Australia once swaggered with sunburnt certainty. Now, it's a nation in flip-flops, fumbling for a purpose in a world that’s stopped laughing at the accent, writes Vince Hooper. ONCE UPON A TIME, ...

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The processing time for skilled visas has tripled, fuelling migration pressures and exposing cracks in the Government's immigration strategy. Dr Abul Rizvi reports. The average processing time ...

Author Karen Wyld's black&write award was revoked after QLD Premier David Crisafulli wrote to the State Library about her social media posts on Gaza. Rosemary Sorensen reports. THE NEWS first broke on ...

From Jakarta to the Vatican, Prime Minister Albanese's journey underscores a global call to ban the world's most destructive weapons, writes Dave Sweeney. ON HIS FIRST overseas trip since his sweeping ...

The Liberal Party’s recent hammed-up negotiations with the Nationals and their unconvincing rhetoric about "modernisation" indicate they don't yet know what to do — but some strong options may remain, ...

Koalas are disappearing as state governments and industries destroy habitats — what will future Australians say when they are gone? Sue Arnold reports. THE ONGOING EXPONENTIAL destruction of koalas ...

Shutting down discussion on the Israeli embassy shooting can't be our only response — otherwise, talking about violence becomes no different to promoting it, writes Tom Tanuki. I baulked a bit, partly ...

Immigrants vying for U.S. citizenship is being pitched for reality TV — exploiting the migrant story is nothing we haven't already seen. Dr Binoy Kampmark reports. SHOCKING IT MIGHT BE, yet still part ...

Without broader structural reform, emphasis on productivity growth might be a misstep on the path to improving living standards, writes Bronwyn Kelly. AUSTRALIA'S TREASURER Jim Chalmers is ...

Australia cannot make diplomacy its first line of defence until it reclaims the independence it has long surrendered to foreign alliances, writes Dr Alison Broinowski. I HAVE BEEN ASKED by the ...

The Liberal and National parties are "on a break", but what does this mean for Australia's polity? Managing editor Michelle Pini analyses the split. AFTER ALMOST FOUR DECADES without an official ...