Hugh White is correct (“Can Albanese fix Australia’s defence?”, June 14-20) that Australia needs to bring defence policy and spending into line with our strategic circumstances. The cornerstone of the ...

As I write, I’m listening to the sound of repairs to my home following the impacts of Tropical Cyclone Alfred, a rare category 2 system that tracked as far south as the Gold Coast in March, and left a ...

In 1979, I was entering my last years of school and The Clash released their landmark album London Calling. It became the soundtrack of my emerging political awareness. Its startling array of jazz, ...

I’ve lost so much weight that they began to look inflamed and were totally unaesthetic,” Diego Maradona said through a translator. Only a year before, El Diego had tested positive at the ’94 World Cup ...

A leaked report shows staff shortages have created rolling lockdowns at a Melbourne prison, where there have been numerous suicide attempts and limited access to water.

The news of another misplanted embryo at Monash IVF has triggered concerns among patients, and a push for reforms to address ...

Shame is ever-present in The Life, Old Age, and Death of a Working-Class Woman, French sociologist and philosopher Didier Eribon’s theory-memoir about a woman he’s afraid to name: his mother.

In the tradition of the late, great Mungo MacCallum, LR tries to infuse his puzzles with humour, wordplay and poetry to give readers plenty of “Aha!” moments. They will be accessible, but always with ...

The Victorian government’s plans to demolish Melbourne’s public housing towers recall the human rights concerns raised during the snap lockdowns of the pandemic.

Once you leave Australia’s cities and head inland, masculinity as an idea and a reality can grow weird and phantasmagoric.

The first present is for the boy. He is tempted, but he does not move. The grandfather opens the present slowly, unveiling a ...

Travis Lovett | is a proud Kerrupmara/Gunditjmara man and Traditional Owner and the deputy chair and commissioner of the Yoorrook Justice Commission.