27 m. ago Liberals and Nationals face duelling leadership battles as Coalition infighting worsens

Senator Matt Canavan has declared he will challenge David Littleproud for the Nationals leadership, just hours after Sussan Ley and Angus Taylor declared they would fight for the Liberal Party job.

Politics

4 h. ago I lie and steal for a living, but what I did to my family shocked me

Knowing next to nothing about my ancestors didn’t stop me from turning them into literary fodder.

Events

5 h. ago Archibald Prize LIVE updates: Tell us who you think will win?

On what is arguably the biggest day on Australia’s arts calendar, finalists for the Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes are gathering to learn who will win.

Politics

11 h. ago Shay lived for his job but was unhappy. So he banned all work talk

When you let your self-identity become fused with your work, a job loss can feel like a crisis.

Society

35 h. ago At my dream job in the ’80s, the chauvinism surprised me: I blame early zoologists

When Ema Walraven became a zookeeper in the 1980s, she found the attitudes to women positively Darwinian.

Society

48 h. ago ‘Finish the job’: Gunman shot ‘Afghan Ali’ as he lay critically wounded in South Yarra street

Narre Warren man Adris Kheyali, 23, was refused bail as prosecutors reveal they intend to rely on an unnamed witness and phone data to link him to Mohammed Keshtiar’s murder.

Politics

3 d. ago The art of the steal: How Trump is turning markets into a casino

Having now crossed his second term’s first 100 days, it’s clear Trump is running America like a business. Unfortunately for us, it’s one of his businesses.

Politics

4 d. ago Voters, ‘left media’ to blame for Coalition wipeout: Rinehart

Mining magnate Gina Rinehart says Australians should learn from US citizens she met as she wandered the streets of New York in a MAGA hat.

Politics

4 d. ago Rinehart blames ‘left media’ for Coalition wipeout, claims voters ‘very short on understanding’

Mining magnate Gina Rinehart says Australians should learn from US citizens she met as she wandered the streets of New York in a MAGA hat.

Politics

4 d. ago The Liberal Party does not need a renovation. It’s a knockdown rebuild job

If we are to rebuild the party, we – its members – must stop listening to our own delusional garbage. The Liberal Party machine is both moribund and dysfunctional.

Society

4 d. ago AI won’t steal your job, but you need to learn to work with it

You may be flummoxed by the bot you’re currently being asked to use, but soon your latest co-worker may be an AI agent.

Society

7 d. ago My boss publicly criticises me. Am I being managed out of my job?

Constantly second-guessing yourself and then being criticised publicly for every decision sounds like a kind of professional hell.

Politics

7 d. ago This show changes everything you think you know about Indigenous art

Marcia Langton started working on the Potter’s new exhibition 10 years ago. She doesn’t care if you don’t like it, but she does want you to learn.

Politics

8 d. ago ‘It’s certainly a blow’: Irvine injury rocks Socceroos’ World Cup qualifying hopes

First-choice players have been dropping like flies since Tony Popovic took on the top job last September. Star midfielder Jackson Irvine is the latest.

Events

1 week ago Former Virgin boss Jayne Hrdlicka lands top job at Dan Murphy’s, BWS

The airline executive will join Endeavour Group at a time when investors have been frustrated by the bottle shop owner’s performance.

Politics

1 week ago My generation could learn a lot from Boomers about gratitude

I admit I have a slight tendency to spiral into negativity. So it’s a pleasure to look to a generation that has mastered the art of finding joy in simple things.

Politics

1 week ago ‘Take down the walls’: The innovative program bringing ballet to the bush

Hundreds of children in regional Australia will have the opportunity to learn from the Australian Ballet’s teachers and dancers.

Politics

2 w. ago Pope now part of the endless scroll, as phones steal from stillness and silence of grief

I watched one man adjust his frame over and over, inching sideways for the best angle, as if this were a concert and not a farewell. Isn’t the moment enough, without needing to trap it behind a screen you’ll almost certainly never revisit?

Events

2 w. ago ‘Albo can’t steal our day’: The couples saying ‘I do’ on election day

After months of planning and early bookings, some brides and grooms-to-be find themselves sharing their special day with the federal election. Here’s how they’re handling it.

Politics

2 w. ago Universities radically reform teaching degrees as deadline looms

Everything Leah Myers knew about her job was “flipped on its head” after sweeping reforms to teacher training followed a national review.

Society