Cashed-up state mulls building its own fuel reserve
Australia’s richest state is considering creating its own fuel reserve for use during future energy emergencies – and it wouldn’t be shared with other jurisdictions. A fuel crisis has gripped…
RBA to sift through jobs data as world watches Hormuz
Economists will turn their attention to Australian jobs figures this week but the focus will still largely remain on developments in the Middle East. March labour force figures, set to…
Trump’s Iran fiasco has led him into the gravest territory | Sidney Blumenthal
As the president spirals over his disastrous war, his threats have escalated beyond the red line of international law Donald Trump has hung nine glowering portraits of himself throughout the…
Congratulations to the Artemis II crew – but the case for sending astronauts into space is rapidly shrinking | Martin Rees and Donald Goldsmith
Soon, thanks to the advance of robots, the only reason left to send humans to the moon will be as an ultra-expensive sport Martin Rees is the astronomer royal and…
Australia must be more self-reliant – but it can’t afford to throw the US baby out with the bathwater | Arthur Sinodinos
Even under Trump, the American system of alliances is fundamental for Indo-Pacific security. That means staying the course on joint initiatives such as Aukus Get our breaking news email, free…
‘It has your name on it, but I don’t think it’s you’: how AI is impersonating musicians on Spotify
Fraudulent music streams have long been a scourge for the industry, but experts say generative AI has supercharged it Jason Moran, a renowned jazz composer and pianist, got a strange…
From Peepo! to Middlemarch: 25 books to read before you turn 25
An unmissable book for every year of your early life – with recommendations from Jacqueline Wilson, Michael Rosen, Katherine Rundell and more The news about reading in general, and childhood…
The carpark at Oxley’s on the Brisbane river: it was a different time and our brains were young | Ronnie Scott
I drank Red Bull, smoked a Marlboro and listened to one last song before my shift began. Why would anyone give up the perfect gig? Read more in the Letters…
Richard Schiff: ‘If Jesus was alive today he’d point to Martin Sheen and say, “That’s what I was talking about”’
The actor on the killer T rexes he’d like to meet, a 90% life lesson, and an awkward moment with Amy Adams Born in Maryland, Richard Schiff, 70, came to…
Brian Cox: ‘We don’t know how powerful AI is going to become – it’s both exciting and potentially a problem’
The physicist, BBC presenter and author on snowflakes, art v science and the time Paul McCartney quizzed him about one of Saturn’s moons What is the inspiration behind your latest…