5 h. ago Festivals have ‘privileged literary works’ over popular, commercial fiction: Veronica Sullivan

As the new director of the Melbourne Writers Festival, Veronica Sullivan has tried to create a program with broad appeal.

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11 h. ago Donald Trump’s clown car has backfired on Peter Dutton again

Branding the ABC and the Guardian as “hate media” is another example of Peter Dutton singing straight from the Trump hymn book

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13 h. ago IPL crackdown: Grade Cricketer takes down hundreds of videos after receiving ‘legal letter’

Indian cricket authorities have clamped down on The Grade Cricketer podcast, consumed by more than a million people around the world – compelling its creators to take down every single video they have produced for this year’s IPL.

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14 h. ago Canary in the plane cabin: How Trump is changing where Australians travel

Australian companies operating on the global stage, such as Flight Centre, are becoming prone to infection from the global trade malaise.

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14 h. ago WA news LIVE: WA leading the country in economic performance, again; Perth’s NRL deal still on the table

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Economics

15 h. ago WA news LIVE: WA leading the country in economic performance, again; Perth’s NRL deal still in the table

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Economics

17 h. ago Trump’s billionaire oil industry donors aren’t getting what they wished for

Donald Trump urged the US oil industry to “drill, baby, drill,” but his tariffs sank the oil price and could reduce, not increase, US production.

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17 h. ago Trump’s macho crew, it turns out, is a vicious little sewing circle

One hundred days into Trump’s second term, cracks are appearing in the testosterone-filled White House manosphere.

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21 h. ago Donald Trump's approval rating the lowest of any president in seven decades

As the 100-day mark of President Donald Trump's second term approaches, Americans’ views of what he’s done so far have turned deeply negative, a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS found.

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23 h. ago Has Trump finally realised Putin has been playing him, or is he just blowing in the wind?

Trump’s comments after meeting Volodymyr Zelensky at the Vatican marked a shift in tone. But the US President is prone to adopt the rhetoric of whoever he spoke with last.

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23 h. ago Has he finally realised Putin is playing him, or is Trump just blowing in the wind?

Trump’s comments after meeting Volodymyr Zelensky at the Vatican marked a shift in tone. But the US president is prone to adopt the rhetoric of whoever he spoke with last.

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24 h. ago Voters’ unasked question: Which party do I want deciding wages policy?

For an election dominated by cost-of-living sloganeering, neither Labor nor the Coalition has bothered to utter a word on wages.

Events

24 h. ago Melbourne Club moves to block Sydney billionaire’s ‘creative wonderland’ plan

Billionaire Justin Hemmes faces fierce opposition from Melbourne’s most exclusive gentlemen’s club to a plan to transform a CBD car park into a hospitality precinct.

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31 h. ago From Trump’s phone number to the price of eggs, our experts give their final debate verdicts

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese made the odd claim that Donald Trump does not have a mobile phone, but he was much closer to guessing the price of a dozen eggs.

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31 h. ago From Trump’s phone number to the price of eggs, our experts give their verdicts on the final debate

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese made the odd claim that Donald Trump does not have a mobile phone, but he was much closer to guessing the price of a dozen eggs.

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34 h. ago US and Ukraine presidents in productive meeting before Pope’s funeral

US President Donald Trump and Ukraine President Volodomyr Zelenskyy's shock St Peter's Basilica meeting has been described as “productive”.

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34 h. ago US and Ukraine presidents in historic meeting before Pope’s funeral

US President Donald Trump and Ukraine President Volodomyr Zelenskyy's shock St Peter's Basilica meeting has been described as “productive”.

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35 h. ago What’s the going rate for the Tooth Fairy, and should it be adjusted for inflation?

From 10¢ in the ’60s to the generous $20 Josh Frydenberg’s five-year-old received in 2022, Tooth Fairy inflation is real – but that doesn’t make it right.

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37 h. ago ‘Trump is doing permanent damage’: What’s got global market leaders spooked?

The meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank this past week have been dominated by the future of a key building block of globalisation.

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37 h. ago The war on woke has been won, but Trump doesn’t behave like it

Britain’s Supreme Court is vindicating J. K. Rowling. Affirmative action and DEI are on the ropes. Donald Trump risks creating sympathy for those he seeks to sideline.

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