The Australian

The 13th Harlan Coben Netflix adaptation has arrived – and a father convicted of killing his own son has never made for more compulsive viewing. Here's more: bit.ly/4prTGl2

Two smash-hit musicals have collapsed in Sydney in a fortnight, leaving theatres dark for six months — performer Rob Mills wonders what we’ve truly lost. Musical theatre: bit.ly/4aVmMUe

A daily tablet approved for use in the US could slash heart attack risk, pharmaceutical giant Merck says. Here's more: bit.ly/4wO3SqA

The Twilight of Exceptionalism argues the nation that once excelled at reform and political pragmatism is now struggling to govern itself in an age of fragmentation and distrust. Review: bit.ly/4flhpyH

He knows they likely contain heavy metals, might make him sick, and could be used in a financial sting. But the allure of a black-market body hack is still strong. Hidden dangers: bit.ly/4wbzLK0

Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey has shattered IMAX Melbourne records with 45,000 tickets sold, as the film tracks toward a $US200m global opening weekend. Here's more: bit.ly/4wH81N8

The One Nation leader addressed the conservative conference amid domestic backlash over her comments on Islam and immigration. Latest: bit.ly/4h3ittV

Anthony Albanese’s stunning triumph in 2025 seemed inconceivable just months earlier. Read the full comment: bit.ly/4f7xOIm

Qantas promised that Classic Plus would never replace Classic Rewards, but two years later its most loyal flyers say premium seats have all but vanished. Robyn Ironside has more: bit.ly/4wkckhm

At what point over the past half-century did Australian society shift to the extent that we now need to be reminded of how to interact with each other? Anti-social media: bit.ly/4wcH4B7

US President thought he’d get a quick win when he launched a war on Iran. Instead, it’s spiralled into the conflict he can neither win nor afford to lose. Read the full comment: bit.ly/3TG7QmQ

This month, Torrie Lewis will be a huge deal as one of the faces of Australia’s Commonwealth Games team in Glasgow, where she will join Lachlan Kennedy and Eddie Nketia in a sprinting revolution rapidly gathering pace.⁣ Read the full story: bit.ly/4wUIksB

A Northern Territory female Aboriginal leader has told a parliamentary inquiry the nation failed the five-year-old girl known in death as Kumanjayi Little Baby. Exclusive: bit.ly/4bN2Kve

How Keir Starmer’s premiership unravelled in just two years and what Andy Burnham must do to succeed as he takes charge at 10 Downing Street. Read the full comment: bit.ly/4fInyXa

Even John Cleese has taken aim at Amnesty International which once pitted itself against tyrants over trans rights. Latest: bit.ly/4fGsgoh

The agency tasked with delivering NSW’s renewable energy future has been accused of bulldozing the very ecosystems the clean energy transition is meant to protect. “There are 66 threatened ­species that will be hastened to ­extinction as a result of the Hunter Transmission Project,’’ Dr Callen says. “We all want renewable energy, but at what cost? Because you can’t get this back.” Read the full story: bit.ly/4bxGmWF

Pauline Hanson says a lot of Islam is ‘based on terrorism’ in one of her biggest attacks yet on the religion, prompting Barnaby Joyce to disagree with his leader. Exclusive: bit.ly/4ypjrGU

Chinese President Xi Jinping has delivered a sharp public challenge to American export controls on advanced technology while pledging to help developing countries build artificial intelligence capabilities, casting Beijing as a responsible leader of an equitable global AI order at a time of intensifying competition with Washington. Yoni Bashan has more: bit.ly/454EMYK

If Rugby Australia had its time again, would it have stumped up the rumoured $600,000 for the Queensland Rugby Union to release coach Les Kiss from the final year of his contract so he could coach the Wallabies instead of looking on from the stands like a stalker? Andrew Webster has more: bit.ly/4fGbTbj

Liberal leader Angus Taylor’s path back to government depends on a gamble that hasn’t been tried before: differentiation. Read the full comment: bit.ly/4fFPmeS