David Littleproud says he’s acting on principle as he blows up the Coalition over the hate-speech bill and likely condemns ...

George Brandis at Parliament House in Canberra, March 2014, discussing the Abbott government’s plans to to amend the the Racial Discrimination Act © AAP Image ...

And they don’t get the intensity of heat that we get here, when the desert sends its probes towards us, usually from the ...

The acclaimed Australian crime writer had a deep appreciation for the folly of things Email was invented entirely for the benefit of Peter Temple. He knew this and he made full use of the fact. From ...

Wahidullah Waissi, Australian ambassador for Afghanistan, at the G7+ Ministerial Meeting in Dili, Timor-Leste, April 2025 As Taliban consular officers are permitted to enter Germany, attention turns ...

2025: Donald Trump’s presidency has given Australia the chance to recover its distinctive voice in world affairs We are experiencing another bout of panic about whether or not we are loved by America, ...

There is little I can add to this searing, stunning open letter, lest I be guilty of trying to summarise it myself. But it is rather unfortunate that the people who most need to read it are the people ...

A key architect of the corruption commission calls for its head to resign after the latest controversy The commissioner of the two-year-old National Anti-Corruption Commission, Paul Brereton, has ...

Dark Emu appeared in bookshops in March 2014 much as most books do: with a brief publicity campaign arranged by its publisher. Bruce Pascoe was already something of a public figure – as well as ...

2025: With Australia’s political institutions being key to its prosperity, do we require a form of conservative radicalism to preserve them? When I proposed the title for this talk to the ABC, I was ...

Researchers are testing the likelihood of AI turning on us – and the possibilities are at best alarming You can make the case that rapid change always brings existential dread. Or that there’s nothing ...