2+ day, 9+ hour ago   (573+ words) Despite their name, Tasmanian devils could be found across mainland Australia thousands of years ago....

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (655+ words) Pauline Hanson is a woman who says she ‘doesn’t back down’. This week brought two high-risk demonstrations of heels firmly dug in to prove it....

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (1028+ words) The federal government has introduced a new bill to parliament intended to make it easier to prosecute people involved in the illicit tobacco trade. If passed, the changes to the Customs Act mean prosecutors will no longer need to prove…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago   (578+ words) The NFL has played games around the world, and there are good reasons why Australia has been chosen for the first time....

3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (919+ words) On Tuesday, the Australian federal government announced a long-awaited amendment to the Online Safety Act, outlining a digital duty of care to protect Australians from preventable online harms. The bill will be discussed by parliament before the end of the…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (862+ words) As a veterinarian who studies infectious diseases in cats, I’ve been repeatedly asked whether Australia’s outbreak of the H5 bird flu poses a risk to pets. The short answer is yes. As this lethal virus continues to infect more mammals, poultry…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (630+ words) Liberal frontbencher and leadership aspirant Andrew Hastie has launched an extraordinary attack on One Nation’s Pauline Hanson and Barnaby Joyce, calling them “lying cowards”. Hastie said Hanson and Joyce “are trashing my service record, they called me a traitor to…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (1044+ words) Writer Blanche d'Alpuget has died aged 82, leaving a lasting imprint on Australian literature, and having influenced the course of political history with her pathbreaking 1982 book on the then prime ministerial aspirant, Bob Hawke. Now deeply fused in the public mind…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (571+ words) It’s been a year of devastating floods and fires around the world and has served as a stark reminder of the increasing ravages of climate change. Globally, however, progress to limit emissions is faltering, with economic pressures, international conflicts, the…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (824+ words) Almost a third of people living in Australia were born overseas, and almost half have at least one overseas-born parent. Migrant and refugee communities have been central to the nation’s economic, social and cultural life for generations. But there has…...