“The potential people who could have been here in my place but who will in fact never see the light of day outnumber the sand grains of Arabia.”

Proposed laws in Queensland would restrict who can object to a mine and give politicians greater control over whether objections are heard in court.

Almost 30 years ago now, when the hit movie Titanic launched in cinemas, my friend Matthew taught me and a few others to play Celine Dion's anthem My Heart Will Go On on the recorder, that musical ins...

The summer after graduating high school, knowing he would face conscription into the military as soon as his eighteenth birthday arrived, Edward Abbey (January 29, 1927–March 14, 1989) set ou…

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Air Force B-52 bombers landed at an air base in northern Australian in a demonstration of the U.S. ability to project force in the Pacific.

We urgently need relationship and sex education that’s relevant to teenagers and focuses on reducing risks – not making them scared to seek help.

“There is but one solution to the intricate riddle of life; to improve ourselves, and contribute to the happiness of others.”

The TV presenter and author on the evolutionary biologists who inspired her, the genius of George Eliot – and fun with Frog and Toad

Prioritise people and relationships. If you don’t you might die and nobody will know until months later. Gross!

A striking poster, a controversial policy and a hidden chapter of Australia's past.

The latest data show real wages are going backwards, but Reserve Bank keeps seeing ghosts.

Australia, as a 'partner nation' for the F-35, is joining with other countries to contribute $1.44 billion to the reset. It's a preview of what lies in store for Australian taxpayers under AUKUS.

On both sides of the Atlantic, white professors think that suspending judgment when it comes to black scholars makes them good people.

In Lebanon, the currency keeps losing value, but weapons money never runs short. In Senegal, families choose between a stalled economy and the wage an armed group offers their sons. […]

Australia champions Indigenous rights internationally, yet the militarisation of northern Australia raises urgent questions about consultation, consent and the use of Indigenous lands for defence purp...