ONE OF THE FEW good things to come out of the chaos that used to be known as the rules-based international order is that Australia is not alone in attempting to ingratiate itself with the Trump ...

Taylor wins her rights back After missing out twice on sales of her life’s work that she was excluded from bidding on, Taylor Swift has reclaimed the rights to her original six albums she recorded for ...

In 1984, Sophia Loren visited Melbourne as a special guest at the La Dolce Italia gala charity dinner, which raised funds for the Alannah and Madeline Foundation's efforts to safeguard children ...

In other words, the application rate was already booming well before the ambitious processing times for the new version of this visa were announced. The current processing times are reaching the ...

A journalist knew that Karen Wyld ’s black&write! award had been pulled even before the writer herself had been informed. And this time, in scenes that must have delighted the posse shouting “It’ll ...

And, no matter how much Nationals' Leader David Littleproud goes on about “principle” and Liberal Party Leader Sussan Ley splashes around clichés of “doors remaining open” and “everything being on the ...

This is not only because Trump is on the nose in Australia. And it’s not only because Dutton’s election campaign was abysmal. It is because Trump’s values, which clearly resonated with the sector of ...

These policies are out of balance because the powerful in Canberra frame them from the wrong starting point. They persist in assuming that China is a threat to Australia and that the U.S. alliance, no ...

In his 2024 Budget Reply speech (around 12 months ago), Dutton promised to cut the permanent migration program from 185,000 to 140,000, but at the time provided no details on where he would cut. He ...

The degree to which Labor and Liberal policies are likely to result in these outcomes varies, with those of the Liberals likely to be more adverse than those of Labor. But the policy orientation in ...

Non-refundable student visa application fees are to rise from $1,600, which is already by far the highest in the world, to $5,000 for Go8 universities and $2,500 for others. That presumably includes ...

In the rising sun, I photographed this Japanese team respectfully bowing before its solar-powered car in readiness to tackle the Darwin to Adelaide World Solar Challenge. (Photo, 1988.) Event ...