The prime minister, a billionaire’s son and a dinner at a Point Piper mansion
The Labor party is facing fresh scrutiny over where it gets its money.Five days ago, it was the result of revelations that the party collected more than $4 million in gambling donations in five years ...
26 Jul 19min
Barnaby’s dog, Hanson and the attention economy. Plus, a Labor Party conference
It has been quite the week in federal politics, and our attention has been sucked by two One Nation clangers. First, Barnaby Joyce yelled at his dog on national television, then Pauline Hanson made so...
23 Jul 23min
Trump's 'ulterior motive' in talking about 2020 electoral fraud –again
Why, six years on, is Donald Trump peddling the falsehood that the 2020 election was stolen? And how many Americans now believe it? Today, international and political editor Peter Hartcher discusses w...
22 Jul 20min
Is Christopher Nolan an 'anti-white racist'? An interpreter of The Odyssey weighs in
Christopher Nolan’s $250 million film The Odyssey was always going to inspire – and enrage – fans. That’s what you get when you take on one of the oldest surviving stories in history and refashion the...
21 Jul 16min
The optometrists punished for putting patients before sales
If you’ve ever felt that you are being rushed through a healthcare appointment, you’re not alone.Now a number of optometrists have told our mastheads that they are being pressured to rush appointments...
20 Jul 13min
The laxity of rules governing medical devices in Australia is ‘shocking’
There are nearly one and a half million registered medical devices on the market in Australia. Now, you would think that life-saving treatments such as pacemakers, defibrillators and pain pumps would ...
19 Jul 19min
White Lotus: The One Nation edition. Plus the PM’s landmark AI speech
We switch to sunnier climes this week, to a posh hotel in Sicily. It’s where the TV series White Lotus was filmed, and it’s also where our colleagues at The Australian Financial Review spotted One Nat...
16 Jul 26min
Bravado and the backflip: Peter Hartcher on Trump's 24 hours of 'madness'
The madness of Donald Trump surfaced again in the past day or so, according to many seasoned onlookers. First, the president of the United States announced that he would impose a shipping toll on the ...
15 Jul 17min
