Australia’s democracy is under siege—not by obvious force, but through dark money and corporate capture. While the Coalition squabbles in party rooms, mining magnates write the real script, turning…

Neo-Nazi Thomas Sewell has been released from prison, two months after a magistrate ruled he was too dangerous to live in the community and could interfere with witnesses in a criminal case.

A federal court has ruled that a nuclear plant in New York can dump radioactive waste into the Hudson River.

Liberal MPs convinced net zero commitment ‘dead’ at next week’s party meeting, saying populist right’s ‘pathological hatred of the environment’ dashed hopes of compromise

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From 2040 onwards the average year for marine ecosystems is likely to be more extreme than the worst years experienced up until 2015, researchers say

Former South Australian MP Troy Bell will spend at least two-and-half years in jail for stealing more than $430,000 in public money meant for not-for-profit education organisations.

Unless global heating is reduced to 1.2C ‘as fast as possible’, warm water coral reefs will not remain ‘at any meaningful scale’, a report by 160 scientists from 23 countries warns

The particles are in our blood, brains and guts – and scientists are only beginning to learn what they do

If you're worried about microplastics, is it safe to wash plastic containers and other utensils in the dishwasher, given the use of heat and detergents? We asked two experts.

Hark back to December 2023. National Cabinet endorsed a historic agreement setting the parameters for future Commonwealth-state sharing of public hospital costs over the next decade.

A week of large-scale land and air searches have found no clues leading to the whereabouts of four-year-old Gus in outback South Australia.

Captain Thunderbolt probably wouldn't have survived as long without the help of Mary Ann Bugg, who taught him to read and nursed him back to heath after he was shot. So why is he the only one celebrat...

From carolling magpies to the lullaby of fairywrens, the nature and purpose of birdsong is more varied than you might think

It was 25 years ago when Cathy Freeman crossed the line into history, winning gold in the 400m at the 2000 Olympics, a moment that's vivid in the memory of gun starter Mal Davies.

I am writing from the back of a minibus in Chongqing this week, the mountainous mega city in southwestern China.

Australia is a quarter of the way into the twenty-first century and stuck on a trajectory that cannot last.