When Jim Chalmers said that interest rate hikes were “smashing the economy” he was either stating the obvious or starting a war, depending on who you ask. For weeks – in question time and in the news ...

The Greens are ramping up pressure on Labor to include climate impacts in nature law reforms, as devastating floods inundate ...

The militia movement in the United States has a long and bloody history. In the aftermath of January 6, it was buoyed by Donald Trump’s praise of those who attacked the Capitol, and the numbers of ...

O’Neil said the federal government is now “back in the game of delivering social and affordable houses at scale” and that “in ...

Knackered at the end of two parliamentary sitting weeks, Treasurer Jim Chalmers was heading home to Brisbane on August 22 when Canberra press gallery journalists started peppering his office with ...

After 17 years in federal parliament, five-and-a-half of them as opposition leader and taking the party to two close election losses, Bill Shorten announced he was pulling the pin on his political ...

Beware the cryptic bug! Once you get a glimpse behind the seemingly baffling clues, an alluring realm of wordplay, wit and poetry is revealed. And, while beginners can sometimes feel that cryptics are ...

There are more than 300,000 full-time school teachers in Australia, although that’s far from enough. It’s a sufficiently large number, however, that reporting on their grievances and satisfactions can ...

In more than 30 years of lobbying for gambling reforms, Tim Costello says no government has tried to silence him through the use of a legally binding non-disclosure agreement. “I believed its purpose ...

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It was not until he started Year 12 that Abishek Selvakumar discovered he would not be able to go to university. With his friends beginning to discuss potential uni offers, Selvakumar researched the ...

Catholicism and nationalism came together this week for the largest gathering in Timor-Leste’s 25-year history, as almost half the nation’s population attended a public mass held by Pope Francis. The ...