Tanya Plibersek has launched a global “nature positive” summit in Sydney with a new marine protection announcement, as ...

Anthony Albanese has been booed and Peter Dutton cheered at events held by the Jewish community to mark the first anniversary ...

Israel correspondent for The Economist Anshel Pfeffer on where the Middle East is headed, and how, or if, the fighting can end.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has marked the one year anniversary of the October 7 Hamas attack with a video acknowledging the “terrible pain” of the event, after thousands of demonstrators attended ...

One year on from the October 7 attacks against Israel, the region is bracing for more war. It seems almost certain Israel will launch a retaliatory attack against Iran, after it fired ballistic ...

On February 8 this year, the vice-chancellors of 16 Australian universities jointly wrote to then home affairs minister Clare O’Neil complaining that new visa restrictions on international students ...

Beware the cryptic bug! Once you get a glimpse behind the seemingly baffling clues, an alluring realm of wordplay, wit and poetry is revealed. And, while beginners can sometimes feel that cryptics are ...

One summer night, far from the buzz of Brooklyn’s liveliest neighbourhoods, I’m one of a few hundred ticketholders in a brick warehouse on the industrial outskirts of Bushwick. Under the haze of red ...

What is it about the combination of sugary sweetness with a hint of salt that awakens our tastebuds and makes us yearn for more? Think creamy salted caramel ice-cream or a pack of Lemon Crisp biscuits ...

Economists have panned Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s defence of negative gearing after he pledged his party won’t close the tax concession because it will do nothing to address housing supply. The ...