| | | | Survivors of December's devastating tsunami in Indonesia are not yet out of the woods, with locals and tourists alike fearing a second disaster as the Anak Krakatau volcano continues to violently erupt. | | | | Residents of a quiet Sydney suburb are looking for answers from a major telco after it revealed plans to place a number of new telecommunication "small cell boxes" outside their homes without any approval. | | | | Policymakers have now embarked on the extremely difficult task of deflating a property bubble with the aim of engineering a soft landing — so far so good, writes Phillip Lasker. | | | | An 18-year-old Saudi woman on her way to seek asylum in Australia is being held in an airport hotel in Bangkok, and says her family will kill her if she is forced back to Saudi Arabia. | | | | It's used widely by large corporations, universities, churches and even the US military, but the Myers-Briggs test has little science behind it. | | | | White House national security adviser John Bolton adds a new condition to the slowing US withdrawal from Syria, saying Turkey must agree to protect the United States' Kurdish allies. | | | | Former Test opener Ed Cowan says there needs to be an overhaul to Australian cricket's national selection panel, with more current or recently retired players involved in the process. | | | | Every so often Tasmanians get fed up with being left off the map, and threaten (or promise) to secede from the mainland. Could they do a "Texit" and split from the rest of Australia? We look at the pros and cons. | | | | The Socceroos' 1-0 loss to Jordan strips any pretence of Asian Cup favouritism from the defending champions, putting the spotlight on a team lacking a functioning system under Graham Arnold, writes James Maasdorp. | | | | Awards season is in full swing, with the Golden Globes all set to get underway in Beverly Hills. Keep up with all the winners in every category as they're announced. | | | | Four decades ago today, the Khmer Rouge regime that killed 2 million Cambodians in the 1970s collapsed. But despite massive economic and social change in the years since, the country is still searching for reconciliation. | | | | Given the incredibly rich and complex creativity of the dreaming mind, why do some themes routinely appear? | | | | The (incorrect) assertion that "you can't go out for a duck any more" in junior cricket has been added to the long list of far more relevant reasons why Australia's batting has paled beside that of India this summer, writes Richard Hinds. | | | | If your fitness goals for the year are to stay healthy and maintain your fitness, you might be wondering: How much exercise do you really need to do each week? | | | | Scott Morrison says "intolerance does not make Australia stronger", while Labor criticises the Prime Minister for not condemning independent senator Fraser Anning for attending a rally where some far-right protesters made Nazi salutes. | | | | Kevin Sweeney steps down from his role as Chief of Staff to the Secretary of Defence, days after the departure of General James Mattis and Chief Pentagon Spokeswoman Dana W White. | | | | In a bid to improve results in the classroom, Tanya Plibersek says a Labor government would restrict entry to the top 30 per cent of students if the education sector does not take action sooner. | | | | Indian Pacific, the first of several slow TV journeys on SBS in January, is both boring and profound, for reasons that at first I didn't understand, writes Paul Donoughue. | |  |
By James Maasdorp | |  |
By finance correspondent Phillip Lasker | |  |
By Offsiders columnist Richard Hinds | |  |
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