Weather is growing more extreme. The pressure is on the Bureau of Meteorology to keep up

Weather is growing more extreme. The pressure is on the Bureau of Meteorology to keep up

The venerable weather bureau faces difficult questions about its warnings – and its future. What explains its recent high-profile misses?

  • byLiam Mannix

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How to start (or restart) a fitness routine from scratch

How to start (or restart) a fitness routine from scratch

There are many reasons people stop exercising,or never start. But there are ways to make it an easier habit to create this year.

  • bySarah Berry
Woke corporatism has started to implode

Woke corporatism has started to implode

If companies can get back to making decent products at a fair price,and paying their staff and customers on time,the system will be a lot stronger.

  • byMatthew Lynn
Five simple diet changes that will make a big difference to your health in 2024

Five simple diet changes that will make a big difference to your health in 2024

Making some small changes and substitutions every day can be all it takes to make you feel better – minus the guilt,diets and deprivation.

  • bySusie Burrell
Kerryn survived a head-on collision. She wants you to slow down this holidays
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Kerryn survived a head-on collision. She wants you to slow down this holidays

Four months after surviving a major car crash on the Gold Coast,Kerryn Grafton still has nightmares. Her SUV was crushed like an accordion.

  • byCarolyn Webb
Don’t get cross
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Column 8

Don’t get cross

For Pete’s sake.

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This president had a 30,000-strong Christmas card list. The writing began in May

This president had a 30,000-strong Christmas card list. The writing began in May

A volunteer spent seven months addressing envelopes to everyone from the president’s favourite waiter to Queen Elizabeth.

  • byAlex Schiffer
Spaghetti Junction sleigh ride
Opinion
Column 8

Spaghetti Junction sleigh ride

Should’ve read the WestConnex Claus.

Right-wing media bias now treated as normal

Right-wing media bias now treated as normal

The neoliberal experiment of trickle-down economics and small government has resulted in a society not fit to serve the needs of the majority while the media “balances” thoughtful,evidence-based policies with right-wing misinformation and scare campaigns.

Ukraine celebrates Christmas on December 25 for the first time

Ukraine celebrates Christmas on December 25 for the first time

Many Ukrainians embraced the move to celebrate Christmas on December 25 with enthusiasm,while Kyiv took the opportunity to strike a Russian ship in Crimea.

Christmas day party rubbish blights Bronte Beach

Christmas day party rubbish blights Bronte Beach

Thousands of revellers at the unofficial beach party left behind a “disappointing” mess of plastic rubbish,glass bottles,chairs and tables.

  • byJessica McSweeney