Northern Territory water plan condemned as ‘blatant and shameless’ attack on nature
Exclusive: Move to scrap legal requirement to set aside water for environment is ‘extreme even for the NT CLP government’, green group says Get our breaking news email, free app…
Pauline Hanson and James Ashby rule out running against Nationals leader Matt Canavan in Capricornia
‘My political career may die,’ senator says after Michelle Landry announced she will not recontest her Queensland seat of Capricornia Get our daily political email, free app or daily news…
House prices fall for seventh consecutive month as interest rates dent demand
Centre of downturn shifts away from Sydney and Melbourne, but after such strong growth most homeowners still sit on sizeable gains Get our breaking news email, free app or daily…
Trump praises Haley Stevens while rallying in Iowa in final push before election day – follow live
At the same time, the president lobbed anti-Muslim insults at Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed, calling him a ‘jihadist’ Sign up for the Breaking News US email At the end of…
‘The term is becoming unrecognisable’: have the experts who believed in a single autism spectrum changed their minds?
There has been a steep rise in the number of people labelled autistic over the last 20 years. Is that down to greater understanding – or overdiagnosis? The home of…
Why you should treat charisma as a red flag
Today’s crop of smooth talkers tap directly into a specific evolutionary vulnerability. Here’s how to defend yourself Recently, I was alone in a bar waiting for a friend. To pass…
Colonial institutions still rule Australia. Recognising this is not an act of pessimism: it is an epiphany | Larissa Behrendt
Systemic racism is not a glitch in our institutions, it is a design feature – and the seeds of it lie in our constitution In my years of reading reports,…
Love the C word? You might be Australian. Hate it? You might be American
Academics and lexicographers are exploring how swearing is tied to national cultural identities – and how the internet may cause new, creative cursing to ‘flourish’ Get our weekend culture and…
The coming legal battle against Albanese’s social media ban – podcast
The first major legal challenge against Australia’s under-16s social media ban is set to heard in the high court on Tuesday – 11 months on from the policy taking effect.…
Top Democrats are fighting a billionaire tax in California. Their voters are on the other side |
The unprecedented measure has enormous potential nationwide. The clash exposes the party’s corporate-progressive divide Midway through this summer, a high-quality poll found that Democrats in California were overwhelmingly in favor…