There are really only two possibilities. Either Peter Dutton and Angus Taylor do not understand the basics of the Coalition’s signature nuclear power policy or they are deliberately, repeatedly ...

The largest reforms to the National Disability Insurance Scheme are moving so fast that promises made to people with disability are already “being broken” to secure billions of dollars’ worth of ...

The Coalition is moving to undo the First Nations naming of Australian military bases as it escalates its opposition to race-based symbols and other reconciliation policies. A senior Coalition source ...

Beware the cryptic bug! Once you get a glimpse behind the seemingly baffling clues, an alluring realm of wordplay, wit and poetry is revealed. And, while beginners can sometimes feel that cryptics are ...

Focus group research by RedBridge indicates that voter perceptions of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese are as bad as they were for his predecessor Scott Morrison, strengthening the growing belief that ...

This was a year in which Australian artists showed how local narratives and voices can enrich global conversations to foster deeper understanding. The primary example was Archie Moore’s installation ...

“The ability to play chess is the sign of a gentleman. The ability to play chess well is the sign of a wasted life.” – Paul Morphy I cannot play chess well. I am not a gentleman. I was a maintenance ...

The Olympics returned, and so did the spectators, liberated this year from the Covid restrictions that both delayed the previous games and cruelled Tokyo’s atmosphere. Just weeks before the opening ...

Jonathan Glazer’s The Zone of Interest, adapted from the Martin Amis novel about the family of a Nazi commandant who lives next door to the Auschwitz concentration camp, was the outstanding film of ...

Syria: Ahmed al-Sharaa, the leader of the Islamist group in Syria that oversaw the ousting of Bashar al-Assad, has unveiled plans to disband his and other rebel groups and form a national army under ...

The Saturday Paper ’s quick crossword is compiled by Liam Runnalls (LR), who also sets the weekend cryptic. Requiring less lateral thinking than the cryptic, and less general knowledge than the quiz, ...