Family union in a league of its own
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Family union in a league of its own

Grandson’s finals matches provide brain training for grandparents.

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From Robert Mugabe to Alexander Downer:Jeremy Hearder retires after 65 years as a diplomat

From Robert Mugabe to Alexander Downer:Jeremy Hearder retires after 65 years as a diplomat

Few people could work the same job for 65 years and not get bored. But Jeremy Hearder did – and he got to criss-cross the world doing it.

  • byJames Massola
The ‘once-only’ opportunity to expand Australia’s size by almost 50 per cent

The ‘once-only’ opportunity to expand Australia’s size by almost 50 per cent

Cabinet documents reveal the Howard government moved quickly to lock in a claim over huge areas of the seabed across the Pacific,Indian and Southern oceans,including key areas off Australia’s Antarctic territory.

  • byShane Wright
Britain needs to explain PM’s green shift,says Australia’s high commissioner

Britain needs to explain PM’s green shift,says Australia’s high commissioner

Last month,British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said he was delaying the mandatory take-up of electric vehicles until 2035.

  • byLatika Bourke
Tony Staley:The last of the Liberal hard men

Tony Staley:The last of the Liberal hard men

Tony Staley was a tough and canny political operator who read the classics and was inspired by poetry. Even Labor’s Graham Richardson was in awe of his audacity.

  • byTony Wright
Embassy’s ‘woke’ portrait wall is all white in the end
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Embassy’s ‘woke’ portrait wall is all white in the end

Someone was triggered when portraits were removed from Australia House in London,but the patriarchy will now be uncancelled.

  • byNoel Towell andKishor Napier-Raman
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Former Howard government minister Peter Reith dies after battle with Alzheimer’s disease
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Former Howard government minister Peter Reith dies after battle with Alzheimer’s disease

He was the industrial relations minister in the Howard government which introduced tough reforms following the 1998 waterfront dispute.

  • byStephanie Peatling andLatika Bourke
‘Don’t try and seduce them’:Downer reveals secret role in advising Rishi Sunak
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‘Don’t try and seduce them’:Downer reveals secret role in advising Rishi Sunak

Alexander Downer’s advice was based on his experience as Australia’s longest-serving foreign minister in the Howard government,which won four terms in office and won key battles on immigration and the economy.

  • byLatika Bourke
Boris Johnson made Aussie billionaire a Lord on his way out the door

Boris Johnson made Aussie billionaire a Lord on his way out the door

Media-shy businessman Sir Michael Hintze has donated to a range of causes,including the Conservative Party and the Brexit campaign.

  • byRob Harris
Tories ‘completely lost’ after Truss tax U-turn,says Alexander Downer
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Tories ‘completely lost’ after Truss tax U-turn,says Alexander Downer

Alexander Downer said he could see no path to victory for Liz Truss and that she had blown her popularity and upended Conservative credentials by announcing unfunded tax cuts.

  • byLatika Bourke
Downer ‘disappointed’ in Payne for leaving UK post vacant during Queen’s Platinum Jubilee

Downer ‘disappointed’ in Payne for leaving UK post vacant during Queen’s Platinum Jubilee

The Australian government has allowed the post of High Commissioner to the UK to fall vacant during the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.

  • byLatika Bourke