16 h. ago This dystopian fable is a critique of our current fractured world

Journalist George Packer, best known for his work in The New Yorker and The Atlantic, has turned his hand to fiction

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44 h. ago Bold plan for an extended substitutes bench could revolutionise the NRL

Some of the most successful coaches in rugby league want to potentially double the size of the current bench as the game becomes faster and more brutal. But will the change work?

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5 d. ago The Ashes 2025 second Test day two LIVE updates: Jake Weatherald falls for 72; Jofra Archer delivers after Stuart Broad’s stinging critique

The second Test continues under lights at the Gabba with Australia chasing an ominous 2-0 Ashes series lead. Follow our live coverage.

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8 d. ago ‘Unlike Bazball’: England go safe at selection, recall forgotten spinner for Gabba Test

It’s three years since Will Jacks played the only Two matches of his Test career, but he got the nod on Tuesday for the Gabba Test, a selection former captain Michael Vaughan said was unusually conservative for the current hierarchy.

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2 w. ago Australia was alerted to millions in suspicious payments to Nauru politicians. Then it signed a $2.5b deal

Nauru’s current president along with a former president and his wife were suspected of money laundering and corruption by Australian authorities in 2022.

Economics

2 w. ago England’s Test team is at odds with its past players. It could explode into a war

England’s Ashes team has a strained relationship with its past players. Unless they show the capacity to listen and learn, they’re headed for a clash that Australia’s current players and Justin Langer are all too familiar with.

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2 w. ago England’s Test team is at odds with its past players. It could explode into a civil war

England’s Ashes team has a strained relationship with its past players. Unless they show the capacity to listen and learn, they’re headed for a clash that Australia’s current players and Justin Langer are all too familiar with.

Sport

2 w. ago Even Albanese’s friends are impatient with his lack of ambition

It will aggravate the PM, but this critique is coming from five angles this week.

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2 w. ago Brisbane’s most expensive schools outstrip inflation as fees soar past $35,000

Across Brisbane’s private schools, fee increases in 2026 will average 5.8 per cent – well above the city’s current inflation rate of 4.7 per cent.

Economics

2 w. ago Aureka strikes record grades in Victoria as Comstock gold lights up

Aureka’s Comstock has delivered standout gold grades up to 109g/t, extending mineralisation well beyond its current resource pointing to major growth potential.

Events

2 w. ago Stress fractures have derailed our quicks. An expert reveals how to diminish them

Australia’s fast-bowling depth is about to be tested, with one common issue arising. But can back stress fractures be avoided?

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3 w. ago ‘Sad’: Bank chief slams Australia’s political failure on net zero and energy

Amid an intense political debate over energy prices and net zero, one of the nation’s top bankers says the current state of play is sad.

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3 w. ago MAGA rift grows as Trump feuds with ‘wacky’ Marjorie Taylor Greene

Trump’s alliance with Greene has fractured in an explosive feud that could foreshadow more rifts within Trump’s MAGA movement before next year’s midterm elections.

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