Picking grapes in the vineyards of Lucca, the writer encounters gentle confidences, curious traditions and a precarious ...

The opposition’s plans to cut the public service are at odds with the scale of bureaucracy and consultants needed to support its nuclear power proposal, the minister for the public service says.

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 ...

Proposed reforms to electoral law have stalled since late last year, leaving independents to wonder if a marked lack of open consultation means the government is stitching up a deal with the Coalition ...

I think my favourite memoir is Elton John’s Me, ghostwritten by the music critic Alexis Petridis. The Elton who emerges is a chaotic, talented dickhead who is magnetically likeable: a dickhead who ...

One of Julian Assange’s fiercest supporters describes the endurance needed to repel the coordinated attacks, lies and isolation to win a 14-year battle for his release.

As Donald Trump dismantles the rights of trans and gender-diverse people in the US, the LGBTQIA+ community in Australia prepares to fight to keep its hard-won freedoms.

I think my favourite memoir is Elton John’s Me, ghostwritten by the music critic Alexis Petridis. The Elton who emerges is a chaotic, talented dickhead who is magnetically likeable: a dickhead who ...

Some Australian soldiers used foreign rules of engagement in Afghanistan that may have resulted in alleged war crimes – a failing not investigated by the Brereton inquiry.

From modest beginnings, Melbourne’s annual Midsumma Festival has grown into an iconic celebration of the LGBTQIA+ community – and remains as essential as ever.

Tanya Plibersek has sought an ‘urgent briefing’ on the management of the Bureau of Meteorology after it was revealed it was using hundreds of millions of dollars in maintenance funds to cover cost ...

Gaza: Hundreds of thousands of Gazans returned to the ruined north of the enclave this week as part of a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, as United States President Donald Trump urged Egypt and ...