Across the world authoritarians want to tell us what a ‘good life’ looks like. Here’s how liberals must respond | Alexandre Lefebvre
From Maga to Hungary’s Fidesz and Australia’s One Nation, politics is returning to its oldest question: what makes a life worth living? And liberalism needs a credible answer Get our…
Peter Singer: ‘Capitalism is still the most productive economic system that ever existed’
Once dubbed ‘the most dangerous man on Earth’, the world-renowned moral philosopher discusses accepting capitalism, the return of Trump and disappointment in his most famous work’s impact Peter Singer misses…
‘It opens up doors and minds’: inside Sydney’s tattoo convention
While some of the event’s 5,000 attenders arrive sporting full bodysuits and ready to compete, others are gearing up for their first tattoo At the Sydney tattoo convention, the city’s…
Ash Gardner apologises for ‘pain’ caused by relationship with Australia teammate
Cricket Australia boss backs women’s vice-captain’s leadership Monica Wright went public over ex’s affair with Georgia Voll Australia vice-captain Ash Gardner has apologised for the pain caused by her marriage…
Wallabies swing changes as Les Kiss searches for pieces to fit playmaker puzzle | Jack Snape
Australia head coach called in Carter Gordon to face Japan in Townsville but will keep investigating his flyhalf options before next year’s World Cup May the merry-go-round continue, after Wallabies…
Britain’s scorched fields mean a food crisis – and the government is ignoring the one measure that would help | George Monbiot
This summer’s extreme weather and wars in Iran and Ukraine have made our need for food stockpiles more pressing than ever When a business makes long-term plans, they call it…
Lost jobs, inequality, rogue agents: why are we accepting oligarchs’ AI agenda? | Robert Reich
The dangers of AI become clearer every day. Why are we still acting as if we have no choice about our future? Rather than producing jobs, the US economy actually…
Taylor Swift has put her love story out there – so it’s not fair she won’t let us see her wedding dress | Polly Hudson
How a bride decides to look on the big day tells us a lot about that person. But the singer is leaving us hanging Having hope in your heart is…
The ABC has a tradition of mocking the powerful. Now, after the Rinehart furore, it risks creating a comedy no-go zone | Alan Sunderland
I didn’t think the Race Around the World segment was funny, but does the ABC really need to change its editorial policies to make sure violence and humour sleep in…
AOC’s public egg-freezing shouldn’t feel radical. But in today’s US, it does | Moira Donegan
The congresswoman’s decision is an assertion of women’s freedom and dignity at a time when our status is rapidly eroding “Don’t be weird about this,” Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the progressive…