The shocking attack on Helen Haines adds weight to warnings that our political discourse is being supercharged by online hate ...

Three forces are reshaping Asia and Australia’s place in it: the decline of one empire, the rise of another, and the ...

Beware the politician who mentions the national interest when changing a decision, and more so when they claim full credit ...

The likely defeat of Victorian Labor next month, amid mounting corruption scandals, will take place in the shadow of ...

In these strange days since OpenAI admitted that its autonomous agents entered four Australian government websites uninvited, new facts are emerging about those incidents. It turns out that not only ...

Three years ago, the government received a 195-page report from a specially commissioned three-person expert review panel on how it should overhaul the migration system. When Home Affairs Minister ...

As sequels and restorations return some celebrated witches to our screens, the author recalls an ’80s childhood being spellbound by classics of the genre New A parcel arrived in my mailbox a couple of ...

While our bookshelves heave with military mythology, where are the Australian novels examining our participation in modern conflicts, including our longest war? New “All wars are fought twice, the ...

Inspired by a Chekhov story, the author’s slender volume explores her separation during the Covid lockdowns from her mother, ...

Six critics nominate their cultural highlights of the year, from visual arts, books, theatre, music and computer games ...