.
The curse that stalks Roebourne
Victoria LaurieIt’s been labelled ‘Plonk Valley’, the ‘arse end of the earth’ and a ‘mecca of waste’, but its current guise is so much worse.
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For God and country
ANDREW BURRELL He’s a former SAS commander, now a poster boy for conservative politics. So what’s Andrew Hastie really like under fire?
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Pot shots and bent cops
TOM GILLING Why was the mafia hit on Donald Mackay never solved? A former newspaperman from Griffith is still chasing the story.
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Dream weavers of Erub
GREG BEARUP Why is this tiny blip in the Torres Strait the talk of the art world?
Unbelievable waste of two hours
John LethleanThe food is overpriced and the service so clueless it beggars belief. Brisbane’s Botanical Bar+Kitchen is a fake restaurant.
Rock hanging in the balance
Phillip AdamsThe history wars are swirling around one of Australia’s most famous geological sculptures, effectively Victoria’s Uluru.
Caught in a laziness scourge
Nikki GemmellI’ve lost a lot of weight. An open fire and an old, cold courthouse was the wake-up call I needed.
Kissing women dragged off stage
11:48PMSecurity guards remove two women who have disrupted an anti-same sex marriage event by locking lips on stage.
‘Phenomenal’ heat stuns experts
2:15PMWeather records have been smashed across NSW, while a major bushfire forces residents from their homes in Victoria.
Fury at ‘Vote YES’ text message
9:34PMSamantha HutchinsonUnsolicited text messages urging recipients to “vote YES for a fairer Australia” have been slammed as an invasion of privacy.
Hanging Rock truth rarely told
12:00AMSIMONE FOX KOOBIt’s inextricably linked with the tale of schoolgirls vanishing on a picnic, but there’s another side to its story we never talk about.
NZ kingmaker to bide his time
9:18AMJAMIE WALKERWinston Peters has said he will talk to his colleagues before making any deal, as Nationals fall just short of a majority.
Six hurt in London ‘acid attack’
9:07AMScott D’ArcySix people are being treated and one man has been arrested after a suspected noxious substance attack in east London.
New 6.1 quake rattles Mexico
7:14AMA new strong tremor hit Mexico overnight, adding to the 400-plus death toll from two earlier even-more-powerful quakes.
May sees a 2021 Brexit
10:30AMSam Coates, Oliver WrightTheresa May wants Britain to stay inside the European Union effectively until 2021, to give people more certainty.
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Big four banks scrap ATM fees
4:07PMScott MurdochThe big banks have axed ATM fees for customers of other lenders, as the Treasurer warned off any attempts to recoup fees.
BHP boss faces ‘flashpoint’
1:47PMSimon DukeAndrew Mackenzie has reportedly been given 6 months to save his job, amid discontent among UK shareholders.
China fires back over downgrade
Rowan CallickChina’s Finance Ministry has said S&P’s downgrade of its credit rating is a result of “cliched” thinking.
Why next rate hike is a big deal
Alan KohlerRetail is already under siege and a fall in spending as a result of rising interest rates could produce a spiral.
Parker edges Fury to keep belt
AFPJoseph Parker beat Hughie Fury by a majority points decision to retain his WBO heavyweight title.
Ruthless Tigers claw into final
Courtney WalshRichmond will play their first grand final in 35 years after a relentless display against Greater Western Sydney.
London strips Uber of licence
Sam Schechner, Wiktor SzaryThe move threatens a shutdown of Uber in one of the ride-hailing company’s biggest global markets.
Grape effort: son of sea captain
STEVE WATERSONYarra Valley’s Oakridge Wines stalwart David Bicknell has been honoured as the Gourmet Traveller WINE winemaker of the year.
Hanging Rock truth rarely told
SIMONE FOX KOOBIt’s inextricably linked with the tale of schoolgirls vanishing on a picnic, but there’s another side to its story we never talk about.
Domain reveals agents scheme
Darren DavidsonInvestors have finally got a closer look at Domain’s controversial real estate agent commission scheme.
- Trump reacts: ‘You won’t be around much longer’
- Plibersek ‘nervous’ over turnout
- Jacinda won’t concede defeat
- Fury at ‘Vote YES’ text message
- Bali bracing for the big one
- Kissing women dragged off stage
- Teacher knows best
- Nazi scandal rocks private school
- Unbelievable waste of two hours
- ‘No’ gives a debating masterclass
Shift blame in one easy step
Bernard SaltAre you ignored? Frustrated that your arguments are constantly confounded by tiresome facts? Have I got the answer for you.
‘No’ gives a debating masterclass
Peter van OnselenArguments against same-sex marriage are misleading.
PM bid to save government
Paul KellyTurnbull’s ‘trilemma’ is that his key goals in the energy sector are incompatible.
Energy bill death sentence
Caroline OveringtonPensioners are particularly vulnerable to the threat of power cut-offs in extreme conditions.
Upholding the art of disagreement
Janet AlbrechtsenBret Stephens was dismayed to find NYT readers turning hostile without engaging with his views.
Too many are married too young
Bernard SaltIt’s rarely legal for 16 or 17-year-olds to enter into a marriage, but at 15 it’s pitifully absurd.
Askin deserves a better defence
Gerard HendersonThe left is clearly better at defending its own than the conservative side of politics.
Debate pushed in new directions
Graham LloydMachine learning and AI threaten to challenge the models on which climate understanding is based.
Workers toil so others clean up
Grace CollierStaff are short-changed by deals arranged in secret between bosses and the unions.
NFL star’s alarming autopsy
Brent ReadThe CTE diagnosis on former NFL star Aaron Hernandez should ring warning bells in the NRL.
The face of the future
Philippa HawkerDenis Villeneuve, in his sequel to the iconic science fiction hit Blade Runner, ‘felt a bit like a vandal who came into the church’ but had the keys.
Winds of change still blowin’
CHARLES ELTONAs the times move on, so has the quality of protest songs, which have become a virtue-signalling lifestyle choice.
Visions of Americana
Iain Shedden‘If you are a hardcore Bob Dylan fan you can see that we knew what we were doing,’ says Old Crow’s Ketch Secor.
Conjurer to the stars
GLYNIS TRAILL-NASHDirectors the likes of Alfred Hitchcock turned to Hollywood designer Edith Head to help create their characters.
Riveting case casts a shadow
GRAEME BLUNDELLIt smashed ratings records, but in bringing the real-life kidnapping of Shannon Matthews to TV, producers faced a storm of controversy.
The spies have it
THE ECONOMISTThe UK establishment, a perfect machine for producing secrets and lies, also produces the best mavericks and misfits.
