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Lunch with Eddie Izzard keeps you on your toes.

Shakespeare, trans politics and tigers: Lunch with Eddie Izzard is a dizzying business

The British comedian/actor/runner/political aspirant has some left-of-field stories to tell.

  • Nick Galvin

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Hannah Burton and Marc Cote explore the tunnels under the Con in Sydney.

The quest to find Sydney’s phantom love tunnel

We took an opera singer, a tour guide and leading lights from the Con on an underground hunt for a mythical Sydney tunnel. Here’s what we found.

  • Julie Power
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese during question time on Tuesday.

‘Frightening’: Labor luminary hits out at Australian support for Iran strikes

The former foreign minister’s comments came after opposition frontbencher Andrew Hastie said he was comfortable with the US demonstrating its strength as a deterrence to adversarial nations.

  • Matthew Knott and Nick Newling
The former politician was unmoored by the unexpected death of his wife.

Bob Carr on marriage, grief and finally learning how to do a load of laundry

Life became very dark for the former foreign minister after the sudden death of his beloved wife Helena.

  • Jacqueline Maley
Pauline Hanson: Just say No

‘Put One Nation last’: Labor heavyweights want the party to contest byelection

Peter Beattie and Bob Carr have called on Labor to run in the Farrer byelection and preference the Liberals ahead of Pauline Hanson’s One Nation.

  • Rob Harris
Madagascar’s Labord’s chameleon: does it have a challenger for the world’s shortest-lived creature in the Australian political leader?

What Australia’s political chameleons can learn from this Madagascan reptile

It seemed Australia had stopped the turnstile of short-term political leaders, but here we go again.

  • Andy Marks
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Former foreign minister and NSW premier Bob Carr.

Bob v the builders: Former premier in home reno legal stoush

Bob Carr is fighting project managers over a $220,000 fee linked to renovation works on his $8.8 million Coogee penthouse.

  • Kishor Napier-Raman and Gemma Grant
Former Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing.

I survived Tiananmen Square. Seeing Dan Andrews in Beijing made my blood boil

Thirty-five years ago, two of my friends died in my arms. Andrews has prostituted himself to a murderous regime.

  • Helen Shao
Homepage gif Andrews, Kim, Xi, Putin

Daniel Andrews doesn’t care, but he has lost his moral compass

Footage of Andrews posing with Kim Jong-un and Vladimir Putin is not just an opportunity to try out some jokes about Dictator Dan. It’s actually quite serious.

  • James Massola
BEIJING, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 03: Soldiers rehearse prior to the military parade marking the 80th anniversary of victory over Japan and the end of World War II, in Tiananmen Square on September 03, 2025, in Beijing, China. China’s Victory Day military parade serves as a powerful display of national pride and military power. This year’s parade carries heightened geopolitical weight with the attendance of leaders like Vladimir Putin, Kim Jong Un and Narendra Modi, underlining China’s diplomatic alliances as it presents itself as an alternative global leader. (Photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)

China military parade as it happened: Former Victorian premier Daniel Andrews poses for photo with Xi Jinping, Putin and Kim Jong-un in Victory Day parade as Beijing flexes new weapons

Chinese President Xi Jinping will preside over a parade that will showcase China’s cutting-edge weapons systems and strengthening diplomatic reach, in an event designed to cement the country’s status as the leading challenger to US-led global order.

  • Catherine Naylor and Lisa Visentin