On Sunday at Bondi we witnessed the appalling consequences of hatred and how it breeds radicalisation and violence. But as the Jewish community and the whole country grieved, some politicians went on ...

There is no going back to where we were before December 14. But a social contract Australians relied on has been destroyed by the Coalition.

Barrie Cassidy and Tony Barrie unpack the plan handed to the federal government this week

Life, writing and other tragedies

Australian author Michelle de Kretser described feeling afraid of speaking publicly about the conflict in Gaza as she accepted the 2025 Stella Prize for her book Theory & Practice.

What is happening in Gaza today is not an incidental event nor the result of a “military error” as claimed by some media outlets supporting the occupation. Rather, it is a clear extension of a colonial approach built on the foundations of extermination, exclusion, and uprooting. From the Balfour Declaration in 1917 to the Nakba in 1948, from the invasion of Beirut to the successive wars on Gaza, this genocide forms part of a clear colonial system that seeks to empty the land of its people by all means, the most horrific being the killing of children and civilians to...

Indigenous children in Queensland already face a system 'geared against them,' advocates say, as calls for the government to abandon laws which treat children as adults continue.Despite criticism from...

We can and should be doing more to help the two million Palestinians struggling to survive

A small Michigan community banded together to help a beloved local bookstore move its stock to a new storefront Residents of all ages in a small Michigan community formed a human chain and helped a local bookshop move each of its 9,100 books – one by one – to a new storefront about a block away. The “book brigade” of about 300 people stood in two lines running along a sidewalk in downtown Chelsea on Sunday, passing each title from Serendipity Books’ former location directly to the correct shelves in the new building, down the block and around the corner on Main Street. Continue reading...

Exclusive: Power outages in major cities would help build opposition to climate policies, Colin Boyce tells podcast