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How long will Trump stand by Hegseth?

According to Donald Trump, Pete Hegseth is doing a 'fantastic job' running the US military.   But this week one of his most senior officials, the Army Secretary, quit af

Paul Barry on the steel tycoon who fooled Australia

In 2017, billionaire Sanjeev Gupta arrived in Whyalla promising to save the town’s struggling steelworks and hundreds of local jobs.  But nearly a decade later, the stee

An avalanche survivor on the melting Himalayas

Dr. John All is a mountaineer and scientist who nearly lost his life after falling more than 20 meters down an icy crevasse while researching how quickly the Himalayas ar

The win that made One Nation a major party

Pauline Hanson is on a roll.  The latest test came over the weekend in a by-election for the small coastal electorate of Secret Harbour, south of Perth, where almost 40

Erin Brockovich and the US data centre backlash

As the US hurtles towards the November midterms, data centres have become a major election issue, with politicians across the political divide joining voters in demanding

Tucker Carlson for president in 2028?

Since Donald Trump launched his war in Iran, the MAGA movement has been dramatically split over the military action.  Once a key Trump supporter, high profile media pers

Why can't Albo stick it to Trump like Canada?

Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney has come out swinging, outlining a major retaliation against US President Donald Trump's latest wave of tariffs.  The two neighbours 

Is this Mark Zuckerberg's 'big tobacco' moment?

In a landmark US court case, attorneys general representing 29 states are suing Meta, the company behind Facebook and Instagram, accusing it of knowingly harming children

Is the Swans' Brownlow ban really enough?

It took a week, but the head of the AFL has now fronted the press over the Swans scandal.   CEO Andrew Dillon has distanced the sport from the Sydney club, saying the ac

Netanyahu's impunity in the West Bank

In October, Israelis will head to the polls, with Benjamin Netanyahu fighting to remain in power.  Looming over the election are the war with Iran, the aftermath of the

Why Trump's courting dictators (again)

This week, US President Donald Trump has threatened to bomb Oman, scaled back military drills with South Korea and continued his tariff fight with Canada.  Meanwhile, he

How Pauline Hanson's winning the migration debate

Two months since Pauline Hanson's Press Club address calling for monoculturalism in Australia, new polling shows more Australians prefer her stance on immigration than th

The Sydney Swans and AFL culture

It's the sort of allegation that over the decades has rocked sporting codes and the AFL. Allegations of sexual assault have embroiled four Sydney Swans players. Today,

Why the mushroom killer is back in court

It was one of the most watched criminal court cases in history, and now it's back. Mushroom killer Erin Patterson's appeal against her conviction for murdering three lun

The Russian drones stalking civilians

Footage of a Russian drone stalking and attacking a Ukrainian vegetable seller has offered a glimpse into the dystopian way Russia is fighting its war in Ukraine.   Mean

Annabel Crabb on 'melon-gate' week

Anthony Albanese’s comments on a comedy podcast last month about the Japanese prime minister’s gift of melons have been making headlines all week.  It’s the second time

Trump’s Air Force One ‘decoy’ deception

When Donald Trump flew out of the NATO summit in Türkiye last month, he switched from the newly renovated, Qatari-donated jet to an older Air Force One, telling reporters

Alan Kohler on why house prices will keep falling

After its latest meeting, the Reserve Bank has kept interest rates on hold. But should we get used to rates being higher than we've become used to in recent history? To

An influencer's win on gambling laws

For years, Anthony Albanese has stood firm on how far he’s willing to go on gambling reform.   But after former NRL player-turned-influencer Luke Bateman delivered compe

Could Nigel Farage be about to lose to a bin?

It’s one of the strangest showdowns in political history: a man dressed as a bin taking on a populist right-wing leader.  But this week, British voters in the seaside el