Justin Hemmes takes over Sydney’s most exclusive sports club

Justin Hemmes takes over Sydney’s most exclusive sports club

The Merivale magnate has skipped the $20,000 membership fee and set up shop inside the exclusive Sporting Club of Sydney.

  • byKishor Napier-Raman andStephen Brook

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Trump 2.0:What four more years mean for Australia and the world

Trump 2.0:What four more years mean for Australia and the world

In the first of a five-part series,international editor Peter Hartcher examines why Donald Trump is more inclined to like a US enemy than a friend if he wins a second term as president.

  • byPeter Hartcher
Satisfaction in Byron
Opinion
Column 8

Satisfaction in Byron

Waiting on a friend at Wategos.

Cellular count makes the blood boil
Opinion
Column 8

Cellular count makes the blood boil

Content creators make the wrong call.

Defence conference brings Labor’s old enemies together again

Defence conference brings Labor’s old enemies together again

Old foes from Labor’s internal power struggles Kevin Rudd and Stephen Smith will join former PM Malcolm Turnbull at defence think tank’s conference next month.

  • byKishor Napier-Raman andNoel Towell
Upstart writers festival aiming to take Melbourne’s mantle
CBD
CBD

Upstart writers festival aiming to take Melbourne’s mantle

This week’s Melbourne Writers Festival will hope to capture the same success as the Sorrento Writers Festival held last month.

  • byStephen Brook
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PM to attend rally,vows to unite governments against domestic violence

PM to attend rally,vows to unite governments against domestic violence

The federal Coalition joined several premiers,including Victoria’s,in demanding urgent national cabinet attention on the number of women being killed by men.

  • byPaul Sakkal,Angus Thompson andNatassia Chrysanthos
Labor has a broken energy fix. The Libs don’t have one at all – yet
Opinion
Energy

Labor has a broken energy fix. The Libs don’t have one at all – yet

Australia can bid for solar cell factories,but if we lack the power to run them,the hope is forlorn.

  • byPeter Hartcher
Alice Springs cannot be allowed to remain in a cycle of despair
Editorial
Crime

Alice Springs cannot be allowed to remain in a cycle of despair

The imposition of a two-week youth curfew in Alice Springs following an outbreak of violence has again exposed Australia’s dark heart ruined by the poverty of dispossession.

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‘The scheme has failed’:Landmark foreign interference laws set for overhaul

‘The scheme has failed’:Landmark foreign interference laws set for overhaul

An influential parliamentary committee has found the laws,introduced amid concern about Chinese foreign influence,have major flaws and need to be reformed.

  • byMatthew Knott
Former PMs racked up $1.6 million in expenses. We’re picking up the tab

Former PMs racked up $1.6 million in expenses. We’re picking up the tab

Our former prime ministers are entitled to taxpayer-funded air travel,an office and staff,as well as ground travel – and it’s costing taxpayers a pretty penny.

  • byOlivia Ireland andJames Massola