The October 17 edition
The Baby Boomers stuck in a Catch-22 | The stranger-than-fiction life of an author | The court volunteers helping traumatised witnesses | How to write a haiku
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This school is so popular thousands miss out on entry every year
Mac.Robertson Girls’ High School was named after the inventor of the Freddo Frog. More than 90 years on, its place in our public school system is still being debated.
My colleague’s long, pointy fingernails make me retch
As retchy as long, pointy fingernails can be, there might be a good reason for them, writes our Modern Guru.
Many years ago I began writing 100-word short stories. Some would argue that’s too long
How the traditional art of haiku-writing can help us focus on the present.
‘I feel like I’m going to be sick’: Witnesses and victims are often traumatised in court. Enter an army of volunteers
The courtroom can be a confronting place for witnesses as well as victims – but court volunteers offer a reassuring presence.
The winner is Cindy: The story behind Brisbane 2032’s emblem inspiration
A pink cockatoo from the Glass House Mountains became the unlikely muse for the Brisbane 2032 Games identity after a rainy-day shoot with photographer Joel Sartore.
My view from the news chair: the worst of the mob is coming for us
“We, the people” increasingly deal with each other not through parliaments or church halls but through a digital space whose profits depend on us fighting each other.
Last lap at Wenty Park as greyhounds go the final distance
Sydney’s Wentworth Park gets a new, better and less cruel lease of life.
Damned if you work, damned if you retire: The Baby Boomers stuck in a catch-22
It’s a generation that has been defined by a fat-cat minority – but Boomers are increasingly working well past retirement age.
EV boom zaps second-hand prices for petrol and diesel cars
As Australian drivers upgrade to EVs, they’re offloading their old fuel-reliant cars en masse – and prices are falling rapidly.
Musk settles election lottery lawsuits over $1 million voter giveaways
Tech mogul Elon Musk agreed to settle two lawsuits over his $1 million check handouts to battleground voters in the 2024 election, according to court filings published Thursday. The suits, filed in the Western District of Texas, accused the Tesla and SpaceX CEO of defrauding voters when his America PAC offered a $1 million giveaway...
AI safety group pushes for tighter export controls, limits on 'vastly superhuman AI'
A conservative AI safety group is calling for the U.S. to implement tighter restrictions on advanced chip sales to China and limit the development of “vastly superhuman AI” as part of a new framework for AI policy. Humans First, chaired by former Tea Party leader Amy Kremer, laid out what it described as an “America...