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Politics NowNation

Minns says nurses video ‘an aberration’ as probe deepens

NSW Premier Chris Minns says he’s confident the shocking video of two nurses threatening Jewish patients represents the views of a ‘small, small fraction’ of NSW health workers, as he moved to reassure on the safety and high quality of the state’s hospitals.

Noah Yim, Greg Brown, Joe Kelly and Ben Packham

‘SAD DAY FOR THE COUNTRY’Nation

‘Deranged’ nurses banned for life

Two nurses caught boasting they would kill Israeli patients at a Sydney hospital will never work in the health system again, as police probe the background of the pair responsible for an incident that has left the nation reeling.

Alexi Demetriadi and Liam Mendes

exclusiveNation

Nurse ‘sorry’ for anti-Semitic diatribe, now having panic attack

The female nurse who threatened to kill Israeli patients at Bankstown Hospital has apologised, as family members confront and abuse a journalist from The Australian outside their home | WATCH

Liam Mendes and Stephen Rice

(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on February 12, 2025 shows US President Donald Trump in Washington, DC, February 11, 2025 and Russia's President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on February 6, 2025.. Russian President Vladimir Putin told his US counterpart Donald Trump in a phone call on February 12, 2025, that "peaceful negotiations" on ending the Ukraine conflict were possible, the Kremlin said. (Photo by SAUL LOEB and Kristina Kormilitsyna / various sources / AFP)

ceasefire’ possible’World10 minutes ago

Trump, Putin to meet in Saudi for Ukraine peace talks

Donald Trump says a ceasefire in Ukraine will be achieved ‘in the not too distant future’ but it’s not ‘practical’ for Ukraine to join NATO: Hegseth says return to pre-2014 borders is ‘unrealistic’.

Joe Kelly

26/6/24: Jewish Sydney University student at the Quadrangle who is considering transferring UniversityÃ¢â¬â¢s following USYD deal with Muslim Students Association, which has been linked with Hizb ut Tahrir. John Feder/The Australian.

anti-SemitismPolitics

Sack the anti-Semites: bipartisan push to end university hatred

Labor and Coalition MPs have united to call for tougher workplace laws so universities can sack anti-Semitic staff and researchers, in a bipartisan attempt to break the ‘toxic’ wave of anti-Jewish hate spreading from campuses to the rest of the country.

Natasha Bita

EXCLUSIVEPolitics

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Rate cut may not deliver PM election boost he’s craving

Geoff Chambers

MortgagesPolitics

A real estate For Sale sign on a property in East Toowoomba, house for sale, Thursday, December 21, 2017.

‘Ease home-loan rules and watch prices leap’

Cliona O'Dowd, JOYCE MOULLAKIS and Jack Quail

EXCLUSIVENation

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos September 18, 2024: CFMEU Leader Darren Greenfield at the CFMEU rally and march to State Parliament on Wednesday. Picture: NewsWire / Nikki Short

Ex-CFMEU official ‘should face prosecution’ over $3m transfer

Ewin Hannan

EXCLUSIVEIndigenous

STRONGER SMARTER: Stronger Smarter CEO Darren Godwell.Photo Contributed

Free market path to lift Indigenous

Paige Taylor

Jessica Ainscough, founder of the Wellness Warrior blog, has written a book titled Make Peace With Your Plate. Pic Peter Wallis

exclusiveNation

‘Offensive and untrue’: Netflix portrayal of Belle Gibson’s ‘rival’ upsets family

‘It’s a falsified dramatic fictional portrayal,’ says Tallon Pamenter, former partner of Jessica Ainscough upon whom a key character in the Netflix series is based.

James Madden

Romei's review of the latest Bridget Jones movie.

★★★½Review

Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy — charming and crackingly funny

Now widowed and in her fifties, Bridget Jones navigates love, loss, and ‘labial lockdown’. Hugh Grant steals scenes, Emma Thompson delivers comic gold, and wet-shirted romance lives on.

Stephen Romei

Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii is set to make his eagerly awaited debut for the NSW Waratahs.

rugbySport

Game changer for a game in need of a superhero

For most of his career, Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii has been pushed and pulled in different directions by those who want something from him and two rugby codes that claim him as their own when he belongs to both. I just want to watch Suaalii play.

Andrew Webster

Commentary

New low: Nurses’ anti-Jewish hatred antithesis of medical ethics

The concerns of Australian Jews will be heightened by the fact that the video of two nurses threatening to kill Israeli patients is part of a despicable, long-running pattern of anti-Semitism.

Editorial

Nurses’ hate desecrates all that is sacred about living in this country

This scandal marks the first time in Australian history healthcare workers have openly declared their intent to murder patients based on nationality.

Claire Lehmann

Contributor

Jewish lives more important than freedom of speech

Between the Bankstown utterances and the caravan of explosives at Dural, it now seems clear people will be killed in anti-Semitic attacks in Australia.

Greg Craven

Why Trump is the world’s ‘great decoloniser’

In two bold moves, he has threatened to end Danish control of Greenland and to defund the colonising mission of a large US government agency. Is the anti-Trump left not entertained?

Timothy Lynch

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Business

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Trading DayTrading Day20 minutes ago

ASX to seesaw; IAG, Origin profits up; Treasury Wine warning

IAG lifts dividends as Northern Star unlocks record payout. Orora to cut Aus glass capacity. ASX Ltd misses estimates. TWE narrows guidance. Origin profit up slightly. ASX debut day for Sigma-Chemist behemoth. US inflation adds to Trump tariff challenges.

David Rogers, Valerina Changarathil and Lilly Vitorovich

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WineCompanies23 minutes ago

Treasury Wine warns on profit as drinkers shun cheap wine

Drinkers are shunning cheap wine with Treasury Wine Estates posting a 50 per cent drop in interim earnings for its commercial wine arm and downgrading its group guidance for the year.

Eli Greenblat

Wednesday 12th February 2025. BHP.BHP announces new Chairman Ross McEwan as Ken McKenzie steps down at the end of March 2025.Photograph by Arsineh Houspian.

MiningMining & Energy

New chair in the bank, BHP leadership focus shifts to CEO

Brad Thompson

Ross McEwan, chief executive officer of National Australia Bank Ltd. (NAB), following a Bloomberg Television interview in London, UK, on Friday, June, 17, 2022. The UK just needs to get back into the marketplace again, McEwan said during the interview. Photographer: Hollie Adams/Bloomberg

CommentaryCompanies

Banker Ross McEwan will shape BHP for decades to come

Eric Johnston

11/12/2019. Hamish Douglass, Magellan Chairman and co-founder, photographed at their offices in Sydney for The Deal. Britta Campion / The Australian

MARGIN CALLMargin Call

Champagne and burritos as Douglass dines out on GYG

Yoni Bashan and Nick Evans

commentaryCompanies

Where to now for new pharmacy giant?

MELBOURNE, VICTORIA - January 29, 2025: Chemist Warehouse - From this low rise pub in an industrial strip in Preston a new top 20 ASX company is born. The historic meeting of the founders and shareholders of Chemist Warehouse will tonight vote on a merger with pharma Sigma creating a retail giant worth $30bn. That's twice the size of Qantas and bigger than global names like Brambles and James Hardie. We are aiming to get co-founders founders Mario Verrocchi and Jack Gance who will be at the meeting. Jack Gance middlePicture: The Australian / Nadir Kinani

How will the once fiercely private Chemist Warehouse group handle the transition to the scrutiny of a major publicly listed group?

Glenda Korporaal

DevelopmentCommercial

Beulah launches rescue mission for $2bn Southbank tower

An artist's impression of the world's highest vertical garden to be built in the $2 billion Southbank skyscraper.,

The developer behind plans for the nation’s tallest building is trying to find a backer, despite the project management company of the $2bn Southbank skyscraper falling into administration.

Ben Wilmot

energyRenewable energy & economy

Surge in renewable energy funding

Wind turbines are pictured in Tarifa, southern Spain, on January 24, 2025. (Photo by JORGE GUERRERO / AFP)

More than $9bn worth of renewable energy projects secured financial commitments in 2024, buoying hopes that Australia could yet reach its 2030 emissions targets.

Colin Packham

Spotlight

Nation

Sam Kerr’s own goal

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30 questionsSport

Who was the only Australian cricket captain to win the Champions Trophy?

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EXCLUSIVEBusiness

The true story of Belle Gibson… and how she was really exposed

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** FEES APPLY - ONE TIME USE ONLY - FOR NETWORK USE ONLY ** MUST CREDIT TOLGA AKMEN/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock Chelsea soccer player Sam Kerr leaves Kingston Crown court in southwest London, Britain, 11 February 2025. Chelsea striker and Australian captain Kerr has been found not guilty of racially aggravated harassment of a London police officer after a late-night taxi dispute in 2023. Chelsea footballer Samantha Kerr has been cleared of racially aggravated harassment, London, United Kingdom - 11 Feb 2025

‘Early days’Sport

Kerr cleared but captaincy on the line

While Matildas’ superstar Sam Kerr has been found not guilty of racially harassing a white police officer, Football Australia is yet to decide if she will keep the Australian captaincy.

Jessica Halloran and Jacquelin Magnay

CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - February 12, 2025: AIEFÃÂ Scholarship Students and winnersÃÂ Thomas King and Tia Rigney meet with Minister for Education and Youth of Australia, Jason Clare, Minister for Housing and Minister for Homelessness, Clare O'Neil, AIEF executive director, Andrew Penfold and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at Parliament Hose in Canberra: NCA NewsWire / Martin Ollman

AIEFIndigenous

Winners’ message for Albanese: we want your job

Tia Rigney and Thomas King are this year’s winners of the Australian Indigenous Education Foundation’s ‘If I was prime minister …’ competition.

Noah Yim

CANBERRA, Australia - NewsWire Photos - September 17, 2024: Trade Minister Don Farrell holds a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture: NewsWire / Martin Ollman

ELECTION 2025Politics

Funding law to hit tycoons and teals

Sarah Ison

11/02/2025WA Liberal leader Libby Mettam, photographed in Perth.Pic Colin Murty

exclusivePolitics

Leader with a mountain to climb

Paul Garvey

A boy runs past a pile of sawn timber at a plywood factory in Hefei, central China's Anhui province 05 August 2006. In the past decade, China's total consumption of wood products increased by 70 percent, and coupled with a booming global trade for various wood products is having a devastating impact on forests and poor forest communities globally, CHINA OUT AFP PHOTO

exclusiveAgribusiness

Call for origin labels on imported timber

Charlie Peel

InnovationPolitics

R&D aid: Husic’s having none of it

CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - February 12, 2025: Industry and Science Minister, Ed Husic addresses the National Press Club of Australia in Canberra. Picture: NewsWire / Martin Ollman

Ed Husic has rejected calls to ramp up tax breaks that encourage businesses to undertake research and development.

Jack Quail

CROCODILESNation

Concerning behaviour changes as crocs get hotter

Crocodiles are spending more time than ever at riverbanks in north Queensland. Source: Australia Zoo

New research shows crocodiles are changing their behaviour as water temperatures rise.

Elodie Jakes

EXCLUSIVEIndigenous

Land council boss ‘should be celebrated’

Yuendumu community leader and deputy chair of the Central Land Council, Warren Japanangka Williams. Picture: Central Land Council

The Central Australian Aboriginal Congress has defended Central Land Council chair Warren Williams, claiming he needs to be ‘celebrated’ for his leadership despite having an extensive criminal record.

Mohammad Alfares

Health & Wellbeing

Some contraceptive pills are being added to the PBS for the first time in three decades. Picture: Getty Images

CONTRACEPTIVE CHANGESHealth

The pill’s about to get cheaper for some. What are your new options?

Women might want to revisit their choice of contraception as changes are about to be made on price and availability. Here’s an expert’s take on what’s happening.

DR MAGDALENA SIMONIS

Vapes are banned in Australia but prescribed in England. Picture: Getty Images/The Australian

national strategyHealth

Ban or prescribe? Who got it right on vapes

England encouraged smokers to switch to vapes and even gave them to pregnant women at antenatal clinics. Now it’s looking to Australia’s tough stance as medics say the English policy has been a disaster.

Natasha Robinson

Reema Murray has been attending a specialised menopause clinic since Novemver. Picture: Supplied.

‘GOT MY LIFE BACK’Health

What the government’s boost to menopause support means for women

For women who experience adverse effects of menopause, help can be hard to come by. Soon, experiences such as Reena Murray’s should be the norm, not the exception.

Penny Timms

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 06: Nathan Cleary of the Panthers celebrate after winning the 2024 NRL Grand Final match between the Melbourne Storm and the Penrith Panthers at Accor Stadium on October 06, 2024, in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)

post-season withdrawalHealth

Yes, it’s real, and we’ve got it: the footy blues

Sports fandom is essential to human psychological needs, the experts say. So how do rugby league fans cope during the off-season?

Matthew Condon

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MAKING HEALTHIER CHOICESDiet

Ultra-processed foods: 9 things you should never buy

As another damning report blames eating these foods for a whole host of health issues, Peta Bee reveals the worst offenders.

Peta Bee

Dr Nithya Reddy is a psychiatry registrar who is close to the end of her training. Picture Chris Pavlich for The Australian.

EXCLUSIVEHealth

Why Dr Reddy is quitting the system just months from end of training

Dr Nithya Reddy wanted to change the mental health system after enduring unimaginable trauma. Now senior doctors are warning the accreditation of future psychiatrists, like Dr Reddy, is at critical risk in NSW.

Natasha Robinson

Doctor holding Magnifier focus to stomach with intestine virtual icon, probiotics food for gut health, intestine cancer, bowel inflammatory. Healthy care concept.

EXCLUSIVEHealth

This disease is hitting too many Australians. Why is no one talking about it?

About 180,000 Australians live with this painful, lifelong condition involving inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract. But as cases grow globally, Australia leads the pack.

Fiona Harari

MEET THE TEAM

Women's Health

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SCIENCE OF SNOOZINGHealth

How to get a good night’s sleep — and the real reasons you’re not

We know sleep is good for us, and now we can track every moment of it. But is our anxiety about a good night’s rest becoming counterproductive?

Tom Whipple

Life after the pill: what happens after stopping birth control.

REBOUND MYTHHealth

Life after the pill: why it feels like no one understands

The belief, popularised on social media, that the pill is to blame for all our health woes is seeing women shun it in record numbers – but life on the other side can be a shock.

KRISTEN AMIET

Dementia is the leading cause of death for Australian women.

mind mattersHealth

It’s the leading cause of death for Australian women. So how can you delay its onset?

It’s one of the biggest killers of Australians. But new research suggests the number of cases can potentially be halved. And that’s not the only news.

Fiona Harari

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MAGAZINERelationships

How often should couples be having sex?

The answer to sexual satisfaction in long-term relationships is complicated – and revealing. And yes, there is a magic number.

Emma Sandall

SCIENCE OF SNOOZINGHealth

How to get a good night’s sleep — and the real reasons you’re not

REBOUND MYTHHealth

Life after the pill: why it feels like no one understands

mind mattersHealth

It’s the leading cause of death for Australian women. So how can you delay its onset?

MAGAZINERelationships

How often should couples be having sex?

World

This handout picture released by the Government Press Office (GPO) shows Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R), Defence Minister Israel Katz (R) and army Chief-of-Staff Herzi Halevi (2nd L) during a briefing in the Netzarim Corridor, Israel's main military supply route which carves the Gaza Strip in two just south of Gaza City, on November 19, 2024. Netanyahu said during his tour inside the Gaza Strip that Israel was offering a reward of $5 million to anybody who brings out a hostage held there, underlining that one of Israel's war aims remained that "Hamas does not rule in Gaza". (Photo by GPO / AFP) / Israel OUT / XGTY / === RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / Handout /GPO' - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS ==

truce at riskWorldAn hour ago

Truce ‘to hold if Hamas releases three hostages Saturday’: Israel

Jerusalem reportedly sent the message to Hamas through mediators Egypt and Qatar as the Defence Minister threatens to open ‘the gates of hell’ if the captives weren’t freed by the noon deadline.

Agencies

US President Donald Trump speaks after Tulsi Gabbard was sworn in as Director of National Intelligence (DNI) in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 11, 2025. The Republican-controlled US Senate confirmed Tulsi Gabbard earlier as Trump's choice to lead the country's intelligence services, despite criticism over her lack of experience and past support for Russia and Syria. Gabbard -- appointed to be director of national intelligence -- has faced questions over her 2017 meeting with now-deposed Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad and her peddling of Kremlin propaganda, particularly false conspiracy theories about the Ukraine war. She is also regarded with suspicion over her views on US government surveillance and her backing for National Security Agency (NSA) leaker Edward Snowden, seen on both sides of Congress as having imperiled Americans' safety. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)

judicial fightWorld21 minutes ago

Inspectors-general sue Trump administration after being fired

The eight inspectors general who were fired in late night purge allege their termination violated the law, adding to dozens of other legal challenges facing the president at the start of his new term.

Scott Patterson

(FILES) Tulsi Gabbard testifies during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on her nomination to be US Director of National Intelligence (DNI), on Capitol Hill on January 30, 2025, in Washington, DC. The US Senate on February 12, 2025, voted to confirm Gabbard as the US Director of National Intelligence (DNI) in a vote of 52-48. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP)

Trump pickWorld

Senate confirms Gabbard as intelligence chief

Lindsay Wise and Brett Forrest

The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu in a video address published to social media on the 19th January, 2025. Picture: X

Ceasefire on the brinkWorld

‘All bets off’: Noon Saturday for all hostages or return to war: US, Israel

AFP

US President Donald Trump (R) meets with King Abdullah II of Jordan during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 11, 2025. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)

analysisThe Times

Gaza plan a red line for Egypt and Jordan. Will it backfire on Trump?

Samer Al-Atrush and George Grylls

Life & Arts

Carrie Coon, Leslie Bibb and Michelle Monaghan in season 3 of HBO's 'White Lotus'. Photo: HBO/ Warner Bros.

TELEVISIONThe Times

Yoga, wellness and death: check into The White Lotus

The super-rich have moved on to Thailand for the third series of Mike White’s hit thriller. Its stars talk about their trip of a lifetime.

Ben Dowell

EXCLUSIVEWish

An exclusive look into Mecca’s most ambitious project yet

Portrait of Jo Horgan. Picture: Liz Sunshine

Beauty empire Mecca again captures the zeitgeist with the opening of a vast beauty emporium in Melbourne that puts wellness front and centre

Annie Brown

VogueLife

The women behind one of Australia’s best galleries

EMBARGOED FOR VOGUE. Gallery directors Ursula Sullivan (left) and Joanna Strumpf Ursula wears a NOIR KEI NINOMIYA shirt. COMME DE GARÇONS pants. Joanna wears a PLAN C shirt. VIVIENNE WESTWOOD culottes. All from Parlour X. Picture: Brogan Chidley, Mark Pokorny

For 20 years, Sullivan+Strumpf has championed Australian contemporary art on the global stage. Founders Joanna Strumpf and Ursula Sullivan celebrate the milestone.

Hannah-Rose Yee

SaladsThe Weekend Australian Magazine

A Greek salad with the lot, and then some

The surprise here is the stone fruit, which pops with sour–sweetness to elevate the lot.

Alice Zaslavsky

Travel

EDITORIAL FREE TO PUBLISH IMAGE WHEN USED IN RELATION TO THE ATTACHED STORY. CunardÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s new ship, Queen Anne, passes the Isle of Wight as arrives at her home port of Southampton for the first time today Tuesday 30th April; 2024. Queen Anne is the fourth ship in the Cunard fleet and the 249th to sail under the Cunard flag. It is also the first time since 1999 that Cunard have four ships in simultaneous service. The ship will embark on her maiden voyage to Lisbon on Friday. For further press information contact Ruth Harrington on Ruth.Harrington@cunard.co.uk Picture date Tuesday 30th April, 2024. Picture by Christopher Ison for Cunard. Contact +447544 044177 chris@christopherison.com Escape 22 September 2024 Cruise news Photo - Cunard

Calender of eventsTravel

All the new cruise ships and itineraries coming in 2025

From Cunard’s Queen Anne arriving in Sydney for the first time to the longest cruise to ever depart from Australia, we have all the ship happenings you need to know about this year.

LOUISE GOLDSBURY

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Awe inspiringTravel

The new way to see Norway’s stunning coastline

This Scandinavian stalwart of cruising has revamped its ship Trollfjord and unveiled new voyages that allow guests to linger longer.

Jeremy Bourke

Expert guideTravel

The 10 best restaurants in South America

Peru, Argentina, Chile and Brazil are all home to eateries considered to be some of the greatest in the world. We have found the must-try venues for your next trip.

Mark Johanson

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Airline reviewTravel

‘Is the extra space in premium economy worth the price tag?’

The premium economy seats on this airline mean you can recline further back and you are more comfortable. But the fare is four times as much. Is it justified?

Catherine Marshall

Magazine

EMBARGO FOR TWAM, 15 FEBRUARY 2025. FEE MAY APPLY. Guests on the beach, Komodo Islands, Seven day Spice Islands and Coral Triangle cruise with Aqua Expeditions (Aqua Blu Yacht). Photo: Supplied

JourneysThe Weekend Australian Magazine

A Spice Islands cruise that’s a journey of culture and history

The Banda Sea is an underwater cornucopia of vibrant coral gardens, reefs and thermal springs, and pulses with an astounding array of marine life.

Rosemary Neill

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TV seriesTelevision

Becoming Belle: ‘I had to empathise with her’

American Kaitlyn Dever steps into the role of Australia’s most infamous wellness fraudster in Apple Cider Vinegar, a caustic new Netflix series that dissects the rise and fall of an influencer who built her empire on lies.

Geordie Gray

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - OCTOBER 29: Salma Hayek attends the WSJ. Magazine 2024 Innovator Awards on October 29, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for WSJ. Magazine Innovators Awards)

WISHWish

‘She doesn’t take no for an answer’: Hollywood icon Salma Hayek Pinault turns to philanthropy

The actor, businesswoman and activist redefined the film industry, now she’s rethinking philanthropy.

Ellen Gamerman

EMBARGO FOR TWAM, 08 FEBRUARY 2025. 23 January, 2025. Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price, Shadow Minister for Indigenous Australians, in Tamworth NSW. Photo: James Horan / TWAM

MAGAZINEThe Weekend Australian Magazine

How Jacinta Price fought back from drug abuse hell

Drugs, booze, rehab: Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price’s life-altering journey back from the abyss.

Cameron Stewart

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MAGAZINEThe Weekend Australian Magazine

What this Millennial wants to teach Boomers about dating

Behavioural scientist Logan Ury has found fame re-training over-55s in the art of dating. By correcting a series of simple mistakes she says love can be found right around the corner – at any age.

Katie Strick

Sport

CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAND - OCTOBER 26: Coach Mal Meninga looks on during an Australian Kangaroos captain's run at Apollo Projects Stadium on October 26, 2024 in Christchurch, New Zealand. (Photo by Joe Allison/Getty Images)

ExclusiveNRL

Old traditions and historic firsts: Inside Mal’s Kangaroos overhaul

Australia coach Mal Meninga has revealed his unique Kangaroos UK tour plan which will revive an old-fashioned tradition, include an extra Test and a historic training camp in the UAE.

Dean Ritchie

Collingwood 2025 ultimate player ratings

AFL

Every Magpie rated: Risers, fallers, which star’s got Pies fans nervous?

A premiership contender oozing with experience, or a team racing toward the cliff? GLENN MCFARLANE and JON RALPH run the rule over Collingwood’s list and rate every Magpie.

Glenn McFarlane and Jon Ralph

ExclusiveNRL

Inside the wreckage that left Ezra Mam fighting for career

The fallout from Broncos star Ezra Mam’s car crash shame has taken another twist with the wreckage from the shocking incident set to go under the hammer. SEE THE PHOTOS

Peter Badel

ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 15: Ken Hinkley, Senior Coach of the Power during the 2023 AFL Round 14 match between the Port Adelaide Power and the Geelong Cats at Adelaide Oval on June 15, 2023 in Adelaide, Australia. (Photo by James Elsby/AFL Photos via Getty Images)

AFL

End of Ken: Inside the moment Hinkley’s Power reign ended

Defiance and emotion have defined Ken Hinkley’s reign at Port Adelaide. After fighting for so long, the Power coach finally has an Alberton end date. Matt Turner takes you inside a historic day.

Matt Turner

COLOMBO, SRI LANKA - FEBRUARY 12: Jake Fraser-McGurk of Australia walks off after he was dismissed during the ODI match between Sri Lanka and Australia at R. Premadasa Stadium on February 12, 2025 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. (Photo by Robert Cianflone/Getty Images)

CricketAn hour ago

Aussies crumble, alarm bells sound ahead of Champions Trophy

Alarm bells are ringing around Australia’s hopes of winning the Champions Trophy without five of its biggest stars, after an embarrassing capitulation against Sri Lanka.

Ben Horne

MUMBAI, INDIA - MARCH 17: Mitchell Starc of Australia during the first game in the One Day International Series between India and Australia at Wankhede Stadium on March 17, 2023 in Mumbai, India. (Photo by Pankaj Nangia/Getty Images)

Cricket

Aussie attack in tatters with Starc set to miss campaign

Australia’s Champions Trophy campaign looks set to take another hit, with the final member of its Big Three fast bowling brigade expected to miss the tournament. Full confirmed squad inside.

Ben Horne

Daily Cartoon

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Daily Cartoon

Inquirer

Elon Musk listens as US President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 11, 2025. Tech billionaire Elon Musk, who has been tapped by President Donald Trump to lead federal cost-cutting efforts, said the United States would go "bankrupt" without budget cuts. Musk leads the efforts under the newly created Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), and was speaking at the White House with Trump, who has in recent weeks unleashed a flurry of orders aimed at slashing federal spending. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP)

Is there a constitutional crisis in the US? Short answer – no

CommentaryCommentary

No quarter in MAGA’s war on captured institutions

If Wong doesn’t start the clock, then surely Peter Dutton will if he wins government.

Few have succeeded in stemming the left’s long march through the institutions. Now Donald Trump wants to be remembered for giving it a red-hot go.

Janet Albrechtsen

commentaryWorld

Hamas in a corner after Bibi calls bluff

TEL AVIV, ISRAEL - FEBRUARY 08: Protestors chant and call for the ceasefire deal to continue while holding a banner that reads "relocation for the hostages" during an anti-government demonstration outside the Kirya on February 08, 2025 in Tel Aviv, Israel. Earlier today hostages Or Levy, Eli Sharabi, and Ohad Ben Ami were released, and appeared highly malnourished causing many to draw parallels to images from the Holocaust, which was a motif of tonight's protest. Protesters called on U.S. President Donald Trump to push Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who most no longer believe is doing what is best for the hostages, to continue the current Israel-Hamas ceasefire agreement into its second phase. (Photo by Alexi J. Rosenfeld/Getty Images)

The clock is now ticking for Hamas over the Gaza ceasefire deal, and as Donald Trump put it, ‘they want to play tough guy, we’ll see how tough they are’.

Cameron Stewart

Aviation

Hong Kong Airlines will fly a daily service to Sydney using A330-300s from June.

New airline to compete with Qantas and Cathay

AviationAviation

PM’s promise to buy Rex ‘a waste of taxpayer money’

Adelaide, Australia - REX (Regional Express Airlines) Saab 340 twin engined regional commuter aircraft taking off from Adelaide Airport.Escape 15 October 2023Doc HolidayPhoto - iStock

Regional airlines have stepped up calls to be part of a ‘market-led solution’ for the Rex failure, as the government promises to nationalise the carrier in the absence of a buyer.

Robyn Ironside

AviationAviation

Australia’s $25bn US plane orders may aid tariff dodge

Qantas Boeing 787 "Yam Dreaming" livery landing at Vancouver International Airport during sunset. Date: Nov 30, 2022Escape 9 February 2025Cover storyPhoto - iStock

Aircraft orders from Qantas, Virgin Australia and the RAAF could help Australia avoid Trump’s steel and aluminium tariffs.

Matt Bell and Robyn Ironside

Education

Professor Bruce Dowton, vice-chancellor of Macquarie University in the newly opened law faculty building. This year is the 60th anniversary of the University. Jane Dempster/The Australian.

Uni sets up safe room for Jewish students

ResearchPolitics

ARC grant review ‘political repression’

DAILY TELEGRAPH 22ND MAY 2024Pictured is Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah speaking at a pro Palestine protest at Macquarie University in Sydney.Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah is a former lawyer, author and prominent Palestine advocate and future fellow at Macquarie University Department of Sociology.Picture: Richard Dobson

Hundreds of academics have complained of ‘political repression’ in the review of an $870,000 taxpayer grant to a researcher who bragged of ‘bending the rules’.

Natasha Bita

Higher Education

Biologist’s ‘alien’ adventure to Antarctica

Monash University biologist Dr Laura Phillips studied Springtail bugs in Antarctica as part of an Australian Research Council grant. Photo Richard Jones/Monash University.

For biologist Laura Phillips, the Morozumi Range in Antarctica’s east was an ‘alien’, beautiful region to study.

James Dowling

Media

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA : NewsWire Photos - FEBRUARY 12 2025; Antoinette Lattouf is seen arriving at federal court in Sydney for the hearing versus the ABC. Journalist Antoinette Lattouf claims she was unlawfully dismissed from the national broadcaster after she shared a social media post regarding the Gaza War. Picture: NewsWire/ Gaye Gerard. Picture: NewsWire/ Gaye Gerard

Lattouf’s direct manager said she ‘tried to stop them’ in emotional exchange

FEDERAL COURTMedia

We should never have hired ‘activist’ Lattouf: Buttrose

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos FEBRUARY 11, 2025: Ita Buttrose leaves the Federal Court on Tuesday. Journalist Antoinette Lattouf claims she was unlawfully dismissed from the national broadcaster after she shared a report alleging Israel was using starvation as a weapon in Gaza. Picture: NewsWire / Nikki Short

Former ABC chair Ita Buttrose has declared Antoinette Lattouf an activist who was ‘critical of Israel’ and should never have been hired by the public broadcaster, in a feisty Federal Court appearance.

Ellie Dudley

MediaMedia

Tough ad market smashes Seven West Media profit

Seven West Media chairman Kerry Stokes. Picture - Supplied

The Kerry Stokes’ backed media company is hurting from a tough advertising market and the impact from major sporting events but there are positive signs on the horizon.

James Manning

Property

Renders of the new Chadstone shopping centre fresh food precinct. Picture: Supplied

Five property trends for investors to watch

OfficeProperty

Space race slows for the big end of town

19/4/2024 : Brisbane skyline from the Wilson Outlook and Kangaroo Point. pic: Lyndon Mechielsen/Courier Mail

The big end of town has few premium or A-grade office options available in the Brisbane CBD, with two major banks opting to stay put, as signage rights loom as a major hurdle.

CITY BEAT Chris Herde

DevelopmentCommercial

Investa teams up with Salvos to bring studio living to Sydney

Artists impression of a studio living block planned by Investa and The Salvation Army at 140 Elizabeth Street

Living and office heavyweight Investa is betting that big institutions will support its push into the new field.

Ben Wilmot

Technology

This NASA TV video frame grab shows the SpaceX Falcon 9 fourth Starlink constellation as it launches at Cape Canaveral, Florida on January 29, 2020. - The Starlink constellation will increase global internet access.This mission is tasked with sending up the latest batch of internet-beaming satellites for SpaceX, adding on to the roughly 180 satellites the company already has in orbit. (Photo by Handout / NASA TV / AFP / NewsWire) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO /NASA TV/HANDOUT " - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

‘Little sense’: NBN’s satellite play baffles telcos

Technology

Computershare hikes dividend on earnings beat

7/2/25: The Australian stock exchange in Sydney. John Feder/The Australian.

Shares hit record high after dividend hike and better than expected profit spike.

Joseph Lam

Billionaire sponsorshipTechnology

Mike Cannon-Brookes’s Atlassian revs into Formula One

Atlassian co-founder and chief executive Mike Cannon-Brookes dons an Atlassian Williams Racing cap as he announces the new partnership.

Mike Cannon-Brookes is the latest Australian billionaire to muscle into Formula One, with Atlassian becoming the new title sponsor for Williams as the F1 team seeks to reverse its fortunes after hitting the skids.

Jared Lynch

Science

Close up side shot of microplastics lay on people hand.Concept of water pollution and global warming. Climate change idea.

AI breakthrough in mapping sea pollution

time will tellThe Times

How long for the perfect boiled egg?

Hard-boiled egg cut and piled on egg slicer and full egg with shell on green plate or dish.

Switching between hot and cool water will produce the optimal boiled egg balance between a firm white and creamy yolk – for those who can be bothered.

Rhys Blakely

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