Australian families are losing loved ones to gambling. The industry’s ‘I know nothing’ defence beggars belief | Zoe Daniel
Australians are the biggest gambling losers in the world. Labor’s feeble ‘reforms’ aren’t close to good enough Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Readers of a certain…
Natalie Tran: ‘For my first date with my partner I made a PDF of activities. It had maps and times’
The Great Australian Bake Off host and comedian on being ignored by Steve Carell, why it should be illegal not to own a rice cooker, and looking angry on Mr…
A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical review – finally, a jukebox musical that really works
Princess Theatre, MelbourneBroadway star Will Swenson plays Diamond with such swagger, charm and expansive showmanship that any flaws in the material sluice away The jukebox musical is often compromised before…
Geelong’s Jake Kolodjashnij outs himself as AFL player who signed concussion waiver
Defender ended issued a statement confirming he signed deal with club Cats chief executive Steve Hocking did not rule out sanction from AFL The AFL player with concussion issues who…
Is the promise of AI living up to the hype? | Fiona Katauskas
It’s certainly increasing its output See more of Fiona Katauskas’s cartoons here Continue reading…
A ‘Keminaissance’ for the Tories is wishful thinking – Badenoch’s Reform-lite summer will only end one way | Jonathan Freedland
Hiring a convicted antisemite as an adviser; rabble rousing at a time of violent unrest. She is still in a race to the bottom and making too many mistakes The…
Why are ultra-processed food firms panicking and suing? Because they know time is running out | Felicity Lawrence
As the harm caused by their products becomes more evident, manufacturers are resorting to denial and lawsuits to keep regulation at bay It is rare for people to drop dead…
It must be tricky for Nige to remember what’s what. It’s so hideously complicated | John Crace
I can’t pass up the moment the Reform leader celebrates his byelection victory against ‘the establishment’ – a man with a dustbin on his head You would have thought that…
Journalists at Alan Jones’s trial off to ‘inauspicious’ start as spelling error and rogue mobile phone antagonise judge | Weekly Beast
Awkward moments in court as media companies dedicate significant resources to the coverage. Plus: a new boycott campaign targets the Tele Want to get this in your inbox every Friday?…
With their assault on science, Trumpists aren’t just harming America – they’re harming themselves | Jan-Werner Müller
The administration is subjugating science to political imperatives, a major blow to US soft power and technological progress The Trump administration is waging an unprecedented war on institutions devoted to…