10 long reads for the weekend
Welcome to the weekend. To start off your day, we’ve curated 10 great reads to enjoy.
Rupert Murdoch is stepping down and his son is finally stepping up. But the succession saga is far from over because Rupert isn’t going far.
The media mogul has grown his global businesses through audacious, and high-risk, strategies.
Xi Jinping’s obsession with state security has resurrected a Mao-like spy catcher drive in China and resulted in the removal of two of his top ministers.
The listing of three technology companies in the United States was heralded as the reopening of the markets, but middling debuts are putting a dampener on enthusiasm.
Early voting in remote Indigenous communities starts next week, and with the Yes campaign still badly behind in published opinion polls, some fear the fight might already be lost.
Lachlan Murdoch can be incredibly charming and charismatic. But some call him vindictive and prickly. Once out of the tent, there is rarely a way back in.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews know the power of a snappy TV grab. But they will need more than that to solve the housing crisis.
Team leader turned insurance chief executive Stephen Moore says tough decisions are required to make the sport competitive again in this country.
As a mission statement, the budget may lack the headline grabbing firepower but promises of better service delivery are setting up a big challenge for the new NSW government.
A younger, moneyed generation is funding a new wave of quantified health start-ups that promise elevated, individualised care powered by data and artificial intelligence.
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