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  • Parenting
    Why does parenthood feel so impossible for millennial mothers?

    Playful chaos as children jump from sofa to sofa, surrounded by toys and balloons in a messy living room. Meanwhile, their tired mother reclines on the couch

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    Victoria
    Police apologise over death of injured Melbourne man taken to cells instead of hospital

    Inquest into 2023 death shown footage of John Makai struggling to stand after suffering serious head injury from being punched in head by son
  • Anthropic co-founder and CEO, Dario Amodei, will not appear at the Greens-led Senate inquiry into AI and datacentres, but representatives are expected at a joint standing committee hearing.

    Politics
    Anthropic will not appear at Senate inquiry into AI and datacentres amid fallout from OpenAI hack

  • Kylie Ellina Truswell-Mobbs (centre) outside the supreme court in Brisbane after receiving a suspended sentence for assisting in the 2023 suicide of her husband, David Mobbs.

    Assisted dying
    Cheers as murder charge dismissed for Queensland woman who helped terminally ill husband die

  • Environment
    Huge swarms of bogong moths surprise NSW residents – and it’s cause for excitement, not alarm

    Researcher says sightings of the endangered moth have increased over the last two years but ‘this year has blown them out of the water’
  • The New South Wales premier, Chris Minns, said he believed almost 1,000 extra prison beds would ‘keep the public safe’.

    State politics
    Minns announces extra 1,000 prison beds as union warns ‘we can’t arrest our way out of domestic violence’

  • Nathan Cleary gives two thumbs up in hospital bed, his bandaged leg raised on a pillow

    NRL
    ‘I’ll be back,’ Panthers star Nathan Cleary tells fans from hospital bed after surgery

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  • Playful chaos as children jump from sofa to sofa, surrounded by toys and balloons in a messy living room. Meanwhile, their tired mother reclines on the couch

    Parenting
    ‘I can’t be the mum I want to be’: why does parenthood feel so impossible for millennial mothers?

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    Politics
    British celebrities beat AI companies lobbying to get free use of their work. They have a warning for Australia

Features

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  • Siân Brooke leans forward on a wooden chair, resting her chin on her hands, smiling softly

    Television
    ‘My husband has to remind me: You’re not a real cop!’ Siân Brooke on the perils of playing a tough Blue Lights ‘peeler’

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    Double acts
    ‘We could have had good fun a few decades ago’: Christine Baranski and Richard E Grant on sex scenes, parties and theatre

  • Ossie Clark and Celia Birtwell sit on a cushioned floor, he petting a white cat

    Fashion
    Sex, drugs and floral fabrics: Celia Birtwell relives her wild times – and wilder outfits – with Ossie Clark

  • A drawing of two figures embracing, framed by two trees.

    Indigenous peoples
    ‘The same struggles as 100 years ago’: exhibition highlights lives of Sami people in Sweden

  • Two children dip vegetable sticks into a bowl of hummus, chatting together

    Is it true that …
    Double-dipping food is unhygienic?

  • The Populist
    Money nation | Episode 3 – podcast

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    Can you solve it? Isaac Newton’s tower drop puzzle

  • Haakon Gjerløw

    double quotation markDonald Trump? Please no. Here’s who actually deserves this year’s Nobel peace prize

    Haakon Gjerløw
    The betting markets favour the US president and Volodymyr Zelenskyy. But the most vital work to secure peace is being done by those far from the spotlight, says Haakon Gjerløw, acting director of the PRIO

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  • Julianne Schultz

    double quotation markPlans for my suburb are a microcosm of what’s wrong with Australia’s housing. And it will get worse

    Julianne Schultz

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  • Dave Schilling

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  • Emma Beddington

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    First Dog on the Moon
    Oh no Donald Trump is becoming increasingly unpopular! Surely it must all be over soon

    It’s so bad some Republicans are even turning against him – bit late guys but whatever
  • Brandon McNulty celebrates as he approaches the finish line in Montreal.

    Cycling world championships
    Australian Matthews fights back from broken wrists and a lung embolism to claim stunning silver

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    Golf
    Snedeker says Trump ‘gets all the credit’ after US complete huge Presidents Cup comeback

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    Football
    Wenger and Arsenal: 30 years on from appointment that changed English football

  • Drake Maye takes in Sunday’s loss to the Jaguars

    NFL
    OK, now it’s time for the Patriots to panic about Maye

  • South Africa's Keshav Maharaj (centre) celebrates with teammates after dismissing Australia's Alex Carey in Johannesburg.

    Cricket
    South Africa power to ODI series win as Australia’s middle order struggles again

  • With a list and age profile most clubs dreams of, Brisbane are now in a position to rival the four-straight flags of Depression-era Collingwood.

    AFL
    Brisbane’s AFL dynasty is built on sheer talent, a loyal coach and their love of a dire situation

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    Media
    Blanche defends Trump’s White House media ban: ‘It is a privilege, not a right’

  • cars drive through flooded suburban road on cloudy day

    Weather
    Nor’easter storm batters US east coast with heavy winds and power outages

  • Woman in black outfit on street corner with laptop on table in front of her gestures as she speaks into a camera.

    US media
    Trump tells female MS Now reporter to ‘be quiet’ amid questions on press pool ban

  • Commuters board a BART train at Fremont station as doors show red warning lights

    California
    ‘Traffic is going to get a lot worse’: San Francisco Bay Area faces potential death spiral of transit system

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  • Shannon Stokes stand in front of a tree trunk, looking off to the side

    Exclusive
    Shannon felt a ‘sense of doom’ as she sought justice for sexual assault. A new NSW program hopes to alleviate that

  • Sydney housing from the air

    Interest rates
    RBA expected to hike cash rate to 4.6%, its highest level since 2011

  • Taiwanese soldiers use a variant of the US-made Abrams tanks during drills in July 2025.

    Taiwan
    Trump asked Xi Jinping if China would like to buy US weapons, American ambassador says

  • Mighty"A cinnamon coloured black bear (Ursus americanus cinammonum) standing on the granite rocks of Zumwalt Meadow in Kings Canyon National Park, California."

    California
    French bulldog dies trying to protect owners from bear attack

  • US Hawaii Extreme Weather NoloFire Captain Lui Sales of the Hawaii Fire Department looks for residents to help as rainwater from nearby Hurricane Nolo flood a section of Mamalahoa highway Saturday, Sept. 26, 2026, near Naalehu, Hawaii. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

    US news
    Hurricane Nolo still threatens Hawaii as Mexico's Baja braces for major Hurricane Polo

  • Two baboons raid food out of bags next to a car on a house driveway on which more baboons are sitting.

    South Africa
    ‘It’s hard to sell a house when it’s covered in baboon faeces’: Cape Town divided over plan to remove its monkeys

  • A small orange kayay-like boat sailing in the ocean behind a larger boat, with hilly coastline in the background

    Environment
    ‘Robust little’ vessel begins treacherous 22,000km journey around Antarctica in the name of climate science

  • A baby plover from a family of plovers in Maroubra that the community was trying to protect.

    Environment
    I saw pedestrians swear at plovers when they swooped. But I admired the birds

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    Why the popular Twitch streamer has been vilified by Republicans

  • Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov speaks to reporters after his address at the UN general assembly in New York81st United Nations General Assembly, New York City, USA - 26 Sep 2026

    Ukraine war briefing
    German foreign minister urges Russia to abandon dangerous escalation in rare meeting

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    Explainer
    The AI debate is already shaping the 2028 US election. Here’s where Democratic hopefuls stand

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    When Trump’s narrative meets voters’ realities

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    Australia is run on legacy systems that AI agents can easily exploit, former UN cyber negotiator warns

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    Melbourne man’s mysterious disappearance on popular Peru hiking trail prompts widespread search

  • Education
    Private colleges luring students to diploma scrapped by Albanese government over ‘shonk’ allegations

  • South Australia
    Four-year-old Gus Lamont has been missing for a year. Police believe someone knows where he went

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    Zelenskyy says Moscow terrorising Ukrainians as fresh strikes kill eight

  • Environment
    Thai downpours shift north-westwards after Bangkok declared a disaster zone

  • Yemen
    Children forced to give up school for work as fighting upends daily life in Yemen

  • French elections
    Marine Le Pen hails ‘historic victory’ as far-right National Rally surges in Senate elections

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  • Eva Longoria tastes French onion soup in Searching for France

    Television
    Eva Longoria: Searching for France review – this lovely travel show radiates charm

  • Samuel L Jackson points while confronting Eva Green in a tense indoor scene

    Film
    Just Play Dead review – Samuel L Jackson and Eva Green punch up switchback crime caper

  • CG animation of a monster screaming.

    Film
    Godzilla Minus Zero review – spectacular Japanese action continues franchise’s winning streak

  • Man on woman on stage

    Film
    NAZA film-makers address threats at documentary’s New York City premiere

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    Best podcasts of the week
    Obama and Tom Hanks have an inspirational chat

  • Taylor Swift rests her chin on her hand, showing a ring, in profile view

    Music
    Taylor Swift: The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore review – flashes of humanity and bafflingly vindictive love songs

  • Back to Back Barries
    Should the media boycott One Nation? – podcast

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  • Dom Dolla performs in Marvel Stadium on Thursday 24 September 2026.

    Electronic music
    The rise of Dom Dolla: what the DJ’s record-breaking stadium show for 60,000 fans tells us about music today

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  • Police officers link arms to hold back screaming, reaching Beatles fans

    Book of the day
    Deep into the Sixties: Britain 1965-66 by David Kynaston review – a tour de force of popular history

  • Australian tennis player Evonne Goolagong competes at the Queen’s Club in London, circa 1970

    Australian books
    I was focused on becoming the first Aboriginal tennis champion. Then one remark changed something in me

    Evonne Goolagong Cawley
  • Farmer Bruce Pascoe, bearded and in a black jacket, stands on a green hillside in East Gippsland

    Australian books
    Bruce Pascoe’s new book may spark another culture war. He hopes for ‘decency and intellectual curiosity’ this time

  • Dorthe Nors looks off to the side, wearing a black top against green foliage

    Fiction
    Range by Dorthe Nors review – an astrophysicist at odds with reality

What to play

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    Games
    Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve review – brilliant aerial combat game fulfils the Top Gun fantasy

  • A scene from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 showing a soldier aiming a rifle as a helicopter flies overhead near mountains

    double quotation markPlaying video games with my 22-year-old son has brought me to tears

    Dominik Diamond
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    Games
    Meet the real-life Pokémon professors, the unsung heroes of competitive monster-battling

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    Games
    Why fans are digging their claws into Wolverine over its patronising gameplay

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More culture

  • Rod Stewart performing at Glastonbury festival, June 2025.

    Music
    Rod Stewart announces final tour for 2027: ‘Most definitely my last’

  • Image 3 Super Hans Credit Kenny McCracken

    Television
    ‘I’ve never watched a whole episode of Peep Show’: Matt King on surviving a stroke and reviving Super Hans

  • Sammy J posing with folded arms

    10 Chaotic Questions
    Sammy J: ‘Wouldn’t it be fascinating to see an earthworm the size of a border collie?’

  • A shot from The Sound of Music, with Julie Andrews singing with the von Trapp children

    Film
    ‘A joyful place’: a new museum coaxes Austrians to embrace The Sound of Music

  • A collaged image shows a toddler in a blue coat holding up a toy airplane against the sky

    Kindness of strangers
    Two helicopter pilots flew down low to wave to my three-year-old son – he was beside himself with joy

  • A domed metal serving dish (a cloche) with a spoon on top sits above a wine glass, decanter, cabbage, cutlery, and a cookbook on a patterned tablecloth.

    The best thing I ever ate
    Mum’s boeuf à la mode on my 21st birthday

Food

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    Food
    Rice ‘polenta’ with sausage sauce and rice with pork, lemon and saffron: Pasta Grannies’ Sardinian rice recipes

  • A plate of sliced cornbread – some of the slices are spread with butter – with a butter knife.

    Food
    How to make cornbread – recipe

  • An illustration of colourful ribbons and confetti burst upward from an opened red bell pepper.

    Food
    ‘I cannot hear “stuffed vegetables” without flashbacks’

  • Skyline of Athens with Moanstiraki square and Acropolis hill, Athens Greece

    Food
    How Athens discovered a new, confident Greek cuisine

Wellbeing

  • A collage shows an weight-loss drug injector pen hovering above a clump of dark hair

    Call the doctor
    Does GLP-1 use result in significant hair loss?

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    Have you taken GLP-1s for a year or more? We would like to hear from you

  • Toshisuke Kanazawa posing in his gym

    Sport
    ‘I’m 100% natural’: how Japan’s 90-year-old bodybuilder is still winning titles

  • Tom Park-Paul stands with his dog Binks in a golden field near Slaithwaite, hills behind him

    Experience
    A brain surgeon dropped part of my skull on the floor

Advice

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    Ask Annalisa Barbieri
    My husband never stops working, but he won’t discuss it. Should I leave him?

  • A boy's silhouette holds up a smartphone before a screen showing Roblox game characters

    Scam watch
    ‘Mum, where did my Robux go?’ The Roblox scam targeting children

  • Two women sit at a pub table with two glasses of wine sorting Lego pieces with a man stood smiling looking at what they are making

    Hobbies
    Toys are us: the adults swapping scrolling for Lego, remote control cars and sewing

  • Girls in school uniforms huddled together, backs to the camera, on a grassy field

    Pass notes
    ‘That’s so AI!’ What gen Alpha’s biggest insult tells us

Fashion & beauty

  • Michelle Williams, Beyoncé and Kelly Rowland in green camouflage crop tops and trousers

    Fashion
    Camo’s back: noughties pop’s military style is on the march again

  • Gigi Hadid walks the runway in an elaborate patterned ballgown inside a grand historic gallery

    Fashion
    ‘It’s problematic’: concern as weight-loss jab maker sponsors Vogue World event

  • Mark Zuckerberg smiles holding a small black device, the Muse ‘charm’, a cartoon mascot displayed behind him.

    Fashion
    ‘Charming and disarming’ … how Meta’s technology-packed Muse harnesses the power of cuteness

  • Matilde Lucidi, Elina Gunawardena Milan Fashion Week - Women S/S 2027 Dolce & Gabbana Fashion Show Runway Milan, Italy - 26 Sep 2026

    Fashion
    Dolce & Gabbana mixes it up as pressure mounts for turnaround

Travel

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    Travel
    I hoped my children would have epiphanies while visiting my homeland; my father suggested we go swimming instead

  • Two tall glasses of beer sit on an outdoor table in Cologne, with colourful buildings behind

    Travel
    ‘The champagne of pale ales’: my search for the perfect kölsch beer in Cologne

Relationships

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    The modern mind
    double quotation markWhen a celebrity dies, it can feel like losing a loved one. Why do we get so invested in parasocial relationships?

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    The moment I knew
    My late fiance’s favourite song was playing – and Billy said ‘Jamie’s here, isn’t that nice?’

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    This is how we do it
    This is how we do it: ‘As a sexual abuse survivor, I’ve had to relearn how to have healthy sex’

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