‘The whole thing was just mind-blowing’: my trip into the abyss to see the Titanic
From Sydney’s northern beaches to the bottom of the Atlantic – the story of a man who won a trip of a lifetime in a local supermarket competition Bandra, Mumbai,…
‘It’s very embarrassing’: Sophie Turner on rage, romance and the horror of watching Game of Thrones
She was a star at 14, learned how to act with the whole world watching, then stepped away to discover herself. Now she’s back in the new Tomb Raider –…
Fatberg the size of four buses likely birthed poo balls that closed Sydney beaches – and it can’t be cleared
Exclusive: Secret report suggests fats, oils and grease accumulate in ‘inaccessible dead zone’ at Malabar plant, then dislodge when pumping pressure ‘rapidly increases’ Get our breaking news email, free app…
Is it just a case of the January blues or time to quit?
Going back to work after the summer holidays can feel brutal. Alarm clocks are reset, inboxes are brimming over and the freedom of long days, late nights and unstructured time…
ASX-listed miner has front-row seat to Greenland drama
An ASX-listed mineral exploration company seeking to develop a rare earth mine in Greenland has hired lobbyists in Washington DC and former diplomats in Denmark and Australia as it navigates…
“Globalise the intifada.” Banning words no way to stop hate
The NSW Government’s plan to criminalise the phrase ‘globalise the intifada’ ignores obvious facts about how language works. Analysis from professional linguist Nick Riemer. In the wake of December’s antisemitic…
The OmniBus Crash of the Hate Speech Laws | The West Report
The Albanese government is trying to ram through a new set of vilification laws, bundled into an “omnibus” bill alongside gun reforms, and it’s already exploding before Parliament resumes. Labor…
Vale Ron Boswell, the ‘unmade bed’ who kept turning up
He was a character, the genuine article, out of the box – and he looked like an unmade bed. Ron Boswell – the long-serving, larger-than-life, permanently rumpled Nationals senator who…
Asia shares near record high on AI optimism, dollar up
Asian stocks advanced on Friday as the artificial intelligence boom regained momentum, while the dollar held near a six-week high after upbeat US economic data left traders trimming bets on…
David Squires on … the hype surrounding Australians plying their trade abroad
Our cartoonist on Antonio Arena’s stunning debut for Roma and the inevitable excitement it created back at home Continue reading…