Senior staff from the offices of NSW premier Chris Minns and state police minister Yasmine Catley, who were present during NSW police briefings about the caravan located on a Dural property on 19 January 2025, finally turned up to testify at the NSW Legislative Council inquiry into the explosives-laden caravan on Friday, 27 June 2025, after ...
When Microsoft locked an ICC prosecutor out of their email, it proved just how easily U.S. power can reach across borders and into the heart of global justice. read now...
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio wants less talk, more action from the Quad, and the 'Bomb Cyclone' is far from over, with destructive weather still to come for much
I didn’t write this article. Actually, the person who wrote this article didn’t write it either — at least, he never intended to write an article, for The Mandarin or any other platform. He just did me a favour. I recently piloted a new course on neurodiversity at work for
When geopolitics co-mingle with strategic procurements, the results are rarely inexpensive or straightforward. It was last Friday when Defence’s Capability and Sustainment Group gently issued a new industry request for information for a previously scrapped $700 million sovereign communications capability that had been deemed too long in the tooth and
The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) opened its doors two years ago this week amid much fanfare and high expectations. Since then the body has attracted considerable criticism, overshadowing a solid, if slow, start to a whole new anti-corruption system across federal government. Established with strong powers after a history of
The Conversation, CC BYThe beginning of the financial year means for the first time in Australia the public will see previously unreleased tax reports produced by multinational taxpayers. These documents, known as country-by-country reports, or CbCR for short, contain information about the tax practices of large Australian businesses and
ShutterstockMilan Kundera opens his novel The Book of Laughter and Forgetting with a scene from the winter of 1948. Klement Gottwald, leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, is giving a speech to the masses from a palace balcony, surrounded by fellow party members. Comrade Vladimir Clementis thoughtfully places his
minoandriani/Getty ImagesThe roar of the arena crowd, the bustle of the Roman forum, the grand temples, the Roman army in red with glistening shields and armour – when people imagine ancient Rome, they often think of its sights and sounds. We know less, however, about the scents of ancient Rome.
mihailomilovanovic/Getty ImagesPeople with poor mental health face many challenges. One that’s perhaps lesser known is that they’re more likely than the overall population to have poor oral health. Research has shown people with serious mental illness are four times more likely than the general population to have gum disease. They’re
Patrick Pleul/GettyThe way we currently produce and consume food takes a big toll on the environment. Worldwide, farming is responsible for more than 20% of greenhouse gas emissions and uses more than 70% of all fresh water taken from rivers, lakes and groundwater. It’s the leading driver of deforestation
The weather may be miserable, the days short and cold, but for around 100,000 New South Wales public servants, it’s a case of Christmas in July and a happy new financial year, as the 3% cash bump secured during last year’s bargaining starts hitting bank accounts. It’s the second effective
Senior staff from the offices of NSW premier Chris Minns and state police minister Yasmine Catley, who were present during NSW police briefings about the caravan located on a Dural property on 19 January 2025, finally turned up to testify at the NSW Legislative Council inquiry into the explosives-laden caravan on Friday, 27 June 2025, after ...
When Microsoft locked an ICC prosecutor out of their email, it proved just how easily U.S. power can reach across borders and into the heart of global justice. read now...
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio wants less talk, more action from the Quad, and the 'Bomb Cyclone' is far from over, with destructive weather still to come for much
I didn’t write this article. Actually, the person who wrote this article didn’t write it either — at least, he never intended to write an article, for The Mandarin or any other platform. He just did me a favour. I recently piloted a new course on neurodiversity at work for
When geopolitics co-mingle with strategic procurements, the results are rarely inexpensive or straightforward. It was last Friday when Defence’s Capability and Sustainment Group gently issued a new industry request for information for a previously scrapped $700 million sovereign communications capability that had been deemed too long in the tooth and
The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) opened its doors two years ago this week amid much fanfare and high expectations. Since then the body has attracted considerable criticism, overshadowing a solid, if slow, start to a whole new anti-corruption system across federal government. Established with strong powers after a history of
The Conversation, CC BYThe beginning of the financial year means for the first time in Australia the public will see previously unreleased tax reports produced by multinational taxpayers. These documents, known as country-by-country reports, or CbCR for short, contain information about the tax practices of large Australian businesses and
ShutterstockMilan Kundera opens his novel The Book of Laughter and Forgetting with a scene from the winter of 1948. Klement Gottwald, leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, is giving a speech to the masses from a palace balcony, surrounded by fellow party members. Comrade Vladimir Clementis thoughtfully places his
minoandriani/Getty ImagesThe roar of the arena crowd, the bustle of the Roman forum, the grand temples, the Roman army in red with glistening shields and armour – when people imagine ancient Rome, they often think of its sights and sounds. We know less, however, about the scents of ancient Rome.
mihailomilovanovic/Getty ImagesPeople with poor mental health face many challenges. One that’s perhaps lesser known is that they’re more likely than the overall population to have poor oral health. Research has shown people with serious mental illness are four times more likely than the general population to have gum disease. They’re
Patrick Pleul/GettyThe way we currently produce and consume food takes a big toll on the environment. Worldwide, farming is responsible for more than 20% of greenhouse gas emissions and uses more than 70% of all fresh water taken from rivers, lakes and groundwater. It’s the leading driver of deforestation
The weather may be miserable, the days short and cold, but for around 100,000 New South Wales public servants, it’s a case of Christmas in July and a happy new financial year, as the 3% cash bump secured during last year’s bargaining starts hitting bank accounts. It’s the second effective
