For decades Maggie Alderson has written bestsellers that have been eagerly devoured by (mostly female) readers all over the world. Ahead of her latest release she reflects on the unwanted label which has dogged her entire career.
Scott Morrison says Donald Trump should work with allies to reclaim global institutions, as he blasts the WHO for failing to investigate China over the Covid outbreak.
The RBA’s slow response to the post-Covid economic boom is to blame for Australians paying more on their mortgage today, a consulting firm has found.
A global scam operated by Kim Jong-un’s cash-starved regime is stealing hard currency and Western trade secrets, while taking advantage of post-Covid remote work rules.
Joe Biden has commuted the sentences of nearly 1,500 people who were released from prison and placed in home confinement during Covid-19 and pardoned 39 others convicted of non-violent crime.
When looking at Peter V’landys’ legacy as NRL boss, Project Apollo, Las Vegas, the six-again rule and the Dolphins stand out. But the PNG expansion will go down as his bravest decision, writes DAVID RICCIO.
The men who hold the purse strings at Australia’s biggest businesses say the economy is improving and are the most optimistic about the future since Covid.
The number of Aussies employed since Covid has ballooned by 1.5 million, with one sector in particular leading the way.
The most alarming feature of the national accounts was that the very limited growth recorded was driven by sharply rising government spending, not growth in the productive economy.
A US congressional inquiry into the Covid-19 outbreak that killed 1.1 million Americans has backed the theory that the virus likely leaked from a Chinese laboratory.
Ash Barty’s historic Australian Open victory was never meant to be her final tennis match. In a tribute to Rafael Nadal, she reveals how grateful she is that one of her favourites lived out his tennis dream.
Aussies are facing a sharp rise in Covid infections just ahead of Christmas, leading to a warning from health authorities.
The project has been hit by ‘unpredictable events’ and has faced challenges such as a shortage of construction workers, supply chain constraints and disruptions caused by Covid.
In an irresistibly catchy single from his collaborative album with Lance Ferguson, You Am I frontman Tim Rogers offers this rejoinder: ‘Hell yeah, I’m a try-hard / I try harder than you.’
Rising talent Josiah Gilbert could be lost to Australian golf, with the budding superstar at the centre of an international tug-of-war with the USA. And West Australia’s brutal COVID lockdowns are at the heart of it.
One state has officially withdrawn all remaining 23,539 Covid fines, with affected Aussies set to be refunded $5.5m.
The NSW government will withdraw 25,000 fines issued during the Covid pandemic and refund about $5.5m after fresh legal advice.
Australia’s grim economic outlook has been revealed, with the federal budget tipped to have its sharpest retraction since covid.
A pre-election burst in spending and a drop in company tax collections are expected to place further strain on the nation’s finances.
Many US voters see the pre-Covid Trump era as a time of prosperity and record employment of African-Americans. They are willing to give their new President a fair shot at the job.
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