John Elder
What if they staged a royal wedding and nobody came?
Two days before her wedding to a tequila executive – “the second royal wedding in a year”, as the tabloids relentlessly trumpet...
Parry and thrust: Shorten dodges skewering on tax cuts for small business
Small business looks set to get a rare and easy leg-up as Scott Morrison and Bill Shorten do a little dance over...
Bob Jane: An unapologetic battler to the end
The miracle of Bob Jane is he lived so long. His style was to run at things full-steam, head-down and never let...
Born lazy: How our brain keeps us on the couch
Does it feel like you have a voice in your head that talks you out of going to the gym or for...
Gas leak: Government tries to release its greenhouse news on the quiet
The Morrison government stands accused of trying to sneak-release the latest greenhouse gas emission figures – they’ve gone up, again – by...
Jacinda bites in the Big Apple: NZ First Family on charm offensive
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern lived up to her “anti-Trump” tag in a speech to the United Nations General Assembly. “Me...
Hubble bubble, now we’re in trouble: A lake-side view of the apocalypse
Storms, fire, drought and for anyone not convinced climate change is ugly, a lake in the Arctic is behaving as if possessed...
Biggest bird ever confirmed: our own ‘demon duck of doom’ close second
The biggest bird that ever lived has a new name – Big Bird, or “vorombe” in Malagasy, the national language of Madagascar,...
‘The most wow moment’: Arizona family’s TV ads endorse their Trump-loving brother’s political foe
The world loves a gripping family drama – which is why millions of jaws are dropping at news that a Republican congressman...
Chronic back pain sufferers respond to placebo sugar pills, study finds
Scientists have found they can reliably predict which patients suffering from chronic back pain will respond to a sugar pill. People with...