Sam Neill saw an extra walk off set. What he did next stayed with the actor for years

Chris Thomas was not the star of the television series. He did not have Sam Neill’s fame, decades of screen credits or place in cinema history. But…

Sydney childcare worker Hamish Tait faces 329 charges as police search for 22 more alleged victims

A former Sydney childcare worker has been publicly identified as the man facing 329 child abuse charges after federal police said they had identified 136 alleged victims…

‘They just wanted to be home together’: Couple married 65 years found after leaving aged care

For 65 years, Colin and Claudette Geraghty had faced life together. When dementia and declining health pushed them into care, it appears the elderly couple wanted one…

China fired a missile into the Pacific. Australia’s politicians are still governing as if history has stopped

Commentary | A Chinese nuclear-powered submarine fired a long-range ballistic missile into the Pacific and, for a brief moment, Australia was given a glimpse of the world…

Albanese says migration is falling. Voters feeling the squeeze may decide that is not enough

Anthony Albanese has a migration problem that cannot be solved simply by pointing to a falling number on a government chart. The Prime Minister can say net…

Pauline Hanson has finally lost ground. Barnaby Joyce says her bluntness is the point — voters may be saying otherwise

For months, Pauline Hanson’s political rise appeared to obey a simple rule. The more controversy surrounding the One Nation leader, the stronger her party became. Criticism from…

Iran may not need a nuclear bomb to hurt Australia — the Strait of Hormuz has exposed our economic weak point

Iran may have discovered that it does not need a nuclear weapon to hold the world hostage. It already controls the geography for an economic one. That…

Sam Neill dies suddenly at 78, leaving behind far more than the man who survived Jurassic Park

Sam Neill, the New Zealand actor who became one of the most familiar and quietly beloved faces in world cinema, has died suddenly in Sydney at the…

Joyce wants the RBA to tell governments what to do. That is not central bank independence — it is politicians outsourcing politics

Barnaby Joyce has identified a real problem in Australia’s economic debate. Then he has proposed a solution that risks making the problem worse. The One Nation treasury…

Barnaby Joyce admits One Nation has an economics problem. His first big answer is to shake up the RBA

Barnaby Joyce has made an admission rarely heard from a political party polling within reach of the government benches. One Nation, he says, has not yet established…