Opinion

If Matildas captain Sam Kerr had opted for a friction-free ‘soft life’, there’s no way she’d be the world-beating superstar she is today.
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Jeni O’Dowd

Sam Kerr teaches us an uncomfortable truth about success

JENI O’DOWD: Sacrifice is a side of success we rarely talk about, and perhaps that’s where the conversation about girls and sport should begin.

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Editorial

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Both sides of the House are struggling to come to grips with Pauline Hanson’s rise. But they should know it is tied closely to their failures.

Major parties have themselves to blame for Hanson’s rise

Editorial
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If Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his sidekick Jim Chalmers think the Budget backflip announced on Thursday does the job they need to think again.

Backflip shows how deeply flawed shocker of Budget really is

Politics
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Pauline Hanson was for years shunned, disparaged and patronised, now she’s on the rise.

Once shunned, Hanson shows why One Nation has surged

Editorial
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John Healey has resigned as UK Defence Secretary.

UK Minister’s bombshell resignation casts shadow on AUKUS

Opinion
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The Front Dore

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Post Budget Breakfast with Rita Saffioti at Crown Ballroom, Crown Towers on Friday May 8th, 2026. Rita Saffioti. Picture by John Koh.

There’s always next year’s Budget

The Front Dore
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Matt Holcz (Chief Executive - Rio Tinto Iron Ore ) pictured at the Leadership Matters breakfast at Crown. Ian Munro

We are all living in a political air bubble

Opinion
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It is not an exaggeration to state that neither Anthony Albanese nor Peter Dutton have managed to capture the imagination of Australian voters.
opinion

Outrageous, shameless, deceitful, brilliant: The Albo method

The Front Dore
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Andrew Forrest at Leadership Matters.

How national leadership has been lost to fear and fashion

The Front Dore
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Political

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Video
Defence Minister Richard Marles was stood up after his UK counterpart quit.
analysis

UK Defence Secretary resignation leaves Marles in the cold

Political
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Video
So dire is the Coalition’s standing that Labor MPs are starting to feel sorry for their opponents.
opinion

Despair descends on Canberra as One Nation rises

Opinion
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Anthony Albanese has ruled out ‘drawing a distinction’ between citizenship status of Australians and as he ramps up attack on populist right-wing over controversial migration policies.

‘Liberal One Nationals’: PM ramps up populist right attack

Political
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Reserve Bank of Australia's Governor Michele Bullock and Treasury secretary Jenny Wilkinson.
opinion

Why rents could surge without helping first homebuyers

Australia
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Sport

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Former Wallabies star Israel Folau was keen to make a playing return to the NRL. (Darren England/AAP PHOTOS)
opinion

The Christian player banished from professional sport

Sport
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Tasmania is getting tired of the negativity.
opinion

The whisper campaign against the Devils needs to stop

AFL
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Referee Ashley Klein. Cameron Spencer
opinion

The one thing everyone is forgetting in the Klein case

Sport
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Video
Billy Slater talks to the media don Tuesday.
opinion

Billy has a great Origin story but could he cut it in NRL?

Sport
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Up Late

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Video
Ben Harvey outlines three reasons the mega-project AUKUS will blow its budget.

Nuclear subs needed to protect trade with China from China?

Up Late
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Pauline Hanson’s the Steven Bradbury of Australian politics, says Ben Harvey.

Pauline Hanson’s the Steven Bradbury of Australian politics

Up Late
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Ben Harvey examines the mind-bending scenario of a trans woman, born a man, being discriminated against for being ‘potentially pregnant’ – why it could happen but is a side issue the Senate should stop wasting its time on.

Why does trans debate get cornered by one percenter issues?

Up Late
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In tonight’s show, Ben Harvey gives a rundown of why Australia’s biggest ever drug operation almost didn’t happen.

Aussie cops in a jurisdictional contest over cocaine sting

Up Late
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Cartoon

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The Nightly cartoon: ‘In tragedy, innocence is not enough’

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‘...For real life Qantas?...’

‘... For real life, Qantas? ...’

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Sam Mostyn: ‘...DESPITE our difference ... (Janet) ...’

‘...DESPITE our difference ... (Janet) ...’

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‘I’m loving this Aussie Rules thing man ...’

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