How a throwback to 2006 took down Telstra’s national phone network
The same technology that helps your smartphone know when daylight savings ends set off a ‘digital domino chain’ that locked customers out of the network Follow our Australia news live…
Australia news live: Albanese to miss Garma festival despite 2025 promise; Telstra CEO grilled over national outage
First time PM has missed the major Indigenous event since taking on the role. Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Telstra aware of investigation into…
Pianist Jayson Gillham loses discrimination case against Melbourne symphony orchestra over Gaza comments
Gillham claimed Melbourne concert in 2024 cancelled in attempt to silence him over stance on Israel attacks on Gaza Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our…
Melbourne international film festival 2026: eight must-see films, one TV show and an ‘astonishing’ VR experience
Our picks include a hard-hitting drama starring Channing Tatum, a new Australian dramedy featuring Hugo Weaving and The Pitt’s Shabana Azeez, plus a film from a chook’s eye-view Director: Singing…
Bonnie Tyler totally eclipsed her power-ballad peers, and created an astonishingly wide variety of pop
After hopping between country, disco and soft rock, Tyler found her groove with Jim Steinman-penned epics, shining through even the most overblown backing tracks • News: Bonnie Tyler, 80s pop…
Newsroom Edition: the risks and rewards of the PM’s podcast era – podcast
Anthony Albanese offered an unequivocal apology this week after making an off-colour comment about Kylie Minogue while playing a ‘shag, marry, date’ game on a podcast. Josephine Tovey speaks with…
France’s attacking evolution under Didier Deschamps passes latest Morocco test | Raphaël Jucobin
With the head coach having released the handbrake his side were far superior than they were against the same opponents in Qatar four years ago The scorelines may have been…
Telstra’s triple-zero failure is a result of prioritising neoliberal ‘competition’ and reaping none of its benefits | John Quiggin
Perhaps we will return to public ownership of infrastructure networks. But for now we need to consider limited steps, with a more radical solution for fragile emergency services Follow our…
I am burnt out from emotionally supporting my husband. Should I leave him? | Leading questions
You might hurt him terribly in the short term, Eleanor Gordon-Smith writes. But sometimes sparing people pain isn’t what’s good for them Read more Leading questions I am deeply conflicted…
Farage told me he would quit politics after Brexit. Now, mired in scandal, he should do it and mean it | Simon Jenkins
His byelection stunt shows he is clearly rattled by a perilous position. Wildcards rarely endure: his future is behind him Britain’s politics was never so weird. First, the people of…