Treasurer Jim Chalmers will introduce merger reform legislation with the flexibility to target sectors of particular concern, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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It’s one of the peculiarities of our time that some of Australia’s most acclaimed theatre-makers feature in this year’s Melbourne Fringe Festival. Among them are Patricia Cornelius – whose many awards ...

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 ...

On January 24, 2023, a Salesforce official whose name was redacted emailed the chief digital information officer at the Department of Health and Aged Care, Fay Flevaras, and Amanda Smith, a member of ...

The Environment & Energy Forum held in Chris Bowen’s Western Sydney electorate last week labelled the minister for climate change and energy a “dud” and a “stain on this area”. The event, billed as an ...

Tanya Plibersek has accused both the Greens and the Coalition of being “held to ransom” by “macho” extremists within their parties as she seeks Senate support to pass Labor’s environmental law reform ...