Professor Georgina Long AO: ‘Our national character means we turn challenges into opportunities’
What defines the Australian spirit? For me, it’s our determination, pragmatism, and a remarkable ability to create breakthrough solutions. In my years of medical research and clinical practice as a ...
Joe Hildebrand: Why Australia really is The Lucky Country
The historian Donald Horne famously called Australia The Lucky Country but he didn’t mean it in a good way. Instead, he saw it as a place run by “second rate people” who somehow fluked their way to ...
Opinion
Cricketer Alana King explains why she is proud to represent a diverse country like Australia
Whenever I get back to Melbourne for cricket, there’s one question my teammates always ask me: “Are we going for a feed at the Kings?” ...
Andrew Little, ‘Australia’s worst builder’, loses Supreme Court bid to have registration reinstated
A Melbourne tradie dubbed “Australia’s worst builder of 2024” appears increasingly likely to be black-listed from the construction industry after a Supreme Court judge said his case against the ...
Nine in 10 Australians believe Australia Day should be celebrated on January 26
Almost nine in 10 Australians believe Australia Day should continue to be celebrated on January 26, a new poll has found, revealing an overwhelming majority – and growing number – of our population is ...
Which Victorian councils make becoming an Australian citizen the fastest?
More than 10 per cent of immigrants hoping to become Victoria’s newest citizens live in Wyndham, with more than a thousand people set to pledge their commitment to Australia in the next three months.
Brutal fallout from Alex Cullen’s Adrian Portelli scandal revealed
Today show presenter Alex Cullen is “stepping down permanently” after he was taken off air for accepting a $50,000 gift from Block billionaire Adrian Portelli.
Puffing Billy railway joins Australia Day snub, saying holiday a ‘painful reminder of colonisation’
Beloved steam train Puffing Billy has weighed into the Australia Day debate, revealing it won’t celebrate the national public holiday.
Alex Cullen had to leave Nine Network in fallout from $50k prize scandal
It turns out everything comes at a price, with Today show sports presenter Alex Cullen departing Channel 9 after accepting a $50,000 prize from Adrian Portelli.
Billie Jean King Cup finals moved to China two years after WTA boycott of country
Sam Stosur could have just one player in the world’s top 100 when her Billie Jean Cup team takes on Kazakhstan and Colombia across one blockbuster weekend at home in a bid to make the finals of the ...
‘Senseless’: Statues of ex-PMs decapitated in Ballarat days out from Australia Day
The heads of two former Australian prime ministers have been decapitated and more than a dozen others damaged in Victoria’s northwest.
High school basketball player assaults two opponents with haymakers in wild scenes
A high school basketball player is facing police charges after he knocked out an opponent and punched another in wild scenes. Things got ugly at the end of a high school basketball game in the US ...