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K-Pop Demon Hunters: How a cartoon band topped the charts
22 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Three incredible female singers are slaying global music charts and starring in a Netflix monster hit - and they’re not even real. Today, we unc...
Strippers, filthy chats: inside ‘ethical’ property giant JLL
21 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Why would high-flying property executives - who work for a company that claims to champion women - be hanging out at a strip club? What’s manage...
Why Bruce Lehrmann says he’s not a violent rapist
20 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Australia’s ‘most hated man’ Bruce Lehrmann is back in court - this time trying to overturn an ‘unfair’ finding of rape,...
Trump, Zelensky, a sharp suit and a peace deal?
19 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Remember when Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky fought in the Oval Office? Now it’s smiles, suits and talk of peace. But will Vladimir Putin j...
Nine Entertainment’s top women feel the heat
18 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A huge cultural change is under way at Nine Entertainment and now it’s senior female figures making the news. Today - Media Diary editor S...
An Australian warrior’s secret to happiness
17 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sir Peter Cosgrove doesn’t know why he was spared the trauma of war – but he says his wife of almost 50 years has helped him find positivi...
Who killed And Just Like That?
15 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
And Just Like That is over. Kaput and in the bin. Where did it all go wrong? What’s up with that ending? Has it tarnished the legacy of Sex &...
Is a four-day work week in our future?
14 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Unions push a four-day work week with five days' pay, as Treasurer Jim Chalmers kicks off an economic reform roundtable. Plus, how artificial intellig...
Mushroom clash: Simon Patterson’s courtroom confrontation with Erin’s lawyer
13 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
He believed his wife tried to kill him - and then had to give evidence in her trial for murdering his parents and aunt. Until today we haven’t b...
A handbag-obsessed Chinese ‘spy’ in Australia
12 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Police allege an unnamed woman was secretly gathering intelligence on a charismatic Buddhist group for the Chinese government. We unpack what she was ...
Why recognising Palestine is a 'hollow gesture'
11 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A move towards peace, or a meaningless gesture? Anthony Albanese and Penny Wong declare Australia is recognising Palestinian statehood. Foreign Editor...
The new threat to Australia’s nuclear subs
10 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Senior navy figures are worried about the safety of nuclear-powered submarines if WA goes ahead with plans to relocate a commercial shipping port. Fin...
Andrew Lloyd Webber is cool now. We’re surprised too.
08 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Andrew Lloyd Webber has gone chic on Broadway and the West End, thanks to Jamie Lloyd and a Pussycat Doll. So why are we getting the same old producti...
What the jury didn't know in Erin Patterson murder trial
07 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A Victorian judge has lifted suppression orders on evidence in the murder trial of mushroom killer Erin Patterson, meaning we can finally tell the who...
A new ‘easier’ English test for migrants
07 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The famously tough English language test for would-be Australians is getting a big shakeup, and the Coalition says it’ll exacerbate our immigrat...
The great AI art heist
06 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Australian artists, musicians and authors are fuming over a suggestion copyright laws should be relaxed to allow tech giants to train their AI chatbot...
How Japan beat Germany to sell us warships
05 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It’s the multi-billion dollar deal that’ll shape the next generation of the Australian Defence Force. Today, how Japan pulled it off. Find...
RIP Twiggy’s green hydrogen dream
04 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It sounded like magic – unlimited energy that comes from water – but green hydrogen’s flopped, at huge cost to taxpayers. Billionair...
Lesbians vs trans activists: A federal court showdown
03 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A Federal Court showdown over single-sex spaces pits veteran queer community groups against trans rights activists, laying bare a bitter fight beneath...
A plagiarism drama hits Australian horror flick Together
02 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Together – a love story gets the body horror treatment. But beyond the jump scares, a real-life drama is unfolding as this Australian director&r...
The billionaire habit you need to develop
31 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We asked some of Australia’s richest people about their everyday money habits. One was a stunner - and today our Wealth editor Julie-anne Spragu...
YouTube’s giant child safety lobbying fail
30 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kids under 16 will be banned from holding YouTube accounts in a disaster for parent company Google, which even sent The Wiggles to lobby for its cause...
Is climate change stealing your salad?
29 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Wild rhetoric from a UN climate czar, who says Australia must go faster on net zero or cripple our food production. Meanwhile, Australia is desperate ...
Claims of starvation - and disinformation - in Gaza
28 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Israel tried to crush Hamas by shutting off aid to Gazans - but the tactic failed. Now Hamas accuses Israel of creating a famine, and Israel says Hama...
Police seize ‘loan book’ of alleged sex offender Alan Jones
27 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A secret ‘loan book’ belonging to alleged sex offender Alan Jones details financial arrangements with a host of Australia's best-known med...
Why is And Just Like That so terrible?
25 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From cosmos and Manolos to incontinence and declining sex drives, how did the Sex and the City revival And Just Like That get it so wrong? Our residen...
Why Albo buckled to Trump’s biggest beef
24 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Just a coincidence - that’s the federal Government's explanation for why it’s suddenly dropping a two-decade ban on American beef - someth...
When is a Jewish ‘joke’ not racist?
23 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It’s the antisemitism controversy that a judge said wasn’t actually antisemitic: January’s QUT event featuring a caped crusader call...
The old-school Greens getting expelled from their own party
22 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Drew Hutton says the party he co-founded has become a ‘cult’. We unpack how he was kicked to the curb – and why he’s vowing re...
Lehrmann judge’s appeal against ‘corrupt’ finding
21 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Walter Sofronoff KC - former celebrity barrister and rockstar judge - was found to have engaged in ‘serious corrupt conduct’ in his inquir...
The breakdown of Atlassian’s tech bromance
20 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Real estate, divorce, and tech billions are causing all sorts of problems for Atlassian co-founder Mike Cannon-Brookes. Our expert unpacks where it al...
The Bear back for season 5? Yes, Chef!
18 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It’s the show that shouldn't work: an ensemble cast, a short king in the lead, and a chaotic kitchen setting. So why is The Bear one of TV's big...
Cautious optimism as Bronwyn podcast nears conclusion
17 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The family of missing Lennox Head woman Bronwyn Winfield are optimistic the police investigation into her disappearance is making progress. Find out m...
Mark Latham abuse scandal grows
16 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A scandal enveloping former Labor leader Mark Latham is growing – and other MPs are getting dragged into the drama. Latham’s former girlfr...
Fourth time’s a charm for Xi and Albanese
15 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese met with President Xi Jinping for a fourth time on Tuesday – and scored a rare invite to dine with the Chinese l...
Chaos and confusion at First Guardian investment fund
14 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The directors of First Guardian Master Fund are facing serious allegations of financial mismanagement as investors fret about their futures. Nothing h...
Albo’s China charm campaign
13 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The PM kicked off a six-day trip to China in Shanghai on Sunday, where he launched a tourism campaign designed to bring more Chinese tourists to Austr...
The Salt Path author’s passionate defence
11 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A white-hot literary drama blows up over bestselling memoir and movie The Salt Path. Author Raynor Winn - also known as Sally Walker - and her husband...
The government’s plan to tackle antisemitism
10 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jillian Segal, unveiled her wide-ranging strategy to combat antisemitism in Australia. Our expert unpacks what it means for universities, festivals, a...
Pharma giants brace for Trump tariff pain
09 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The government is under pressure to do a deal after Donald Trump flagged possible sweeping new tariffs on pharmaceuticals. Our expert unpacks the late...
Why Trump and Netanyahu love - and hate - each other
08 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Donald Trump deserves the Nobel Peace Prize, says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu – that’s after the two leaders met in Washingt...
The lies that convicted cold, snarky Erin Patterson
07 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
There’s a reason accused criminals don’t usually give evidence - it’s a huge gamble, and in Erin Patterson’s case it was a gia...
Guilty: Why the jury convicted mushroom cook Erin Patterson
07 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Erin Patterson killed four elderly relatives by serving them beef Wellingtons laced with death cap mushrooms. Today, what the jury didn’t know, ...
Mushroom jury: What’s going on?
06 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It’s the biggest trial of the year, and now the most suspenseful, as the jury in Erin Patterson’s triple murder trial enters its seventh d...
The joy of blockbusters: Jurassic World Rebirth, F1, 28 Years Later
04 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dinosaurs. Zombies. Brad Pitt with his shirt off. Hollywood’s giving the people what they want and cinema ticket sales are up. Today: The Austra...
What’s really going on inside Iran?
03 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Less than a fortnight after the US claimed to destroy Iran’s nuclear capability, our foreign editor Greg Sheridan joins us for the truth about t...
Is Trump's Gaza 'ceasefire' for real?
02 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The dealmaker-in-chief says he’s confident a Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal will be reached when Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu visits the White Hou...
The collapse of British PM Keir Starmer
01 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When the Glastonbury crowd chants ‘F… Keir Starmer’, UK Labour has a problem. How did the smooth QC squander electoral glory ...
Mushroom jury’s out: Did Erin Patterson have a motive to murder?
30 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the privacy of the jury room at the Victorian Supreme Court in Morwell, 12 men and women will debate if Erin Patterson had a motive to murder her f...
China’s shot over Anthony Albanese’s bows
29 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Chinese ambassador Xiao Qian warns Australia about increasing defence spending, warning of economic pain ahead and claiming China has only ever wanted...
Brendan O’Neill on Kneecap’s Glastonbury performance, and ‘the cult of the Keffiyeh’
27 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kneecap: Palestine freedom fighters or just phonies? Brendan O’Neill joins us to unpack the band's controversial Glastonbury performance and ask...
Street sweeper sacked over Acknowledgment of Country
26 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What are you allowed to say – or think – at work these days? In the wake of the Federal Court’s finding in favour of Antoinette Latt...
Lattouf v ABC: An entirely foreseeable catastrophe
25 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A ‘victory for free speech’ and a sizable compensation payout. Media Editor James Madden unpacks how the national broadcaster got here. Fi...
Judge: Did Erin Patterson lie to police or the jury?
24 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The mushroom trial jury must sift fact from fiction as they deliberate on Erin Patterson’s triple murder charge, says Justice Christopher Beale....
Spy base Pine Gap’s role in Iran strike
23 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As tensions simmer in the Middle East, our foreign affairs and defence experts unpack what the US really wants – and needs – from Australi...
Trump v Iran: What now?
22 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The United States says it decimated Iran’s nuclear capabilities in an aerial attack. Foreign Editor Greg Sheridan unpacks what it means for the ...
Squid Game: How a Korean dystopia conquered the world
20 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From K-pop to Netflix’s biggest show, South Korean taxpayers have funded a wildly successful global charm offensive set to culminate in the June...
Two exhausted reporters up close to the Iran-Israel war
19 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sleepless nights rushing to the shelter, ballistic missile attacks and babies born underground – our correspondents Yoni Bashan and Liam Mendes ...
Why Erin Patterson’s lies ‘point to innocence’
18 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Erin Patterson told lies - but that doesn’t make her a murderer. That’s the core of her defence barrister’s argument in the Victoria...
Defence v prosecution in the Erin Patterson mushroom trial
17 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
No motive – but no doubt, according to the Crown’s closing argument in Erin Patterson’s triple murder trial. The defence says the Cr...
Give Trump what he wants: some advice for Albo
16 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Start making American submarines here now – and don’t panic. That’s the hot tip for Anthony Albanese heading into his first face-to-...
Israel v Iran: The new Middle East war explained
15 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
There’s a new Middle East war over Iran’s nuclear ambitions. Our experts unpack why Israel is striking now – and what happens next. ...
Getting nude at ‘subversive’ arts fest DarkMofo
13 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hobart’s beloved arts festival Dark Mofo is all grown up - so does it still have the power to shock? And why does everyone love taking their clo...
Erin Patterson’s liposuction testimony
12 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After nine days of evidence and cross-examination, accused mushroom killer Erin Patterson spent her final minutes in the witness box explaining how he...
Erin Patterson says doctors and her own kids are wrong
11 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Pleading not guilty to three counts of murder and one of attempted murder, mushroom cook Erin Patterson takes issue with claims by medical professiona...
Mushroom cook Erin Patterson on why ‘sarcastic’ husband was wrong
10 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Erin Patterson is cross-examined in the Victorian Supreme Court, where she’s pleaded not guilty to three counts of murder and one of attempted m...
Chris Dawson’s last chance at freedom
09 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The High Court of Australia will this week consider an application made by Chris Dawson for special leave to appeal a finding that upheld his convicti...
The billion-dollar NRL v AFL war gets brutal in Perth
08 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A hostile billionaire, bitter media politics, a powerful football titan and a legendary coach: it’s a sporting drama worthy of Ted Lasso as rugb...
Alone Australia - is season 3 the best reality TV show ever made?
06 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Why we can’t get enough of SBS’ wildly hot franchise about scrappy survivors starving, freezing and slaughtering their way back to civilis...
Pete Hegseth says China will invade Taiwan. Is he right?
05 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Donald Trump’s defence boss wants Australia to massively lift defence spending in preparation for an ‘imminent’ war over Taiwan. So ...
I lied, I panicked: Erin Patterson’s account of mushroom lunch
04 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Erin Patterson told the Victorian Supreme Court she ‘lied’ to her elderly relatives at a lunch that left three of them dead and one gravel...
Erin Patterson’s ‘ashamed’ tears
03 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mushroom cook weeps in the witness box as she’s asked for the first time about a beef Wellington lunch that killed three elderly relatives. ...
Mushroom cook Erin Patterson’s evidence, in her own words
02 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A voice-acted recreation of the evidence given by accused mushroom murderer Erin Patterson in the Victorian Supreme Court. She’s pleaded not gui...
The police cold case unit that's paranoid about podcasts
01 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The NSW Unsolved Homicide Unit won’t share crucial information with families because it’s worried publicity from podcasts will jeopardise ...
Cheng Lei: the wise, sweary, funny survivor of a Chinese prison
30 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From Bridget Jones to Prisoner 21003: Cheng Lei has created a powerful memoir and a Sky News documentary about her three years in Chinese detention, f...
Did police overlook Erin Patterson’s ‘missing’ phone?
29 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Defence lawyer Colin Mandy SC is probing the police case against accused mushroom murderer Erin Patterson, as her trial races toward its conclusion. F...
Erin Patterson’s multiple mobile phones
28 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The jury in mushroom cook Erin Patterson’s triple murder trial hears allegations she swapped SIM cards between mobile phones, remotely reset a p...
Hear Erin Patterson’s police interview in full
27 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We have voice-acted Erin Patterson’s police interview, as played to the jury in her triple-murder trial. Patterson, who denies any wrongdoing, t...
Has Vladimir Putin outsmarted Donald Trump?
26 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Donald Trump’s plan to bring peace to Ukraine is faltering, but he can’t walk away. We unpack why Vladimir Putin has the President in bind...
TV’s million-dollar journos
25 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Who’s the highest earner on TV? And who earns 600 grand for two hours’ work? Today - the top salaries on free to air television. Fin...
The Studio - Seth Rogen’s smash-hit series skilfully skewers Hollywood
23 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Art v Commerce - a tussle as old as time. Seth Rogen’s new show, The Studio on Apple TV, takes a brutal - and hilarious - look at modern-day Hol...
Explicit messages found on Erin Patterson’s phone
22 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A fresh twist in the mushroom triple-murder trial: expletive-laden Facebook messages found on Erin Patterson’s phone that labelled her husband a...
The secrets of Joe Biden’s rapid decline
21 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As controversy rages about how much Democrats and Biden insiders knew about the former president’s cognitive decline, foreign editor Greg Sherid...
Have the Nationals blown themselves up?
20 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Nuclear power - and political power games - break up the Liberal-National Coalition. National editor Dennis Shanahan tries to make sense of David Litt...
Did Israel just change its battle plan?
19 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Disarming Hamas rather than destroying it - and occupying Gaza rather than pounding it. Today - why Benjamin Netanyahu changed up the war. Find ...
Have hackers stolen your tax refund?
18 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hackers have harvested potentially millions of dollars from unsuspecting taxpayers by submitting bogus tax returns – and nobody knows how. Find ...
Nagi v Brooki: Down to the last crumb
16 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Two whip-smart journos join us to discuss the cookbook controversy. Sexism, intellectual property law, and who was the first person to stick a lemon u...
The uni students who turned their backs on Jews
15 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jewish groups are condemning what they say was antisemitism and racism on a university campus. University of Sydney students have voted to reject a ne...
Mushroom expert told authorities death cap poisoning was impossible
14 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
No sign of death caps - that was the judgment of a leading mushroom expert asked to analyse beef Wellington from Erin Patterson’s fatal lunch. T...
Whistleblower’s tale of a bankrupt tycoon’s NDIS ‘rort’
13 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Crime journo Dave Murray uses his shoeleather journalism skills to report a ballooning scandal about the National Disability Insurance Scheme Find out...
Winners and losers in Albo’s big shakeup
12 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A new Attorney-General, Plibersek demoted, Dreyfus and Husic to the backbench: the thinking behind Anthony Albanese’s reshuffle - and who’...
Pope Leo vs China
11 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
China is cracking down on religious freedom and Pope Leo XIV faces a raging controversy about a deal his predecessor signed with Xi Xinping’s Co...
Trent Dalton reveals his deeply personal new book
09 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The nicest man in journalism and literature is Trent Dalton, our colleague here at The Australian and global bestselling author of Boy Swallows Univer...
Roger Rogerson’s first kill? The mystery of ‘Shotgun Johnny’ Regan
08 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The 1974 murder of ‘Shotgun Johnny’ Regan has never been solved. Now, his family wants answers. That’s where The Australian’s ...
Could Kashmir trigger nuclear war between India and Pakistan?
07 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As missiles, artillery fire and claims of terrorism fly between India and Pakistan over the disputed territory of Kashmir, we ask Foreign Editor Greg ...
Erin Patterson’s elderly uncle on surviving deadly mushroom lunch
06 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The only survivor of a deadly mushroom lunch has told a jury after eating allegedly poisoned beef Wellington, he led a prayer for his niece, who is pl...
How Labor and the Libs could freeze out the Greens
05 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Greens are bragging they’ll host the balance of power. But how well did the Greens really do at this election - and could Labor and the Libe...
What Albo 2.0 will do with his immense new power
04 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Medicare, energy, tax, workplace change and reconciliation: Federal Labor celebrates an historic victory and the devastated Liberals look for a new le...
A portrait the Archibald Prize rejected: Jewish leader Alex Ryvchin, by Johannes Leak
02 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As the annual controversy swirls around the finalists for the Archibald Prize, we look at an artwork that didn’t make the cut: a moving portrait...
Mushroom cook Erin Patterson did ‘taste tests’ on kids, husband alleges
01 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Emotional testimony by Crown witness Simon Patterson in the murder trial of his wife Erin, who has pleaded not guilty to deliberately poisoning elderl...