Tens of thousands of Queensland residents are being urged to consider leaving their low-lying homes amid major flooding fears ...

Donald Trump is criticising Ukrainian President Volodmyr Zelensky for saying the end of the war with Russia is “very, very ...

European leaders have met in the UK overnight and thrown their support behind Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky following ...

Peter Dutton’s Coalition has all but abandoned the fiscal restraint that once defined the Liberal Party, matching nearly all of Labor’s $23 billion in pre-election spending pledges this year without a ...

The United States emerged from World War II the wealthiest and most powerful state the world has ever seen. In the second half of the 1940s, it had two thirds of the world’s gold reserves, half the ...

“I want it to be an interweaving of images – more open, loose and rich, and free of angst,” wrote Beverley Farmer in her writer’s journal, A Body of Water. Her second novel, The Seal Woman – published ...

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 ...

Donald Trump’s assault on diversity, equity and inclusion policies in the United States government is making its way into Australian politics and business. While global companies such as mining giant ...

Verse novels have been a particular strength of Australian writing for children and young adults over the past few decades. Little Bones, a lyrical and eerie debut middle-grade verse novel by Sandy ...

In late January, I was chatting with my high-school modern history teacher, Helen*, about the upcoming National Disability Insurance Scheme plan review for her husband, Paul*. The disability community ...

At the moment of my father Chester Lemon’s birth, the doctor delivering him dropped dead. I’ve tried to picture it ever since my father told me this story – was the baby halfway out or all the way out ...

When to give up, is the question. We know, after all, how it ends. There are no surprises. But at what point should we conclude that the end has arrived, or is so close that whatever life remains is ...