Richard Robson, 88, was among three scientists who won the award in chemistry for the development of metal-organic frameworks.

Renewables face a bureaucratic maze in a country built on top-down and carbon-intensive development

Acoss’s new report factchecks some myths about Australia’s tax system and should be the basis of any discussion at the government’s roundtable * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Treasurer Jim Chalmers has reinvigorated the economic policy debate with all the talk now about his economic reform roundtable. Unfortunately, the biggest voices invariably are those who desire to help themselves. The other problem is the debate remains bounded in purposeful obfuscation. That is why it is very pleasing to read Acoss’s new report “Taxing income less and consumption more: The case against”, which factchecks some myths about Australia’s tax system. Continue reading...

Surprisingly moving and justifiably riled-up, Sold! delves into Australia's ongoing housing crisis.

No one told Daniel Xu about what the previous owner had made in the space underneath his home. He couldn’t believe what he found.

The three-storey fibreglass fruit is estimated to cost at least $1.3m but historian says regional city in the running to be the ‘capital of big things in Australia’ * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Not content with building the world’s largest Murray cod, the city of Shepparton is now planning the construction of the biggest pear on Earth. The proposal for a three-storey fruit in the heart of the Goulburn Valley has generated headlines in recent weeks after the return of a business case that estimated construction of the fibreglass fruit alone at just over $1.3m. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

Australia’s highest-paid female athlete has undergone both biomechanical and psychological change to recover from a meltdown a year ago The finest triumph for Australia’s highest-paid sportswoman was accompanied by something unusual. For the usually private, impassive Minjee Lee – after winning her third major at the Women’s PGA Championship near her second home in Dallas, Texas – tears were a glimpse into her recent pain. A 19-month winless run. A collapse at last year’s US Open. An adoption of the broomstick putter, a very public symbol that everything was not right. But those experiences were consigned to the past after sinking a par putt on 18 in Frisco. “It’s very different, because I feel like I had a lot of doubt the past few years,” she said. “I think this one just means a little bit more to me.” Continue reading...

For the first time ever, more battery systems were sold than PV systems in May 2025 – an extraordinary milestone. And home battery sizes are booming too.

A mysterious, brown foam appeared on a beach an hour south of Adelaide. It was just the beginning of a toxic algal bloom that has now grown to thousands of square kilometres in size, killing precious ...

It’s been argued the election would have had a different outcome with first-past-the-post voting. I cannot overstate how unsound this assumption is

Australian artist Ron Mueck’s handmade sculptures of humans are stunningly realistic. One features a mother carrying her baby in a sling almost completely hidden by her large overcoat as she carries b...

Households with solar and batteries are not shifting away from the grid, but into a different kind of relationship with it – active, price-aware, and responsive.

Thousands of tenants don’t know this rental alternative exists, and it has plenty of perks including affordable homes.

Remember Joe Hockey’s claim 10 years ago? We put it to the test and guess what: even after a decade of saving, you still wouldn’t have enough for a deposit

It can be easy to forget, or look away from, the pain and disruption of the pandemic. The numbers will be there to remind us.

Keir Starmer and his government are looking for ideas. They’d do well to look down under, where things have been better for decades

Regulator says deliberate generator rebids – often at the market cap – were responsible for nearly half of the big price spikes last quarter. And it is the customer who will pay.

Survey shows South Koreans think Korea is halfway there A recent survey revealed that South Koreans perceive their society’s cultural diversity as just above the halfway mark on a 100-point scale, sug...

South Koreans too young to hold a pencil compete to write essays to get into English kindergartens In a brightly lit classroom in Seoul’s Daechi-dong, 4-year-old Tommy (a pseudonym) grips his pencil, ...

Women and young people are key voter demographics for politicians to win over. Data show how both groups have become more left-leaning over time.

Exclusive: Captured North Korean soldiers speak out on deployment to Russia