Features
The moment lunch with Tim Wilson turned into an ambush
The newly elected Goldstein MP’s political skills were put to the test when he was unexpectedly confronted by a constituent.
- Stephen Brook
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She’s seen the chaos of life and the quiet of death. Gordi won’t stand still
Being surrounded by tragedy has taught the singer-songwriter about life’s fragility and transience. In the face of grief, she’s firmly an optimist – and one who embraces turmoil.
- Cassandra Morgan
‘Grave robber’ posed for cameras as he pillaged human remains
The bi-nation expedition in 1948 was launched amid great fanfare but quickly turned toxic with secrets, scandals and the pillaging of Aboriginal burial sites, as revealed in this edited extract.
- Martin Thomas
- Explainer
- Defence
Would Trump’s Golden Dome keep the US safe – and do space lasers work?
Forty years after Ronald Reagan launched Star Wars, the US president wants a modern missile defence shield. What would it target – and would it be effective?
- Angus Holland
‘I haven’t the slightest idea how to do it’: The power of admitting your ignorance
Blindspotting is the practice of being honest about the ways our thinking can be flawed, being curious in order to understand what we may be missing, and being flexible of mind to see the whole picture.
- Kirstin Ferguson
- Analysis
- Naked City
We need a police summit on knife crime. Oh, yes, we’ve already had one
It comes as no surprise that the average blade-wielding offender may be more inclined to steal a knife than provide a name, address and Frequent Flyer number at the checkout.
- John Silvester
- Exclusive
- Gas
A prince, traditional owners and a ‘carbon bomb’: Inside Woodside’s extension plans
Energy giant Woodside has won preliminary approval to keep operating its WA oil and gas fields for another 45 years. But at what environmental cost?
- Bianca Hall
- Exclusive
- Pollution
The grime balls were a symptom of an ailing sewerage network. The cure could be to drink recycled water
Sydney Water is proposing to add purified recycled drinking water – effluent that has been highly treated back to drinking standard – to Sydney’s tap water supply.
- Caitlin Fitzsimmons
- Tony Wright’s column
- Indigenous
Waiting for rain as an ancient world files past, hoping truth matters
A downpour brought the wild, vain hope of an end to a crippling drought as the bearers of ancient knowledge walked by, aiming for justice through truth-telling.
- Tony Wright
This musician was getting millions of streams. Then fake tracks appeared under his name
It’s alarmingly easy to upload music to Spotify and other big streamers under someone else’s name – but a lot harder to get them down.
- Michael Dwyer
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