9 h. ago One thing is already changing pop culture forever. This is how

Dead celebrities are coming back to life, non-human musicians are topping the charts and podcasters are using languages they can’t speak – the future has arrived.

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10 h. ago Want to stick to your New Year’s resolutions? Here’s how economics can help

If by the second Friday of January — known as “Quitter’s Day” — you’ve dropped those ambitions, you’ll also be in good company.

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25 h. ago ‘I’ve let my family down’: Lachie Neale steps down as Lions captain amid marriage breakdown

Neale stood aside as Harris Andrews’ co-captain amid uncertainty about his longer-term future with the two-time reigning premiers.

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25 h. ago ‘I’ve let my family down’: Lachie Neale steps aside as Lions co

Neale stood aside as Harris Andrews’ co-captain amid uncertainty about his longer-term playing future with the two-time reigning premiers.

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27 h. ago ‘It happened in seconds’: How a night of youthful joy turned into tragedy

Young revellers had crowded into the Le Constellation basement to cheer the year ahead. Now, that future has been cut short for at least 40 of them.

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27 h. ago Gold, coffee and Donald Trump: Australia’s rollercoaster economic year in 10 charts

We started 2025 with interest rate cuts and ended it talking about increases. Gold soared, but it wasn’t the most precious of precious metals.

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28 h. ago Lachie Neale steps down as Lions captain amid marriage breakdown

Lachie Neale has stood down as Lions captain amid a marriage break down and uncertainty about his longer-term future with the club.

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63 h. ago History’s cruel ledger squared by a peek into 332 boxes from the past

The release of cabinet papers from the Cain and Kirner governments cast new light on the extent of state reforms before economic disaster struck.

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68 h. ago Bushfire inquiry’s top silk says royal commission essential for harmony

“Why this happened and how we prevent it in the future, I think, is of the utmost importance for our nation,” Jack Rush told this masthead.

Events

3 d. ago The future is electric: Hot metals are exposing the fossil fuel fantasy

Drill, baby, drill: The arrival of the revanchist Trump administration was seen by the carbon industry as an opportunity to demonstrate fossil fuels’ indispensability to the world. It didn’t work out that way.

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3 d. ago ‘You decide your destiny’: Why Michael Vaughan is urging Khawaja to bow out in Sydney

Ashes-winning captain has weighed into the debate over Usman Khawaja’s future, and warned England they need to win well at the SCG to prove Bazball still has a pulse.

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4 d. ago Khawaja, Green, Healy and Perry. What does 2026 have in store for Australian cricket?

It’s been a very Merry Christmas for the Australian Test team and national selectors with Ashes success well and truly ‘urned’, but the new year shapes as being a, shall we say, testing time. We take a look at what the future holds in Australian cricket in 2026.

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4 d. ago ‘For whatever reason, I still keep going’: Richard Scolyer contemplates the future

The former Australian of the Year, who continues to show amazing resilience more than two-and-a-half years after being diagnosed with a lethal brain tumour, has set a new sporting goal.

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4 d. ago After every economic norm is blithely tossed aside, what’s the future?

Everybody who claims to know where the AI revolution will lead is either lying or deluded. Investors are flying blind.

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5 d. ago Australian sharemarket set to slip on opening: Wall St near record high

Futures are pointing to a slight fall as the stock market opens after the Christmas break.

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5 d. ago Sharemarket opens higher: Mining stocks rise; Wall St near record

Local bourse opens higher after the Christmas break despite futures pointing to a slight fall.

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6 d. ago This resort town is losing its only childcare centre. Families say they can’t live here without one

Residents of Falls Creek fear for the future of their small community with the looming closure of the resort’s only childcare centre.

Society

8 d. ago Boxing Day Test LIVE: England win toss, target Head as Boxing Day crowd turns out in full dress

Australia have gone into the fourth Ashes Test match with a pace-heavy squad, but it’s their batters in focus on day one. Follow the action LIVE.

Events

8 d. ago What is the key to unlocking WA’s economic potential by 2040?

Western Australia’s two peak business networks have singled out one key challenge to unlocking the strength of the state’s economic future.

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9 d. ago Gold Coast fishermen told to toss their catch after sewage spill

The city said a sewer main broke on in Biggera Waters on Monday night, which may have contaminated the Broadwater.

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