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It’s a day to celebrate the nation that gave us Julia, Kylie and Naomi

It’s St David’s Day, the national day of Wales, a good time to acknowledge a ‘little battler’ culture that has quietly stitched itself into the fabric of Australian society.

  • Matt Lewis

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Sussan Ley arrives to address the media after she was ousted as leader by the Liberal Party.

Sussan Ley wasn’t dumped because she’s a woman, and yet ...

The Liberal Party has just knocked off its first female leader, after nine months. How will they win back women voters now?

  • Jacqueline Maley
Angus Taylor and Sussan Ley

Taylor versus Ley, the sequel, shapes up as a box-office bomb

Far from the audience-thrilling rituals of political leadership challenges, this one started out as a flop.

  • Tony Wright
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Floating a bad idea

If a developer suggests build housing on a floodplain, it’s best to consider how well the future residents may need to float.

Epstein and Mandelson pictured together in an image released by the US Congress.

‘Under pressure’: UK politician sent Epstein details of Australian mining tax

Peter Mandelson, a former cabinet minister now facing calls for a police inquiry into his ties to the sex offender, forwarded private documents with his view that pressure needed “to be maintained” over Kevin Rudd’s doomed tax plan.

  • David Crowe
Former prime minister Scott Morrison and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

‘Delusional and cheap’: Scott Morrison launches at Albanese over swipe on antisemitism

Morrison accused Albanese of being “empty and ambivalent” since October 7, lashing out after Albanese suggested the Coalition had not adequately dealt with antisemitism while in office.

  • Rob Harris
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Christiane Amanpour on the set of her program Christiane & Co.

Famed reporter Christiane Amanpour to complete her own grand slam at the Australian Open

The chief international anchor for CNN is coming to Australia for the first time – to share her experiences and her love of tennis.

  • Stephen Brook
PM Anthony Albanese approaches a crossroads.

Just six months ago, Albanese was seen as untouchable. Now some say he’s politically shrunk

The prime minister’s reputation as a canny strategist is under fire as he resists calling a royal commission.

  • Rob Harris
Our former prime ministers have claimed more than $1.4 million in expenses so far in 2025.

Taxpayers foot $1.4m in expenses for our former PMs

The report doesn’t include pensions for the former prime ministers, or the costs of staff.

  • Brittany Busch
A portrait of John Laws taken on the July 10, 2008

John Laws scores our PMs out of 10

There was no more familiar voice in Australian broadcasting than John Laws. At 90, he had lost none of his characteristic alpha male belligerence.

  • Peter FitzSimons