Civilised but casual, often hilarious, Adelaide writers’ week is everything a festival should be – except this year | Tory Shepherd
Australia’s longest-running literary festival has been reduced to a cratering hole in 2026. Here’s hoping it turns a page next year The sun almost always shines on Adelaide writers’ week,…
Sustainability on the clock: how to make your workplace more eco-friendly
From ride-to-work challenges to waste-conscious catering, making your office more environmentally minded doesn’t have to be a slog Change by degrees offers life hacks and sustainable living tips each Saturday…
I see time as a grid in my mind. I remember the birthdays of friends I haven’t seen for 65 years
Judy Stokes, a retired GP, shares her experience as a spatial-sequence synaesthete Read more stories of synaesthesia in the way I feel series Did someone with spatial-sequence synaesthesia design the…
Dried flowers and pressed petals: how an artist is turning tributes to Bondi terror attack victims into a lasting memorial
Nina Sanadze and a team of volunteers have started the painstaking process of preserving the sea of flowers left after Australia’s worst terrorist incident Get our breaking news email, free…
Five Great Reads: Greenlanders on invasion, falling in love with the bush, and Alan Rickman tributes to make you cry
Guardian Australia’s weekend wrap of essential reads from the past seven days, selected by Imogen Dewey Get this in your inbox every weekend. Sign up for Five Great Reads here.…
Some home truths are unspoken, intuited. In my family it’s: ‘We need each other’
Jessie Cole’s family has survived unimaginable tragedy. Through it she has realised that everything turns on affection Warning: This article contains sensitive content Read more in the Home Truths series…
‘He’s taught me more about living than life itself’: on the road with Niki and Jimmy
At 17 Niki vowed to give her newborn son, born blind and profoundly disabled, the best life she could. Thirty years on she and Jimmy are travelling Australia in a…
‘Makes me believe in humanity’: grassroots volunteers deliver hay, water and helping hand in Victorian bushfires
Generosity undimmed as trucks of feed flow to farmers and animals, while winemakers and tattoo artists organise fundraisers Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast When…
NSW could adopt UK-style laws to ban ‘intifada’ protest slogans. How would it work?
Inquiry into banning pro-Palestine phrase warned against importing ‘repressive models’ from overseas, while legal experts say UK model could be incompatible with Australia’s constitution Get our breaking news email, free…
Australia’s confidence in Trump’s US has evaporated. What will it take for the alliance to rupture?
The superpower still plays a critical role in the Pacific, but there will be no going back to the liberal world order even after this presidential term ends, analysts agree…