Blind date: ‘It felt like taking part in Blind Date was a lifelong thing she wanted to do’
Laurine, who works in forensics, meets Theo, a financial adviser. They are both 27 What were you hoping for? Love! Or someone new, great conversation, a free dinner and feature…
Top 100 reader novels
After critics and authors picked their top 100 novels we asked for your favourites. From Uruguay to the Isle of Skye, more than 3,000 readers cast their votes. Here’s your…
The moment I knew: He was five hours late to Christmas lunch – then I realised why
Samantha Ross was suspicious about Adam’s sweet disposition. Then a surprising act of kindness brought her guard down • Find more stories from the moment I knew series It was…
Virginia Gay: ‘Shakespeare’s most overrated play? Hamlet. Too long’
The actor and director on Disney villains, the sexy power of the melt emoji, and shattering a glass globe over the audience during Calamity Jane You’re directing Yve Blake’s new…
Australia’s winter illness season is back – what viruses are prevalent this year and when should you get vaccinated?
Comparatively low numbers of respiratory viruses so far this year follows the worst influenza season in Australia on record in 2025, which saw more than 500,000 confirmed infections Follow our…
The Sunday Read: Will Australia stand for how the US treats its allies? – podcast
When news broke that Australia will buy only secondhand nuclear submarines from the US, it signalled a major shift in the Aukus deal. It’s made Emma Shortis, the director of…
The Media’s Biggest Story This Week Was… A Dick Pic | Scam of the Week
While are allies were accused of kidnap, rape and torture, while Michael West Media was being dragged through court by BHP, and the case suppressed, what was not suppressed was…
Second screwworm case as fears of US outbreak grow
A second case of the flesh-eating screwworm parasite has been confirmed in Texas, emerging just kilometres from where the first US detection in decades was reported. The new case in…
Fuel stocks look secure into August as price hike eases
Australia has enough fuel reserves to last almost three months, as petrol prices at the bowser drop to near pre-Middle East war levels. The stock includes 43 days’ worth of…
Coercive control, financial abuse. How domestic violence begins
Dismantling the myth of what domestic violence looks like, replacing it with reality of slow erasure of a person’s autonomy, long before a fist is ever raised. Andrew Brown with…