Avalanche of criticism over premier’s fracking ‘threat’
The potential of gas fracking in a pristine wilderness area has opened a fresh fault line between industry and conservation groups. Premier Roger Cook said Western Australia could be forced…
Aussie shares up despite mixed signals from Iran talks
Australia’s share market continues to recover on optimism about a potential peace deal between the United States and Iran, despite division remaining on key issues. The S&P/ASX200 rose 41.4 points…
Alec Segaert’s attack plan pays off as Afonso Eulálio stretches overall Giro d’Italia lead
Belgian ‘always planned’ late attack that sealed stage 12 Jonas Vingegaard now 33 seconds off the pink jersey Alec Segaert stole a march to win stage 12 of the Giro…
David Squires on … an A-League Men’s grand final promising the dark arts
Our cartoonist takes a look at what to expect in Saturday’s decider between Sydney and Auckland after a season full of classic ALM moments Continue reading…
Foden, Palmer and Maguire left out of England World Cup squad but Toney is in
Mainoo picked but no place for Wharton or Gibbs-White Ivan Toney makes shock return despite year out of squad Thomas Tuchel has made a series of shock calls with England’s…
Two Australians created a defining Olympic moment. Now they are taking different paths
Ash Moloney won decathlon bronze in Tokyo but his teammate Cedric Dubler nearly stole the show. We find out what they’re up to now He was briefly the face of…
Trump has created a slush fund of taxpayer money to give to his friends | Moira Donegan
The ‘Anti-Weaponization Fund’ is an extraordinary example of bald self-dealing Donald Trump is stealing almost $2bn in taxpayer money and handing it out to his friends. That’s the upshot of…
Canadian prime minister Mark Carney is not the climate guy you thought | Seth Klein
While Canada may be clinging to fossil fuels, much of the world is moving on Casual international observers would be forgiven for assuming Canada is in the comforting hands of…
The Guardian view on the Mountbatten-Windsor papers: they expose the collapse of Britain’s ‘good chap’ state | Editorial
New papers matter less for royal gossip than for what they reveal about the UK’s fragile constitutional culture of trust, prestige and informal power The most shocking revelation in files…
Feeling the dance of age, I join a pottery class. It isn’t until I let go of expectations that I truly begin to learn how to create | Nova Weetman
It has become less about the finished product and more about the process itself Years ago, my son and I took a pottery class one Saturday afternoon. I agreed to…