Month: October 2026

By Sandi Keane   For over a week, we’ve been treated to a “Festival of Josh”, especially by the Murdoch Press after The Australian and the Weekend Australian Magazine launched Josh Frydenberg’s memoir: A Grateful […]

By Chen Ziqi   In less than eight decades, China has undergone a remarkable transformation. Once grappling with food shortages and limited industrial capacity, it has now become a global trade powerhouse, a major force […]

At a rock shelter called Abric Romaní, near Capellades in Catalonia, archaeologists have been excavating since 1983. Across sixteen levels spanning roughly 62,000 to 40,000 years ago, they recovered 597 wooden remains and imprints. Thirteen […]

EMILY’s List Australia Media Release Key facts: EMILY’s List Australia has condemned an attack on independent MP Helen Haines outside her electorate office in Wangaratta, expressing shock and concern for her wellbeing. CEO Pamela Anderson […]

Nidal Hasan killed 13 people and injured another 32 at Fort Hood in Texas on 5 November 2009. He was sentenced to death by a military court-martial in 2013. He is due to be executed […]

By Walt Zlotow Two hundred thirty-three days ago Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth committed a monstrous war crime. He conspired with his fellow war criminal President Trump to attack Iran posing no threat to America whatsoever. […]

The Bunyip Aristocracy’s Favourite Battler, Part One On 2 March 1996, the voters of Oxley unfolded a ballot paper that was already out of date. Beside the name Pauline Hanson, former Ipswich councillor and co-owner […]

Editor’s notes: This article is deliberately cautious about forecasting. It distinguishes polling results, race ratings and campaign behaviour rather than treating them as interchangeable evidence. All figures and dates are based on reporting available as […]

A heckler interrupted a lecture with an attack on the presenter, rather than addressing the content of the lecture. The response from the lecture went something like this: “Your opinions define you, not me. They […]

Greenpeace Australia Pacific Media Release PERTH, Monday 19 October 2026 – Dozens of Perth community members delivered a giant petition, signed by almost half a million people, to Woodside’s corporate headquarters this morning, calling on […]

A Framework for Investigating Harm, Establishing Accountability, and Changing Outcomes Understanding is where we begin. Evidence is how we learn. Accountability establishes what must change. The reduction of harm is how we judge whether we […]