20 m. ago What happens when some of the NRL’s biggest stars spend a week in Tonga

The Tongans kick-started their Pacific Championships campaign by returning to the Pacific island – and this is what happened.

Economics

4 h. ago Oscar Piastri can still win the F1 drivers’ championship, but Verstappen is now stalking the McLarens

While the McLaren drivers, Piastri and Lando Norris, duke it out for the drivers’ championship, there is a figure looming large in their rear-view mirror, four-time winner Max Verstappen.

Transport

6 h. ago Sussan Ley turns focus back to tax, industrial relations amid Coalition ructions

The opposition leader has vowed to return to core Liberal policies after the Coalition went to the last election opposing Labor tax cuts.

Economics

10 h. ago Beside Trump, Prabowo was in his happy place – at home it’s a different story

The Indonesian president returns from the backslapping at Egypt to plummeting approval ratings and his signature policy embroiled in a crisis of his own making.

Politics

10 h. ago The Wallabies’ complicated – and comedic – reunion with ‘uncle Eddie’

The Wallabies’ memories are still fresh of the chaotic 2023 season under Eddie Jones. But a high player turnover, injuries and Spring Tour selection strategy may take some heat out of a spicy reunion in Tokyo.

Politics

29 h. ago Littleproud vows to persuade Barnaby Joyce to stay with Nationals

Nationals leader David Littleproud has vowed to try and change Barnaby Joyce's mind after the long-time MP announced plans to quit the party yesterday.

Politics

35 h. ago The Liberal Party’s on life support. Time for a deathbed conversion

What the Liberal Party needs to move forward isn’t more factional sniping, but the birth of a movement supported by people who believe in backing aspiration.

Events

35 h. ago ‘It’s very spiritual to me’: Why Kieran Foran put off retirement for last hurrah with Kiwis

The veteran playmaker was sitting in a Gold Coast cafe when New Zealand coach Stacey Jones offered him one last chance to pull on the Kiwi jersey. He didn’t need to think twice.

Politics

36 h. ago Gone in 39 days: Postecoglou sacked by Nottingham Forest in record time

The Australian became the club’s first manager to lose their first eight games while in charge, leaving it exposed to relegation in the Premier League.

Politics

59 h. ago There’s a least bad time in your life to drink alcohol. And it’s not in old age

It’s associated with poor health outcomes, from premature ageing to a higher risk of stroke, but is there a time in your life when the impact of consuming alcohol is, well, not quite so bad?

Politics

2 d. ago It’s almost time for cyclists to farewell the ‘really outrageous’ 55 steps at Milsons Point

Norman Monshall is an 80-year-old squeaky wheel, and he’s determined to cycle over the Harbour Bridge while he can. That’s about to get easier.

Politics

3 d. ago ‘I learned a lot from Eddie’: Why returning Wallaby still has time for old coach Jones

Carter Gordon has revealed the motivation behind his switch back to rugby from the NRL, which is set to kick off with the Test against Eddie Jones’ Japan next weekend.

Politics

3 d. ago ‘I learnt a lot from Eddie’: Why returning Wallaby still has time for old coach Jones

Carter Gordon has revealed the motivation behind his switch back to rugby from the NRL, which is set to kick off with the Test against Eddie Jones’ Japan next weekend.

Politics

3 d. ago Silicon Valley’s Trump courtship is backfiring spectacularly

Tech execs thought billion-dollar investments had bought them influence. Instead, they learnt that loyalty means nothing when the president sees political advantage elsewhere.

Politics

3 d. ago It was time for a purge. I had no idea how much those trinkets would be worth

The price of gold has gone through the roof. But when friends told me to take my old jewellery to a gold guy in a Collins Street office, I did not expect to walk out with this much cash.

Politics

3 d. ago Cancelled, criticised and complicated as ever, M.I.A. returns to the stage

The pop provocateur returns to Australia, tin foil hat and all.

Politics

3 d. ago The Winx effect: Why strain is starting to build for Ka Ying Rising’s trainer

Winx was expected to win every time she raced. The pressure took a heavy toll on her trainer Chris Waller, who knows exactly what David Hayes is going through with Everest favourite Ka Ying Rising.

Politics

3 d. ago ‘Come and visit’: Indigenous elders meet the King – and say he’s welcome back at Uluru

King Charles spoke to Anangu leaders to mark the 40th anniversary of the day the Australian government handed Uluru back to its traditional owners, who say they would love to host him on a return visit.

Politics

3 d. ago First funerals held for Israeli hostages after remains returned

Anger has continued to increase over the 19 other hostage bodies that remain in Gaza as Hamas insists they have handed over all the remains they can reach.

Politics

3 d. ago A deal without merit: Behind Essendon’s ‘ridiculous’ Merrett demand

Hawthorn considered Essendon’s demands for a Zach Merrett trade “ridiculous”. He now has to return to his club, while the relations between the Hawks and Bombers are poor.

Politics