From policy failures and unfair fees to low competition, Australia's pharmacy sector is being held back. Authors of a new Grattan Institute report, PETER BREADON, MIA JESSURUN and MOLLY CHAPMAN show how it can be set up for the future.
"By the PM’s behaviour, he has arguably demeaned women by subjecting them to judgment about whom he was willing to “shag, marry or date”. Whether they had a view on it or not." Columnist ROBERT McMAHON thinks Albanese has gone too far.
Sometimes it feels like Netflix is trying to dig around for the most macabre concept it can find to push into a streaming doco hit. Well, they might have just found it with Maternal Instinct," writes streaming columnist NICK OVERALL.
"Two matters in the legal arena illustrate how secret decision making is now suspect: that distrust has replaced trust." Columnist HUGH SELBY laments how quickly expectations of probity, decency and fairness in public life have fallen.
Bamboo can make an effective privacy screen, but in Canberra it is best grown in pots to avoid it becoming a long-term garden problem, writes gardening columnist JACKIE WARBURTON.
Political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN believes artificial intelligence offers the Albanese government its best hope of lifting productivity, but balancing its economic promise against its risks will be no easy task.
Two cultural icons of the 20th century – Marilyn Monroe and Stephen King – have been assessed through their books. In Monroe's case, the books she read or owned; in King's, the books he wrote early in his career. COLIN STEELE reviews them.
"The prices in Nordic countries for wine are eye-watering. In Iceland, the most expensive destination an average glass of white wine (an unimpressive pinot grigio) was $28 a glass," bemoans our travelling wine writer RICHARD CALVER.
A true local with a solid following, Gryphons Caffe Bar has held a prime possie on the dining scene at Griffith shops since 2012, writes dining reviewer WENDY JOHNSON.
As the Jewish community mourns the victims of the Bondi Beach terror attack Israel's ambassador has visited the site, as Australia considers tighter gun laws.
Mushroom cook Erin Patterson intentionally poisoned four members of her estranged husband's family, a jury has found after a week of deliberations.
A coroner has found the death of a 19-year-old Warlpiri-Luritja man in a remote community was avoidable, and the former police officer who shot him was racist.
NSW Premier Chris Minns says women were targeted in the Bondi Junction mass stabbing but lengthy inquiries to come may never conclusively find a motive.
Police have caught several speeding and alleged drug drivers across Canberra in recent days, with two provisional licence holders among those facing lengthy licence suspensions.
In this sponsored post, the team at Anytime Fitness talk about the club's new location in Erindale that opened its doors on June 22, providing local residents with opportunity to invest in their health closer home.
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Could this be Australia’s warmest winter ever? And does a warm winter have consequences for Australia’s next summer?, ask climate experts MILTON SPEER and LANCE M LESLIE
Singer Art Garfunkel says he and longtime musical partner Paul Simon have 'found peace' decades after the ups and downs of one of music's greatest duos.
Police have caught several speeding and alleged drug drivers across Canberra in recent days, with two provisional licence holders among those facing lengthy licence suspensions.
After a life where he made skin cancer largely beatable and greatly accelerated brain cancer research, an Australian of the Year winner has been farewelled.
New rules for the university sector aim to crack down on racism on campus, but the opposition believes more action is needed.
Support for Pauline Hanson has fallen as rival parties say voters are starting to wake up to the reality of One Nation policies.
A 69-year-old woman was allegedly assaulted at her Dickson home after answering the door to a stranger late last month.
A 56-year-old Chifley man has been charged after allegedly making repeated nuisance calls to Triple Zero and the police assistance line over the weekend.
Young provisional drivers pay the highest car insurance premiums in Australia, with new research showing 17-year-old P-platers face average annual premiums of $3897.
More than 800 free plants will be given away at Haig Park in Braddon from 11.30am on Wednesday, July 15.
An influx of expected passengers for the upcoming Brisbane 2032 Olympics was one of the drivers for digitising Australia's outdated arrival declaration forms.
"By the PM’s behaviour, he has arguably demeaned women by subjecting them to judgment about whom he was willing to “shag, marry or date”. Whether they had a view on it or not." Columnist ROBERT McMAHON thinks Albanese has gone too far.
Political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN believes artificial intelligence offers the Albanese government its best hope of lifting productivity, but balancing its economic promise against its risks will be no easy task.
"Two matters in the legal arena illustrate how secret decision making is now suspect: that distrust has replaced trust." Columnist HUGH SELBY laments how quickly expectations of probity, decency and fairness in public life have fallen.
"As another financial year begins, the national conversation should move beyond the assumption that bigger is always better." CLIVE WILLIAMS says the question is not how to make the economy bigger, but how to make Australians better off.
"I come not to bury Shane, but to compost him". New Greens leader Jo Clay shares her cure for the Rattenbury hangover with KEEPING UP THE ACT.
Labor's “Aquatic Strategy” promises that “options to deliver a new public 50-metre outdoor pool in Woden will be progressed”. But progressing options differs from a commitment, says BEATRICE BODART-BAILEY.
With tenders called, with 'indecent haste', RICHARD JOHNSTON says we’re back pretty much at square one again, after 15 years of fruitless effort around the moribund Kingston Arts Precinct.
"The ACT Government can break the law, give false information, not listen to the community and all’s good." Letter writer PENNY MOYES, of Hughes, challenged a government minister.
Sardonic, but is this a sad sign of the times, wonders cartoonist PAUL DORIN.
"Younger people need to ask, is this how I want mum and dad treated? And what awaits me when I reach a ripe old age?" BRETT HEFFERNAN, CEO of the Australian Private Hospitals Association,
One of Canberra's busiest young theatre directors, Lachlan Houen, is leaving the capital for Melbourne after several years in which he has become a familiar figure both onstage and behind the scenes.
The revival of Graeme Murphy’s exquisite staging of Franz Lehár’s 120-year-old operetta, The Merry Widow, at the Sydney Opera House powerfully demonstrates why it was destined to become an audience favourite, reviews BILL STEPHENS.
Here's arts editor HELEN MUSA's latest Arts in the City column.
NICK HORN reviews Muse and Musings: The Chopin-Viardot Mazurka Dialogues, a performance by Anna Fraser, Claire Burrell-McDonald and Giulio Biddau.
The European Commission is threatening to cut vital funding to The Venice Biennale over the reopening of the Russian pavilion at the celebrated art show.
Sometimes it feels like Netflix is trying to dig around for the most macabre concept it can find to push into a streaming doco hit. Well, they might have just found it with Maternal Instinct," writes streaming columnist NICK OVERALL.
A post-covid 50th birthday party conversation about middle age and menopause was the catalyst behind the musical Middle Raged, directed by Priscilla Jackman, reviews SAMARA PURNELL.
MICHAEL WILSON reviews Musica Viva Australia's frequent collaborators over forty years, Leila Josefowicz (violin) and John Novacek (piano) meet for an "intriguing and ambitious assembly of works which challenged musical convention".
A First Nations dance company is set to be awarded a major accolade at the Venice Biennale - but says it represents just 35 of 65,000 years of stories.
From policy failures and unfair fees to low competition, Australia's pharmacy sector is being held back. Authors of a new Grattan Institute report, PETER BREADON, MIA JESSURUN and MOLLY CHAPMAN show how it can be set up for the future.
Bamboo can make an effective privacy screen, but in Canberra it is best grown in pots to avoid it becoming a long-term garden problem, writes gardening columnist JACKIE WARBURTON.
In this sponsored post, the team at Anytime Fitness talk about the club's new location in Erindale that opened its doors on June 22, providing local residents with opportunity to invest in their health closer home.
Sponsored Content
"The prices in Nordic countries for wine are eye-watering. In Iceland, the most expensive destination an average glass of white wine (an unimpressive pinot grigio) was $28 a glass," bemoans our travelling wine writer RICHARD CALVER.
A true local with a solid following, Gryphons Caffe Bar has held a prime possie on the dining scene at Griffith shops since 2012, writes dining reviewer WENDY JOHNSON.
"We visited my grandparents as often as we could. They couldn’t have been more different: on my dad’s side, it felt like an etiquette school; on my mum’s, a fun park. I loved being at both" writes PAUL DORIN.
Our joints are subject to the inevitable wear-and-tear of age, but low-impact exercise can help and are worth trying, writes GORDON WADDINGTON.
Archaeologists say they have unearthed fourth-century quarters in Egypt, revealing residential and religious structures including a basilica church.
Gardening writer JACKIE WARBURTON says the Australian National Botanic Gardens demonstrate how native plants can be grown successfully in our region, how large they become and provide ideas that can be adapted for your own garden.
