Solo-maxxing: gen Z is embracing single life – for a very sad reason
While many young people are struggling to get work, an average date night costs north of $200. No wonder so many are resigning themselves to being alone Name: Solo-maxxing. Age:…
Australians’ pessimism about the future is fuelling support for Pauline Hanson’s One Nation | Tony Barry
If Labor can’t define its purpose, its base will look elsewhere for change or political disruption For those Australians thinking of voting One Nation, Pauline Hanson is their wrecking ball…
What’s a few secondhand subs between friends? Aukus revision shows how the US treats its allies. Will Australia stand for it? | Emma Shortis
As Pete Hegseth reshapes the US military into a hyper-masculine zone of ‘warfighters’, we should ask if this is really who we want to be ‘good friends’ with The Shangri-La…
The Guardian view on Trump and Lebanon: civilians need lasting peace, not short-term patches | Editorial
The US president seeks to curb Israel’s intensified offensive as he looks for an exit from war with Iran, but turmoil in the Middle East will not easily be ended…
Australia must engage with Solomon Islands with mutual respect. It’s about so much more than keeping Beijing at bay | Connor Graham
A change of government in Honiara is not just a development in regional competition with China When Matthew Wale won a parliamentary vote to become Solomon Islands’ prime minister last…
A red box for Donald Trump, and eight weeks to make it. Now I really am outraged by the Mandy files | Marina Hyde
I’m not sure any other first world nation would have this problem. Keir Starmer’s promise of growth, growth, growth appears to have shrivelled We are in the TL;DR days of…
Melbourne Stars and Renegades killed off in latest Big Bash League privatisation move
Cricket Victoria to operate just a single BBL team in future Second franchise to be sold off to private investor to raise funds Cricket Victoria has killed off both the…
My father, the German refugee who fought the Nazis as a ‘secret listener’
As the far right fulminates about who ‘belongs’ in Britain, let’s remember Fritz Lustig, who arrived here in 1939, just months before war broke out. Initially jailed as an ‘enemy…
One Nation says it wants a Norway-style gas policy – but it’s not actually in favour of higher taxes on profits
Pauline Hanson wants the government to take a stake in resource operations. While experts say this may sound reasonable, the devil’s in the details Follow our Australia news live blog…
The return of the bridal suit: will Dua Lipa’s look change the face of weddings?
In 1971, Bianca Jagger entranced the fashion world with the skirt suit she wore to marry Mick Jagger. Now, in a nod to that style, Lipa is ushering in a…