Anthony Albanese has denounced Gough Whitlam’s dismissal from office in 1975 as “a calculated plot, hatched by conservative forces which sacrificed conventions and institutions in the pursuit of power”. Albanese said the election that followed – won by Malcolm Fraser in a landslide – did “not wash any of that
The resignations of BBC Director-General Tim Davie and CEO of BBC News Deborah Turness over dishonest editing of a speech in 2021 by US President Donald Trump raise several disturbing questions. These concern the effectiveness and integrity of the BBC’s internal editorial procedures for investigating complaints, and the pressure being
A new statue unveiled in recent days in Iran depicts a Roman emperor in subjection to a Persian king. Erected in Tehran’s Enghelab Square, the statue titled Kneeling Before Iran shows the emperor grovelling before Shapur I (who ruled around 242–270 CE). But where did this imagery come
moisseyev/GettyIt was the news that rippled around the nation – and then the world: at least three hours of free grid-supplied electricity for Australian households, every day. The new Solar Sharer program announced by Federal Minister for Energy Chris Bowen would require retailers to offer at least three hours
Caliban, Stephano and Trinculo dancing in a scene from Shakespeare's The Tempest – Johann Heinrich Ramberg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons“Girly, there’s something rotten in your keep cup,” Evelyn Araluen writes in Girl Work!, a poem in her new collection, The Rot. We are trailing after a young female
Gough Whitlam address a caught after being dismissed as Prime Minister, November 11 1975 National Archives of Australia, CC BY Tuesday is the fiftieth anniversary of the Dismissal of the Whitlam government. For those who were alive at the time it’s one of those “where were you?” moments.
All of a sudden, the Democrats seem to be on a roll. Last week’s elections in the United States gave the party the boost it has been desperately seeking since Donald Trump recaptured the White House in 2024 and sent the party into a tailspin. Democrats won governorships
The Mushroom Tapes opens with a blunt refusal to accept a murder trial as spectator sport: It starts and we are not even there. Everyone in the world is talking about it. People say to us, you must be going. No, we answer. No. No. No. A woman
Clive Brunskill/Getty ImagesFormer tennis star Monica Seles recently revealed she is living with the rare disease myasthenia gravis, which affects 12 in 100,000 people globally. Seles explained her first symptoms appeared suddenly around three years ago. She began experiencing double vision and weakness in her arms and legs. This made
An aerial photo of Monte Sierpe, facing northeast. Jacob L BongersIn 1931, geologist Robert Shippee and US Navy Lieutenant George R. Johnson led one of the first aerial photography expeditions in South America. They captured stunning photographs of landscapes across the Andes, including some peculiar “pockmarks” in the Pisco Valley
Getty ImagesThe robots were taking our jobs – or so we were told over a decade ago. The same warnings are regularly heard today about the likely impact of artificial intelligence (AI). Tech breakthroughs have long stirred fears of workplaces being wiped out by automation, with generative AI platforms
Every day, we publish a selection of your emails in our newsletter. We’d love to hear from you, you can email us at yoursay@theconversation.edu.au. Monday November 10 Managing pain “As someone who has lived for decades with chronic pain that is severe, wide-spread, and present for over 90% of waking
Anthony Albanese has denounced Gough Whitlam’s dismissal from office in 1975 as “a calculated plot, hatched by conservative forces which sacrificed conventions and institutions in the pursuit of power”. Albanese said the election that followed – won by Malcolm Fraser in a landslide – did “not wash any of that
The resignations of BBC Director-General Tim Davie and CEO of BBC News Deborah Turness over dishonest editing of a speech in 2021 by US President Donald Trump raise several disturbing questions. These concern the effectiveness and integrity of the BBC’s internal editorial procedures for investigating complaints, and the pressure being
A new statue unveiled in recent days in Iran depicts a Roman emperor in subjection to a Persian king. Erected in Tehran’s Enghelab Square, the statue titled Kneeling Before Iran shows the emperor grovelling before Shapur I (who ruled around 242–270 CE). But where did this imagery come
moisseyev/GettyIt was the news that rippled around the nation – and then the world: at least three hours of free grid-supplied electricity for Australian households, every day. The new Solar Sharer program announced by Federal Minister for Energy Chris Bowen would require retailers to offer at least three hours
Caliban, Stephano and Trinculo dancing in a scene from Shakespeare's The Tempest – Johann Heinrich Ramberg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons“Girly, there’s something rotten in your keep cup,” Evelyn Araluen writes in Girl Work!, a poem in her new collection, The Rot. We are trailing after a young female
Gough Whitlam address a caught after being dismissed as Prime Minister, November 11 1975 National Archives of Australia, CC BY Tuesday is the fiftieth anniversary of the Dismissal of the Whitlam government. For those who were alive at the time it’s one of those “where were you?” moments.
All of a sudden, the Democrats seem to be on a roll. Last week’s elections in the United States gave the party the boost it has been desperately seeking since Donald Trump recaptured the White House in 2024 and sent the party into a tailspin. Democrats won governorships
The Mushroom Tapes opens with a blunt refusal to accept a murder trial as spectator sport: It starts and we are not even there. Everyone in the world is talking about it. People say to us, you must be going. No, we answer. No. No. No. A woman
Clive Brunskill/Getty ImagesFormer tennis star Monica Seles recently revealed she is living with the rare disease myasthenia gravis, which affects 12 in 100,000 people globally. Seles explained her first symptoms appeared suddenly around three years ago. She began experiencing double vision and weakness in her arms and legs. This made
An aerial photo of Monte Sierpe, facing northeast. Jacob L BongersIn 1931, geologist Robert Shippee and US Navy Lieutenant George R. Johnson led one of the first aerial photography expeditions in South America. They captured stunning photographs of landscapes across the Andes, including some peculiar “pockmarks” in the Pisco Valley
Getty ImagesThe robots were taking our jobs – or so we were told over a decade ago. The same warnings are regularly heard today about the likely impact of artificial intelligence (AI). Tech breakthroughs have long stirred fears of workplaces being wiped out by automation, with generative AI platforms
Every day, we publish a selection of your emails in our newsletter. We’d love to hear from you, you can email us at yoursay@theconversation.edu.au. Monday November 10 Managing pain “As someone who has lived for decades with chronic pain that is severe, wide-spread, and present for over 90% of waking
