Adam Liaw: ‘The most famous person I’ve cooked for? Gordon Ramsay. My wife spilled a jug of water over him’
The TV presenter and cookbook author on eating from a 600-year-old plate, the time he ruined a $300 steak and why garlic crushers are pointless
I spent many of my childhood weekends among gamblers in the local TAB. That seems almost quaint now
With betting now accessible 24/7, the old bricks and mortar shops seem like a nostalgic relic from a gentler time
Losing our religion? Most Australians have no religion, census could show if question was changed
Ahead of the census in August, campaign group suggests current poll design overstates the nation’s religiousness
As One Nation surges in the polls, why are the Greens being left behind?
Experts believe ‘Greens voters and One Nation voters have similar concerns’ and the party must capitalise on an emerging anti-system mood
In my years of spearfishing, I’ve never encountered more sharks than now. But I know where I stand in the underwater pecking order
Underwater is one of the only places I can switch my brain off. A shark encounter comes with the territory – and we all have to adapt to this new normal
Pressed for time? 20 brilliant books you can read in a day
From novels by James Baldwin and Han Kang to a guide to quantum physics – a former Booker prize judge recommends immersive one-sitting wonders