Australasia
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‘This is how they drive you mad’: refugee turns anguish into art
I walk the paths I know so well and call Farhad Bandesh. Arnold Zable The Age He is detained in…
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Palace letters: Australian high court allows release of Queen’s secret correspondence before Whitlam dismissal
The historian Jenny Hocking has won a landmark high court case in her bid to secure sensitive correspondence between the…
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A four-day working week could be the shot in the arm post-coronavirus tourism needs
Ardern was not, as some critics seemed to assume, just flying a kite. Jarrod Haar The Conversation She was responding…
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Manus Island detention centre contracts did not show value for money, audit office finds
Ahead of last year’s federal election, Labor demanded an investigation into the procurement of government contracts by the department, after…
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Rio Tinto blasts 46,000-year-old Aboriginal site to expand iron ore mine
A sacred site in Western Australia that showed 46,000 years of continual occupation and provided a 4,000-year-old genetic link to present-day……
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Indigenous voice ‘fundamental’ to reconciliation, says Linda Burney
Ms Burney, who chaired the NSW Reconciliation Committee in 2000, vividly remembers the morning of the bridge march: “We had…
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Inside Australia’s climate emergency: the dead sea – (Interactive)
The ocean around southern Australia is a global heating hotspot. One man has watched entire sea forests disappear in his…
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One-hour COVID-19 test being trialed at hospitals around London
As Britain tries to ramp up testing to help revive the stalled economy, it is still mainly using laboratory tests…
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‘Our family’s priorities have shifted.
In 1987, Sunila Chawla, now 57, migrated to Australia from India with her husband and their infant son, Tarang, now…
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Backyard beekeeping is on the rise as bee populations come under threat
The hobby has surged in recent years and is offering a welcome distraction to bee enthusiasts across the country. Sarah…
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Law Council appalled at domestic violence report
A Senate committee inquiry into domestic violence has finalised its report without taking evidence from any witnesses or calling for…
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Australia doesn’t need more anti-terror laws that aren’t necessary – or even used
While some changes are welcome, others are a cause for concern. One major change is that the legislation will allow…
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Australia prepares to take China to the World Trade Organisation
Government sources with knowledge of the developments said Australia would prefer to avoid protracted negotiations at the global trade body,…
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Fears of corporate takeover as SA Government seeks to put quotas on fisheries
SA Primary Industries Minister Tim Whetstone this month outlined key goals of a $24.5 million Marine Scalefish Fishery reform package…
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Refugee advocates fight proposed laws giving minister power to ban mobile phones in immigration detention
Proposed new laws that would give authorities the power to ban mobile phones from Australian immigration detention centres could be…
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Global independent inquiry into the coronavirus set to pass
In a major strategic victory for Australia, an updated draft motion will now be co-sponsored by 116 of the assembly’s…
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