Something dangerous has happened to Australia. We have allowed the interests of ‘collective health’ to erase individual human rights. It has become acceptable to imprison, hurt,...
Indonesia’s counter-terrorism squad has arrested Abu Rusdan, a suspected leader of the Al Qaeda-linked group Jemaah Islamiah, which has been blamed for a string of past...
A Melbourne epidemiologist says lockdown fatigue and rule breaking appear to be causing Victoria’s Delta outbreak to spread faster than it did in New South Wales. Key points:...
Photo: Jeremy Bezanger, Unsplash The shift of wealth to the wealthier is driving interest in Universal Basic Income and Job Guarantee proposals as millions of Australians...
Heavily armed gunmen have raided a jail in south-central Nigeria, blowing up the perimeter fence and freeing 266 inmates — almost everyone in the prison, authorities...
The United Nations human rights chief has criticised the Taliban’s record since seizing power in Afghanistan, saying the country is in a “new and perilous phase”. Key...
Lives could have been lost at a sandbar party attended by hundreds of people near Darwin over the weekend if not for a “mass evacuation” by...
Eight months after his death, 16-year-old Rhys Yore’s phone still sits atop his desk, on but always silent, as a harrowing reminder of what a judge has called...
Gladys Berejiklian’s own Treasury officials appear to have initially advised against setting aside $5.5 million for a grant pursued by Daryl Maguire, but the grant was...
West Australians could require COVID-19 vaccine passports to go to football matches, concerts and fly interstate and overseas by late this year. Key points: Vaccine passports are...