Runway extensions, new military infrastructure and US planning are transforming the Cocos Islands into a strategically ...

The Coalition’s migration plan promises dramatic cuts to net overseas migration and the temporary visa population, but key ...

Sanae Takaichi has consolidated extraordinary political power, but the economic conditions that sustained the Abe era have ...

Australia cannot credibly claim climate leadership while expanding coal and gas exports that accelerate global heating, ...

As wealthy countries cut aid, Australia remains far below the UN target for development assistance. Its support for ...

Labor’s primary vote is weakening while Green preferences remain crucial in close contests. Albanese’s hostility to the Greens may become increasingly difficult to sustain.

A landmark High Court ruling has overturned approval of the Mt Pleasant coal mine extension, requiring NSW planning ...

The detention of former British diplomat Ian Proud after attending the Valdai Conference raises troubling questions about the ...

Scarce aged care places increasingly favour families able to pay large accommodation deposits, drawing on housing wealth that ...

Bangkok’s latest deadly floods were driven by an extraordinary downpour, but the city’s sinking land, rapid urbanisation and rising seas are making extreme rainfall increasingly difficult to absorb ...

Australia’s tobacco and vaping policies have helped create a vast illicit market while governments continue to pour money ...

The Coalition promises the biggest migration cut in Australian history, but its policy confuses arrivals with net migration, oversimplifies housing pressures and mistakes political symbolism for ...