Data shows shift in views towards Australia’s relationship with US and China
Vote Compass data shows views of many Australians towards the US and China are shifting after three years of conflict, leadership changes and trade wars.
Caught between a promise and paradise in Australia’s housing borderlands
The major parties have decided on a solution to Australia’s housing crisis: build more homes. But some of the country’s newest suburbs suggest it’s not as straightforward as it seems.
Australia faces a ‘lonelier’ world with rules-based order crumbling
The next federal government faces a world with drastic US policy changes, trade disputes, and ongoing wars in Europe and the Middle East. The ABC asked experts what the next…
Final campaign dash as Albanese sweats on Dutton suburban fightback
Both sides of politics are gearing up for a frenetic 72 hours of campaigning with Anthony Albanese planning to visit every state before election day.
Superquiz, Wednesday, April 30
Trivia buffs, test your knowledge with today’s interactive superquiz.
A century on, this Great American Novel still captivates readers
F.Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby is said to contain some of the most perfect sentences ever written about America.
Homework, bullies and pets: Jeff Kinney on why kids love his books
The American author’s Diary of A Wimpy Kid series is the fourth bestselling book series of all time – and not just in kids’ books.
Does the US suffer from an abundance of good intentions?
A central focus for US progressives should be raising wellbeing by creating more for everyone, argue Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson in their new book.
Tom Hanks’ daughter reveals a childhood marred by abuse at the hands of her mother
E.A. Hanks’s memoir re-creates a road trip she once took with her late mother to seek answers to what was an “incomprehensible” childhood.
This hotly anticipated novel explores the dark embers of the psyche
In the third instalment of her fictional triptych, Katie Kitmaura wields her words with scalpel-like precision to explore the demands women are “expert at negotiating”.