This Month
If only the walls could talk during The Australian Club’s repair work
The exclusive Sydney’s men’s hangout has closed its cellar door, as building works keep its walls standing.
Nicholas Moore among politicians at Bell Shakespeare’s Coriolanus
The theatre company must have known the audience would be elite when it decided to put on Shakespeare’s most political play.
June
Government holds tough on defence amid AUKUS threat
The Albanese government says the defence budget will not be used as a negotiating tool with allies.
Turnbull says he could have halted Port of Darwin lease
The former prime minister said that when he approved the lease with a Chinese company a decade ago, security agencies had no concerns about the deal.
May
Ley can’t win in 2028 but maybe she can carve a competitive Coalition
Sussan Ley’s challenge is so onerous that just making it to the next election will be achievement enough.
Sussan Ley, the Liberals’ rebel with a cause
Sussan Ley has made history as the first female Liberal leader. It’s been an unorthodox path to the top.
KKR cuts ties with Turnbull after Trump attack
The global asset and private equity giant ended its arrangement with the former prime minister earlier this year.
April
Mark Carney’s anti-Trump victory fuels Labor hopes
Anthony Albanese has promised to build ties with Canada, as Malcolm Turnbull said Canberra and Ottawa should work more closely together against Donald Trump.
First Uyghur art show attempts to tell a different Chinese story
Former ambassador to China Geoff Raby has curated the work of Uyghur artist Aniwar Mamat to show a side of Chinese contemporary art not seen in Australia until now.
Anzac narrative must not get stuck in ‘Gallipoli’ victimology
The era of geopolitical uncertainty demands a mature reckoning with our alliance obligations and our own responsibilities.
Dutton says Ro Knox will be minister. She needs to win Wentworth first
The Liberals want Wentworth’s rich and powerful to put Knox into government – and a ministry – but independent MP Allegra Spender remains popular there.
Albanese cruises as budget discipline barely rates with voters
“Cuts” is a dirty word during an election campaign. But its increasing resonance underscores a scant regard for the need to address debt and deficit.
Why Malcolm Turnbull is wrong about AUKUS
Rather than repeatedly reassessing the submarine program, we should concentrate our political and intellectual capital on ensuring it stays the course.
March
Bruce McWilliam buys the worst house in Bondi Beach
Former Channel Seven commercial director Bruce McWilliam has added a dilapidated ex hoarder’s house to his blue-chip property portfolio.
14 venture capitalists unpack the year ahead
More than a dozen of the country’s biggest tech investors say floats will return, there’s no AI bubble, and Donald Trump may be good news for local firms.
Trump’s tariffs hit markets and politics
It is now clear to world leaders and Wall Street that the president’s version of transactional politics includes the blunt reality of universal levies rather than just the threat of them as a negotiating tactic.
We shouldn’t hit back on tariffs – it would just hurt us more
Despite the $1 billion hit, it would be self-defeating to retaliate in kind against Donald Trump’s refusal to exclude Australia from his 25 per cent global levy.
Speaking truth to Trump not as easy as Turnbull says
Australia’s leaders simply cannot ignore the possible implications for the US alliance when crafting their public rhetoric about the serving commander-in-chief.
How world leaders are managing Trump
Malcolm Turnbull warns against forming a “conga line of sycophants”, but there is no universal view on the best way to handle relations with the US president.
ASX dives; Behind Wall Street’s violent slump; Why Vic is so angry
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.