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Hostile and deeply divided: In south-west Sydney, it’s an election campaign like never before
Harnessing anger over Gaza, independents are posing an unprecedented threat to Labor in heartland seats.
- Eryk Bagshaw and Kayla Olaya
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Pope Francis has an outstanding wish. How far will the Vatican go to deliver it?
No Pope has set foot in China, but Francis wants that to change. Critics say the cost of doing deals with Beijing has already been too high.
- Lisa Visentin
- Explainer
- Healthcare
In a medical crisis, who will speak for you? Here’s how people plan ahead
It can happen in instant. When you can’t make decisions about your own medical treatment, who steps into your shoes? And how do doctors know what you want (and don’t want)?
- Nick Newling and Felicity Lewis
This bonkers film about killer unicorns is less far-fetched than you’d think
Death of a Unicorn is inspired by real-life artworks that still perplex art historians to this day.
- Nell Geraets
- Explainer
- World elections
‘Elbows up!’ How Canada stopped playing nice with Trump
Donald Trump has suggested making Canada the 51st US state. Could he? And how are (usually polite) Canadians fighting back?
- Angus Holland
From bestiality to AI Miley Cyrus: The best, worst and weirdest episodes of Black Mirror
As a new Back Mirror season lands, we look back at more than a decade of the genre-flipping anthology TV series. It’s a wild ride.
- Nell Geraets
Hawke, Packer and ‘Supercat’: Cricket’s secret Kirribilli meeting and the end of apartheid
Forty years after the rebel tours of South Africa, we reveal one of the great sliding doors moments in Australian cricket.
- Daniel Brettig
- Analysis
- Australia votes
From battlers to basket weavers: A guide to Australia’s voter types
A rich vocabulary has emerged to describe different voter groups in increasingly complex electorates.
- Matt Wade
- Explainer
- Trump's White House
‘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
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
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