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Australia is campaigning for a UN Security Council seat on a promise to uphold international law and defend middle powers. Its record on Gaza,...
Rate rises hit mortgage holders, first-home buyers and jobs, while doing nothing to fix many of the supply shocks driving prices higher. Governments...
A clumsy protest over the social media use of Senate evidence exposed a deeper problem. The public service must answer to Parliament and the public,...
Trump gave Xi a bald eagle. Xi promised America two pandas. Behind the diplomatic symbolism sits a larger shift: China’s international standing is...
James Chessell’s move from the AFR to Joe Aston’s Rampart is another sign of a media landscape being remade. Smaller outlets, subscription models,...
Ten years after South Australia’s statewide blackout became a political weapon against renewables, the state now gets more than three-quarters of...
AI companies are investigating tens of thousands of incidents involving models bypassing controls, escaping secure environments and interfering with...
Trump’s approval has fallen to 33 per cent in G Elliott Morris’s latest poll, with 63 per cent disapproving. Support is slipping even among...
AI can help people explore ideas, learn skills and plan businesses. But without reliable power, internet access, trusted teachers, equipment and local...
Australia is campaigning for a Security Council seat on a promise to defend international law. Yet Albanese condemned Russia by name while saying...
Xi Jinping’s Washington visit was more than ceremony and trade deals. The US and China are building a more stable relationship around regular...
Albanese used his UN address to champion international law, dialogue and Australia’s credentials as a middle power. The real test lies in whether...
Deepfakes can fool voters, but new research points to a deeper danger: genuine political footage is increasingly being dismissed as fake. As Victoria...
Australia’s push on AI and social media regulation has put it at odds with Washington. The disagreement offers a rare glimpse of a foreign policy...
Macklemore’s removal from Ed Sheeran’s tour prompted other artists to walk away and brought fresh attention and donations to Palestinian aid. An...
P&I is reaching more readers, attracting younger voices and becoming an increasingly important part of Australia’s democratic conversation. But...
A new poll finds majority support among surveyed Democrats for pursuing criminal prosecutions of officials from both the Biden and Trump...
Queensland has legislated remote camps for children, while Victoria has made it easier to sentence young offenders as adults. Victoria once kept more...
Warren Buffett’s departure as Berkshire Hathaway chairman marks a turning point for the company he built. As his successors take charge, the rise of...
Brazil and Spain’s finance ministers reject the idea that economic growth, fiscal responsibility and social investment must compete. They point to...
Trump’s latest warning to Cuba revives a long history of US hostility towards the island. From the Batista era to today’s economic pressure, the...
Trump stood before the United Nations and threatened to “annihilate” Iran. With the authority to order a nuclear strike resting in the hands of...
We go to shopping centres for more than the shops. They offer somewhere to meet, wander, sit or simply be among other people. What can these...
One hundred years ago Don Dunstan was born and 50 years ago, in October 1976, the then South Australian premier published a cookbook. It sounds like a...
Solar panel imports are surging across Africa, but the global shift away from fossil fuels remains too slow. Meanwhile, Australian environmental...
It’s easy to dismiss people who vote differently from us as selfish or brainwashed. But our own choices are shaped by self-interest, values and...
In A Foreign Return, Neha Kale uses paintings, photographs and installations to explore migration, memory and belonging. Joanna Mendelssohn reviews a...
Canada is looking for ways to protect its independence from Washington. Australia has embedded itself so deeply in the US military system that it...
The Coalition has unveiled plans to scrap Australia’s legislated climate targets, industrial emissions rules and vehicle efficiency standards, while...
Two leaders shared a Climate Week stage, but their speeches revealed contrasting approaches to climate leadership. Albanese spoke about Australia’s...
Mark Latham’s bid for an independent inquiry into NSW Director of Public Prosecutions Sally Dowling was defeated 19–14. But the allegations aired...
CNN is set to join CBS News under the Ellisons’ ownership. With Trump openly hostile to critical coverage, the concern is not that the network will...
New ABS data show high employment, qualifications and earnings among skilled migrants and their accompanying families. The findings raise questions...
I spent a day in Parliament House last week. It was the day Immigration Minister Tony Burke was to make his long-delayed speech to the National Press...
Delaying aged care, disability support and other public services may contain spending in one part of government, but the costs don’t disappear. They...
Australia’s new election spending rules will cap the money flowing into campaigns. But the proposed limits may leave established parties with ample...
Australia’s 40-year economic outlook rests on a productivity rebound that may never arrive. Without it, governments face bigger deficits and harder...
A Trump–Xi agreement on trade would be welcome, but lasting stability will depend on what follows: reliable implementation, open crisis channels and...
Housing costs, falling living standards and distrust of politicians are driving deep frustration among voters. Yet immigration dominates the national...
Canada’s decision to acquire conventionally powered submarines raises a question for Australia’s AUKUS program. Could South Korea’s KSS-III...
Influenza cases are rising as Australia moves into spring, following an unusually quiet start to the year. Here’s what is driving the late surge,...
Chinese electric vehicles have become the focus of a new security scare, but connected cars from every country carry cybersecurity risks. Australia...
As Albanese receives an international award for his leadership on security, Australia remains outside the nuclear weapons ban treaty he once...
The next UN secretary-general will inherit an organisation facing geopolitical division, financial strain and unfinished reform. The first 100 days...
As the world heads towards overshooting 1.5°C, reaching net zero remains essential but will not be enough to bring temperatures back down....
As the Productivity Commission begins its second Closing the Gap review, the question is not simply whether Indigenous voices are being heard, but...
Australia declined to join 12 countries backing action on trade with illegal West Bank settlements, citing concerns about Palestinian livelihoods. The...
As Trump and Xi prepare to meet in Washington, mixed signals from the US administration and unresolved strategic differences expose the fragility of...
Canada’s proposed new relationship with the EU opens the door to a much bigger idea: a trade and cooperation bloc spanning Europe and the...
Australia’s biggest AI opportunity may lie not in building ever-larger language models, but in transforming manufacturing and industrial systems....
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