2+ week, 1+ day ago  (58+ words) Independent Australia One of my quirkier assignments, this couple were married " the priest was at the back of the boat " while skiing on the Hawksebury River He has several published collections, including 'Portraits of the Soul: A lifetime of images…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago  (927+ words) When the newspaper landed on her kitchen table that morning, the voices in her head began yelling. You're worthless. You idiot. The voices were louder than they had been in twenty years. She had spent two decades learning to navigate…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago  (1148+ words) In conditions of radical uncertainty, the disciplined leader does not commit prematurely to a terminal strategy, writes Vince Hooper. EVERY TIME A MINISTER'in Canberra suggests that Australia's China strategy might include dialogue alongside deterrence "or that'AUKUS's timeline deserves scrutiny, or…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago  (525+ words) Former U. S. Army Ranger Sean Griobhtha's "X Rubicon' is a powerful and deeply unsettling account of war, trauma and the hidden human cost of covert military operations, writes Jim Kable. JUST DAYS AGO, I sat in a cinema here in southeast…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago  (571+ words) Widely criticised as little more than a propaganda piece, "Melania" is now streaming on Amazon Prime. Digital editor Dan Jensen sat through all 104 minutes so you don"t have to. THERE IS A MOMENT in Melania where the First Lady…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago  (629+ words) WHEN A PROPOSAL for a vital public infrastructure project, a regional hospital upgrade, or a long-horizon social program is quietly flushed down the toilet by our state or federal treasuries, the execution weapon is always a single, bloodless number: the…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago  (733+ words) Perhaps it's no surprise that Opposition Leader Angus Taylor would seek to jump on the orange bandwagon by cosying up to One Nation, and emulating Trump, since the PHONies' recent surge in popularity and the Libs' ever-plunging support. Angus' latest…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago  (583+ words) As legal immunity expands and institutional safeguards erode, America edges ever closer to a presidency untethered from accountability, writes George Grundy. THE DAILY AND UNPRECEDENTED corruption of U. S. President'Donald Trump and his Administration seems to have moved into overdrive this last…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago  (1071+ words) As cost-of-living pressures mount, critics argue Australia's inflation response is worsening the pain rather than solving the problem, writes David Higginbottom. WHEN THE COST OF LIVING rises, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA)'s'answer is to raise the cost of…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (820+ words) The legal clash between Elon Musk and Open AI exposes the profit-driven scramble shaping the future of artificial intelligence, writes Dr Binoy Kampmark. THEY ARE A disagreeable bunch, with disagreeable ideas to match. The querulous brats behind the drive for…...