Labor has secured Coalition support for new powers to deport non-citizens, as it scrambles to pass a trio of migration bills ...

The Greens will wave through two Labor housing bills, ending a lengthy stand-off after attempting to pressure the Albanese ...

An agreement where wealthy nations provide $460bn a year by 2035 to help developing countries mitigate climate change and cope with extreme weather has been branded “grossly inadequate” by climate ...

The call for Treaty in this country stems as far back as European settlement. Now, the Victorian government has started negotiations in what will be the first time a state or federal government in ...

In the first six months of the National Anti-Corruption Commission’s operation, the body’s key governance officer became so “alarmed” at the behaviour of executives that she decided to leave the ...

Melbourne Theatre Company’s jubilant musical adaptation of Miles Franklin’s My Brilliant Career breathes new life and vibrancy into an Australian classic.

After a glass or two of wine at a party in Adelaide last year, Don Farrell recounted a meeting with Simon Holmes à Court. Farrell told a small group how the Climate 200 convenor had approached him to ...

This week Alan Belford Jones, Australia’s most successful broadcaster and famed former Wallabies rugby coach, was arrested and charged with 26 offences, including aggravated indecent assault, against ...

Beware the cryptic bug! Once you get a glimpse behind the seemingly baffling clues, an alluring realm of wordplay, wit and poetry is revealed. And, while beginners can sometimes feel that cryptics are ...

In the introduction to Miles Franklin’s 1901 debut, My Brilliant Career, the character of Sybylla Melvyn wants to set expectations. This is not a romance, she tells us. It’s not a novel, either. Just ...

At the end of a Deborah Levy essay on Freud and the Viennese Kaffeehaus is an uncanny image of menace – “There will for ever be a snake in the cake box.” Scaled threat curled in sugary tissue paper ...