World weighs fate of Mideast ceasefire, US seizes ship
Concerns the ceasefire between the United States and Iran might not hold are growing after the US said it had seized an Iranian cargo ship that tried to run its…
Truckies win fuel boost to fight dire price threat
Transport workers could receive a boost to the amount they receive to cover fuel costs as the impacts from the Iran war threaten their livelihoods. The Fair Work Commission has…
Cracks show in One Nation vote as Hanson taunts rivals
Major parties are trying to emulate One Nation policies, its leader says, as two opinion polls show a plateau in voter support for the populist political force. The latest Newspoll…
Where are the AUKUS nuclear waste costings (let alone the dump sites)?
Defence is supposed to provide ‘cradle to grave’ costings for proposed capability before a procurement is approved. That doesn’t seem to have happened for AUKUS nuclear waste storage and disposal.…
Raducanu withdraws from Madrid Open as illness absence nears two months
British player has been out of action since early March Rybakina wins her second Porsche at Stuttgart Open Emma Raducanu will extend her absence from the WTA Tour because of…
The vulnerable children charged with possessing extremist material – podcast
Nour Haydar speaks with investigations reporter Ariel Bogle about how a ‘bad’ law means children charged with possessing extremist material may not always understand they have committed a crime Read…
‘A white man’s fantasy’: if we want to rebuild social cohesion, we need to acknowledge where it all started to unravel
Australia has a serious problem with social cohesion, but it’s no good pretending it’s recent. Koori civilisation has been torn asunder ever since the convict ships dropped anchor Warning: This…
What if your life turned out to be ‘ordinary’? Slow down and relish this – it might even be enchanting | Nadine Levy
Being unremarkable is often seen as a sign of moral failure – yet finding joy in the everyday can lead to a mindful, luminous experience Making sense of it is…
JD Vance could yet save his political skin. But it will mean turning on Trump – and soon | Simon Tisdall
The vice-president has endured his most humiliating – and damaging – week as his boss’s fall guy. How much more can Maga’s great hope take? For a would-be president, JD…
Lesbians are reclaiming Madonna as we await her new album, Confessions on a Dance Floor: Part II | Tiff Bakker
The singer is not only a hero for gay men. For a young lesbian like me in the 1990s, she was an object of desire and an inspiration Recently, when…