Icons, new stars and First Nations excellence: 10 key shows from New Zealand fashion week
The event feted its 25 year anniversary with labels like Zambesi, promising emerging designers and an explosion of Māori and Indigenous culture New Zealand fashion week took place in Auckland…
Back to Back Barries: Political stitch-up or compromise? A tale of two political deals
Barrie Cassidy and Tony Barry examine the two deals made this week between the Coalition and Labor on gambling advertising and the NDIS. They also look ahead to the upcoming…
Australia’s national photographic portrait prize 2026 – in pictures
Thirty finalists were selected from more than 1,000 entries in the 2026 photographic competition which has a $30,000 cash prize for first place. This year’s winner is Nathan Beard’s portrait…
Andrew Hastie is effective in attacking One Nation, unlike his Liberal colleagues. So why won’t they use him? | Tom McIlroy
The member for Canning has stood up to Pauline Hanson, risked the wrath of Gina Rinehart, criticised WA opposition tactics and sat quietly behind Angus Taylor for months Get our…
Arj Barker: ‘I’m socially not wired the same as other people’
The US-Australian comedian on ambition, grieving the death of his oldest friend and ‘the most incredible mystery in the world’ Arj Barker doesn’t answer questions the way other people do.…
Isaac Heeney dumped as face of own company amid Sydney Swans commercial fallout
Heeney’s name and image removed from 5th Quarter Camp promotions Book stores stop sale of children’s series Little Isaac Footy Fever A commercial recalibration around the Sydney Swans and their…
The Guardian view on Trump’s MMR executive order: endangering the children he claims to care about | Editorial
The president’s empty advice that children should receive separate jabs against measles, mumps and rubella will only lead to less take-up by parents Nobody wants to hurt a child. The…
An open letter to Iran’s political prisoners, trapped ‘between two blades of a scissors’
On one side, you face the domination of the Islamic Republic; on the other, the imperialist forces that republic claims to stand against August marks the anniversary of the 1988…
Has Trump no shame about all the money he has made since being in office? | Francine Prose
By now we know that charity, generosity and compassion are virtues that the US president doesn’t seem to have even in trace amounts Many years ago, in the crowded corridor…