Australia news live: Victorian premier says 10 ‘major fires’ among 32 active blazes burning across state as more than 300 structures lost
Follow all today’s news live Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The Bureau of Meteorology’s Dean Narramore said Tropical Cyclone Koji was crossing the coast…
Eddie Izzard: ‘I once ran 90km in just under 12 hours. That was a tough day’
The comedian and actor on her favourite Bond film, revisiting the Death Star canteen and escaping the red carpet with Brad Pitt When you started performing your one-woman Hamlet, how…
Bargain tickets and barebones carriages: the ins and outs of travelling Australia by train
In Western Australia, fares have been slashed by 50% this year, while children in NSW travel for just $1. But don’t expect a luxurious journey – or a quick one…
Dear Son review – essays by famous Indigenous fathers make for incredibly moving theatre
Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney festivalAdapted from essays by the likes of Stan Grant, Troy Cassar-Daley and NRL player Joe Williams, Dear Son generously invites the audience into its warm and…
Do the tiny, boring exercises: how to really look after your hips
From the best exercise moves to how many steps you really need to aim for a day, experts weigh in on how to maintain hip health When Elvis the pelvis…
Hopes Black Friday could sustain spending growth
The impact of Black Friday sales on the national economy will be laid out as part of the release of crucial spending data. Monthly household spending figures for November will…
Hopes Black Friday could sustain spending growth
The impact of Black Friday sales on the national economy will be laid out as part of the release of crucial spending data. Monthly household spending figures for November will…
Rendering an Australian citizen to the corrupt regime of Donald Trump
The Albanese Government wants to render Australian citizen Dan Duggan to the corrupt authoritarian regime of Donald Trump. Michael Pascoe wonders at what point we officially surrendered our national self-respect.…
No let-up in coffee prices as bean supplies stabilise
If you think you’re paying too much for a cup of coffee, there’s good news and bad. The positive is that the extraordinary spike in the cost of beans, which…
The workers helping power Australia’s energy transition
Somewhere within the sprawling work camp outside a place known as Australia’s Verandah Town, Jeremy Mansfield’s alarm goes off. It’s 5.30am. Some 520km southwest of Sydney, at Lockhart in the…