Back to Back Barries: Can the Greens beat Labor? – podcast
Barrie Cassidy and Sean Kelly (filling in for Tony Barry) discuss the Greens leadership change this week. Senator David Shoebridge defeated two women to take out the top job in…
Barking beautiful: the 2026 Dog Photography awards – in pictures
The 18 winning images from the annual contest that seeks to showcase the world’s most exceptional dog photographs while highlighting their subjects’ diversity and charm. These photos were selected from…
Hip-pocket politics is Labor’s greatest vulnerability – and red-hot anger over the latest rate rise isn’t helping | Tom McIlroy
Unemployment is up, house prices are down and interest rates are rising – giving Angus Taylor the chance to show how he can turn things around Get our breaking news…
An ‘onslaught of punches’: is this week the cost-of-living tipping point for many Australian households?
As more families report housing stress, declines in financial wellbeing and food insecurity, experts warn that the situation is not just an economic problem but a matter of public health…
Former Wallaby hooker Nathan Charles diagnosed with MND at 37
Charles played professional sport with cystic fibrosis Diagnosis ‘just at times quite cruel’ The former Wallaby Nathan Charles, who became the first cystic fibrosis sufferer in the world to play…
Isaac Heeney ‘can’t wait’ to resume AFL career after suspension for hotel incident
Receiving the club’s best and fairest award on Thursday, the player apologised for ‘extreme difficulty’ and says absence was ‘heartbreaking’ Isaac Heeney says he “can’t wait” to continue his AFL…
The Socceroos were unrecognisable against Brazil as a ‘new golden generation’ takes shape | Joey Lynch
The exciting crop of young players is in part a product of Australia’s early World Cup qualification which allowed them to break in and step up Even before a ball…
From Robert Kraft to Netanyahu, Israel’s supporters keep helping its critics | Peter Beinart
These men’s actions aren’t just morally loathsome; they’re politically stupid. Social science may explain the phenomenon Israel’s supporters keep proving its detractors right. Over the last couple of years, Americans…
Forget ‘superintelligence’: error-prone AI nearly sparked world war three this month | Timnit Gebru and Emily M Bender
The risks of AI aren’t what we think they are, as a recent security incident between China and the United States reveals Amid a barrage of news stories warning about…