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Greg Callaghan

Greg Callaghan

Greg Callaghan is a senior writer and the Acting editor with Good Weekend.

Classical architecture is making a comeback, with these modernist buildings being restored to their former glory.

Modernist architects once declared war on Australia’s classic architecture. The backlash has begun

In Europe, buildings and streetscapes are being restored to their former glory. Now the pushback against modernism is being felt in Australia.

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Ita Buttrose.

Never in her wildest dreams did Ita imagine her career would go the way it did

Now 83 and slowed only by her declining mobility, Ita Buttrose remains as sharp and opinionated as ever as she reflects on her six decades in the media.

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Bob Brown: What ‘the biggest herd of mammals’ can do to save the planet

The veteran activist on climate change denial, leaders who’ve let Australia down, how AI could make things far worse – and why getting depressed isn’t the answer.

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Stuart Rollo, postdoctoral research fellow at the Centre for International Security Studies at the University of Sydney.

‘The first generation with declining standards of living’: Australia’s faltering economic standing

Australia has a “shockingly simple economy” and risks being left behind in a global trade war, says Asia-Pacific expert Stuart Rollo.

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‘A ticking time bomb’: How Australia’s reading slump is making us stupid

Low literacy. A drop in recreational reading. Students who can’t finish texts. A book industry of falling margins. The decline in reading poses a risk to us all.

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McGee says that by 2015, Apple was investing $55 billion a year into China.

‘China has Apple by the balls’: How the rising superpower captured the tech giant

Apple Inc reaped staggering profits by outsourcing its manufacturing – but its “epic” technology transfer has consequences, says one long-time observer.

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‘Be very realistic’: Defence expert on the new world order – and Indonesia’s rise

Professor Hugh White, our leading defence and intelligence analyst, discusses Australia’s national security in the shadow of Trump’s foreign policy shift.

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Love Tesla but not Elon Musk? There’s a bumper sticker for that

Plus: get ready for the weekend with these fresh diversions.

  • Greg Callaghan, Katrina Strickland, Damien Woolnough, Melanie Kembrey, Barry Divola and Louise Rugendyke
Pamela Anderson (at left) and Patti Smith both self-publish newsletters on Substack.

Making the headlines: Pamela Anderson and the celebs publishing their own news

Plus: get ready for the weekend with these fresh diversions.

  • Lauren Ironmonger, Greg Callaghan, Damien Woolnough, Melanie Kembrey, Susan Horsburgh and Dani Valent

Watergate journo Bob Woodward goes to War in his latest book

Plus: get ready for the weekend with these fresh diversions.

  • Greg Callaghan, Frances Mocnik, Barry Divola, Jonathan Seidler and Damien Woolnough