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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

“ ‘Hurry. We must hurry.’ The jailer throws a cloak over Chidiock’s head, so now he looks like a limping girl, face hidden inside his hood. His weight falls into me as we make our way down the stairs.