Australia once swaggered with sunburnt certainty. Now, it's a nation in flip-flops, fumbling for a purpose in a world that’s stopped laughing at the accent, writes Vince Hooper. ONCE UPON A TIME, ...

Meanwhile, Donald Trump gets heavy with Harvard.

The processing time for skilled visas has tripled, fuelling migration pressures and exposing cracks in the Government's immigration strategy. Dr Abul Rizvi reports. The average processing time ...

In 1984, Sophia Loren visited Melbourne as a special guest at the La Dolce Italia gala charity dinner, which raised funds for the Alannah and Madeline Foundation's efforts to safeguard children ...

For the first time in our history, the number of asylum seekers refused at both the primary and appeal stages and still not departed exceeded 50,000 at end March 2025. The number refused at the ...

The Liberal Party’s recent hammed-up negotiations with the Nationals and their unconvincing rhetoric about "modernisation" indicate they don't yet know what to do — but some strong options may remain, ...

Author Karen Wyld's black&write award was revoked after QLD Premier David Crisafulli wrote to the State Library about her social media posts on Gaza. Rosemary Sorensen reports. THE NEWS first broke on ...

From Jakarta to the Vatican, Prime Minister Albanese's journey underscores a global call to ban the world's most destructive weapons, writes Dave Sweeney. ON HIS FIRST overseas trip since his sweeping ...

Shutting down discussion on the Israeli embassy shooting can't be our only response — otherwise, talking about violence becomes no different to promoting it, writes Tom Tanuki. I baulked a bit, partly ...

Koalas are disappearing as state governments and industries destroy habitats — what will future Australians say when they are gone? Sue Arnold reports. THE ONGOING EXPONENTIAL destruction of koalas ...

Without broader structural reform, emphasis on productivity growth might be a misstep on the path to improving living standards, writes Bronwyn Kelly. AUSTRALIA'S TREASURER Jim Chalmers is ...

Immigrants vying for U.S. citizenship is being pitched for reality TV — exploiting the migrant story is nothing we haven't already seen. Dr Binoy Kampmark reports. SHOCKING IT MIGHT BE, yet still part ...