Century-old farming dynasty ends with one last harvest
When Pat Carberry finally climbs down from the cabin of his harvester this season there will be mixed emotions. He’s farmed cotton at his Cardale property, near Narrabri in NSW’s…
Japan PM plans Australia visit over rare earths: report
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is planning a visit to Australia, seeking to discuss supply chains for rare earth elements and co-operation on safe navigation in the Strait of Hormuz,…
Excise cut softens blow for Easter road trippers
Record high fuel prices have not translated into Easter holiday booking cancellation spree at holiday parks and resorts, a major tourism operator says. NRMA, which owns about 50 holiday parks…
Why you notice daylight saving changing less and less
When Tasmania became the first state to roll the clocks forward in summer 59 years go, not everyone was happy. “Leave God’s time alone,” one person wrote to an ABC…
Monsters of war. The men who put the world at risk
The war in Iran is in its second month. A war started by a criminal defendant, a convicted felon, and a blackmail network that explains everything Western leaders won’t say.…
Mike Pezzullo. A gossiper who loved to peddle his influence
MWM has obtained the Pezzullo Inquiry report after a long FOI fight. It documents a litany of transgressions and allegations. Rex Patrick with the details (part 2). It’s taken 18…
Fuel-free travel, train journeys and staycations: how the fuel crisis is reinventing the Australian Easter break
The fuel crisis has spurred many Australians to abandon their original plans for the holiday period in exchange for creative alternatives Track Australia’s fuel prices, service station outages and shipments…
I did not tell my sister that our other sister was dying. Silence was the right choice, yet murky and painful
In family estrangement, the mud and dirt gets everywhere, Kathryn Heyman writes. And it is very hard to undo what has been done Years ago, when I lived in Scotland,…
To a world at a loss as to how to handle Trump, I say this: the only answer may be to wait him out| Simon Jenkins
A great effort will be needed to undo the damage once the US president has gone. But with the constitution unable to bring him to order now, that is what…
Israel’s death penalty law marks a new phase in its dehumanisation of Palestinians | Yuli Novak
A government that openly embraces violence against Palestinians has now enshrined into law a policy of lethal force Yuli Novak is the executive director of B’Tselem, an Israeli human rights…