Strong stellar wind from a supergiant star pushes the jets launched by the black hole away from the star. International Centre for Radio Astronomy ResearchBlack holes are among the most extreme objects in the universe. They can fling material outwards at speeds close to that of light, in powerful
The war in Iran has become the third major economic crisis in the last 20 years, with fuel prices jumping and inflation once again starting to pick up. Australians are feeling worsening economic pain. While the government has offered some relief on fuel prices, and ensured the immediate supply of
An effective opposition is good at policy. Last term and so far this term, the Coalition has been very poor at policy formulation. Remember Peter Dutton’s defence policy? If you don’t, it’s probably because it was just a commitment to spend a lot more. No flesh on that bone.
Sometimes new government strategies really aren’t newsworthy. The 2026 National Defence Strategy (NDS) is like that. The biggest headline from the document is the additional defence spending of $53 billion over the next decade, which the government claims (with some accounting sleights of hand) will reach 3% of GDP.
Victoria has its first minister for men and boys. Part of a cabinet reshuffle, the role was given to Frankston MP Paul Edbrooke. It comes with an explicit dual focus: on one hand, boys’ and men’s own wellbeing, and on the other, the harms boys and men perpetrate.
Late on Wednesday, Victorian firefighters were called to a large fire at Viva Energy Group’s oil refinery in Corio, a suburb of Geelong. The blaze is believed to have been an equipment failure. Thankfully, no-one was injured. Viva is one of two refineries left in Australia, and supplies more
Benny Young/FacebookThe fire at a major oil refinery in the Victorian city of Geelong has now reportedly been extinguished. But with thick smoke from the blaze lingering in the air on Thursday, many residents in Geelong and surrounding areas will understandably be worried. What is released into the air when
Missile defences, drones, and nuclear submarines in the AUKUS deal will be prioritised as part of a record spend on defence infrastructure outside of wartime. Defence Minister Richard Marles handed down the 2026 national defence strategy on Thursday, laying out the path for Australia’s armed forces and the projects it
As exposure increases, our anxieties about AI continue to bubble to the surface. We worry about the atrophy of judgment through disuse; about the decline in our individual and collective understanding as AI prompting replaces comprehension; and about becoming passive overseers of systems that make decisions at speeds beyond our
This week, Nicole Kidman revealed she is training to become a death doula. She told an audience at the University of San Francisco it “may sound a little weird”, but she was inspired after her mother died in 2024. Observing how her family wasn’t able to provide the support they
The waters on nuclear testing are murky, with international observers casting doubt on whether the 2020 test even happened — all while China is ambiguous and Australia remains in the
Wednesday, 15 April 2026, marked 35 years since the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody handed down its 339 recommendations on how to curb the crisis. Yet, all these years on, and it’s only worsening with 630 First Peoples having died in the custody of police or corrections since the final report was released, and the 12 months of ...
Strong stellar wind from a supergiant star pushes the jets launched by the black hole away from the star. International Centre for Radio Astronomy ResearchBlack holes are among the most extreme objects in the universe. They can fling material outwards at speeds close to that of light, in powerful
The war in Iran has become the third major economic crisis in the last 20 years, with fuel prices jumping and inflation once again starting to pick up. Australians are feeling worsening economic pain. While the government has offered some relief on fuel prices, and ensured the immediate supply of
An effective opposition is good at policy. Last term and so far this term, the Coalition has been very poor at policy formulation. Remember Peter Dutton’s defence policy? If you don’t, it’s probably because it was just a commitment to spend a lot more. No flesh on that bone.
Sometimes new government strategies really aren’t newsworthy. The 2026 National Defence Strategy (NDS) is like that. The biggest headline from the document is the additional defence spending of $53 billion over the next decade, which the government claims (with some accounting sleights of hand) will reach 3% of GDP.
Victoria has its first minister for men and boys. Part of a cabinet reshuffle, the role was given to Frankston MP Paul Edbrooke. It comes with an explicit dual focus: on one hand, boys’ and men’s own wellbeing, and on the other, the harms boys and men perpetrate.
Late on Wednesday, Victorian firefighters were called to a large fire at Viva Energy Group’s oil refinery in Corio, a suburb of Geelong. The blaze is believed to have been an equipment failure. Thankfully, no-one was injured. Viva is one of two refineries left in Australia, and supplies more
Benny Young/FacebookThe fire at a major oil refinery in the Victorian city of Geelong has now reportedly been extinguished. But with thick smoke from the blaze lingering in the air on Thursday, many residents in Geelong and surrounding areas will understandably be worried. What is released into the air when
Missile defences, drones, and nuclear submarines in the AUKUS deal will be prioritised as part of a record spend on defence infrastructure outside of wartime. Defence Minister Richard Marles handed down the 2026 national defence strategy on Thursday, laying out the path for Australia’s armed forces and the projects it
As exposure increases, our anxieties about AI continue to bubble to the surface. We worry about the atrophy of judgment through disuse; about the decline in our individual and collective understanding as AI prompting replaces comprehension; and about becoming passive overseers of systems that make decisions at speeds beyond our
This week, Nicole Kidman revealed she is training to become a death doula. She told an audience at the University of San Francisco it “may sound a little weird”, but she was inspired after her mother died in 2024. Observing how her family wasn’t able to provide the support they
The waters on nuclear testing are murky, with international observers casting doubt on whether the 2020 test even happened — all while China is ambiguous and Australia remains in the
Wednesday, 15 April 2026, marked 35 years since the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody handed down its 339 recommendations on how to curb the crisis. Yet, all these years on, and it’s only worsening with 630 First Peoples having died in the custody of police or corrections since the final report was released, and the 12 months of ...
