2 h. ago The dinner party story that unlocked a novelist’s dark family secret

Heather Rose never thought she would tell the story of her ancestor who brutally murdered a woman in London.

Society

8 h. ago Inside the LNP’s quiet board overhaul – and the party figures in it

Queensland’s first-term Crisafulli government has faced flak for “sack a board Friday”, but an investigation by this masthead has found even more appointees with LNP links.

Politics

19 h. ago Magpies are being struck down by a mystery paralysis. It could be a canary in the coal mine

Scientists and wildlife experts have spent two years trying to figure out the cause. But questions of the Australian icon becoming extinct are the least of their worries.

Politics

20 h. ago ‘Inadequate oversight’: Super Retail chair cops stiff protest vote

Judith Swales has put trust and culture as top company priorities, even as she ducked questions about the board’s controversial backing of a CEO it ultimately sacked.

Politics

24 h. ago Sussan Ley draws battlelines over Albanese’s environmental overhaul plan

The opposition leader will pick a major fight with the government over its planned nature laws, arguing they would let ministers stall investment.

Politics

42 h. ago ‘Don’t write me off’: Hanson scoffs at suggestion Joyce about to lead One Nation

Pauline Hanson has declared she is not going anywhere but left the door open to Barnaby Joyce one day heading the minor party.

Politics

42 h. ago Go figure! If we catch them young, kids will solve our numeracy crisis

Nearly half of 15-year-olds aren’t proficient in maths. We can only correct that by rescuing them when they’re much younger.

Events

44 h. ago Labor to wield green laws as weapon against Coalition, Greens

Anthony Albanese ordered an overhaul of proposed nature laws that caused a clash with Tanya Plibersek last week. But corporates and environmentalists have concerns.

Politics

2 d. ago Forbidden question about Xi looms as party officials meet in Beijing

Speculation about the future of the president is censored in China, but this week the world will be looking for clues.

Politics

3 d. ago Could a merged federal LNP save the Coalition? Crisafulli shares his view

The Queensland Premier said his party would have been perpetually in opposition if it stuck to the same structure of the federal party divisions.

Politics

3 d. ago I swore I’d never fly this airline again. Ten years later, I’m back on board

Croatia Airlines’ overhead bins can’t fit wheelie bags, the food is overpriced and don’t bother flying business class – the seats are the same as economy.

Politics

4 d. 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

4 d. ago Sydney’s Pitt Street transforms into Pitbull Street for flash mob

Pitt Street was transformed into Pitbull Street as hundreds of fans in bald caps danced through the CBD. The massive flash mob ended with a party at World Square to celebrate Mr. Worldwide's arrival for Fridayz Live.

Politics

4 d. ago ‘Cookie Monster union’: How a backroom deal for Victoria’s upper house got pushed out to 2026

Labor’s factional bosses have gone from faceless to red-faced after a collapse in backroom negotiations left the party unable to decide on its upper house candidates for next year’s Victorian election.

Society

5 d. 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

5 d. 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

5 d. ago Barnaby Joyce announces will not recontest his seat in parting with Nationals

Baranby Joyce has announced he will not recontest his seat of New England as he parts with the Nationals Party.

Politics

6 d. ago ‘Relationship breakdown’: Barnaby Joyce to leave the Nationals

The former Nationals leader won’t represent the party at the next federal election.

Politics

6 d. ago How a low super balance can still mean a happy, fulfilling retirement

Real retirement planning isn’t about hitting a magic figure, it’s about understanding how your super turns into regular, reliable income.

Politics

6 d. ago Liberal Party has become irrelevant to our national conversation

Its differences with Labor on defence are minor and there’s little real difference on the economy or housing.

Politics