No let-up in coffee prices as bean supplies stabilise
A stabilisation in commodity prices is welcome news to Australian coffee and chocolate producers, but years of inflation have pushed businesses to their limits.
Lifestyle
All about life in Canberra
The annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas indicates we could be headed into a future with cleaning robots, noisy Lego and bathroom mirrors that assess health
Why do we wake up shortly before our alarm goes off? It’s not by chance.
Do you have to rinse out my swimsuit after the pool? Textile scientist CAROLINA RODRIGUEZ has the answer.
Wine
Local white blend leads the year’s top drops
Wine writer RICHARD CALVER takes to his notes and his nose to line up his top five wines for 2025.
Health & Fitness
Why do I seem to get sick as soon as I take time off?
Why do some people seem to get sick as soon as they take time off? It's complicated, says THEA VAN DE MORTEL.
Somebody tell 2027 to wait his turn... we're just getting started, says cartoonist PAUL DORIN.
Gardening writer JACKIE WARBURTON is having a great season keeping the bugs at bay. How did she do it?
Dining reviewer WENDY JOHNSON's sunk her teeth into selecting her favourite restaurants for the year.
Oprah Winfrey started using weight-loss medication two and a half years ago.
Paul Dorin concludes his Christmas series. Good luck at the returns counter!
Santa's getting a little help for his mental health, reports cartoonist PAUL DORIN.
Christmas Eve has its challenges for Father Christmas, reports cartoonist PAUL DORIN.
What’s the difference between deodorant and antiperspirant? Quite a lot, actually, says DANIEL ELDRIDGE.
Things can a little tight around Christmas, says cartoonist PAUL DORIN.
Legendary Australian batter Steve Smith was unwell for the third Ashes test. But columnist ROBERT MACKLIN praises the acting captain's leadership in winning the second test.
Weather was the main player in what success we had in our gardens this year, and what survived our long, cold winter with little sunshine, says gardening columnist JACKIE WARBURTON.
"I believe it's important to harness the buying power of larger groups... but nothing should subsume appropriate privacy protection," says wine columnist RICHARD CALVER.
