Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has appointed the front bench he will take to this year’s election, with a small reshuffle ...

Israel and Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire deal that will take effect from Sunday, starting with an initial six-week truce ...

A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas is “right on the brink”, according to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, with talks overnight focusing on the final details. I n a speech overnight, Blinken ...

The federal government will today outline Australia’s first ever National Autism Strategy, with $42m in funding to implement ...

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has kicked off his unofficial election campaign with a rally in Melbourne, listing the ...

A concerted effort to remove children from the National Disability Insurance Scheme will reduce spending by $500 million in the next year, accounting for a third of all scheme savings booked to the ...

Beware the cryptic bug! Once you get a glimpse behind the seemingly baffling clues, an alluring realm of wordplay, wit and poetry is revealed. And, while beginners can sometimes feel that cryptics are ...

“The community independents movement is motivated by a shared sense that our democracy is not delivering the benefits it could or should. The offer of this movement is for each and every one to be the ...

It’s informal, the Labor insider says, and muted by holidays and the public’s summer disengagement, but the 2025 election campaign has begun. This week, the prime minister flew several thousand ...

A vehicle hit the bridge our train would soon cross, an apologetic announcement informed us, and thus our journey to the MCG would abruptly terminate. This obliged the sudden disgorgement of ...

Nils Frahm defies easy classification. Operating somewhere in the murky intersection of classical and electronic music, his compositions are informed by his classical training and infused with the ...

Some desserts are hiding in plain sight. As a small child, dessert wasn’t part of our everyday dinner; it was always a special treat. My favourite was pretty low-key. I would be allowed to slice a ...