12 h. ago The playwright who humanised hitmen decades before Pulp Fiction

Harold Pinter’s bleakly funny The Dumb Waiter shows us the banality in brutality. It features in a new Ensemble double header with his equally comic play The Lover.

Events

17 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.

Politics

33 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.

Politics

51 h. ago What do you do when your band is invited to open for Oasis? Grab a pint, of course

Brisbane indie-rock band Ball Park Music has been around for nearly two decades. But now, with an ARIA No. 1 and a tour with Oasis looming, they’ve never felt stronger.

Politics

51 h. ago ‘A catastrophe of a disease’: Doctors sound alarm on spread of measles

Victoria is in the grip of its worst measles outbreak in a decade, as health experts brace for a rise in local transmission after the school holidays.

Politics

3 d. ago It was once Sydney’s neglected outpost. Then came the developers

It’s hard to overstate just how much Parramatta’s CBD has changed in the past decade. But can it continue its progress? The jury is still out.

Politics

3 d. ago How China is controlling Australia’s – and the world’s – rare earths trade

China is threatening to land a knockout blow in its trade war with Donald Trump, targeting a vulnerability in the United States’ most crucial military infrastructure with a strike that was decades in the making.

Politics

4 d. ago His birthday wasn’t picked from the barrel. He was conscripted anyway

Peter Curtin was conscripted into the army during the Vietnam War years. It upended his life. Two decades later, he learned his birthdate hadn’t even been drawn.

Politics

4 d. ago How a friendly footy match in Vietnam continued an Anzac tradition that started 50 years ago

Little did the Vietnam Swans know that they were playing their annual Anzac Day match on the same field where Australian soldiers had played footy decades earlier in the midst of war.

Politics

5 d. ago ‘We didn’t slag off other bands’: Gaz Coombes on Supergrass’ success

Three decades after bouncing into ’90s Britpop with Supergrass, Gaz Coombes reflects on what it was like back then as a teenager, and where he is now, pushing 50. 

Politics

6 d. ago Eight new books to take you from rock ‘n’ roll to the joy of nature

Our reviewers cast their eyes over new fiction and non-fiction releases.

Politics

6 d. ago “It’s gotta save your soul”: ZZ Top guitarist Billy Gibbons on longevity and that famous beard

Billy Gibbons’ long beard, hat and sunglasses were part of ZZ Top’s signature identity. The guitarist and his whiskers are back in Australia next month after a decade-long absence.

Politics

8 d. ago Andrew Hastie is a rising Liberal star. Where is he in the election campaign?

Since he entered parliament a decade ago, Andrew Hastie has been spoken about as a potential future Liberal leader, but has been strangely absent from the election campaign.

Politics

1 week ago The worst paid teachers in Australia are spoiling for a fight to get a better deal

The teachers’ union has raised the spectre of strike action for the first time in a decade in pursuit of a pay demand of up to 14 per cent for 52,000 Victorian government school educators.

Society

1 week ago Coffee and croissants easier to find as Good Friday has cafes buzzing

A decade ago it would have been challenging to find a spot for coffee or brunch on a public holiday, but a growing number of cafes are opening over the Easter weekend.

Politics

1 week ago ‘Rip your head off’: The yin and yang rivalry that will change surfing forever

Two salty, freckled opponents will dominate women’s surfing for a decade. Even as the rivals literally skip, hand-in-hand, to a photo shoot.

Politics

1 week ago ‘I’ve never been at a better place’: Jon Hamm is ready to take charge again

After almost a decade on Mad Men, it’s taken the 54-year-old another 10 years to feel like a leading man again.

Politics

1 week ago Killer jailed for young rapper's death over deluded $1m theft

A 21-year-old man will spend more than a decade behind bars after killing a young rapper during a botched home invasion.

Events

1 week ago Teenager arrested in Sydney accused of organising European contract killings

A Swedish teenager has been arrested in Sydney, accused of hiring hitmen for a contract killing operation overseas.

Events

1 week ago Teen accused of hiring hitmen revealed as Swede living in Sydney’s west

A teenager accused of recruiting hitmen for the Scandinavian underworld was living with family in Sydney to get him out of the gangster life.

Events