Australians feel the heat as bushfire threat flares up
Severe to extreme heatwaves will grip swathes of Australia, bringing conditions not seen since the Black Summer bushfires. For some areas across South Australia, Victoria, the ACT and NSW, temperatures…
To comfort a nation. We have the tools, do we have the will?
They came to Bondi to murder as many Jews as possible, but also shattered a political consensus and an often-unacknowledged sense of national coherence. How are we to cope, Julie…
One-in-five solar panels degrading faster than expected
Most solar panels gradually lose their energy-generating powers over time, but roughly a fifth have been found to degrade much more quickly than expected. Tiny hairline cracks and other minor…
The King’s School headmaster controversy spills into court
Controversial headmaster of The King’s School, Tony George, is suing the school over his termination with the claim rumoured to be in the range of $4-$6m. What’s the scam? The…
Lehrmann escalates ‘compromised’ rape finding fight
Bruce Lehrmann has made a last-ditch effort to clear his name of findings he sexually assaulted an intoxicated Brittany Higgins in Parliament House. The disgraced ex-Liberal staffer has taken his…
Shares in nation’s biggest steel maker hit 17-year high
BlueScope Steel shares have surged to the highest level in 17 years after Australia’s largest steelmaker received a takeover offer by a consortium that includes a Kerry Stokes-controlled entity. SGH,…
Australia ignoring spin forgets that good bowlers are good bowlers | Geoff Lemon
Why is a middling back-up seamer suddenly better than a quality spinner, whatever the conditions? When Shane Warne called his biography No Spin, it wasn’t a recommendation. Speaking for the…
The US violated international law in Venezuela. These are the questions Australia must now ask | Donald Rothwell
US conduct could become more assertive in the Indo-Pacific in the remaining years of the Trump presidency – with serious implications for Anzus and Aukus Get our breaking news email,…
For Americans, 2026 started with two starkly different visions for the country | Moira Donegan
Zohran Mamdani’s optimistic inauguration contrasted in every single way with Trump’s brazen invasion of Venezuela The new year opened with a pair of scenes that illustrated the great divide within…
‘See no evil, hear no evil’ Starmer goes on full sycophant alert | John Crace
PM tries to be as uninformed as possible about The Donald’s coup while his junior minister throws Greenland under the bus Let’s face it. What’s a bloke got to do…