Since 2006, the Economist Intelligence Unit has measured the quality of democracy in 167 countries and territories across the world. Its last index, for 2024, was...
Australian Olympian Alex Ferlazzo has stunned spectators after managing to cling onto his luge and recover his run after falling off halfway through a slide. The...
Yesterday’s tragedy at Bondi has hit hard. As the gravity and horror sinks in, we will all feel much worse before we start to feel better....
First published in July 2014 In the wake of the Port Arthur massacre in April 1996, newly elected prime minister John Howard worked with state and...
December 15, 2025 12:09 | News Australia’s stock exchange operator will have to hold an additional $150 million in capital after an expert panel found failings...
Australia’s Jewish community is reeling after two shooters targeted an event at Bondi Beach on Sunday night. NSW Premier Chris Minns told a press conference on...
Violence begets violence. Israel’s Prime Minister should butt out of Australian politics. The tragedy at Bondi Beach, writes Michael West, must not be exploited for political...
Jewish community leaders say the Bondi mass shooting has “fundamentally changed” Australia, and have called for more to be done to combat antisemitism. Authorities have confirmed...
After the uprising of radical leftist forces and extremist Islamist groups in 1979 and their seizure of power in Iran, a period of brutal repression began,...
Around 40,000 years Before Present, during the last ice age of the Pleistocene, explorers walked from Wilson’s Promontory, the Australian mainland’s southern-most projection, to northeast Tasmania,...