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‘The outsiders’: Who’s who in Trump’s new White House

Some are predictable picks for their roles, most are not. Meet the people you’ll be seeing a lot in the next three years.

  • Angus Holland

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Tour boats anchored at Nusa Penida, a top snorkelling destination in Bali.

‘I was panicking’: How a bucket-list trip to paradise turned into tragedy

Holly and Josie were excited to have scored the final two seats on a snorkelling boat as they left their Bali hostel and headed to the port that morning. But what happened once onboard would leave them traumatised.

  • Zach Hope and Amilia Rosa
White House national security adviser Mike Waltz, left, speaks with US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth last month. Waltz added the journalist to the group chat, Hegseth divulged highly sensitive military details.

‘They screwed up’: Intel community aghast at Trump team’s security breach

For US allies, including Australia, the Signal chat scandal is another reminder that this administration cares little for established norms and protocols.

  • Michael Koziol
Gymnastics was rocked by abuse allegations, but the sport is carving out a new direction.

Chin-ups, splits and gravity-defying flips: Inside one of Australia’s elite gymnastics training centres

Now more than ever, an athlete’s wellbeing is a bigger priority than winning medals.

  • Frances Howe
Scientists are hoping to find a way to save the coral on the Great Barrier Reef from climate change.

This is the heartbeat of efforts to save a global icon. Is it too late?

A new generation of scientists are refusing to give up on the Great Barrier Reef.

  • Angus Dalton and Janie Barrett
Bob Hawke and Margaret Thatcher

Trump for the Commonwealth? He’d make the Iron Lady seem soft-hearted

Donald Trump seems taken by the idea that he might be welcomed into the Commonwealth. Those pushing the idea must have lost their knowledge of history.

  • Tony Wright
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Bound together: Kathryn Joy, Rebecca Burdon and Beverley Attard spent years searching for people with shared experience after their mothers were killed.

Years after their mothers were killed, these child survivors finally found each other

Trauma and tragedy linked these children who lost their mothers to domestic violence. They had to fight to find each other as adults.

  • Cassandra Morgan
The former premier thinks losing the election in 2023 was the best thing that could have happened to him.

‘Losing was the best thing that ever happened to me’: What Dom Perrottet did next

The state’s youngest ex-premier is relishing a life out of the spotlight but still moves in powerful circles in Washington.

  • Matt Wade

Gold coins, diamonds, old champagne: Who gets to keep shipwreck treasure?

There are 8000 shipwrecks off Australia alone, many more still to be found. Yet stunning discoveries still happen. What does it take to find these ghostly vessels?

  • Angus Holland
Lilie James’ mother described her as “beautiful, independent, intelligent, kind [and] loyal”.

‘This is a man who couldn’t cope’: Experts grapple with murder of Lilie James

Lilie James could not have known that Paul Thijssen would react with such violence to her decision to end their relationship.

  • Jordan Baker

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