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An Haaretz investigation says Netanyahu failed to pass on a warning of a major Hamas operation, while Israeli officials later rejected an...
Financial stress is rising and life satisfaction is falling, but Australians’ discontent runs deeper than household budgets to growing distrust in...
Australia’s military exports are growing, but parliament and the public still lack clear information about what is being exported, where it goes and...
Britain has banned imports from illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank and announced further sanctions as pressure grows over...
Restoring home ownership requires substantially lower house prices – and for most existing homeowners, falling property values need not leave them...
Human activity is releasing far more reactive nitrogen than the Earth can safely absorb, damaging climate, biodiversity, human health, soils and...
New powers will help eSafety investigate whether platforms are enforcing the under-16 social media restrictions, but early evidence suggests the...
Israeli voters are choosing between competing approaches to war and security, while Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank continue to bear the...
Australia has no shortage of wealth, projects or policy targets. What it lacks is a coherent strategy for building the capabilities its future society...
A succession of killings, assaults and sexual violence has exposed the dangers women face across Pakistan – and the failures of institutions meant...
Climate disruption, conflict, resource scarcity and political instability are driving rising migration, with much larger movements of people likely in...
Australia has good reason to scrutinise foreign interference risks, but professional, cultural and community ties should not become proxies for...
Donald Trump rates himself America’s greatest president, but leadership is measured by judgment, responsibility and consequences, not self-regard....
A new minimum hourly rate is a major improvement for delivery riders, but platform incentives still reward speed, dangerous conditions and...
This article reflects the views of the two authors, a father and his ‘almost 14-year-old’ son, Sebastian. It includes Sebastian’s direct...
Hundreds of protesters lined the Sydney Marathon route over the presence of Israeli military-linked participants, calling for scrutiny under...
The UN now accepts that global warming is going to exceed 1.5°C but it’s unlikely that this will change anything governments or corporations do....
Aggression towards teachers and principals is being normalised as something to manage, rather than treated as a workplace hazard employers must...
Paul Keating says Australia should resist strategic subordination to the United States without accepting Chinese dominance, and instead preserve its...
The Albanese government may be adept at negotiating with insiders, but its failure to explain decisions and engage voters is deepening public...
AI-generated misinformation is not only exploiting anger and fear. Increasingly, it is feeding people comforting stories tailored to their politics...
One Nation’s rise reflects deeper economic insecurity, political alienation and distrust in institutions. Defeating it requires more than...
Pearls and Irritations depends on its readers to remain free and independent. David Armstrong explains why their support is vital as P&I reaches a...
Antisemitism and homophobia have different histories, but both can cast minorities as threatening, subversive or powerful – and both belong in a...
Australians are becoming less connected, trusting and satisfied with life, but resilience remains – and tackling insecurity could help rebuild...
Trump’s escalating pressure on Canada should be a warning to Europe: middle powers need deeper economic and strategic cooperation if they are to...
Lisa Havilah’s departure just weeks before Powerhouse Parramatta opens leaves a museum shaped closely around her vision facing questions of...
Falling trust, social isolation and a sense of lost status can make far-right politics more appealing. Rebuilding connection and democratic voice is...
In the second of a two-part series, Connie Peck explains why Trump’s Board of Peace is struggling to turn its Gaza plan into reality as...
Debate over who can play Helen of Troy misses something more interesting: in Homer, she emerges as a rare figure capable of questioning fate, power...
As climate-fuelled disasters intensify, political leaders should stop treating discussion of their causes as untimely and confront the consequences of...
The death of Dutch migrant Dick Van Teulingen at 101 closes a chapter in Australia’s post-war migration story, shaped by those who left war-torn...
Joshua Black’s ‘Performance Politics’ traces how Australian politicians have used memoirs, publishing and television to shape public personas...
A UK national security assessment warns that ecosystem collapse threatens food, water, health and geopolitical stability – and that no country will...
Alcohol-related deaths and harms are rising, yet schools and organisations associated with them still promote drinking. Education should help break...
Australia’s public sphere is increasingly shaped by privately controlled algorithms, yet researchers and regulators still lack the independent...
Battery EVs took a record 24.9 per cent of Australia’s new-car market in August, outselling both petrol and diesel as electrified vehicles continued...
China’s use of AI in industrial production is reviving Marxist ideas about labour and value – and raising the possibility of an economy less...
In the first of a two-part series, the destruction of the US Institute of Peace shows what is lost when decades of conflict-resolution expertise are...
The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) now represents 3.4 billion people and a quarter of global GDP, as its members seek a greater role in...
Bob Brown says Australia cannot keep expanding fossil fuel production while denying its share of responsibility for the mounting human toll of climate...
The world is likely to pass 1.5°C of warming around 2030, but rapid emissions cuts and carbon removal could still make the overshoot temporary and...
Debate over China too often treats growing military power and authoritarian rule as proof of hostile intent. Australia should prepare for risk without...
Some articles do more than inform. They challenge assumptions, expose uncomfortable truths and stay with us – which is why independent journalism...
Youth-led uprisings are reshaping South Asia, but similar frustrations have produced radically different outcomes depending on whether political...
Claims that forests stop growing after 25 years are contradicted by field evidence showing old forests continue storing carbon, while dead trees and...
As Labor and Coalition support has collapsed, the Greens have remained stuck around 12 per cent – constrained by geography, culture and a changing...
Australia cannot make housing more affordable while protecting homeowners from falling prices. The current downturn may reveal how serious politicians...
H5N1 is spreading along southern Australia and is likely to move inland, reach vulnerable island colonies and infect more wildlife. Monitoring will be...
The far right does not emerge outside mainstream political culture. Its nationalism, authoritarianism and populism draw on ideas with deep roots in...
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