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One thing that has kept Australia in Trump’s good books has been the fact we have a trade deficit with the US.

Dutton was never a Trump clone. But he fell for the trap of MAGA-style politics

This election was shaped by two forces — Cyclone Alfred and Donald Trump — and neither spared the Liberal Party.

  • by Matthew Knott

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Michael Sukkar and Peter Dutton during the campaign.

They called it the comeback trail. Instead, Melbourne became a political graveyard for the Liberals

The heartland turned hostile, the comeback became a collapse — and by night’s end, Melbourne had all but extinguished the Liberal flame in a shift no poll predicted.

  • by Chip Le Grand and Stephen Brook
NRL CEO Andrew Abdo and ARLC chairman Peter V’landys.
Opinion
NRL 2025

V’landys denies NRL pressuring TV networks for positive coverage

The ARL Commission chairman has hit back at speculation that the game is leaning on broadcasters to be more positive before the start of negotiations on the billion-dollar TV deal

  • by Danny Weidler
Does our humanity lie more within our selves or more within our relationships?
Opinion
Religion

Our shared humanity rises above all

After all the headline-seeking and vote-grabbing antics, it’s time to do what we do best: get on living with our neighbours.

  • by Ann Rennie
Three years on, there have been so few big ideas presented from either party that we’re left with little else to discuss than the price of eggs.

What did the election have to do with the price of eggs? Sadly, quite a lot

Three years on, there have been so few big ideas presented from either party that we’re left with little else to discuss than the price of eggs.

  • by Victoria Devine
While it’s never too late to start investing, there are a few crucial considerations to keep in mind before you buy an investment property.

Should I buy an investment property, or upsize my house?

Property transactions involve numerous additional costs. Are you sure that’s the road you want to go down?

  • by Paul Benson
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A modern-day Hawthorn great, Sam Mitchell knows success.
Opinion
AFL 2025

The Hawks’ hard calls: One key reason for their edge over the competition

The Hawks are the only team to have won premierships in every decade from the 1960s. They have been, by any measure, the club that has been most successful since the game turned semi, then fully, professional.

  • by Jake Niall
In the writer’s novel Lonely Mouth, protagonist Matilda seeks to control her hungers in life.
Opinion
eBooks

Has the smartphone killed reading?

Reading and writing take us to places an algorithm can’t reach.

  • by Jacqueline Maley
Perhaps politicians believe that their job is to give away prizes in a nationwide Sale of the Century.

This Sale Of The Century election will leave us all out of pocket

Our politicians are like game show hosts, flinging money at the electorate. But the bills will fall due.

  • by Parnell Palme McGuinness
Floral tributes mark the anniversary of Bondi Junction Westfield stabbing.

Why we must not look away from this moment of horror

Of all the chilling moments during the first week of the inquest into the massacre at Westfield Bondi Junction a year ago, one stood above the rest.

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Keller wears One Fell Swoop kimono, Zara bangles.

‘Jana Wendt was my idol, but I was truly obsessed with Barry Manilow’

Amanda Keller jokes that it’s out of character for her to park her humility. But having prospered on many media platforms, there’s little to feel humble about.

  • by Peter FitzSimons
Peter Dutton has lost the election, and his seat - while Labor increased its majority significantly.

This has exposed the true depth of the Liberals’ crisis – and all but exiled them from the cities

The Liberal Party has been reduced to a right-wing populist party. Peter Dutton gave a gracious concession speech. But his Coalition did not suffer an honourable failure.

  • by Peter Hartcher
Anthony Albanese will return to Canberra with a larger majority.

Albanese takes centre stage, finds his footing and claims victory

Albanese didn’t fall off the stage this time. In celebrating the start of his second term as Australian prime minister on Saturday night, he practically levitated.

  • by Jacqueline Maley
The PM meets a young constituent in his seat of Grayndler.

The sheer drama of this victory cannot hide the trouble for the future

The story of the 2025 campaign is simple. Labor prepared with care and fought with discipline while the Coalition planned complacently and fought atrociously.

  • by David Crowe
Anthony Albanese takes a selfie with Queensland University students and staff.

Simplistic populism won’t solve our mental health crisis

Parnell Palme McGuinness has upset readers with her comments about government social programs and mental health.

Joe Schmidt and Les Kiss, the current and future Wallabies coaches.

Bad cop, good cop: How the Schmidt-Kiss combination could remake the Wallabies

It’s the differences - not the similarities - between Joe Schmidt and Les Kiss that could really benefit the national team.

  • by Paul Cully
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Nigel Farage and Sarah Pochin of the Reform Party celebrate as the latter is declared the winner of the Runcorn and Helsby byelection.
Analysis
UK politics

‘We’ve had Labour for lunch’: Farage’s Reform UK party delivers political earthquake

Nigel Farage is no longer the clown lobbing bricks from outside the circus tent. He’s now got a foot inside — and he’s brought the cannon.

  • by Rob Harris
Two-time Geelong premiership coach Chris Scott.
Opinion
AFL 2025

The AFL is finally listening to its coaches. It’s baffling it’s taken this long

AFL CEO Andrew Dillon and football boss Laura Kane will unveil a set of proposals to the commission next month.

  • by Caroline Wilson
Don’t let these words get iced out, I can’t (polar) bear it.
Opinion
WordPlay

Another casualty of the climate crisis? Our coolest words

Don’t let these words get iced out, I can’t (polar) bear it.

  • by David Astle
We used to be a society, now look at us.

It’s time to face the truth: The internet has ruined everything

We used to be a society, now look at us.

  • by Richard Glover
If your mortgage is being held hostage by uncooperative lenders, there are some tricks you can try.
Opinion
Home loans

Help! I’m in ‘mortgage prison’, how soon can I get free?

If your mortgage is being held hostage by uncooperative lenders, there are some tricks you can try.

  • by Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon
Retirement is not a set of rules that apply to everyone. It’s a phase of life that is packed with choices.

Retirement is powerful and freeing. It’s time we treated it that way

Retirement has been sold to us as a finish line, a reward. But in reality, it’s a blank canvas.

  • by Bec Wilson

Labor’s central offer was clear. Then the Coalition hit the ground losing

Anthony Albanese has been disciplined and clear with his message. And Donald Trump has only helped the cause.

  • by Peter Hartcher
Planet Ark program manager
Alejandra Laclette warns of
the negative consequences of a suburban recycling collapse.
Editorial
Recycling

Planet Ark was unable to stay afloat in a harsh environment

The organisation, which has been at the forefront of working toward a sustainable future for Australia, has unexpectedly collapsed.

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Albanese was close to tears at the end of his morning press conference as he outlined his vision for Australia’s future.

Albanese starting to plan for a third-term Labor government

Anthony Albanese has begun planning how to win a third term, even as he maintains his focus is on election night.

  • by James Massola

Politics is still a man’s world. Let’s reimagine the law of this jungle

The absence of women in key political debates has led many of us to turn down the sound and disengage. The natural world may offer a template for change.

  • by Julia Baird
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Liberal supporters during Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s visit to Devonport, Tasmania, on Friday.

Trump-style antics are ruining our fine election process

I was abused at the polling station, writes Stephen Walter

The war in Ukraine remains a wildcard for the global economy.

The tables have turned – and Putin’s country is now in dire trouble

The alarm bells are ringing for the Russian president as he tries to hold together an exhausted war economy.

  • by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
The Bunker has turned into quicksand.

If you want to fix the Bunker, give Joey and Blocker the controls

The NRL is striving for perfection with Bunker rulings, but there’s only one way to achieve a 100 per cent success rate.

  • by Malcolm Knox
Climate heat graphic gif

As the world cooks, why have our political leaders gone cold on global warming?

Climate change has been all but ignored in the Australian election campaign, and world leaders are giving up on the cause, even as the heat rises.

  • by Nick O'Malley
Clive Palmer at a press conference last month.

Billionaires tried to buy this election. At least they’ve provided some much-needed comic relief

Palmer’s logo of a lion with Fabio-style tresses tooting a trumpet encapsulates the incoherent messaging we can expect when a billionaire gets involved in politics.

  • by Melanie La'Brooy
Gareth Hales, multimillionaire son of Plymouth Brethren Christian Church leader Bruce Hales, wears a blue Scott Yung campaign shirt at the Bennelong polling booth on April 30.

‘What’s going on?’: Why the Exclusive Brethren are out in force this election

This is not the first time the secretive sect has involved itself in a federal contest, but that also carries political risks.

  • by Michael Bachelard
James Hardie boss Aaron Erter (left) with former NFL player Ronde Barber at the launch of the James Hardie Pro Football Hall of Fame Invitational last month.
Opinion
Governance

‘It’s a heist’: Why the $14b James Hardie deal has set off alarm bells

Not long before Donald Trump’s tariff armageddon, Australian investors experienced a seismic financial shock on home soil which has reverberated throughout the entire market.

  • by Colin Kruger
Nagi Maehashi aka RecipeTin Eats (left) and Brooke Bellamy of Brooki Bakehouse.

When did we stop listening to experts and start listening to the girl with the best hair?

Influencers are relatable, we’re told. They’re us, only thinner, happier and always just back from Sardinia. But are they really us?

  • by Kate Halfpenny
Climate 200-backed independent candidate Alex Dyson (left) says the jury is still out on whether the south-west Victorian community of Wannon supports offshore wind, but sitting Liberal MP Dan Tehan is against it.

Inside the challenge for Victoria’s Liberal Party jewel

Tony Wright on the race for the rural seat of Wannon, where rusted-on Liberals – and a relative of Rupert Murdoch – have a surprising prediction.

Workplace conflict can have a serious impact on worker wellbeing.

Should you speak up if you see bad behaviour at work?

No matter the job, at some point workplace conflicts will raise their ugly heads. Gone unresolved, they can seriously affect employee wellbeing.

  • by Emily Chantiri
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Having a diverse and inclusive workforce is a strong focus for all top-ranking companies.
Opinion
Careers

How to build your reputation at work (without relying on LinkedIn)

Our modern online world provides plenty of opportunities to add or subtract from your reputation in the workplace. Here’s how to take advantage of it.

  • by Tony Frost
Neurodiverse workers say they are being left behind by a rise in return-to-office policies.
Analysis
Jobs

As companies return to the office, these workers are being left behind

More companies are requiring workers to return to an office five days a week, which is a problem for some workers.

  • by Danielle Abril
Peter Dutton sings the national anthem with members of the Salvation Army at Club Pine Rivers in his electorate of Dickson on Thursday.

Dutton resorts to red meat, but the Liberal base won’t decide this election

The Coalition has waited too long to replace the problems of the past with a vision for the future. Labor’s on track to take full advantage.

  • by David Crowe
Millennials and Gen Z make up more than 40 per cent of the national vote –  outnumbering Baby Boomers for the first time.

Young people will decide the next PM – and the winner is already clear

Gen Z and Millennials are increasingly turning their backs on the major parties.

  • by Millie Muroi

Dutton’s last-minute pivot on Welcome to Country reveals his One Nation problem

The Coalition’s move away from cost of living issues on the election’s eve shows how savagely the political winds have swung these past few months.

  • by Waleed Aly
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Opinion
Column 8

Milko gets a tap on the shoulder

While sanitation worker turns whistleblower.

ABC chair Kim Williams and ABC managing director Hugh Marks.

Media Watch’s Kim Williams take-down hands a win to ABC boss

The controversy with comedian Austen Tayshus has allowed the public broadcaster’s managing director Hugh Marks to step out of the shadows and make his presence felt.

  • by Calum Jaspan
Brooke Boney illustration by Aresna Villanueva.

Welcome to Country is not an election issue, so why are we talking about it? I think I know

If this Welcome to Country furore has shifted your vote, perhaps it’s time to come clean on your motivations.

  • by Brooke Boney
Peter Dutton and Anthony Albanese.

Dutton’s shambolic campaign has made it easy for Albanese

The opposition leader looks like losing an election he might have won, writes Ron Sinclair

Clayton Oliver was on the trade table the past couple of seasons.
Analysis
AFL 2025

The multimillion-dollar decision: How Demons missed the boat on Oliver

The non-trading of Clayton Oliver isn’t a hanging offence, or gigantic blunder. But the upshot is that the Demons have found themselves out of flag contention and with key players past 30.

  • by Jake Niall
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Singapore’s new Prime Minister Lawrence Wong.

Something may be shifting in Singapore - and this election will be spicy

All eyes this weekend will be on the margins, rather than the overall winner. Even one flipped seat will likely send shudders through the ruling party.

  • by Zach Hope
Big W - Big losses
Opinion
Retail

Kmart is beating up Big W and giving Woolies a major headache

Big W, owned by Woolworths, is losing a lot of money as its range of toys, beauty products and homewares fails to click with shoppers.

  • by Elizabeth Knight
Author Megan Clement.
Opinion
Real life

I’m locked out of voting this election. I feel less Australian than ever

I haven’t lived in Australia for 12 years, but I keep finding myself back here at election time. It’s ironic, really, because I no longer have a say in who leads my homeland.

  • by Megan Clement
Artificial intelligence is already disrupting Australian workplaces.
Opinion
AI

Not using AI at work yet? You’re already falling behind

The sudden rise of AI in the workplace will go down as one of the most radical shifts to the way that we work.

  • by Tim Duggan

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