Longform

Longform

‘Worthless’: Sports clubs’ sobering child safety warning

Child safety experts have delivered a confronting verdict on background checks and reporting systems after Sport Integrity Australia complaints data revealed junior sport’s hidden dangers.

Matthew Elkerton

The ManhuntNation

A river, an accomplice and ‘apocalyptic’ survival skills: on the trail of Dezi Freeman

He couldn’t hold down a job and his filthy home was no place to raise a family. But Dezi Freeman was prepared. Months after vanishing into some of Australia’s most unforgiving wilderness and with two dead cops in his wake, a clearer picture is taking shape.

John Ferguson and Mohammad Alfares

Visual FeatureCulture

Boss move: how an actor survived Bruce Springsteen’s scrutiny

There was an ‘extra’ on set as Jeremy Allen White brought the rock icon to life for a new film — it was the man himself.

Andrew McMillen

InteractiveCulture

The 25 best TV shows of the last 25 years

 Our expert critics and writers have chosen the top 25 shows since 2001. Do you agree with our picks? Cast your vote.

Culture Team

Longform

How Essendon plans to get its ‘swagger’ back

Andrew Walsh didn’t think twice when running into the melee in the infamous line in the sand game. He says the club has lost its mongrel – here’s how he plans to help bring it back.

Michael Warner

Mental Health

Emma & Louise: what happens when your leading man leaves the stage

Emma Heming Willis, the wife of Hollywood icon Bruce Willis, talks to Louise Bryant, whose partner Moose died last month, about how to cope when your beloved has dementia.

Louise Bryant

TravelTravel

The remote Canadian tour bringing polar bears and tourists together

At a wilderness lodge on the shores of Hudson Bay, guests have thrilling close encounters with these apex predators. 

Penny Hunter

‘IN OUR GENES’Health

‘It stalks us like a predator’: five of my dad’s siblings had pancreatic cancer

Steve Robson’s family is one of the most high-risk in the country for pancreas cancer. Now the top medic, whose father lost five of his siblings to the disease, insists it’s time to capitalise on advances in diagnosis and treatment – for his children’s sake.

Steve Robson

ExclusiveNation

Dezi Freeman’s wife fled shooting scene as new footage emerges

CCTV vision shows how Dezi Freeman’s family met on a bush road before being driven away, as extraordinary new footage of the double murder scene emerges.

John Ferguson and Mohammad Alfares

art heistCulture

Indigenous art for $5 on Temu? Now that’s a steal

The bargains are eye-watering on the Chinese eComm platform. Emma Hollingsworth and other Australian artists are paying the price.

Kristen Amiet

AFL

Ron and Craig James: Heartbreak, tragedy and an enduring love

Craig James never truly got over the shock death of his twin brother Ron — a footballer many believe would have played 200 games for Footscray. Paul Amy explores their special bond.

Paul Amy

watchSport

Secret weapon: How Gout Gout gets faster

Teen sprint sensation Gout Gout has an in-built advantage that rivals simply can’t train for. We’ve broken it down.

Sean Callinan, Andrew Webster and Jess Clement

streamingCulture

How Wednesday saved legendary director Tim Burton from retirement

By 2019, the Edward Scissorhands filmmaker was quietly contemplating retirement. Then came the child of woe.

Geordie Gray

Football

Football’s power grab: The divide shaping A-League’s next era

Crowd numbers are trending up, but there’s no ignoring the financial challenges the A-League is facing. In part 3 of our special series, we examine what’s next for soccer’s future as APL chief Stephen Conroy gives a rare interview.

Erin Smith

AFL

‘It all turned to sh**’: The rise and fall of North Ballarat

Fifteen years ago, North Ballarat won the VFL premiership to complete a threepeat. Seven years later they were booted out of the competition. What happened to the mighty Roosters?

Paul Amy

ready to killNation

True crime and an axe to grind: Erin’s life online

Erin Patterson may have appeared largely friendless when she moved to her new home at Leongatha, but she enjoyed the company of people who were obsessed with killers.

John Ferguson

Golf

Rebuilding Minjee: How US meltdown saved Aussie golf star

It’s been almost a week since Minjee Lee etched her name into Australian golfing immortality. But for the last 12 months, her inner circle has delicately embarked on their toughest project yet: Rebuilding Minjee.

Adam Pengilly

MAGAZINEThe Weekend Australian Magazine

Why rugby’s hottest star has no tattoos

Once-in-a-generation footballer or a ‘pretty weird dude’? Joseph Suaalii is full of surprises.

Jessica Halloran

inside storyNRL

Trevor’s domestic violence and abuse is because of football. His wife wants to know when the NRL is going to stop denying it?

Sandra Crow is lifting the veil on what the ugly end of a football career looks like.

Sandra Odorisio

inside storyNRL

Silent treatment and spite: how Gus imposes his will

Phil Gould can make life unpleasant when he doesn’t get his way. While NRL powerbrokers have figured out how to tame his immense power, none have been prepared to deal with his behaviour.

Andrew Webster

INQUIRERRelationships

‘Our 20th IVF cycle worked’: the case for freezing your eggs

Everyone’s reason for choosing to freeze their eggs is different. Three women who have undertaken the process tell how they began, and share their hopes and fears | READ AND WATCH THEIR STORIES

Bianca Farmakis

MAGAZINEThe Weekend Australian Magazine

‘The inmates’ anguished cries for help could now be heard’

Fifty years later Bill Jauncey doesn’t know how he held on with two fellow guards and more than 90 prisoners in their custody, as Darwin’s Fannie Bay Gaol was torn to pieces by Cyclone Tracy.

Jamie Walker

visual storyNation

‘Model is broken’: off-shore wind’s towering hype faces reality check

Offshore turbines are sold as a way to bypass hurdles for renewables — but they are far from a perfect solution. In the global arms race for emissions-free energy, Australia has thrown caution to the wind.

Graham Lloyd

WealthMarkets

Howard Marks’ rule for markets: Invest long, fail smart

It might sound counterintuitive to many but the Oaktree co-founder’s motto in a rising market is ‘don’t just do something – sit there’.

Eric Johnston

ExclusiveWorld

Back to Beijing: China reopens its doors to The Australian

After a four-year forced hiatus, our correspondent is back in China — and just in time to cover one of the most extraordinary stories of the 21st century.

Will Glasgow

blow-by-blowWorld

The audacious assassination of Ismail Haniyeh

Inside Mossad’s operation to kill Hamas’s top man in Tehran.

Anne Barrowclough

Ignored the evidenceThe Wall Street Journal

How the bet on an 81-year-old Joe Biden turned into an epic miscalculation

Voters thought the faltering president was too old, but allies looked the other way, advisers defended his abilities and the Democratic Party boxed out other candidates.

Rebecca Ballhaus, Siobhan Hughes and Annie Linskey

inquirerInquirer

Anatomy of a failed assassination: what drove Thomas Crooks?

An ordinary boy from an ordinary middle-class suburb gets a clear shot at a former president and stuns the world. A week on and with no obvious trail, authorities are piecing together a motive.

Christine Middap

WITNESS TO HISTORYNation

Get the shot, but don’t get shot

When you’re photographing a war, a blurry line separates notions of safety and danger, courage and terror, fear and hope.

John Feder

exclusivePolitics

Bandt plan to usurp ALP on left

Adam Bandt says the Greens have replaced Labor as the authentic party of the centre-left and will win over voters by taking a ‘Robin Hood platform to the election’.

Joe Kelly

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