AUKUS Trilateral Defence Ministers Meeting

Australia dudded in submarine ‘bait and switch’

By Albert Palazzo At a security conference in Singapore over the weekend, the three AUKUS partners – the United States, United Kingdom and Australia – announced a
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Italian Daily Politics 2026

Women leading the rise of the political far right

By Sofia Ammassari Pauline Hanson and her party One Nation have been dominating headlines after their recent electoral successes in South Australia and Farrer. A new
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Woman holding a yellow umbrella while waiting for a cab

Cities consistently attract more rain than open areas

By Shankar Sharma, Andy Pitman and  Jason Evans After another spell of wet weather along Australia’s east coast, with storms, heavy rain and flash flooding across
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Local train leaving Dawlish station in a storm with waves breaking over it and the railway track

Coastal retreat – the climate issue we try to avoid

By Anne Maree Kreller Climate change is exacerbating rainfall, flooding and sea-level rises in coastal and low lying areas. During the past few years, disastrous floods
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Bradman Walks Out

One day cricket facing challenges to stay relevant

By Vaughan Cruickshank and Tom Hartley Sir Donald Bradman needs little introduction. Cricket – and possibly world sport’s – most dominant figure, “The Don” is
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Victoria police officer wearing protective face mask at Covid-19 vaccination hub at Melbourne Convention Centre during lockdown in Victoria, Australia

COVID set off declining confidence in police forces

By Kelly Hine,  Katie Davenport-Klunder and Nadine McKillop New research released by the New South Wales Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research (BOCSAR) confirms what
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Firefighter extinguishing  wildfire with fire truck

Signs of progress in latest climate change scenarios

By Andrew King When major new climate change scenarios are released, there’s always strong interest. These scenarios lay out what our future climate will look like,
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Australia v England: 2025/26 Ashes Series – Fifth Test: Day 5

Cricket and soccer dominate but still face financial woes

By James Skinner and Danny Hill Cricket and soccer are two of, if not the biggest national sporting codes in Australia. Yet the governing bodies of both have recently
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Auction Crowd

Housing was already slumping before the Federal Budget

By James Graham To say this year’s Federal Budget has ruffled some feathers would be an understatement. The Albanese government announced major reforms to two tax
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Pikachu Outbreak! 2018

Resurgent Pokémon comes with profits and crime

By Tets Kimura In 1973, Japanese food company Calbee started attaching free collectable baseball player cards to its potato chip packets (and continues to do so
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