It’s hard to overstate the potential dangers of replacing discretion with algorithms in a system as consequential as the national disability insurance scheme

‘Native advertising' allows fossil fuel companies to disguise their ads in news outlets. A new book argues the practice undermines journalistic credibility.

The refusal to conduct an inquest reveals again what many black women know: it’s not a place for truth-telling but rather a mechanism to alibi the state and its failures

Queensland researchers studying intimate-partner killings found one thing common to more than half the cases

"Hannah did everything we tell women to do.'

The government’s ban on puberty blockers undermines clinical expertise and targets trans youth with a policy that lacks evidence, consistency and fairness.

The O’Neill Institute believes that the law is a fundamental tool for solving critical health problems.

MSF urges world leaders to fully fund the Global Fund’s $25 billion target to prevent deadly setbacks in the fight against HIV, TB and malaria ahead of the 2025 summit.

Animal Justice MP tells parliament of incident in her first year as a staffer and says harassment continued after she was elected to upper house

A new study suggests heatwaves will not revert back towards preindustrial conditions for at least 1,000 years after emissions target reached * Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter here Heatwaves will become hotter, longer and more frequent the later net zero emissions is reached globally, new research suggests. Scientists at the ARC Centre of Excellence for 21st Century Weather and Australia’s national science agency, the CSIRO, simulated how heatwaves would respond over the next 1,000 years, examining the differences for each five-year delay in reaching net zero between 2030 and 2060. Continue reading...

Maybe there’s room for something gentler: letting children know they don’t need to change any part of themselves to belong Most mornings in our house feel like a friendly little language carnival spinning through the kitchen. Before the kids even put on their shoes for school, they’ve already cycled through three languages – joking in Hindi, arguing in Pashto and sprinkling English on top like chocolate chips tossed over their cereal. We don’t plan it or rehearse it: it just happens. Pashto is the language of feelings and family business like complaints, alliances, who stole whose pencil, who touched the remote. Hindi came to us through the back door: Bollywood songs and movies playing in the background, cousins in Karachi and the kind of street-style banter the kids pick up from YouTube faster than I can keep track of. And English, of course, is the language that binds the whole day together with school notices, breakfast negotiations, reminders about homework. Continue reading...

Australian Men’s Health Forum says it is not affiliated with Dads4Kids group espousing anti-feminist, anti-LGBTQI+ views * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast A group that espouses anti-feminist and anti-LGBTQ+ sentiments is running an International Men’s Day (IMD) campaign that is similar to a government-funded campaign aimed at “supporting men and boys”. The Australian Men’s Health Forum (AMHF) is the government-funded peak body for men’s mental and physical health and has coordinated IMD, an annual event on 19 November, since 2017. This year’s theme is “supporting men and boys”. Continue reading...

The rock band took home album of the year while electronic breakthrough Ninajirachi won best solo artist from a leading eight nominations * Aria awards in pictures: from red carpet to winners * Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email Amyl and the Sniffers have dominated the 2025 Arias, winning four awards including best group as well as album of the year, best rock album and best cover art for their album Cartoon Darkness. “As the new prime minister of Australia, I’d like to say: all immigrants welcome,” quipped frontwoman Amy Taylor, accepting album of the year. “I’d like to say: land back, the dole’s going up, and every pub gets a million dollars.” Continue reading...

Seventeen out of 24 children’s toys from online retailers failed button battery safety tests, according to Choice – but there are ways to check whether toys at home are safe * Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email Consumer advocacy group Choice has found multiple children’s toys bought from major online retailers have failed to meet Australia’s mandatory button battery safety standards. Seventeen out of 24 children’s toys bought from Shein, AliExpress, eBay and Amazon – including a fidget spinner, bath toys and a light-up mouthguard – failed Choice’s product safety testing. Sign up for our rundown of must-reads, pop culture and tips for the weekend, every Saturday morning Continue reading...

Report commissioned by conservationists suggests some recorded new growth is misclassified or otherwise not equivalent to losses in species-heavy forests * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast At face value, the amount of forest in Australia is officially increasing, and has been since 2008. But if an old-growth tree is felled in a forest and seedlings grow elsewhere, is the official account ecologically sound? Not according to new analysis, which suggests that the way Australia calculates forest cover obfuscates the impacts of ongoing deforestation. Continue reading...

The recovery of real wages is expected to be so slow that it will take us until 2044 to get back to having as much purchasing power as in 2021 * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The latest wage figures show no sign of wages growth powering inflation, as the real value of private-sector wages fell in the September quarter. Other than inflation, the figures the Reserve Bank of Australia most keeps an eye on are the quarterly wages growth figures. These give us a sense of whether there is so much competition for jobs that employers are offering higher wages and workers can demand higher wages without fear of their hours being cut. Continue reading...

Minns government bill says presumption known as doli incapax can be overturned if child knew conduct was ‘seriously wrong’ * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The Minns government is seeking to create a loophole in a law meant to provide protection against the incarceration of children, which could mean more children will be locked up. On Tuesday, the New South Wales government announced it was strengthening protections for children aged 10 to 14 by legislating a common law presumption known as doli incapax, which means children cannot commit an offence because they do not understand the difference between right and wrong. Continue reading...