Covid offered a rare chance to reimagine the role of the state. What might have become a pivot to care and collective ...

The origins of Australian Rules Football are officially recorded, but not necessarily complete. As new questions emerge about ...

With America's reliability in question, Australia is rethinking what security really means. Should it double down on military self-reliance, or reconsider the cost of placing defence above all else?

Glide were an ’90s Australian band set for big things - a new documentary is a cautionary tale about how critical success ...

The Federal Budget has been tabled and it is predictably designed to achieve maximum electoral appeal. There is a little bit for most voters but it is largely silent on the massive changes taking ...

Europe’s escalating defence spending, driven by the Russian threat, marks a shift toward militarisation. The EU’s new budget ...

As campus protests grow increasingly disruptive, universities face an uncomfortable choice: uphold students’ right to protest ...

When Cyclone Alfred swept through Queensland, the damage was swift, but its most enduring effects are harder to see. As the ...

Across a range of divisive issues from gender to race to public health, newsrooms are increasingly blurring the line between ...

As Australia approaches another federal election, the Catholic Church, long ambivalent about democratic politics, prepares to weigh in. Its official statement could play it safe, as in years past — or ...