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High rent and other roadblocks to productivity
August 23, 2026 — 6:00am Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. AAA The interests of renters are often treated as a footnote in Sydney’s never-ending conversation about property prices. But…
WA played a big part in turning Australia into an asbestos nation. Will we ever be free of the deadly dust?
Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. AAA There was a time, decades ago, that Wittenoom was at the centre of mining activity in Western Australia’s Pilbara region. As the only Australian mine…
How did the nation get to $1t in debt over two decades?
August 21, 2026 — 5:00am Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. AAA When John Howard lost the 2007 election, he could proudly and correctly claim the nation’s finances had never been in better…
Fiona Brown declares ‘triumph’ after $1.48m settlement stemming from Higgins case
August 21, 2026 — 11:08am Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. AAA Fiona Brown has declared she “ultimately triumphed” over those who tore her down while warning federal parliament must…
Sydney Swans, Scots College allegations crystallise an uncomfortable truth about sexual violence
August 21, 2026 — 11:50am Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. AAA Every few years a sexual assault story catalyses a moment of public reckoning about how we treat women and girls in society…
Israel could pay reparations and Mark Binskin could further investigate aid worker’s death
August 21, 2026 — 3:31pm Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. AAA Former defence force chief Mark Binskin may return to Israel to follow up his initial investigation into the fatal drone…
Superquiz, Sunday, August 23
August 22, 2026 — 11:59pm Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. AAA Welcome to the new-look Superquiz! Easier to play on your mobile, the new quiz features a fresh design and more interactive…
It’s not just the gambling industry hailing the new advertising laws as a win
Opinion Peter HartcherPolitical and international editor August 22, 2026 — 5:00am August 22, 2026 — 5:00am Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. AAA Here’s a puzzle. The Albanese government…
Tony Abbott backs Pauline Hanson’s High Court racial vilification bid
August 22, 2026 — 7:00pm Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. AAA Liberal Party president Tony Abbott has backed Pauline Hanson’s last-ditch attempt to challenge a court ruling that she…
Water, everywhere. What are we to think?
August 22, 2026 — 9:00pm Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. AAA Last week it was revealed that an extension to operations had been granted to a major coal mine. Somewhat paradoxically…