Adelaide
Home of the first overseas telegram now a five-star hotel
Adelaide’s historic GPO has been reimagined with a 14-storey cube-like tower behind the 150-year-old building.
- by Jane Reddy
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The restaurants and bars Maggie Beer loves the most – and her secret to super-juicy roast chook
The national food treasure shares her go-to dining spots − plus some essential home cooking wisdom.
- by Jane Rocca
‘I had to stop’: An Adelaide photographer on his home state’s striking landscapes
From the country’s biggest windmill and one of its loneliest roads to Henley Beach in high summer: a collection of Alex Frayne’s most-loved landscapes.
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Hotel reviews
The luxury hotel on the site where Murdoch launched his media empire
The rejuvenated Playford plays extremely well to the guest desiring upscale comfort and ready access to Adelaide’s culinary, cultural and sporting attractions.
- by Anthony Dennis
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China relations
‘We won’t always agree’: Albanese rejects Chinese premier’s call to shelve disputes
The prime minister will insist that serious disagreements will not disappear simply by being treated as taboos.
- by Matthew Knott and Paul Sakkal
Exclusive
How To Poison a Planet
‘There’s no safe level’: Carcinogens found in tap water across Australia
The drinking water of up to 1.8 million Australians has been contaminated. Experts say further testing must be an urgent priority.
- by Carrie Fellner
Opinion
Review
Settle down, Swifties – the Beatles are still the biggest thing to hit Australia
Looking beyond the headlines and focusing on the Eras Tour’s Australian leg in isolation, it’s worth noting a few sober facts now that we’ve all, ahem, shaken off the excitement.
- by Tom Compagnoni
Opinion
South Australia
Adelaide no longer wants to be nicknamed ‘Radelaide’? Too bad
You get the name you’re given in Australia. And if you want to change it, whatever you do, don’t say so.
- by Ben Groundwater
It’s not often you see an art exhibition as masterfully curated as this
Personal identity is explored through pure poetry at the 18th Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art.
- by John McDonald
Opinion
AFL 2024
Gather Round? More like Blather Round if you ask me
After being bombarded with missives about the charms of South Australia, we were supposed to rejoice and be grateful that they had the footy and we didn’t.
- by Greg Baum
This festival has the best, and worst, shows in Australia – that’s why I keep going back
A safe program is a dull program. You get exceptional shows by pushing at boundaries – the price of that, however, is that occasionally one will fall flat.
- by Elizabeth Flux
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