The label is everywhere – from reality TV to relationship advice and even the US president. But psychologists say true narcissistic personality disorder is rare, complex and often misunderstood. The term narcissist has become the defining insult of our age. It can seem like a convenient catch-all for various kinds of crappy human behaviour as…
阅读中文版本 Elon Musk tweets a lot but one recent post stuck out. “我的儿子正在学习普通话,” he wrote. “My son is currently learning Mandarin.” The Musks are not the only wealthy family with an interest in learning China’s official language. Some of Donald Trump’s grandchildren are also learning it, as are the children of Amazon boss Jeff Bezos…
Two hikers lost in Kosciuszko National Park have been found by a drone powered by artificial intelligence, in what Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) is calling a first-of-its-kind mission. The men, both in their early 20s, were reported missing at 7pm on Tuesday while hiking the Dead Horse Gap walking track, 35 kilometres south-west of…
Acclaimed winemaker Ben Radford has introduced a new and surprising line-up of sparklings at a historic vineyard in South Australia’s Barossa Valley. The bottles look at home among his cellar door wines, but when the cork pops, what pours out is actually beer. Ben Radford is growing barley as well as wine grapes on his…
Australian students are less satisfied with their university degrees than ever before, according to a long-running survey. Less than three-quarters, or 74.9 per cent of undergraduates were “overall satisfied”, according to the Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching (QILT) survey, which looked at 120,000 graduates from 136 higher education providers, including all 42 Australian universities….
The rapid rise of household batteries, 600,000 and counting, is reshaping Australia’s electricity grid and reducing the need for some new transmission lines, according to the latest electricity blueprint released today. The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) releases an Integrated System Plan (ISP) every two years and models the optimal development path (ODP) for Australia’s…
New South Wales Opposition Leader Kellie Sloane has channelled the American rapper Eminem in a budget reply speech that promised businesses a tax cut and Sydneysiders a new metro line. The Liberal MP for Vaucluse began her speech on Thursday with a quote from rapper’s 2002 track Lose Yourself, accusing Labor of squandering its opportunity…
It was always a matter of when, not if, bird flu would arrive on mainland Australia. Australia was free of H5N1 bird flu until two seabirds confirmed to have the virus were discovered in Western Australia last week. Since then, a third bird infected with the virus has been detected in South Australia. But while…
A councillor in Melbourne’s outer-west plans to continue in her role, despite being handed a two-month suspension for misconduct. Melton Councillor Ashleigh Vandenberg has also announced she plans to run against the Labor party in the upcoming state election for the seat of Sydenham. It is the latest development in tensions between Labor-aligned Melton councillors,…
Federal politician David Pocock has clashed with a senior Albanese government minister over a whistleblower claim that federal cabinet is considering plans to let AI companies train on Australian copyright material. Industry and Science Minister Tim Ayres accused Mr Pocock in Parliament of “reckless speculation” for airing the claim, while Mr Pocock said Mr Ayres…