CHRISTOPHER DORE: It is a judgment thing. It’s leadership. Almost impossible to define. Some leaders just have it. Others simply don’t. Albanese does not have it.

A 10-year-old Indigenous boy has taken his own life while in the care of a State government.

JUSTIN LANGER: There are superstars and then there’s MS Dhoni. I saw first-hand the mania that follows the former Indian cricket captain everywhere he goes. I was bowled over.

THE FRONT DORE: We needed our PM to help make sense of this week’s shocking events, to lead us in mourning, to guide us through the despair, to lift us out of the sadness, to reassure us. We got Albo...

Harvey Norman boss Gerry Harvey has launched a scathing attack on the Federal Budget, claiming it ‘won’t make a bloody difference because we’re playing politics’.

One of the trio accused of the horrific bashing of a pensioner in her own home is among dozens of detainees released from immigration detention after a landmark High Court ruling.

Taking the game into NRL territory with a big song and dance has merit, but this sideshow weekend only penalises the diehard fans and won’t really grow the game.

Benedict Cumberbatch’s new Netflix series is about a missing child, but it’s really a fable about the collapse of our institutions and a city on the brink.

Lisa De Vanna has criticised the A-Leagues for overlooking local coaches ahead of a landmark friendly against Caitlin Foord’s Arsenal.

Australia’s spy agencies were told twice that a group of MPs who were part of an international committee on China had been targeted by Chinese hackers — but the authorities chose to keep those MPs in...

Peter Dutton says Penny Wong’s speech edging towards recognising a Palestinian state is the ‘most reckless act’ by a foreign minister in two decades.

Senior Albanese government ministers are raking in hundreds of dollars a night renting out their holiday homes while Australians continue to endure a dual cost of living and housing crisis.

The Greens have joined the push to keep sports free for Australians, drawing an amendment to the Government’s anti-siphoning legislation that would tie digital rights to aerial rights.

Justice Michael Lee said Bruce Lehrmann made the mistake of ‘going back for his hat’ after ‘escaping the lion’s den’ as he found the former staffer raped Brittany Higgins in Parliament House in 2019.

The bishop stabbed while live-streaming his sermon has signed an affidavit pushing for the footage to remain on X, a court has heard.

After breaking out less than a year ago in Red, White and Royal Blue, Nicholas Galitzine is capping off his year with an Anne Hathaway rom-com.

CHRISTOPHER DORE: For a bloke Labor believe is utterly unelectable, the Albanese Government sure can’t shut up about Peter Dutton.

Australian Border Force patrols have set fire to dozens of illegal Indonesian fishing boats in recent weeks as they defend the biggest assault on our territorial waters in almost two decades. 

The Kate Middleton saga is a sad PR debacle perpetrated on the people by the palace. And the people shouldn’t feel bad for speculating.

GEORGIE PARKER: We need to learn to live with the draw, why I hate the shortened quarters idea and give the umpires a break.

Sydney FC’s staff and club resources will be split across two cities 1000km away as the APL rejected a request to move the men's elimination final.

A young man in front of me left the Sydney Derby in the 78th minute. How I pity him after that incredible rollercoaster finish.

A Canberra cafe that serves the nation’s top spies, police and intelligence officials was co-owned by the spouse of a Chinese politician honoured before Xi Jinping for his work advancing the CCP’s...

Justice Michael Lee said Bruce Lehrmann made the mistake of ‘going back for his hat’ after ‘escaping the lion’s den’ as he found the former staffer raped Brittany Higgins in Parliament House in 2019.

Strength comes in many forms. Standing up to bullies is one of them.

The way Steve Smith got out in the second innings against New Zealand was not an opener’s shot. It was a shot we would see from him at No.4 with the shine off the ball and a ball he should have been...

Revelations that a Canberra cafe serving the nation’s top spies was co-owned by a woman married to a Chinese politician show Australia is not equipped to fight China’s growing spy threat, according...

The date by which Australia needs a dry dock that can accommodate nuclear-powered submarines has been revealed for the first time, but the Government has yet to decide on a location.

Caitlin Foord curled the ball past Mexico’s goalkeeper to cement Australia’s 2-0 win in the friendly match in the USA this morning.

Former Fremantle player Cameron McCarthy has been remembered as a ‘warm and engaging’ man who ‘walked to the beat of his own drum’ during a moving funeral service.

Candice Warner’s observation there was nobody to replace her husband David has proved to be as factual as it was controversial. Sheffield Shield’s version of “I’m an Opener … Get Me In There” has...

How one simple change is leading the A-League Women, the birthplace of the Matildas, into professionalism

The Federal Opposition has labelled the Albanese government’s lack of action on protecting Australian TikTok users as the United States moves to ban the app as ‘weak’ and ‘dangerous’.

Cortnee Vine’s Sydney FC are aiming to win back-to-back championships after a season from hell.

It’s official — our Matildas will HOST the 2026 Asian Cup!

Peter Dutton has revived one-time colleague Brendan Nelson’s description of Malcolm Turnbull as an ‘undiagnosed narcissistic psychopath’ in a withering assessment of the former prime minister. 

The AFL can’t seriously think people are dumb enough to buy their nonsense about being motivated solely by player welfare. This is a cover-up, plain and simple. 

MARK RILEY: The immigration detainee omnishambles is no longer about the career of one minister. It is about the future of the Albanese Government. 

A leaked document shows the Albanese Government is planning to put a 40km/h speed limit across highways in Australia’s sparsely populated mining regions as part of controversial ‘Nature Positive’...

Watch the ‘embarrassing’ incident that saw Sydney FC’s Robert Mak sent off in the A-League.

We’ve had some ugly coaching moments connected with Australia the last couple of months, writes Georgie Parker. But none of them involved Ange Postecoglou.

Kevin Rudd has not only lost his DC dignity, pantsed by the professor of political pantomime himself, Donald Trump — but it can be revealed he’s set to lose his most important diplomat in Washington.

CHRIS DORE: Sydney has been here once before, confused and scared, aching for answers and gasping for air . . . If anything has united this distraught city, it is the astonishing acts of bravery and...

Julianne Moore’s engrossing historical drama, which takes place in King James I’s court, is a story of betrayal, manipulation and sex that gets to the heart of how we perceive monarchies and dynast...

JAMIE DUNKIN: If you ask a man to name a single woman he looks up to, you’ll be lucky to get an answer. This needs to change.

Forget the slick stats and dishonest data, we are in the middle of a lengthy and crippling recession with working families going backwards at a rapid and sustained rate

UPDATE: A police operation at the University of Sydney is over, with students allowed to return to evacuated areas of the campus. 

Anthony LaPaglia is about to open Death of a Salesman in Sydney and he sees in Arthur Miller’s iconic character shades of his father.

One of Australia’s greatest ever players has slammed the “slap in the face” decision by the A-Leagues ahead of a high-profile match against Arsenal.

Pedestals are for heroes in storybooks not athletes. We are setting our stars up to fail if we hold them to exacting standards, but that said I don’t think Sam Kerr can remain the Aussie soccer...

Albanese has let inexperienced and inept ministers run riot, flailing on politics and frolicking on policy. The PM thinks his front bench is doing great. The rest of Australia thinks they’re idiots. 

The Opposition Leader says telcos have a moral obligation to help policing agencies and that telcos are potentially putting lives at risk if they fail to provide information quickly in investigatio...

EDITORIAL: A mum with her baby in a pram. An iconic Aussie suburb. A bustling shopping centre during school holidays. Symbols of the Australian way of life now permanently altered. Irrecoverably...

Three bodies found in a remote well in Mexico have been identified as Australian surfing brothers Callum and Jake Robinson and American Carter Rhoad.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s birthday wish has come true as Labor is projected to retain its seat following a by-election in Melbourne’s Dunkley electorate triggered by the death of MP Peta...

What could possibly go wrong with artificial intelligence writing news stories?

The family of Bondi massacre victim Faraz Tahir has arrived in Sydney from Pakistan, making an emotional visit to view his body on what should have been his 31st birthday.

Johnny Warren's family say they are upset by the A-Leagues' decision to axe the awards ceremony that honours his legacy and recognises the player of the year. Previous winners include Sam Kerr and...

SIMON BIRMINGHAM: A shocking leak has this week revealed the extent to which the Albanese Government is directing public servants to cover up information that should be made public.

JENI O’DOWD: When a bag of Doritos is the most affordable after-school snack parents can provide their kids, you know something is seriously amiss. Enough is enough.

Big tech bosses should be hauled to Australia and forced to confront the proliferation of online child sexual exploitation material on their platforms because ‘they’re not doing enough’ to keep our...

MITCHELL JOHNSON: Umpires make bad calls, that is part and parcel of sport at all levels but attacking umpires is never OK and fixing it starts with the parents of eight year olds.

The climate has dramatically changed for our national security and intelligence community since Anthony Albanese came to office and allowed Penny Wong to run the country.

As China rapidly increases defence spending, Australia must speak plainly about the risks we see, the actions we are taking and the outcomes we seek.

Lisa De Vanna has questioned why Matildas head coach Tony Gustavvson is nowhere to be seen for the A-League Women Finals.

Anthony Albanese insists his Government is ‘pro-business and pro-worker’ as he hits out at Opposition Leader Peter Dutton for demanding business leaders stop being ‘supine’.

The headmaster of one of Sydney’s most elite single sex boys schools has attacked ‘wokeness’ and ‘progressive extremism’ in an extraordinary article that deplores the rise of ‘identity abuse’. 

This a tale of thwarted ambition, jealousy, incompetence and two ministers with nothing to lose. It ain’t easy being Albanese with Bowen and Plibersek on a disastrous policy bender.

MICHAEL USHER: General practice was once thought of as a prestigious, noble career. Not anymore, and our health is suffering because of it.

CHRISTOPHER DORE: It’s taken the incisive, scrupulous Federal Court Justice Michael Lee, bombarded with breathtaking bullshit and invented conspiracies, to eventually settle on a finely calibrated...

Prosecutors who are trying to convict Donald Trump of falsifying documents bet big on Michael Cohen this week. And it may just have paid off.

Australia’s leading football voice has gone nuclear on his former employers in an impassioned rant.

Political powerbroker Jacqui Lambie has put the Federal Government on notice over telecommunication companies charging policing agencies for searches in investigations, saying they are ‘part of the...

WATCH NOW: Ben Harvey wonders if former soapie star Holly Valance would be Donald Trump’s top pick to replace ‘nasty’ Rudd as Australia’s US ambassador. Plus, more on #WheresKate.

The World Central Kitchen convoy containing an Aussie aid worker was picked off one by one by an Israeli drone as the survivors desperately tried to outrun it. Here’s how the shocking attack unfolded.

The Enhanced Games will do little to enhance the reputations of those athletes silly enough to sign up. Encouraging drug taking to break records is dangerous and reckless. It’s an insult to clean...