News review
A new boss, his buddies and a $2.6 billion cash splash: Inside the ICAC probe into School Infrastructure
The ICAC is investigating a unit that insiders say “pushed the boundaries” when it came to department rules.
- Michael McGowan and Lucy Carroll
Latest
Anorexia is the deadliest mental health condition. Experts say we are treating it completely wrong
The biased idea that anorexia nervosa affects only young, affluent women, and an emphasis on weight restoration, are contributing to such a lack of research; there have been no treatment breakthroughs for 50 years.
- Wendy Tuohy
Edgy or offensive? How these early-2000s internet creators kept webcomics alive
Webcomics are well past their peak, but Cyanide & Happiness is still deep in the game. Here’s how it has managed to keep up with the non-stop beast that is the internet.
- Nell Geraets
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
This former Bachelor opened a TikTok account to talk about books. Now he has a publishing deal
Luke Bateman started a TikTok account to share his thoughts about books he loved and had 136,000 followers within days – here’s what happened next.
- Mercedes Maguire
- Analysis
- Science
How bad science warped our ideas about black mould
Fear of toxic black mould infects public consciousness. Should you panic about its health impacts?
- Angus Dalton
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
‘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
- 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
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