Defence, security leaders join royal commission call
Defence and national security leaders are calling for a royal commission into anti-Semitism and Islamic extremism, amid speculation the prime minister is poised to agree to a federal inquiry into…
Elvis has left the building: Parkes express rolls out
Elvis fever has taken over Australia’s largest railway station, as Elvis impersonators, die-hard fans and curious first-timers joined the annual pilgrimage to pay homage to the King. A bumper crowd…
Government to coal giants: pay your workers’ entitlements if you like
The Government is finally addressing historical underpayments of coal industry workers but there are serious shortfalls; companies even rewarded for systematically stiffing their workers. Stephanie Train reports. The Coal Mining…
Inflation running too hot for comfort ahead of snapshot
The first economic snapshot of the year could show a slowdown in inflation but perhaps not enough to prevent the Reserve Bank hiking interest rates. Hopes of further rate relief…
Authorities on alert as heatwave brings major fire risk
Australians are being urged to heed fire warnings as temperatures soar across multiple states, bringing forecast conditions not seen since the Black Summer bushfires. South Australia, Victoria, Tasmania, the ACT…
UK urges Musk’s X to address intimate Grok ‘deepfakes’
Britain has urged Elon Musk’s X platform to urgently address a proliferation of intimate ‘deepfake’ images created on demand via its built-in AI chatbot Grok, joining a European outcry over…
‘Bad news for renters’: prices rise as shortage deepens
Renters received no relief in 2025 as tightening vacancy rates drove prices ever higher. Rents rose 5.2 per cent over the year, pushing the national median to $681 a week,…
Australians feel the heat as bushfire threat flares up
Severe to extreme heatwaves will grip swathes of Australia, bringing conditions not seen since the Black Summer bushfires. For some areas across South Australia, Victoria, the ACT and NSW, temperatures…
To comfort a nation. We have the tools, do we have the will?
They came to Bondi to murder as many Jews as possible, but also shattered a political consensus and an often-unacknowledged sense of national coherence. How are we to cope, Julie…
The King’s School headmaster controversy spills into court
Controversial headmaster of The King’s School, Tony George, is suing the school over his termination with the claim rumoured to be in the range of $4-$6m. What’s the scam? The…