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The Reporter podcast: Finding Bogucki
The inside story of the extraordinary rescue of Robert Bogucki in the Australian desert.
Interactive: Search for uni courses
Search for uni courses across Australia with Campus your essential education guide
‘Lost in the crowd’: Is going to a sandstone university worth it?
Students are often motivated by prestige in applying for universities. But that might not be the best metric for choosing a degree.
Perth man charged with running over police officer
A 37-year-old man has been charged with a string of offences after running over a police officer when he was stopped on Friday evening in Perth’s east.
Opinion
Social media
Smartphones have robbed teenagers of freedom. No law will change that
Social media and smartphone technology make it very difficult to convince adolescents that true freedom lies in privacy, in anonymity, in no one knowing what you’re up to.
Jacqueline Maley
Columnist and senior journalist
The teals stunned the nation in 2022. They could make or break the next government
The seven women who won formerly blue-ribbon Liberal seats in Melbourne, Sydney and Perth promised a “new way” of doing politics. How have they changed the parliament?
‘Mohamed al-Fayed was a monster’: More than 100 women make sex abuse accusations
The late billionaire and former owner of the London luxury department store Harrods has been accused of serial rape and the sexual abuse of minors.
Albanese says he can learn from his ‘fit friend’, Joe Biden
The prime minister was the first foreign leader invited to Biden’s private home known as the “Lake House” since he became president.
To treat an incurable illness, he quit science – and took up Qigong
What happens when science can’t offer a solution or a cure? The story of how one researcher took things into his own hands.
Opinion
Parental leave
Despite our parental leave win, super is still sexist
Paying super on parental leave will add billions of dollars to the retirement funds of parent carers across the country. But it’s not enough.
Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon
Money contributor
Does your coffee choice dictate how good you are at your job?
While there’s no accounting for taste, a penchant for scorching-hot lattes should send alarm bells ringing.
Why is Australia still burning so much coal?
Australia’s energy transition has a timing problem: we have enough renewables to undermine coal, but not enough yet to replace it.
They weren’t hippies, but Hugh and Nan started Australia’s first anti-logging protest
In the 1970s, an unlikely coalition set in motion the first generation of environmental defending.
Women are 34 times more likely to queue for the loo, men are flush with options
Women and girls constitute more than half the population, require the toilet more frequently and take longer in it. Yet buildings usually have more facilities for men. What can be done?
Recipe collection
Asparagus (Recipe ingredient)
Here’s a tip – asparagus is cheap and in season. Here are five ways to use it
Make asparagus the star of the show with these light, bright tarts and gallettes.
The simple nutrition advice every 40-something should follow
According to experts, these are the best seven ways to ensure a healthy diet in your 40s and beyond.
Analysis
AFL 2024
A different Cat: How Chris Scott differs from other AFL coaches
If eschewing punitive measures is not unique for current or ex-AFL coaches, Chris Scott does differ from the coaching herd on several fronts.
‘Painfully mature’: What Oscar Piastri’s mum wants you to know about him
The Australian lives in Monaco and mixes with sporting royalty. But he makes no apologies for being “a nice person” in a cut-throat Formula 1 world.
‘Legs were like jelly’: The sonic boom that lifted the Swans to the grand final
In the middle of the chaos in Sydney’s rooms after their preliminary final victory, forward Joel Amartey couldn’t stop smiling, and why not?
Western Australia
Repeat domestic violence offender jailed for life over Nollamara stabbing
Christopher Dimer tried to convince a jury a knife that was holding up a curtain had fallen and impaled his partner of four years, killing her.
With listings soaring in some suburbs, has Perth’s competitive house market turned a corner?
When rates drop it will be ‘kerosene on the fire’ according to one property analyst.
Exclusive
Electricity
Kalgoorlie’s power backups don’t have the juice for the whole town, FOI documents reveal
Kalgoorlie’s backup generators can only provide a little over half the power the town actually needs, leaving residents vulnerable to lengthy blackouts when cut off from the state’s largest power grid.
Updated
Crime
Perth teens had crow bars, pepper spray in homophobic bashings
The boys will appear before Perth Children’s Court on Thursday charged over the assault of two men in their 30s that had been lured via an online app.
What’s behind the surge in suspensions at WA’s public schools?
More than 100 students were suspended from public schools every day on average across 2023, new data shows.
Politics
Political Sketch
Radio
Albanese snapped at an ABC host, but he didn’t mind these FM radio questions
The prime minister told ABC’s Patricia Karvelas her questions were “not terribly clever”. Here are some he’s answered without complaint.
Business
Perspective
Software
‘Land of dreams’: The Australian high-flyers on edge as Trump and Harris duke it out
Australia’s tech insiders are enjoying a surge in optimism from the Fed’s bumper rate cut, but all eyes are now on the US election.
World
Updated
Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Hezbollah commander killed by Israel had $10m bounty on his head
It was the first such Israeli attack on Lebanon’s capital in months and came shortly after Hezbollah pounded northern Israel with 140 rockets.
Opinion
40 signs you’re safe from Albo’s proposed social media ban
Richard Glover
Broadcaster and columnist
Explore
Property
With listings soaring in some suburbs, has Perth’s competitive house market turned a corner?
When rates drop it will be ‘kerosene on the fire’ according to one property analyst.
The cheapest places to build in Perth – and WA’s most expensive
West Australians are paying 42 per cent more to build new houses than before the pandemic – and the most expensive places to build are attracting a premium for one reason.
Good Food
Lifestyle
Exclusive
Fashion designers
The Aje of affordability: Luxury label lowers prices for Gen Z
A collection targeted at young customers has Aje expanding its universe and putting rumours to rest.
Opinion
Real life
An isolated beach shack has finally made me feel like myself again
Kate Halfpenny
Regular columnist
Culture
Kylie Minogue announces biggest tour in 14 years – and Australia is up first
Padam Padam summer is coming to Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney in 2025.
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Sport
‘Did you mean that?’ How a slip of the tongue and a mega-trade revived Willie Rioli
Willie Rioli’s had a rocky road at times throughout his AFL career, but those who know him best say he is as humble and generous as he is brilliant.
Updated
Australian cricket
Head shot: Why Trav’s latest blast adds to selectors’ Test opening headache
Travis Head pillaged England at Trent Bridge to add further momentum to his case for accompanying Usman Khawaja.
AFL prelim finals teams and tips: Stewart back, Tuohy out for Cats
See the selected teams for this weekend’s preliminary finals and check out what the expert tipsters think. Zach Tuohy is out for Geelong as the Cats welcome back Tom Stewart.
How ‘little Tarzan’ Heeney transformed himself into the AFL’s golden boy
He might look like a polished specimen now, but his penchant for “tree parachuting” and self-set time trials on the farm reveal there’s more to the star Swan.
Analysis
AFL 2024
Finding Jake Stringer a new home won’t happen overnight
Jake Stringer and Essendon understand each other’s positions. The Bombers aren’t budging, but will another club give Stringer what he wants?
Rampe’s journey from last-chance saloon to 250 Swans games
Dane Rampe will have friends and family on hand at the SCG to watch his 250th game, but the Clovelly boy’s personal milestone takes a back seat to the Swans’ premiership tilt.
Opinion
AFL 2024
A blessing and a curse: The pains of being a Port Adelaide supporter
Our club’s motto is literally: “We exist to win premierships.” It’s been way too long.
Vince Rugari
Reporter
Have Your Say
Look on the bright side: The All Blacks are going like busteds, too
Whatever the Wallabies enduring woes, they have at least shown signs of life under Joe Schmidt that we never saw under Eddie Jones in last year’s endless cluster-ruck.
Peter FitzSimons
Columnist and author
