The rules-based global order, its institutions and value system face a crisis of legitimacy and credibility as the US turns away

Members at two Bondi surf clubs provided shelter and first aid to hundreds during the deadly attack

It’s natural to want information about a traumatic event but graphic imagery can cause a significant stress response

Bridie Jabour talks to the editor, Lenore Taylor, and deputy editors Patrick Keneally and Gabrielle Jackson about Labor’s ambitions, the Coalition’s existential crisis and the stories that will define...

Running tends to get characterised as an entirely physical pursuit, which is probably why I avoided it for so long

About 56,000 people control three times as much wealth as half of humanity. Here’s one way to illustrate that

The readers have spoken and this list of books will comprise the best Australian children’s picture books poll in a few weeks

Proposed plan would apply to tourists of countries not currently required to get a visa to visit the US, including Britain and France

We asked you to share your views on your children’s use of social media and how the ban is affecting your family. Here is what you told us

She’s drawn the ire of Elon Musk, been doxed, she and her family have received death threats: The perils of overseeing the world’s first social media ban

Education program sponsored by Shell’s Queensland Gas Company is ‘climate obstruction dressed up as education’, advocacy group says

From nascent policy idea in SA to passing federal parliament in just days, it’s been a whirlwind journey for the world-first legislation that will take effect from 10 December

Patients like Mary feel ‘embarrassed’ when they can’t afford to pay for care, as experts lament a ‘system without guardrails’

Montmorency Bakehouse decided to tackle online harassment head-on, asking viewers to ‘please stop with the thirsty comments’

Social media is driving a boom in the use of peptides to improve appearance and physical performance. Many are experimental and come with risk of serious side effects

Digital footprint offers clues about who may be involved in the political venture being promoted on pamphlets at the Put Australia First event in Sydney

Andrew McLachlan has condemned the ‘inflammatory and irresponsible’ language being used in the Coalition’s debate over immigration levels

Rental changes were introduced in Northern Territory without giving notice to tenants, which the court unanimously ruled was a denial of procedural fairness * Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast A public housing policy which saw tenants in the Northern Territory charged a flat rental rate based on the number of bedrooms in their home has been ruled unlawful by the high court, after a three-year challenge brought by residents from two remote Indigenous communities. The Remote Rental Framework, introduced in stages by the NT government between December 2021 and February 2023, raised rent by up to 200% for two-thirds of Aboriginal tenants living in remote communities in the NT, with more than 5,300 homes affected. Continue reading...

If the ‘suits’ can come for the State Library of Victoria, they can come for anyone, and no public institution is safe Pardon me that this is a little personal. I first visited the State Library of Victoria aged 12. I held books retrieved from its mountainous stacks with trembling hands. Its stupendous card catalogue blew my schoolboy mind. Search my name in the modern electronic counterpart today and it appears 125 times, mostly for works I researched there. My 84-year-old mother has been a volunteer library tour guide for more than a decade. Continue reading...

Exclusive: New program is designed to raise $5.3bn from 325,000 taxpayers, with some debts dating back to 2017, documents show

The 79-year-old president’s social media blitz included conspiracies, attacks on political foes and self-praise

Exclusive: Staff were told of major changes to the way NDIS funding and support plans will be made during a recent internal briefing

Like the narco-state, a ‘scam state’ refers to countries where an illicit industry has dug its tentacles deep into institutions and transformed the economy

Katy Gallagher tells Senate estimates that Labor would not take up key recommendations including to ‘bequest’ appointments immediately before elections