The 1970s were a strange time to be a kid. The world was caught between post-hippie naivety and the gritty realities of economic crisis, cultural shifts, and state intervention into our personal lives. For me, growing up in suburban Australia, the soundtrack to this era was Brian Wilson and the
The scale of Israel’s strikes on multiple, sensitive Iranian military and nuclear sites on Friday was unprecedented. It was the biggest attack on Iran since the Iran–Iraq War in the 1980s. As expected, Iran responded swiftly, even as Israeli attacks on its territory continued. The unfolding conflict is reshaping
As Mick reads his poetry, Bazza drifts somewhere between a schooner and the seasons, writes John Longhurst. read now...
Paul Keating was Prime Minister of Australia from 20 December 1991 to 11 March 1996. In that time his political party, the Labor Party considered the greatest achievement of his administration to be the Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act of 1992. This law came into force on the July 1, 1992
Many ordinary Australians would scoff at the suggestion that our legal system is ‘good’ or ‘very good’. The view through the prism of wrongful convictions is especially less forgiving. But 55 per cent of the 1,000 Australians surveyed by the independent research agency, Insightfully, between May 22 and 29, 2025,
Past performance is the best predictor of future performance, so the business chiefs heading to Anthony Albanese’s Productivity Summit should know they are about to be carved up and handed to the union movement. Just as the Jobs and Skills Summit was a front for legislating industrial relations back to
Albanese rejects U.S. calls to raise defence spending, but history suggests Labor folds when the strategic pressure starts to rise. read now...
The USA is Australia’s closest ally. Yet, right now, it’s president, Donald Trump is attempting to establish a dictatorship, he’s unleashed a military-led assault on the US domestic population, he’s warned that war with China is potentially “imminent”, and he’s been bullying other nations, both allies and foe, into submission, and at present, Australia ...
At the annual Shangri La security dialogue in Singapore two weeks ago, US defense secretary Pete Hegseth didn’t just ask Australia to spend more on defence. He also unveiled plans for a new US military project here. The intriguing thing about Hegseth’s announcement that the US was establishing an Indo-Pacific
simonkr/Getty ImagesOn Thursday afternoon local time, an Air India passenger plane bound for London crashed shortly after takeoff from the northwestern Indian city of Ahmedabad. There were reportedly 242 people onboard, including two pilots and ten cabin crew. The most up-to-date reports indicate the death toll has surpassed 260, including
Kate Grenville retraces her ancestors’ colonial paths across Australia, confronting the legacy of dispossession and exploring what it means to live on stolen land. read now...
Viswashkumar Ramesh, a British citizen returning from a trip to India, has been confirmed as the only survivor of Thursday’s deadly Air India crash. “I don’t know how I am alive,” Ramesh told family, according to his brother Nayan, in a video call moments after emerging from the wreckage. Another
The 1970s were a strange time to be a kid. The world was caught between post-hippie naivety and the gritty realities of economic crisis, cultural shifts, and state intervention into our personal lives. For me, growing up in suburban Australia, the soundtrack to this era was Brian Wilson and the
The scale of Israel’s strikes on multiple, sensitive Iranian military and nuclear sites on Friday was unprecedented. It was the biggest attack on Iran since the Iran–Iraq War in the 1980s. As expected, Iran responded swiftly, even as Israeli attacks on its territory continued. The unfolding conflict is reshaping
As Mick reads his poetry, Bazza drifts somewhere between a schooner and the seasons, writes John Longhurst. read now...
Paul Keating was Prime Minister of Australia from 20 December 1991 to 11 March 1996. In that time his political party, the Labor Party considered the greatest achievement of his administration to be the Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act of 1992. This law came into force on the July 1, 1992
Many ordinary Australians would scoff at the suggestion that our legal system is ‘good’ or ‘very good’. The view through the prism of wrongful convictions is especially less forgiving. But 55 per cent of the 1,000 Australians surveyed by the independent research agency, Insightfully, between May 22 and 29, 2025,
Past performance is the best predictor of future performance, so the business chiefs heading to Anthony Albanese’s Productivity Summit should know they are about to be carved up and handed to the union movement. Just as the Jobs and Skills Summit was a front for legislating industrial relations back to
Albanese rejects U.S. calls to raise defence spending, but history suggests Labor folds when the strategic pressure starts to rise. read now...
The USA is Australia’s closest ally. Yet, right now, it’s president, Donald Trump is attempting to establish a dictatorship, he’s unleashed a military-led assault on the US domestic population, he’s warned that war with China is potentially “imminent”, and he’s been bullying other nations, both allies and foe, into submission, and at present, Australia ...
At the annual Shangri La security dialogue in Singapore two weeks ago, US defense secretary Pete Hegseth didn’t just ask Australia to spend more on defence. He also unveiled plans for a new US military project here. The intriguing thing about Hegseth’s announcement that the US was establishing an Indo-Pacific
simonkr/Getty ImagesOn Thursday afternoon local time, an Air India passenger plane bound for London crashed shortly after takeoff from the northwestern Indian city of Ahmedabad. There were reportedly 242 people onboard, including two pilots and ten cabin crew. The most up-to-date reports indicate the death toll has surpassed 260, including
Kate Grenville retraces her ancestors’ colonial paths across Australia, confronting the legacy of dispossession and exploring what it means to live on stolen land. read now...
Viswashkumar Ramesh, a British citizen returning from a trip to India, has been confirmed as the only survivor of Thursday’s deadly Air India crash. “I don’t know how I am alive,” Ramesh told family, according to his brother Nayan, in a video call moments after emerging from the wreckage. Another