Dog-eared page-turners: how Tashi and 388 other canines are helping Australian children to read
They love pats, don’t judge and they let you go at your own pace – perfect for instilling confidence and letting kids associate pleasure with reading Follow our Australia news…
We cannot celebrate tinkering when it comes to gambling reform. Labor’s response falls tragically short | David Pocock
What the Albanese government is proposing is not evidence-based, and it will not reverse the normalisation of gambling among young people After more than 1,000 days without a response to…
War With Iran, Embassy Spin and Angus Taylor’s Watergate | Scam of the Week
Happy Easter! Are Albo and Penny in breach of the Ten Commandments? We check it out, particularly Commandment 9 – thou shalt not lie. This week’s Scam of the Week…
Top crime family suspect arrested at Italian resort
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has congratulated police for the arrest of an alleged crime boss and one of Italy’s most wanted fugitives at a luxury resort. Authorities announced the…
Big Carbon’s alternative reality of climate misinformation
The Integrity Gap Report has described pervasive climate misinformation, warping and dulling our perceptions of what is an existential threat. How does Big Carbon pull it off? Andrew Gardiner reports.…
How Australia can protect against future fuel shocks
Global oil supply disruptions are a long-overdue lesson for Australia to prioritise greater self-reliance and energy independence in the future, transport and logistics experts say. Fuel reserves across the nation…
They Got away with Australia’s own Watergate | The West Report
The Barnaby Joyce and Angus Taylor water scandal is back in focus, seven years after Michael West Media helped expose the $80 million water buyback linked to a Cayman Islands…
This is not journalism. The Bowen beat-up and the Iran war
The Murdoch press runs cover for an illegal war by blaming the wrong man entirely, instead of informing the public of facts. Andrew Brown on the Iran war – part…
What to know about the controversial practice of ‘orgasmic meditation’
The practice touted by Nicole Daedone combined spirituality, mindfulness and sexuality. Then came the controversy – and prison sentence In 2009, the New York Times ran a story about Nicole…
Five Great Reads: When your mum is a cult leader, the OnlyFans inheritance, and 35,000 pints of stolen Guinness
Guardian Australia’s weekend wrap of essential reads from the past seven days, selected by Kris Swales Get this in your inbox every weekend. Sign up for Five Great Reads here…