Holly Throsby: ‘I was proud to not make a breakup album’
The writer and musician on returning to music, finding herself, and why right now is a terrifying time to be an artist Holly Throsby does not enjoy having her photo…
Labor is in damage control over falling house prices. Why not take credit instead? | Tom McIlroy
In the long term Chalmers, O’Neil and Albanese will want to own any improvement in intergenerational equity, so maybe it’s better to start now Get our breaking news email, free…
Hawthorn stun Fremantle and record Perth crowd with qualifying final win
Minor premiers suffer first home defeat of the season Hawks never let up after first half onslaught Sign up for our free weekly AFL newsletter Nick Watson produced his usual…
China’s demise was gleefully predicted by the west – meanwhile, it built an AI revolution | Larry Elliott
Free AI models that are as good as the investment-hungry US versions will disrupt global markets, and offer Britain a lesson Almost from the moment it began, the end of…
Ben-Gvir posts Palestinians on conveyor belts to detention camps. The world is silent | Arwa Mahdawi
Ben-Gvir did not come into power in a vacuum: he was helped into his position by an international community that has afforded Israel complete impunity Let me introduce you to…
The Ceuta border breach was leapt on by Europe’s right. That doesn’t absolve Spain | María Ramírez
The government’s sluggish response has been disastrous for everyone involved – and for Sánchez’s message on immigration More than a month after an estimated 72,000 people suddenly crossed from Morocco…
Gloria Steinem personified America’s feminist movement | Moira Donegan
The activist made the movement mainstream – and became a receptacle for its hopes and disappointments Gloria Steinem, groundbreaking feminist campaigner, dies aged 92 ‘We badly need to raise our…
‘I want to go further’: Justin Broadrick on retiring Godflesh, playing with Phoebe Bridgers – and his new band
A hernia may mean his screaming days are over, but the Napalm Death alum’s influence on metal echoes on in unexpected places – and with ‘heavy, ugly’ experiments in the…
The Bayeux tapestry: a stupefying, thrilling, horrifying masterpiece that shakes the earth
British Museum, LondonThe greatest battle ever depicted in art is here at last – and it hurtles along, making your heart pound with its sense of doom and destiny, culminating…
Margaret Preston: Australia’s most beloved and contested artist?
The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia has staged the first Preston retrospective in 20 years, exploring what was gained and flattened in her quest to create a singular Australian aesthetic…