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Albanese urges Australians to leave Lebanon amid ‘real risk of escalation’
After the deaths of senior Hamas and Hezbollah leaders, it’s thought conflict in the region could escalate due to retaliatory strikes.
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Social media
Social media levy on cards as news dispute escalates
Smaller outlets like The Daily Aus and Broadsheet worry Meta will follow through on a threat, first reported in this masthead, to block all news content from Facebook and Instagram.
Opinion
US Votes 2024
Kamala Harris’ superpower is bringing out the worst in Trump
Daring to question Kamala Harris’ Black identity, Donald Trump is becoming more Trumpian – and playing into Democrats’ hands.
Nick Bryant
Journalist and author
The polar flex bringing icy temperatures across southern Australia
A destabilised weather pattern has pushed the polar vortex high above Antarctica off course, pushing freezing winds across southern Australia. When will it end?
‘This was not just a restaurant’: Beloved Carlton stalwart to close after 12 years
Come September, Angie Giannakodakis and Guy Holder will turn off the lights at their European restaurant Epocha.
Opinion
Interest rates
Donald Trump is on a collision course with an old foe
Donald Trump tried to fire Jerome Powell during his presidency. Now the Fed chairman is set to throw a spanner in the works heading into November’s election.
Stephen Bartholomeusz
Senior business columnist
Chinese swimmer won gold in world record time, then accused Chalmers of poolside snub
Chinese star Pan Zhanle obliterated the 100m freestyle world record on Wednesday night before calling out his Australian rival.
From love in the village to shave parties: The best Olympians to follow on TikTok
Songs, pins and testing the cardboard beds: athletes are having a lot of fun behind-the-scenes in Paris.
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Sport
Aussie Jemima Montag eyes gold in women’s 20km race walk
Athletics, golf and hockey will be the first events on display on day six in Paris, before we return to the pool early Friday morning where more gold medals are up for grabs.
Opinion
AFL 2024
The Cats gave Tyson Stengle a chance, it might be the last one he gets
No one can argue with Tyson Stengle’s talent, but he has a history of making bad choices off field or following poor influences. Now at his third club, a long-term contract is unlikely to save his career if he makes another big mistake.
Kane Cornes
AFL columnist
Breaking
Crime
AFL star Marlion Pickett pleads not guilty to stealing more than $380,000 in Perth
The Richmond player was arrested last year in connection to a spate of commercial thefts. On Thursday he formally denied having any involvement and will take the matter to trial.
Breaking
September 11 attacks
‘They’re cowards’: Main plotter in September 11 attacks agrees to plead guilty
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, and two of his accomplices held at the Guantanamo prison, have agreed to plead guilty to avoid the death penalty.
Webster in Paris
Paris 2024
Why Australian athletes should be the last to whinge about the Olympic Village
In the pursuit of making these Games as green as possible, Paris organisers have forgotten why we’re all here.
‘Curious kiss’ between Macron and French sports minister causes a stir
Amelie Oudea-Castera, a former professional tennis player, appeared locked in a close embrace with the president.
Fox said seven words to herself, and smiled like an assassin. She raced like one
Jess Fox needed the run of her life to secure her second gold medal in Paris. With one stunning run under the Parisian sun, she did exactly that, and cemented herself in Australian Olympic lore.
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Opinion
Political leadership
Whatever his achievements as PM, another rate rise would just about bury Albanese
Niki Savva
Award-winning political commentator and author
Just in
Aussie gets the last laugh as Chinese swimmer bombs out, suddenly stops talking
China’s Qin Haiyang speaks fluent English but has avoided questions about how a performance-enhancing drug ended up in his system.
Analysis
Paris 2024
The swimmer and her dodgy Quarter Pounder: the latest Chinese doping scandal
It is hypocritical for anyone who welcomes Shayna Jack’s involvement in Paris to begrudge Tang Muhan’s participation.
Updated
Paris 2024
We obsessed about poo in the Seine. Once the triathlon began, that wasn’t the problem
Australian triathlete Sophie Linn thought she had been part of a bizarre video game rather than an Olympic triathlon.
Analysis
Paris 2024
Why the brain is just as important in gymnastics as physical strength
Gymnasts are known for their physical feats, but it’s their split-second decision-making that separates the medal winners from the ones going home empty-handed.
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See & Do
What to read next: A comedian’s first novel and memoir of East Germany
Our reviewers cast their eyes over recent fiction and non-fiction.
Ian Rankin’s detective Rebus is back - and he’s badder than ever
Outlander star Richard Rankin brings to the role a kind of demonic charisma, a dangerous edge, that makes him more faithful than his predecessors to the author’s vision.
Victoria
CFMEU investigated over $180,000 donation to candidate in another union
The CFMEU faces a fresh probe into the potential misuse of members’ funds to interfere in another union’s election.
Exclusive
Indigenous
Child protection ‘ripped’ Aboriginal child from mother’s arms at meeting
More Aboriginal children are being removed from their mothers’ care in Victoria now than during the stolen generations, creating “trauma, distrust and fear”, leaders say.
A career in crime: Magistrate’s brother jailed after pleading guilty to stabbing
Sean Sonnet, a notorious career criminal who is also the brother of a respected magistrate, stabbed a man in East Melbourne before being Tasered by police.
The simple tweak that could allow medicinal cannabis users to drive
Legalise Cannabis MPs are pushing for motorists who have a prescription for medicinal cannabis to have legal protection while behind the wheel.
‘Help me, help me’: Mum’s final screams played at estranged husband’s murder trial
Nelomie Perera screamed for help while her estranged husband allegedly hacked her to death in front of their children, a court has heard.
Politics
Analysis
Inflation
Why the price of your breakfast might point to the Reserve Bank’s next decision
Muesli and milk was becoming a luxury as inflation soared. But there are good signs the nation’s inflation pressures are finally starting to abate.
Business
Updated
World markets
ASX rises after rate hopes boost Wall Street; miners advance
The Australian sharemarket has risen after tech stocks drove a rally on Wall Street amid expectations that long-sought cuts to interest rates will be arriving soon.
Opinion
Aviation
Back to the future: What Rex needs to do to survive
Stephen Bartholomeusz
Senior business columnist
World
Breaking
September 11 attacks
‘They’re cowards’: Main plotter in September 11 attacks agrees to plead guilty
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, and two of his accomplices held at the Guantanamo prison, have agreed to plead guilty to avoid the death penalty.
Opinion
Why Rex must be saved from its egotistical self
Jeremy Burfoot
Retired Qantas captain
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Property
Our eight favourite luxury homes for sale right now
From a sparkling beachfront panorama to a palatial family home and a country estate, we’ve rounded up our pick of the bunch.
Melbourne suburbs where house prices rose most
A string of suburbs recorded double-digit moves, standing out from the broader property market over the past year.
Good Food
Lifestyle
Model Bella Hadid was removed from an adidas campaign. So what exactly happened?
The 27-year-old, who is half-Palestinian, drew criticism after her involvement in a campaign for the sportswear giant that referenced the 1972 Munich Olympics.
Culture
Australia breaks eight-year Booker Prize drought
Charlotte Wood has been long-listed for Stone Yard Devotional, the first book by an Australian on the prestigious list in eight years.
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AFL 2024
The Cats gave Tyson Stengle a chance, it might be the last one he gets
No one can argue with Tyson Stengle’s talent, but he has a history of making bad choices off field or following poor influences. Now at his third club, a long-term contract is unlikely to save his career if he makes another big mistake.
Kane Cornes
AFL columnist
Live
Paris 2024
Paris Olympics 2024 LIVE updates: Day 6 - Aussie Jemima Montag eyes gold in women’s 20km race walk; Australia take on NZ in hockey
Athletics, golf and hockey will be the first events on display on day six in Paris, before we return to the pool early Friday morning where more gold medals are up for grabs.
Chinese swimmer won gold in world record time, then accused Chalmers of poolside snub
Chinese star Pan Zhanle obliterated the 100m freestyle world record on Wednesday night before calling out his Australian rival.
Magpies boss backs Kelly against ‘very serious’ racism claims
Lawyers say the allegations raise questions about the Magpies’ willingness to improve their culture.
Fox said seven words to herself, and smiled like an assassin. She raced like one
Jess Fox needed the run of her life to secure her second gold medal in Paris. With one stunning run under the Parisian sun, she did exactly that, and cemented herself in Australian Olympic lore.
Glamour sprinters, marathon mums, pole power: 10 athletics events you can’t miss
The athletics program for Paris 2024 kicks off on Thursday, with plenty of drama and intrigue – and potential world records – to watch out for.
AFL
AFL 2024
Why Pies champion Pendlebury is on verge of rare milestone; Blues to face no further action on McKay
Scott Pendlebury’s appetite for success remains as strong as ever as he prepares for game 400, the Collingwood star declaring “I’ll use the rule book to my advantage if I have to”, while the AFL will take no further action over Carlton’s handling of Harry McKay after a head knock.
Have Your Say
What are those red dots on Kyle Chalmers’ back?
They’re the Olympic-sized questions you have probably been too afraid to ask. We’ve found the answers to Paris’s quirkiest conundrums.
