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Scams have become a constant part of life. In a world full of distrust, how can we know what is real?

There is something depressing about being scammed. Every unknown number, every marketplace purchase, every text with a link now arrives with suspicion

The Guardian - AU · Aug 17

Could I endure a frigid Canberra winter? Not in my wildest, electric dreams

The best part of my day was sliding into that boiling bed! But then I’d wake at 1am like a piece of lasagne that is burnt on one side and frozen on the other

The Guardian - AU · Jul 23

What would our lives look like if we no longer had to work? As a thought experiment, I tried to imagine

The abundance that AI promises to deliver represents an enormous and radical opportunity – a chance to reconnect with the ancient project of how to live

The Guardian - AU · Jul 3

Expat influencers sold Dubai to the world and were paid to look the other way. Now the dream is crumbling

The Maseratis are borrowed, the helicopters rented by the hour. But deep down Dubai is a lonely place, built by oppressed people

The Guardian - AU · Mar 30

Hollywood’s idea of beauty once meant polished and slim, not altered and gaunt. This new look is unsettling

When movie stars are no longer people we aspire to look like, does it spell the end of Hollywood’s cultural power?

The Guardian - AU · Mar 12

Somebody to love: should AI relationships stay taboo or will they become the intelligent choice?

How will AI destroy the world as we know it? Not through evil. My guess is it will do it through love

The Guardian - AU · Nov 14, 2025

Going to the gym was too much effort, until I moved into one

What would happen if you removed the obstacle of having to get to the gym? Brigid Delaney spends a week finding out

The Guardian - AU · Oct 11, 2025

Trent Dalton, Bri Lee and Melissa Leong’s ‘raw’ memoir: the best Australian books out in October

Each month Guardian Australia editors and critics pick the upcoming titles they have devoured – or can’t wait to get their hands on

The Guardian - AU · Oct 4, 2025

Who is in the cast of Wellmania? The hilarious Netflix show starring Celeste Barber

Wellmania is Netflix's newest hit show, featuring Celeste Barber

Woman & Home · Apr 22, 2023

The week in TV: Succession; Great Expectations; The Power; Wellmania – review

Don’t be fooled by the subdued return of the raging Roys; Olivia Colman gives Miss Havisham her mojo back; and Toni Collette heads a gripping adaptation of Naomi Alderman’s sci-fi bestseller

The Guardian - UK · Apr 2, 2023