The Guardian view on the scramble for critical minerals: while powers vie for access, labourers die | Editorial
A mining disaster in the Democratic Republic of Congo underscores the human cost of extraction. Intensified competition for resources isn’t helping When Donald Trump boasted recently that he had stopped…
Thinking of trashing a small business on social media? Please, think again
Online pile-ons can destroy small businesses. Save the derision for big companies that can weather social media storms A viral Reddit post mocks a $22 grilled cheese sandwich and helps…
Morgan McSweeney’s fall offers a new beginning. Starmer and his cabinet had better grab it | Polly Toynbee
If he and his philosophy were to blame for the government’s ills, now it can change tack. There can be no more excuses Here is something they can’t take away…
‘Nothing to see here’ as Ley and Littleproud insist once ‘untenable’ Coalition now tenable again | Dan Jervis-Bardy
Both leaders made concessions to reunite the two warring parties, but the internal repercussions will be far more serious for one than the other There’s a joke from The Naked…
Schools that cultivate the mind but neglect spiritual education leave children unanchored in a challenging world | Kat Eghdamian
Young people are hungering for meaning. A lack of spiritual education in childhood can reverberate across a lifetime Making sense of it is a column about spirituality and how it…
The Coalition has a much-needed chance to hold Labor to account – if they can stop talking about themselves | Josh Butler
With the Coalition rift ostensibly patched up, a strong week grilling the government could buy Sussan Ley more time. But Angus Taylor has yet to declare his hand With the…
I spent years meeting strangers for masochistic hook-ups. Was I a sex addict?
After a sexually frustrating marriage led to divorce, I chased increasingly extreme BDSM encounters. But I never felt truly satisfied. Had I been looking for the wrong thing all along?…
Is Australia getting ruder? How to be kinder to others in everyday life – and break the contagion of rage
Slow down, take a deep breath, maybe even let the other car take the park. In the face of rudeness, sometimes the most radical thing to do is remain passively…
Archaeology against the clock: the race to salvage fragments of early Brisbane
Tens of thousands of artefacts were unearthed not by careful excavation but by the 2011 floods. Now, students are piecing together Queensland’s history Follow our Australia news live blog for…