With net permanent and long-term (NPLT) movement for the nine months to March 2025 at over 360,000, the chances of net migration being anywhere near Treasury’s forecast of 335,000 for 2024-25 are now ...

A woman has been voted leader of the Liberal Party, but will Sussan Ley listen to voters and "modernise" the party, and is her appointment a breakthrough for women? Managing editor Michelle Pini ...

Donald Trump's chaotic monetary policies have opened an opportunity for Australia to reclaim financial sovereignty in a new era of digital currency. Paul Budde reports. WITH DONALD TRUMP in the White ...

Media treatments of the aftermath of the 3 May elections spent so much time on Opposition parties, replacing leaders who lost their seats and factional squabbles, that there was little focus on where ...

Scientists have detected a mass gain in Antarctica's ice sheet, but it's not quite the climate victory we've been hoping for, writes Vince Hooper. FOR DECADES, the story from Antarctica has been bleak ...

While Australia has its share of problems, the economic, political and social struggles of Haiti remind us that we are indeed the Lucky Country, writes Mark Beeson. The growth of “gated communities” ...

Studio shot of notably expressive Australian actor Geoffrey Rush. (Photo, circa 2000.) Rush is the founding president of the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts and was named the 2012 ...

The 2025 Federal Election was an indication that Australians have had enough of the rise in far-right ideologies spouted by extremists and politicians, writes Craig Hill. IN RECENT YEARS, the rise of ...

With the U.S. steadily descending into political chaos and social decline, Australia's independence has never been more important, writes Bevan Ramsden and Andrew Fullarton. U.S. PRESIDENT Trump is ...

We do not want a complicated voting system, but we do want a system closer to "one vote, one value", writes Kim Sawyer. WE HAVE ELECTED the members of parliament to represent us, but who or what do ...

While the Coalition was determined to switch Australia over to nuclear energy, voters had another opinion and overwhelmingly rejected the LNP's energy policy, writes Dave Sweeney. WHEN HE UNVEILED the ...

After a glowing reference from outgoing Liberal Party Senator Hollie Hughes, Shadow Treasurer Angus Taylor looks set to become the next Liberal Party Leader. Hughes gushed: “The behaviour ... is ...