The end of Latrobe Valley coal – in pictures
Once the economic lifeblood of the region, Latrobe Valley’s coal industry is in terminal decline. Jesse Thompson’s photographic project aims to document this period of rapid change and examine its…
An AI ‘debt bomb’ crisis? No. This isn’t Enron 2.0 | Gene Marks
Fears of a datacenter buildout debt crisis are exaggerated. The risks are different than in the past and they are recoverable Some experts are warning of a looming “debt bomb”…
Surviving desire: what Buddhist thought teaches us about our war on want | Making sense of it
The work is less about fighting what we feel, and more about meeting desire with curiosity, integrity and wisdom When I was a kid, I had a designated “junk food…
Who is Natalie Harp? Trump’s most devoted aide is in the spotlight – podcast
Natalie Harp is Donald Trump’s most devoted aide: she travels the world with him, types his Truth Social posts, and even pens the US president ‘adoring’ letters. But reports that…
The kindness of strangers: I was a young, solo tourist when a taxi driver became aggressive – then two men stepped in
They relayed to me that the driver wanted more money. I went to grab my wallet, but they told me to put it away Read more in the kindness of…
When my husband died in a surfing accident, life as I knew it was destroyed. Ten years on, this is what I’ve learned about grief
One crashing wave on one single day changed everything for our family. How would I keep going? Before they enter the water, surfers will study the ocean. They consider wind…
A poem by Jan Fran: ‘Write it down, they say. You’ll feel better. But how to speak the unspeakable?’
Each week during Australian Poetry Month, a poet walks us through one of their works. Here, the journalist grapples with raising a child in a time of ‘tremendous helplessness’ The…
‘I was scared I was going mad’: Meg Mason speaks to fellow authors about the parasocial relationships that begin on the page
As a lonely teenager, the novels of Nancy Mitford offered the Sorrow and Bliss author a lifeline – and an imaginary friend. She explores why reading can create a particularly…
Natalie Harp reportedly posted 150 pro-Trump tweets on day of Capitol riot
Devoted Trump aide flooded her now-disabled profile urging people to ‘never concede’ on 6 January 2021 The Donald Trump aide Natalie Harp flooded a since-disabled social media account with pro-Trump…
The new Halloween video game has been banned in Australia – and not because of the violence
Academics and a former classification board director say Halloween: The Game’s ban due to ‘incentivised drug use’ highlights an incoherent set of standards Get our breaking news email, free app…