China’s President Xi Jinping can beat Donald Trump at his own game.
Opinion
Trade wars

It’s chess,not checkers:China can play the long game against Trump

Donald Trump thinks trade is a zero-sum game. Xi Jinping appears happy to wait for the trade war to backfire on the US president.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz

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Australian tennis player Max Purcell.
Opinion
Doping

Purcell ban shows how much grey exists between the black and white of tennis

The punishment given to Australian player Max Purcell is ludicrous when compared to the other high-profile doping bans the sport has seen in the past year.

  • byJohn Millman
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney addresses supporters after his Liberal Party won the Canadian election,in Ottowa,Ontario,on Tuesday.

Canada’s prime minister schools the world:stand up to the bully,win the election

The world is no longer standing in America’s shadow. It is learning,quickly and with no small amount of fear,how to stand on its own.

  • byCory Alpert
Lady Gaga performing at the Grammy Awards in February.
Opinion
Live music

Hear that? It’s the sound of live music dying for local Australian artists

I was asked to support a huge international act. Then I read the fine print.

  • byAthanasia Sakoutis
Stocks on the rise:Ed Richards,Zach Reid and George Hewett.
Analysis
AFL 2025

The out-of-contract player at your AFL club whose value is soaring

The first third of the season has been good to many players who suddenly have a stronger case at the bargaining table. We take a look at an out-of-contract footballer at every club who has improved his stocks.

  • byMarc McGowan andPeter Ryan
Asking your children and their partners to sign a legal document could be awkward,but it can save you headaches down the track.
Analysis
Inheritance

Lending your kids money? This could save you from going to court

Simply gifting your children or grandchildren their inheritance could pose major issues further down the line.

  • byJames Steel
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Getting loan pre-approval can give you an edge on auction day.

How to negotiate down the price of your first home

Making an offer below the asking price of your first home can shave months or years off the length of your loan. Here’s how to do it.

  • byNina Hendy
Working out how much cash you should stack inside – or outside – your super can be a conundrum.

How much of my super should I keep in cash?

Working out how much cash you should stack inside – or outside – your super can be a conundrum.

  • byNoel Whittaker
Opinion
Income tax

Don’t be fooled. Ever-higher defence spending means ever-higher taxes

We’re spending about $56 billion a year on defence and that’s going to rise sharply,no matter who’s in power. Does anyone really think this won’t lead to income tax hikes?

  • byRoss Gittins
Clive Palmer at the official launch of the Trumpet of Patriots.

Trumpet of Patriots rush to preselection is proving a big risk

The Trumpet of Patriots choice of candidates in this federal election is leaving a lot to be desired.

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Turns out,not everyone on my tram is out to infuriate me. Who knew?

Public transport is enemy territory,but sometimes the unexpected happens.

  • byBrodie Lancaster
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We don’t yet know who will win the election,but who won the campaign is clear

Voters thought Dutton and the Coalition were the best choice to lead the country as recently as February,but everything changed when the election was called.

  • byDavid Crowe
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Opinion
Column 8

A lobster tale or two

Send for the coppers.

Dr Kaitlin Cook,deputy scientific director of the Heavy Ion Accelerator Facility,and Emeritus Professor David Hinde.
Analysis
Science

How this Australian particle accelerator highlights a crisis facing AUKUS

Australia’s strongest particle accelerator helped conjure new elements into being. But many students trained at the facility are being hired offshore.

  • byAngus Dalton
Corflutes which the Allegra Spender campaign alleges were damaged.

From corflute craziness to ‘Trumpet’ texts,election day can’t come soon enough

Posters tell us who we’re voting for. But we need to look behind them.

  • bySarah Macdonald
Rosie Beaumont pictured with her brother Simon when they were younger.
Opinion
Healthcare

I have all my teeth and my brother has none. There’s a reason why

Recently,I accompanied my brother,Simon,to the dentist to have his final 12 teeth removed. For decades,they had been rotting in his head.

  • byRosie Beaumont
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Opposition leader Peter Dutton’s travelling media bus carrying media got stuck on a cycle lane on Pitt Street.

Desperate Dutton turns to scare tactics in his own electorate

The opposition leader hopes to frighten and divide the community,writes David Grogan.

Peter Dutton

Why Canada’s election result is an uncomfortable one for Dutton

The Trump effect has just hit Canada’s election – and it could rub off on Australia’s.

  • byMichael Koziol
Dan Murphy’s was a regular haunt for Australians during the pandemic lockdowns.

Dan Murphy’s owner needs a rescue but can its new boss deliver?

She is considered tough,ruthless and polarising,but with former Virgin Australia boss Jayne Hrdlicka at the helm Dan Murphy’s and BWS owner Endeavour is in for radical change.

  • byElizabeth Knight
Opinion
ABC

I thought Kim Williams was the wrong pick to lead the ABC. Now I’m sure

The ABC’s chair has intervened to get airtime for a small-time comic. Is this what Kim Williams is doing with his time?

  • byJenna Price

After 100 days of Trump,the resistance is building

Trump has declared a “golden age” of America. But it’s rapidly turning to brass.

  • byBruce Wolpe
This phase of life can feel like an existential crisis,but in reality,it’s a whole new chapter of discovery and growth.

Why have I lost all motivation now that I’m wealthy?

Once you pass the point of chasing money for security’s sake,the whole exercise can start to feel a bit pointless.

  • byParidhi Jain
Donald Trump is in command - to the detriment of global financial markets.

100 days of destruction:Trump’s first three months are a sea of red ink

Donald Trump’s second time in the White House has produced the worst 100 days for financial markets in half a century.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
Yard signs bearing the mugshots of alleged illegal migrants and criminals were erected on the front lawn of the White House.

‘I run the world’:Trump marks 100 days with stunts,boasts and propaganda

The US president also embraced Australian football player Jordan Mailata at a ceremony for the Philadelphia Eagles,who won the Super Bowl in February.

  • byMichael Koziol
Most people sit on the assets they had at the point of retirement.
Opinion
Tax reform

The myth of the self-funded retiree:Why we need urgent tax reform

What many wealthy Australians don’t seem to realise is that their wealth has grown with considerable taxpayer support – over $100 billion to be exact.

  • byThomas Walker
Opinion
AI

Pretend friends,real risks. Harming kids is now part of big tech’s business model

Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg’s famous motto was “move fast and break things”. But now it’s children and families who are being broken by the relentless thirst for big tech profit.

  • byPeter Hartcher
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Opinion
Column 8

Rugby league in black and white

While it’s dog days on the hustings.

I’ve realised there’s much that can be learned from a generation that shows gratitude.
Opinion
Gen Z

My generation could learn a lot from Boomers about gratitude

I admit I have a slight tendency to spiral into negativity. So it’s a pleasure to look to a generation that has mastered the art of finding joy in simple things.

  • byLucia Frazzetto
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Donald Trump’s clown car has backfired on Peter Dutton again

Branding the ABC and the Guardian as “hate media” is another example of Peter Dutton singing straight from the Trump hymn book

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We should be proud of Welcome to Country ceremonies

The Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has inexplicably turned on something truly significant to Indigenous Australians.

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Is rising star Heinz Lemoto off to France?

Rugby in Australia is under attack. But it’s not from the NRL

At least 25 young Australian players have moved,or are moving,to France as the brutal realities of professionalism hit Australia.

  • byPaul Cully
Natasha Abhayawickrama,20-year-old student,at her Marrickville home.

The PM is my local member. I don’t believe he or Dutton gets young people

Politicians court the youth vote,but their inaction speaks louder than words.

  • byNatasha Abhayawickrama
Flight Centre downgraded its profit guidance on Monday morning.
Opinion
Aviation

Canary in the plane cabin:How Trump is changing where Australians travel

Australian companies operating on the global stage,such as Flight Centre,are becoming prone to infection from the global trade malaise.

  • byElizabeth Knight
Donald Trump’s tariffs have depressed the price of oil.
Opinion
Oil

Trump’s billionaire oil industry donors aren’t getting what they wished for

The US president said “drill,baby,drill” but his tariffs tanked the commodity’s price and they could reduce,not increase,production.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
Supporters of Mark Carney outside a federal leaders’ election debate in Montreal.

The other poll where Trump looms large

Canadian voters will choose their next government largely based on who they think is the best person to deal with the upheaval,threats and animosity being thrown at them from Washington.

  • byMichael Koziol
US President Donald Trump is standing by his embattled Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth.

Trump’s macho crew,it turns out,is a vicious little sewing circle

One hundred days into Trump’s second term,cracks are appearing in the testosterone-filled White House manosphere.

  • byMaureen Dowd
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Manly’s Siosiua Taukeiaho is sent to the sin bin by Belinda Sharpe.
Opinion
NRL 2025

Why referees are in a no-win situation with high-tackle crackdown

Rugby league is a game of over-the-top reaction and the pursuit of perfection. The referees are caught in the middle.

  • byRoy Masters
The Dan Houston trade is working out just fine for Collingwood.
Analysis
AFL 2025

To McRae’s Magpies,we’ve got an apology to make:Key takeouts from round seven

There was plenty of doom-and-gloom coverage centred on the Pies over the off-season. Right now,there’s no side better-placed to contend for this year’s flag.

  • byMarc McGowan
Russian President Vladimir Putin works at the Kremlin on Friday.

Has he finally realised Putin is playing him,or is Trump just blowing in the wind?

Donald Trump’s comments after meeting Volodymyr Zelensky at the Vatican marked a shift in tone. But the US president is prone to adopt the rhetoric of whoever he spoke with last.

  • byMichael Koziol
Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton.

Voters’ unasked question:Which party do I want deciding wages policy?

For an election dominated by cost-of-living sloganeering,neither Labor nor the Coalition has bothered to utter a word on wages.

  • byRoss Gittins
2025 Federal Election. Victorian Liberal Party Rally at Melton Entertainment Park in the seat of Hawke. Opposition leader Peter Dutton. Sunday 27th April 2025. Photo:James Brickwood. SMH NEWS 250427.

What fuelled Dutton’s rise is now derailing his bid to be PM

The Coalition’s campaign has been plagued by mistakes and missteps. But the leader’s looseness has compounded any strategic flaws.

  • bySean Kelly
Eddie Obeid arrives at Darlinghurst court in 2016.
Editorial
Corruption

Obeid does time but his family benefits from the proceeds of his crime

The NSW Crime Commission cannot find the $30 million the former NSW Labor MP made from a corrupt coal licence deal.

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Albanese and Dutton shake hands ahead of the final leaders’ debate on Sunday evening.

From Trump’s phone number to the price of eggs,our experts give their verdicts on the final debate

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese made the odd claim that Donald Trump does not have a mobile phone,but he was much closer to guessing the price of a dozen eggs.

  • byDavid Crowe,Matthew Knott andJacqueline Maley
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Opinion
Column 8

The Bain of our existence

And the soft shell of southerners.

The Wests Tigers have beaten the Sharks.

Galvin-ised:Thrills,spills and drama in Tigers’ golden point triumph

Never a dull day in Tiger Town. Not when Adam Doueihi nails an 87th-minute penalty goal as Lachlan Galvin plays his first NRL game since his contract saga kicked off.

  • byDan Walsh
Anyone going to a wedding on election day may want to consider voting early.

I’m an election lover,but in Australia,they just come along too often

Australia is one of only six democracies in the world with three-year parliamentary terms. It’s time for a change.

  • byGary Nunn
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Lachie Galvin and the Tigers on Sunday.
Opinion
NRL 2025

It took just eight minutes for Lachlan Galvin to win back the Tigers faithful

He was booed,as expected,but the boom No.6 was soon drawing cheers after combining with Jarome Luai to set up the opening try.

  • byNeil Breen
Woman with depression

Audrey’s death should make us question the duty of care

Getting home safely at night has always been difficult on the Central Coast,writes Jennifer Demery.

Donald Trump lands in New Jersey on Saturday after attending the funeral of Pope Francis at the Vatican.

The war on woke has been won,but Trump doesn’t behave like it

Britain’s Supreme Court is vindicating J. K. Rowling. Affirmative action and DEI are on the ropes. Donald Trump risks creating sympathy for those he seeks to sideline.

  • byRoss Douthat
Prince Andrew with Virginia Roberts Giuffre (centre) in 2001 and Epstein’s then personal assistant Ghislaine Maxwell.

Virginia Giuffre’s suicide draws line under Prince Andrew’s hopes of redemption

The death of Virginia Giuffre brings to a tragic close the most unedifying and damaging royal scandal in living memory.

  • byHannah Furness