The Coalition has unveiled plans to scrap Australia’s legislated climate targets, industrial emissions rules and vehicle efficiency standards, while reopening the door to nuclear power. It promises ch...

Australia’s top mandarins are calling for new guidelines to ensure public servants are treated with greater respect during parliamentary committee hearings.

Telling his audience the truth has not suited the media titan’s business model.

The collapse of renewable energy retailer Zen Energy has been seized on by critics of Australia’s energy transition, but its failure says little about the broader shift towards renewable energy.

In the first of a two-part series, AUKUS is examined as a strategic choice, not simply a procurement program. The planned submarines are designed for US-led coalition warfare rather than a self-relian...

Gaza’s journalists have reported through the displacement, bereavement and lethal danger of genocide, while colleagues and family members have been killed around them. Their work has become both testi...

AI is advancing faster than societies, laws and institutions can adapt, making international governance, verification and shared oversight essential.

This week’s environment round-up looks at the metabolic revolutions that remade Earth, China’s simultaneous coal and renewables boom, habitat gardens and Australia’s Cape Grim climate monitoring.

Home battery capacity has overtaken grid-scale batteries, thanks to the federal rebate, and both have helped flatten the price curve as they meet evening peaks.

Each year, on the summer solstice, Paris and most of France becomes what is essentially the world's largest outdoor party for Fête de la Musique. Bistros, restaurants, cafes and sundry businesses sat...

One Nation is the wrong answer to the right question. Part six, on the People who step up, the party that is really a co-op, and why building one is the strategic move, not the naive one.

Israel’s failure to impose its will on Iran should be treated not as a disaster but as a reality check, exposing the limits of military force and the urgent need to end a politics built on permanent w...

The rise of anti-establishment politics reflects a deeper loss of confidence in Australia’s economic model, making investment in science, research and innovation central to rebuilding productivity, op...

And what must be done to stop it

The attacks on the government's budget reforms may be loud, but polling suggests voters are more open to tax change than the media backlash implies – and governments that want to deliver serious refor...

There is a high chance this year's Pacific climate phenomenon will be among the strongest on record, which could lead to hotter temperatures across the globe.

ABC Classic’s fiftieth anniversary gives this year’s Classic 100 added resonance, celebrating not only great music but a shared cultural ritual that brings Australians together through listening.