Eva Hornung was shortlisted for the Miles Franklin for her last novel, The Last Garden. The one before that, Dog Boy, won the Prime Minister’s Literary Award for Fiction and is now a Text Classic, introduced by Yann Martel. Her latest centres on The Minstrels: a place that carries significant
The ancient fish _Megamastax amblyodus_. Brian Choo, CC BY-NC-NDRoughly 425 million years ago, in the warm seas over what is now southern China, there lived a metre-long bony fish with jaws full of clusters of spiky teeth. Long extinct, this predatory fish (Megamastax amblyodus) was an ancient forerunner of all
Max Dupain via Mitchell Library, State Library of New South WalesIn 1981, a jingle played out across Australia, encouraging us to “Slip, Slop, Slap!” In 2023, the jingle was added to the National Film & Sound Archive’s Sounds of Australia registry in recognition of the way the tune – and
Joakim Honkasalo/UnsplashI started my research into gambling and its adverse effects in 2014. At the time, Australia’s annual gambling losses were A$21 billion. Today, they are $31.5 billion. A decade ago, per-capita annual gambling expenditure was around $1,200 per adult. The latest data has the annual per-capita expenditure jumping
The Good Brigade/GettySince 2023, 137 Urgent Care Clinics have opened across Australia, in all states and territories. They’re usually located within or partnered with a general practice, an Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation or a community health centre. Last week, an independent report was released evaluating how well they’re working,
The recent elevation of Angus Taylor to leader of the Liberal Party generated an expected avalanche of commentary. The reactions ranged over most points of the compass. In some, Taylor was depicted as a final leadership throw of the dice to avert the slide of the Liberals towards electoral oblivion.
Do your holidays always feel too short? Or are you a parent struggling to juggle the demands of school holidays with the leave you’re allowed to take? On Wednesday, the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) launched a major push to give working Australians the right to an extra week
Australia faces a more complex and dangerous world than at any time since the threat of Japanese invasion during the second world war. The global economy is being scrambled by the Trump administration’s weaponisation of the trade regime, rising protectionism and efforts to reduce supply chain vulnerabilities. The United
Joe Allison/Getty ImagesOn the face of it, New Zealand’s push to expand international education looks like an easy win for economic growth. Government targets, announced last year, aim to nearly double revenue to NZ$7.2 billion by 2034, lifting student numbers from 83,400 to 119,000. International education exports – representing the
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon in New Delhi, 2025 Chandradeep Kumar/ The India Today Group via Getty ImagesIn an increasingly uncertain world, where the global balance of power is tilting toward Asia, a comprehensive free trade agreement (FTA) with India promises access to
The Australian government has deployed six “crisis response” teams to the Middle East to help deal with the consulate overload caused by the huge number of Australians stranded by the conflict that has spread far and wide in the region. Foreign minister Penny Wong said on Wednesday the best
Rafael Advanced Defense SystemsAs conflict escalates following the US and Israeli attacks on Iran, and Iran’s subsequent retaliatory strikes, reports have emerged that Israel may have used laser weapons to shoot down rockets fired by Hezbollah from Lebanon. While the reports are unconfirmed, video circulating on social media appears to
Eva Hornung was shortlisted for the Miles Franklin for her last novel, The Last Garden. The one before that, Dog Boy, won the Prime Minister’s Literary Award for Fiction and is now a Text Classic, introduced by Yann Martel. Her latest centres on The Minstrels: a place that carries significant
The ancient fish _Megamastax amblyodus_. Brian Choo, CC BY-NC-NDRoughly 425 million years ago, in the warm seas over what is now southern China, there lived a metre-long bony fish with jaws full of clusters of spiky teeth. Long extinct, this predatory fish (Megamastax amblyodus) was an ancient forerunner of all
Max Dupain via Mitchell Library, State Library of New South WalesIn 1981, a jingle played out across Australia, encouraging us to “Slip, Slop, Slap!” In 2023, the jingle was added to the National Film & Sound Archive’s Sounds of Australia registry in recognition of the way the tune – and
Joakim Honkasalo/UnsplashI started my research into gambling and its adverse effects in 2014. At the time, Australia’s annual gambling losses were A$21 billion. Today, they are $31.5 billion. A decade ago, per-capita annual gambling expenditure was around $1,200 per adult. The latest data has the annual per-capita expenditure jumping
The Good Brigade/GettySince 2023, 137 Urgent Care Clinics have opened across Australia, in all states and territories. They’re usually located within or partnered with a general practice, an Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation or a community health centre. Last week, an independent report was released evaluating how well they’re working,
The recent elevation of Angus Taylor to leader of the Liberal Party generated an expected avalanche of commentary. The reactions ranged over most points of the compass. In some, Taylor was depicted as a final leadership throw of the dice to avert the slide of the Liberals towards electoral oblivion.
Do your holidays always feel too short? Or are you a parent struggling to juggle the demands of school holidays with the leave you’re allowed to take? On Wednesday, the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) launched a major push to give working Australians the right to an extra week
Australia faces a more complex and dangerous world than at any time since the threat of Japanese invasion during the second world war. The global economy is being scrambled by the Trump administration’s weaponisation of the trade regime, rising protectionism and efforts to reduce supply chain vulnerabilities. The United
Joe Allison/Getty ImagesOn the face of it, New Zealand’s push to expand international education looks like an easy win for economic growth. Government targets, announced last year, aim to nearly double revenue to NZ$7.2 billion by 2034, lifting student numbers from 83,400 to 119,000. International education exports – representing the
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon in New Delhi, 2025 Chandradeep Kumar/ The India Today Group via Getty ImagesIn an increasingly uncertain world, where the global balance of power is tilting toward Asia, a comprehensive free trade agreement (FTA) with India promises access to
The Australian government has deployed six “crisis response” teams to the Middle East to help deal with the consulate overload caused by the huge number of Australians stranded by the conflict that has spread far and wide in the region. Foreign minister Penny Wong said on Wednesday the best
Rafael Advanced Defense SystemsAs conflict escalates following the US and Israeli attacks on Iran, and Iran’s subsequent retaliatory strikes, reports have emerged that Israel may have used laser weapons to shoot down rockets fired by Hezbollah from Lebanon. While the reports are unconfirmed, video circulating on social media appears to
