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A farmer in Queensland tops up fuel barrels.
Editorial
Energy

Albanese’s next step must address the fuel crisis and assure the public

A key measure of governments in a crisis is their ability to project stability in times of uncertainty.

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Point fingers of blame at Washington, not Canberra

Quick fixes for the current fuel price rises only make things worse.

Gwyneth Paltrow, Oprah Winfrey and Kristin Cabot.
Opinion
Marriage

The Coldplay kiss cam woman has done an Oprah tell-all. Turns out everyone else is to blame

Kristin Cabot could’ve done a great many things. Because while more than a billion views would suggest the affair footage isn’t going anywhere, most people have the memories of goldfish.

  • by Michelle Cazzulino
President Donald Trump has again castigated Australia for a supposed refusal to help the US in its war with Iran.

Trump is giving Australia grief over Iran, but some in the US reckon Albanese got it spot on

A key adviser to former US president Joe Biden says Australia has done some “artful” dodging over its involvement in the conflict, handling a sticky situation just about perfectly. So what’s Trump playing at?

  • by Michael Koziol
US President Donald Trump dances after speaking at the National Republican Congressional Committee’s annual fundraising dinner this week.

In his fog of peace, Trump’s lost sight of truth. That means more war

The US president claims he wants to end this war but his rambling contradictions on the road to peace are lethal.

  • by Bruce Wolpe
A Manly fan at Brookvale Oval lets Daly Cherry-Evans know what he thinks about his defection to the Roosters.
Analysis
NRL 2026

A night on the Brookvale Oval hill for the return of Daly Cherry-Evans

Manly fans turned on Daly Cherry-Evans in a fiery Brookvale return but the major concern is what his absence says about the Sea Eagles’ slide.

  • by Tom Decent
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Gorden Tallis, Michael Maguire and Ben Te’o.

From King Wally to Gordie and Madge. The Brisbane Broncos soap opera rolls on

Six months after winning the NRL grand final, the powerhouse club and head coach Michael Maguire cannot stay out of the headlines.

  • by Chris Barrett
Trains on the T1 Line running through North Sydney station were shut down due to the storm.
Opinion
City life

No metro, no train, no shoes. A colleague’s electric car got me home in the end

My easy 30-minute trip home to Paddington suddenly became a first-world commuting mess.

  • by Jason Avedissian
Older workers can be invaluable in the workplace.
Opinion
Jobs

Not ready to retire? Here’s how to re-invent your career after 60

One of the strongest assumptions about ageing is that work should taper off at a certain point. But many people in their 50s and 60s are not ready to retreat.

  • by Robyn Greaves
Repeatedly putting in late nights at the office? It might be time for a rethink.

My colleagues disappear for hours at a time. What should I do?

The culture and politics of your team is genuinely strange; the sudden and barely explained departures are illustrative of that.

  • by Jonathan Rivett
Guardian editor-in-chief Katharine Viner is presiding over major change in the publication’s Australian edition.

The Guardian’s razor gang gets cutting

The cartoonist behind First Dog on the Moon, which has been a pillar of the publication for more than a decade, has been put on rolling six-month contracts.

  • by Calum Jaspan
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Analysis
AI

With OpenAI’s Sora gone, who will take up the AI video mantle?

Sora created whole cottage industries and let millions of people create videos at will, but now there’s a void to be filled.

  • by Tim Biggs

A Choose-Your-Own-Adventure analysis of the rise of One Nation

The South Australian election shows we’re entering a political hall of mirrors, with votes pinging wildly around our preferential voting system. Such a non-linear moment deserves a non-linear approach. So today, I present a choose-your-own analysis.

  • by Waleed Aly
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Energy Minister Chris Bowen in parliament on Thursday.

Albanese’s caution is fuelling unease. This may be his COVID moment

The PM is right when he says the fuel crisis is being created by circumstances he can’t control. But he will be judged on how he and his government responds.

  • by James Massola
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Opinion
Column 8

From bedside table to centre stage

Band names are becoming a sore point.

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Richard Marles and German Minister of Defence Boris Pistorius shake hands ahead of the Defence Ministers’ meeting

Germany’s blunt candour about Trump highlights how timid Australia has become

The Albanese government believes it has little scope to express even the mildest criticism of Trump’s war against Iran. Not everyone feels so constrained.

  • by Matthew Knott
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Sarah Curnow: “Every photo, message and memory from the past 16 years was gone.”

Instagram falsely accused me of vile behaviour. Now I’m locked out of my life

Meta banned me over mistaken “child sexual exploitation, abuse and nudity” alerts. This is the same tech giant that’s just been fined more than $500 million for enabling child sexual exploitation.

  • by Sarah Curnow
JC Chasez at the launch of his solo album Schizophrenic.

Why the world chose the wrong NSYNC solo star

While Justin Timberlake played it safe with R&B, JC Chasez’s Schizophrenic was a fearless, genre-bending masterpiece that was simply too weird for 2004.

  • by Tom W. Clarke
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Our path to security should lead away from Trump’s America

Australia has to start the complex task of stepping, not just shuffling, back from America. This country can no longer put up with being bullied by Donald Trump

Qantas will take a hit to profit.
Opinion
Aviation

Qantas’ turbulence shows why Warren Buffett was wary of investing in airlines

Investors in airlines around the world are bracing as they attempt to assess the earnings carnage of the war in the Middle East.

  • by Elizabeth Knight
Less driving, more commuting could be on the cards for workers around the country.

WFH, four-day workweeks: What the war in Iran could mean for your job

Australian workers fortunately haven’t felt much pain yet, but if the war rages on, some of these measures will eventually arrive here.

  • by Tim Duggan
Cutting excise on fuel would barely reduce prices, lift demand and make it even more difficult to get supply to those who need it.

Let’s not adopt drongo economics to deal with high-priced fuel

High oil prices are painful. But ideas to make life easier - from ending excise to free public transport - would just make the situation worse.

  • by Shane Wright
This courtroom sketch shows Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg testifying in a landmark trial over whether social media platforms harm children.
Analysis
Social media

The walls are closing in on Mark Zuckerberg

Juries in two US states this week found Meta liable for harming children. With 2000 more cases pending, Zuckerberg’s nightmare is just starting.

  • by David Swan
Trade requests: Wayne Campbell and Zach Merrett.
Opinion
AFL 2026

Like Merrett, I tried to leave my club. This is why I’m proud of it, and he should be too

I faced a similar situation to Zach Merrett halfway through my career. Here’s how it played out, what I learnt and what Merrett should do now.

  • by Wayne Campbell

The insider trading shadow hanging over Trump’s sudden backdown

A burst of unusual activity in markets this week has raised suspicions about insider trading.

  • by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Petrol prices are a sensitive issue for US President Donald Trump, pictured behind the wheel of an 18-wheeler in 2017.

Trump feels the pain as his war becomes a liability in the heartlands

Voters are growing increasingly anxious - they believe Trump’s war is going to last a long time, and Republicans are likely to pay the price.

  • by Cory Alpert
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Mette Frederiksen’s party saw its vote share and seats slip in the election.
Analysis
Denmark

Frederiksen’s Greenland gamble backfires with election setback

Voters have turned against the Danish leader in the early election she called seeking to capitalise on her tough stance towards Donald Trump.

  • by David Crowe
The grief of war.
Tony Wright’s Column
Middle East at war

In a world maddened by blood, has death lost its meaning?

It is the paradox of numbers. Lost amid the carnage of war and its endless casualties are personal grief and shattered lives.

  • by Tony Wright
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg arrives for a landmark trial over whether social media platforms deliberately addict and harm children, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun)
Analysis
Social media

Zuckerberg faces his ‘Big Tobacco’ moment

Mark Zuckerberg and Silicon Valley are on edge after a pair of landmark court losses.

  • by David Swan
Pauline Hanson and Gina Rinehart.
Opinion
CBD

Pauline Hanson gushes over Gina Rinehart’s planes after free flights

The One Nation senator’s disclosed flights, courtesy of mining billionaire Gina Rinehart, read like advertisements for the businesswoman’s company S. Kidman.

  • by John Buckley

This madness has gone on for too long. Australia can no longer rely on Trump’s America

The essential truth about Donald Trump is that he does not do alliances or even friendships. He’s turned on NATO, on Ukraine, Canada, Denmark. Wait around long enough and he’ll find a reason to go after us.

  • by Shaun Carney
Jodie Gien visits the memorial at Bondi Pavilion, two days after the mass shooting at Bondi Beach.
Editorial
Gun control

Liberals must not continue to fray around gun law reforms

Renegade Liberal MPS should be brought back into line on gun laws.

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Roosters Manly sad GIF.
Analysis
NRL 2026

DCE v Manly is the NRL at its sexiest. But it’s not why Roosters, Eagles are hot and bothered

The temperature is rising at the beachside clubs. And it’s got little to do with the former Sea Eagles skipper returning to Brookvale.

  • by Dan Walsh
NRL halves under pressure: Nicho Hynes, Daly Cherry-Evans, Adam Reynolds. Andrew Johns column
Opinion
NRL 2026

Pressure is piling up on game’s best playmakers – and deservedly so

We’re only a month into the NRL season. But already, defensive frailties and underwhelming attacking plays have these stars in the crosshairs.

  • by Andrew Johns

After eight years in this mad house, I’ve seen it all – including surprising friendships

This is my last column as state political editor. It’s been a wild ride.

  • by Alexandra Smith
My partner also objects to me lying – or even sitting – on the bed in any “outside clothes”, which is equally absurd and unreasonable.

My partner is perfect. But scratch the surface and these things bug me

Even the most ideal relationships are often built on a base of mutually annoying habits.

  • by Kerri Sackville
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Opinion
Column 8

Shutting the gateway to the Pilliga

And are jerry cans the new toilet paper?

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Energy Minister Chris Bowen have said Australia’s oil supplies have been arriving as planned.

Labor is dragging its heels on fuel rationing

These measures were not invoked during COVID but the situation is different today.

Wo are you calling stupid? Gavin Newsom greets Donald Trump at Los Angeles International Airport last year.
Opinion
Education

Too ‘dumb’ to be president? No, Mr Trump, he’s dyslexic – like Einstein and me

So Donald Trump thinks a dyslexic person can’t become US president, but America has already had such a leader.

  • by Geoff Lee
A tipping point for house values.

House prices are at a tipping point. It’s time for buyers to negotiate

Buyers are increasingly unwilling to transact at sellers’ asking prices, and homes are being passed in.

  • by Elizabeth Knight
It’s no secret that Donald Trump has an almost visceral dislike of wind turbines or, as he usually refers to them, “windmills.”

Trump just paid $1.3b for nothing

The Trump administration did something that, even by its standards, was unusual.

  • by Stephen Bartholomeusz
The science of poker machines
Analysis
Gambling

Rare bright spot in an area dogged by lobbying and political backflips

An exemption that allowed hundreds of pubs and clubs to extend gaming between 4am and 10am has been clawed back by the Minns government.

  • by Bevan Shields
What Gen Z may arguably lack in wisdom, they make up for in savviness.

Smart and savvy: Why we should be asking Gen Z for money advice

I don’t mean to reignite the oft-sensationalised generation wars, but there is a lot that older generations can learn from the “lazy” younger ones.

  • by Max Yong
Starting to contribute extra to your super when you’re young is a great way to boost your retirement savings.

My 15-year-old just got his first job. How can he boost his super?

The sooner you start thinking about maximising your super, the better, and there are some government schemes available to help.

  • by Noel Whittaker
President Donald Trump

There’s a reason Trump set his 48-hour deadline on a Saturday. It had nothing to do with Iran

Trump didn’t follow through on his threatened attacks. The response by the Iranians shows they understand the constraints on the US president.

  • by Clinton Fernandes
Editorial
Petrol prices

Cheer up, Australia, we will turn the corner and get to better days

Australians’ confidence in the value of their own finances has hit rock bottom.

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Scott Morrison, with former finance minister Mathias Cormann. The PM’s GST is fracturing the budget and the federation
Opinion
GST

The GST is broken, and hurting NSW and Victoria badly

A deal to quell anger from West Australians is now a $60 billion drain on the budget and generating anger across the federation.

  • by Shane Wright
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Opinion
Column 8

Pump friction in the regions

It’s a tankless task.

It is time to turn to the E10 pump says the NRMA.

NRMA urges drivers to embrace E10 fuel to extend the nation’s reserves

While the debate over the environmental benefits of E10 goes on, few doubt its use during an energy crunch.

  • by Nick O'Malley
A recent poll by market research firm Mintel found that 47 per cent of men aged between 18 and 34 in the UK had used a dating website or app in the year to December, compared with 25 per cent of women of the same age.
Opinion
Dating

First dates are now like a job interview for who wants to see you naked

How many times is one supposed to mention that you have three siblings? But there’s a way to change the intensity and find some magic.

  • by Roby D'Ottavi