A once world-leading literary festival has been reduced to rubble by political interference, parochial thinking and a Premier who mistook personal conscience for public duty.

As it turned out, that tragedy hastened Catherine’s decline. Only 15 months later, she also passed, aged 70. Now I want to ...

Podiatry plays a vital role in hospital care, supporting recovery, preventing complications and keeping patients mobile during treatment.

When News Corp frames the story, too many journalists stop asking whether the frame is true — and democracy pays the price, writes Dr Victoria Fielding. Since everyone knows News Corp is not only ...

Australia’s student visa surge hasn’t been fixed, it’s been deferred, and without tighter targeting, it will keep feeding backlogs, limbo visas and migration by accident rather than policy, writes Dr ...

Australia’s long-standing failure to protect privacy is contributing to psychological harm and heightened suicide risk, particularly among vulnerable and marginalised communities, writes Gerry ...

Australia’s cost-of-living crisis isn’t caused by migrants. It’s the result of inequality-driven policy — and scapegoating is making it worse. Carl Rhodes reports. AUSTRALIA ENTERS 2026 in deep ...

The insects are disappearing — and with them the ecosystems that sustain life. Dr Simon Pockley reports. APART FROM A SHORT period of record-breaking drought in 2014, following a bush fire that burnt ...

During a visit to Australia, British comedian Sid James made sport of the fierce bowling technique Australians used at the time to terrorise cricketing nations. (Photo, circa 1972.) "Bodyline" was a ...

As political pressure mounts, the royal commission into the Bondi attack is already facing scrutiny over its independence, scope and purpose, writes Dr Binoy Kampmark. ROYAL COMMISSIONS are often held ...

Will the Royal Commission into Antisemitism end up with a full explanation of that social problem and provide workable solutions? Dr Lee Duffield questions whether it will help settle differences, or ...