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On his way to the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro in November, Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Peruvian President Dina Boluarte to officially...
After many years of heated debate over whether January 26 is an appropriate date to celebrate Australia Day – with some councils and other groups...
Existing policies to tackle environmental challenges fail to take into account that biodiversity loss, climate change and pollution are intertwined...
There are two verses to Advance Australia Fair, but do you know the second? Probably not. It’s in our citizenship booklet, Our Common Bond,...
Before the end of its first full day of operations, the new Trump administration gutted all advisory panels for the Department of Homeland...
Most of us are fortunate that, when we turn on the tap, clean, safe and high-quality water comes out. But a senate inquiry into the presence of...
US President Donald Trump has called time on working from home. An executive order signed on the first day of his presidency this week requires all...
A barbecue, a protest … or a good book? We asked some of our leading historians to choose an essential Australia Day read. Here are the works...
Murray crayfish once thrived in the southern Murray-Darling Basin. The species was found everywhere from the headwaters of the Murray and...
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon’s state-of-the-nation address yesterday focused on growth above all else. We shouldn’t rush to judgement, but...
This week Prince Harry achieved something few before him have: an admission of guilt and unlawful behaviour from the Murdoch media organisation....
As Australian families prepare for term 1, many will receive letters from their public schools asking them to pay fees. While public schools are...
A national Resolve poll for Nine newspapers, conducted January 15–21 from a sample of 1,610, gave the Coalition a 51–49 lead using 2022...
Reforms to the Companies Act are meant to make Aotearoa New Zealand an easier and safer place to do business. But key gaps in the reforms mean they...
Aristotle’s Poetics has arguably influenced modern culture more than any other ancient text. The Greek philosopher’s 4th century BCE treatise on...
From next week, schools will start to return for term 1. This can be a nervous time for some students, who might be anxious about new teachers,...
Australia has been unique in the anglosphere for decades, as its independent publishers have resisted the forces of conglomeration and remained...
We’ve all seen the marketing message “handmade with love”. It’s designed to tug at our heartstrings, suggesting extra care and affection went...
Last year, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) issued at least nine recall notices on products that didn’t comply with the...
Over 20 years ago, then Indonesian president Megawati Soekarnoputri banned the export of sea sand from her archipelago nation. The ban was in...
The war in Gaza will leave its mark in many ways, long after the recently negotiated ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas. One legacy relates to...
In 1961, aged 19, Bob Dylan left home in Minnesota for New York City and never looked back. Unknown when he arrived, he would later be widely...
Among the blizzard of executive orders issued by Donald Trump on his first day back in the Oval Office was one titled Restoring Names that Honor...
In one of his first moves as the 47th President of the United States, Donald Trump announced a new US$500 billion project called Stargate to...
Donald Trump’s plan to withdraw the United States from the World Health Organization (WHO) has been met with dismay in the public health field....
“Motherhood,” the beleaguered stay-at-home mother of Nightbitch tells us in contemplative voice-over, “is probably the most violent experience a...
On his last day in office, outgoing United States President Joe Biden issued a number of preemptive pardons essentially to protect some leading...
Whether improving your flexibility was one of your new year’s resolutions, or you’ve been inspired watching certain tennis stars warming up at...
Would you give up your sense of smell to keep your hair? What about your phone? A 2022 US study compared smell to other senses (sight and hearing)...
On his first day back in office as United States president, Donald Trump gave formal notice of his nation’s exit from the Paris Agreement – a...
Data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics show prisoner numbers are growing in every Australian state and territory — except Victoria....
The Albanese government if re-elected will provide a $10,000 incentive payment to apprentices to work in housing construction. The promise will be...
Anxiety, a philosophical guide is a book of therapeutic philosophy. Author Samir Chopra’s aim is to take us through the history of philosophy,...
Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) recently issued a safety alert requiring extra warnings to be included with the asthma and hay...
Roblox isn’t just another video game – it’s a massive virtual universe where nearly 90 million people from around the world create, play and...
Sydney’s Hyde Park Barracks was built between 1817 and 1819 to house male convicts. The barracks is World Heritage Listed for its convict history,...
The Black Friday bushfires which swept across southeastern Australia in January 1939 have been remembered as a deadly and traumatic event. Most...
Last week, Australian Open player Destanee Aiava revealed she had struggled with borderline personality disorder. The tennis player said a formal...
The Brutalist has drawn attention this week for its use of artificial intelligence (AI) to refine some of the actors’ dialogue. Emilia Pérez, a...
Every day, about 48.5 tonnes of space rock hurtle towards Earth. Meteorites that fall into the ocean are never recovered. But the ones that crash...
Humans are causing enormous damage to the Earth, and about one million plant and animal species are now at risk of extinction. Keeping track of...
On his first day in office, Donald Trump launched his second term with a barrage of executive orders. Unsurprisingly, many could have a major...
Australian photographer Carol Jerrems took an expansive approach to portraiture. She experimented with seriality – constructing narratives and...
When a tennis player serves at 200km/h in 30°C heat, their clothing isn’t just fabric. It becomes a key part of their performance. Modern tennis...
Picture this. It’s a summer evening in Australia. A dry lightning storm is about to sweep across remote, tinder-dry bushland. The next day is...
It’s been a significant day for diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs in the United States. Such initiatives are about providing equality...
Anecdotal reports from some professionals have prompted concerns about young people using prescription benzodiazepines such as Xanax for...
It’s now official. Last year was the warmest year on record globally and the first to exceed 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels. This doesn’t mean...
Mark Raphael Baker began writing his final book, A Season of Death, from his hospital bed, in the wake of his terminal pancreatic cancer diagnosis....
Five years since the start of the COVID pandemic, it can feel as if trust in the knowledge of experts and scientific evidence is in crisis. But...
If you’ve been on a summertime stroll in recent weeks, chances are you’ve seen a red flowering gum, Corymbia ficifolia. This species comes from...
After rejecting calls for months, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese finally summoned a Tuesday national cabinet meeting to discuss Australia’s...
A South Korean boy band you’ve probably never heard of recently made history by becoming the first act to debut at No. 1 on the US Billboard 200...
Today, in the Capitol Rotunda in Washington DC, the 47th President of the United States was sworn into office. The second Trump era has begun. In...
Freshly elected US president Donald Trump has exercised his usual degree of modesty and named his newly launched cryptocurrency or memecoin,...
If you’ve ever seen people at the gym or the park jumping, hopping or hurling weighted balls to the ground, chances are they were doing...
Today, in the Capitol Rotunda in Washington DC, the 47th President of the United States was sworn into office. The second Trump era has begun. In...
Donald Trump is an unusual United States president in that he may be the first to strike greater anxiety in allies than in adversaries. Take the...
Aluminium is an exceptionally useful metal. Lightweight, resistant to rust and able to be turned into alloys with other metals. Small wonder it’s...
In a piece of pure political theatre, Donald Trump began his second presidency by signing a host of executive orders before a rapturous crowd of...
In a piece of pure political theatre, Donald Trump began his second presidency by signing a host of executive orders before a rapturous crowd of...
Tennis fans are once again filling Melbourne Park for the 2025 Australian Open, after setting an all-time attendance record in 2024. The Australian...
Nowadays, we probably never stop to think about why money was invented. If you are a cynical person, you won’t be surprised to learn the prime...
Ozempic and Wegovy are increasingly available in Australia and worldwide to treat type 2 diabetes and obesity. The dramatic effects of these drugs,...
Superbugs that are resistant to existing antibiotics are a growing health problem around the world. Globally, nearly five million people die from...
Podcasting is the medium of choice for millions of listeners looking for the latest commentary on almost any topic. In Australia, it’s estimated...
In the wake of Donald Trump’s election victory, Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg fired the fact-checking team for his company’s social...
A national Freshwater poll for The Financial Review, conducted January 17–19 from a sample of 1,063, gave the Coalition a 51–49 lead, unchanged...
Home gardens can provide vital habitat for Australian birds. But there’s more to it than just planting certain types of shrubs and flowering...
Warren Buffet once famously said: “you only find out who is swimming naked when the tide goes out.” In this context, the US government’s...
With almost all menswear bought off the rack or online today, the “shoddy dropper” has long passed into obscurity. This 1920s slang term, used...
On the eve of Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration, the world is braced for more of what has been described as his instinct for “weaponised...
While the Australian book market was down 3% last year, genre fiction – popular on BookTok – was among the rare categories that grew. Since...
Watch any match at this year’s Australian Open and you’ll see balls curving in the air or bouncing higher or lower than expected. Players such...
According to the latest reports, TikTok has restored services in the United States after “going dark” on Saturday evening US time. The company...
Laura (Radha Mitchell) is an ambitious investment banker living in London with her husband and three children, at the peak of her career. When she...
With the goal of doubling exports over the next ten years, the National Party’s Boosting Growth Through Trade policy is now central to the...
When British TV doctor Michael Mosley died last year in Greece after walking in extreme heat, local police said “heat exhaustion” was a...
Around the world, humans routinely kill carnivores to protect livestock and game, increase human safety and conserve native wildlife....
The World Health Organization (WHO) recently released new estimates suggesting around 846 million people aged between 15 and 49 live with a genital...
Public trust in scientists is vital. It can help us with personal decisions on matters like health and provide evidence-based policymaking to...