For Australia’s anti-corruption agency, perception matters. And it starts at the top | Deborah Glass
Leading an integrity agency like the NACC will never win you a popularity contest – but a transparent selection process can help ensure real independence The news that the inaugural…
Has BHP shown its true colours? | Fiona Katauskas
It’s not easy being green See more of Fiona Katauskas’s cartoons here Continue reading…
Rein in fossil fuel tax concessions, Labor MP says after BHP revelations
Jerome Laxale breaks ranks to publicly back reforms that would also wind back the diesel fuel rebate Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news…
‘What you see here is a wetland without water’: how the datacentre boom is exacerbating Chile’s mega-drought
The country is positioning itself as Latin America’s next technology hub, but communities are pushing back The Andes mountains frame what was once a wetland – now a stretch of…
Funny, absurd and sentimental, Mr Deeds is one of Adam Sandler’s most underrated films
This Razzie-nominated romcom contains genuine movie magic, with its star delivering a restrained performance as an affable man who inherits $40bn Adam Sandler has long been the Razzies’ punching bag.…
Red light therapy claims to heal wounds, improve pain and reduce wrinkles. But the evidence for it working is dim | Antiviral
Without strong evidence, or at least one decent trial, we cannot know whether shining red lights on to your skin does anything Read more in the Antiviral series The world…
‘If you try to fix Holmes, you’ll get your arse handed to you’: do we really need another Sherlock remake?
Rafe Spall will play Conan Doyle’s super sleuth in a huge new drama next year. While some fans fear ‘Sherlock fatigue’, others – including Stephen Moffat – insist he will…
‘Planetary destruction on fast-forward’: witnessing the disappearance of Indonesia’s ‘eternity glaciers’
Researchers racing to document Oceania’s last tropical glaciers found the remaining ‘eternal snow’ in Indonesia’s West Papua region has lost almost all its ice Mapping the last glaciers in Oceania…
Oil price rises back above $100 a barrel as energy market may be past ‘point of no return’
Crude rises after US strikes on Iran dampen hopes of peace deal, with experts saying talks appear stuck in ‘endless loop’ Oil rose back above $100 a barrel on Tuesday,…
UFC arena under construction on White House lawn to mark Trump’s 80th birthday
The venue is expected to host a mixed martial arts fight on 14 June to also mark the US’s 250th anniversary Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email…