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This week's Saturday Paper quiz:Ange Postecoglou has been appointed head coach of which English Premier League club?http...
23/09/2025

This week's Saturday Paper quiz:

Ange Postecoglou has been appointed head coach of which English Premier League club?
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Both this government and its predecessor deserve credit for their foresight on Pacific engagement. If only Australia’s b...
23/09/2025

Both this government and its predecessor deserve credit for their foresight on Pacific engagement. If only Australia’s broader defence policy was moving in a consistent direction. | Sam Roggeveen on Australia’s defence conundrum:

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Trump’s attack on respected ABC journalist John Lyons was risible for its petulance. For this administration, however, i...
23/09/2025

Trump’s attack on respected ABC journalist John Lyons was risible for its petulance. For this administration, however, it was something to trumpet as a lesson for anyone in the media who dares do their job of holding power to account. | Paul Bongiorno

Of all the things that could have gone wrong ahead of Anthony Albanese’s first face-to-face meeting with Donald Trump, few would have predicted the involvement of one of Australia’s most lauded journalists.

"Price’s attack on Indian migrants rekindled memories of the party’s mishandling of Chinese–Australian voters," writes J...
23/09/2025

"Price’s attack on Indian migrants rekindled memories of the party’s mishandling of Chinese–Australian voters," writes John Hewson. "The electorate can infer from these incidents that there is a deep-seated racism in the Coalition."

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Nearly three decades after she first entered federal parliament, Pauline Hanson says that the conditions she warned abou...
23/09/2025

Nearly three decades after she first entered federal parliament, Pauline Hanson says that the conditions she warned about in her first speech – mass migration, multiculturalism and the erosion of “traditional Australian values” – have now come to a head.

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Gold Coast Suns midfielder Matt Rowell has won the 2025 Brownlow Medal, beating the favourite on the night, Collingwood’...
22/09/2025

Gold Coast Suns midfielder Matt Rowell has won the 2025 Brownlow Medal, beating the favourite on the night, Collingwood’s Nick Daicos, in a stunning upset.

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A report has found that the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA) is in desperate need of renewal across ...
22/09/2025

A report has found that the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA) is in desperate need of renewal across its operations, following years of failures.

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Reserve Bank governor Michele Bullock has described Australia as being in a “very good position” on inflation in her fir...
22/09/2025

Reserve Bank governor Michele Bullock has described Australia as being in a “very good position” on inflation in her first parliamentary address since the federal election.

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The Albanese government’s recognition of Palestinian statehood has been criticised by the Coalition, with Michaelia Cash...
22/09/2025

The Albanese government’s recognition of Palestinian statehood has been criticised by the Coalition, with Michaelia Cash saying it rewards Hamas.

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The NT Police Force has completed its criminal investigation into the death of Kumanjayi White, with autopsy results and...
22/09/2025

The NT Police Force has completed its criminal investigation into the death of Kumanjayi White, with autopsy results and the brief handed to the NT Director of Public Prosecutions.

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“In terms of human psychology, getting into a state that’s outside of your head – [which] might be just through dancing ...
22/09/2025

“In terms of human psychology, getting into a state that’s outside of your head – [which] might be just through dancing or it might be with drink or drugs or whatever – has been part of human culture for a really long time." Hot Chip on raving and ageing.

After 25 years of making music, acclaimed British electronic pop band Hot Chip are still moving to their own beat.

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22/09/2025

Challenge yourself with this week's cryptic crossword…

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