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Why David Pocock was booted from parliament's sports club

16 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The Australian Parliament Sports Club has been attracting a lot of unwanted attention lately – for registering as a lobbying group, accepting sp...

‘ISIS brides’ and the Aussie kids stuck in Syria

15 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In a desert camp in northeast Syria, behind razor wire, with thousands of other people, live 12 Australian women and 25 Australian children. They are ...

The embassy run by exiles

14 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When the Taliban retook Afghanistan in August 2021, the country’s embassy in Canberra stayed open. It’s an embassy in exile – staffe...

Why protests are getting more dangerous

13 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Melbourne photojournalist Alex Zucco was cleaning her camera lens when a police officer hit her directly in the face with a stream of capsicum spray a...

The outdated trans study still doing damage

12 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In the 1970s, eight children in Perth were sent to a psychiatric hospital to be ‘treated’ for being transgender. Their experiences became ...

Spotify and the AI arms race

11 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Recently, Spotify’s founder, Daniel Ek, announced he’s stepping back from running the company. He leaves as one of the richest men in his ...

'ISIS brides' and broken environment laws

10 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Labor is trying to land one of its toughest reforms – an overhaul of Australia’s environmental laws.  Environment Minister Murray Wat...

Why Israel and Hamas agreed to Trump’s peace deal

09 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Almost two years to the day since October 7, Israel and Hamas have agreed to the first phase of Donald Trump’s peace plan for Gaza. The agreemen...

How Albanese killed the climate wars

08 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Anthony Albanese was first elected on a pledge to fix the climate wars. The most recent test of that promise was the emissions targets he announced on...

Why Albanese won't solve the housing crisis

07 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The government says it wants to make it easier for Australians to buy a home. Its latest expansion of the five per cent deposit scheme means almost an...

Is another Coalition spill brewing?

06 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It started with a series of posts on social media. Nostalgic images of Australia from decades ago, accompanied by statements like  "we're startin...

How the gambling lobby infiltrated social sports at Parliament House

05 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Every Wednesday morning during sitting weeks, politicians, staffers, public servants and journalists gather for a friendly game of sport. It’s m...

The woman who exposed Robodebt

04 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Rick Morton won the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards for his book Mean Streak. It’s a huge achievement and we are thrilled for ...

'What happens if the US goes batshit crazy?'

03 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Anthony Albanese recently returned from a major overseas trip, rubbing shoulders with royalty and sharing the stage with world leaders. But behind the...

The MAGA billionaires taking over TikTok

02 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

TikTok is the most influential media platform for Australians under the age of 25. It’s where millions now get their news - whether they realise...

Rick Morton and the spreadsheet of secrets

01 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Rick Morton was writing about the restructures happening at several universities earlier this year when documents from the University of Technology Sy...

Trump's ‘peace’ plan for Gaza

30 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu have unveiled a 20-point proposal they say could end the war in Gaza “immediately” – after nearl...

What is left of Gaza’s hospitals?

30 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Dr Rachel Coghlan is a palliative care doctor based in Melbourne, who worked with doctors in Gaza before October 7, 2023. Since then, she has been in ...

Trump’s retribution list

29 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When Donald Trump took power, he promised retribution against his political opponents. Now, he’s delivering - and he’s using the justice d...

Albo v Trump: Oct 20. Let’s goooooo.

28 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Anthony Albanese has finally managed to get a meeting with Donald Trump, after months of trying.  But why did it take so long? And what does it s...

Labor's guilt in the Optus failure

25 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The communications watchdog has opened a formal investigation into Optus after a 13-hour failure blocked about 600 triple-zero calls – now linke...

Australia's China contradiction: AUKUS vs the Pacific

24 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The Albanese government has been on an unprecedented campaign of diplomatic activism in the Pacific Islands – all to keep China’s military...

Dezi Freeman: from family photographer to alleged cop killer

23 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Almost a month after two police officers were shot and killed in regional Victoria, the accused gunman – Dezi Freeman – is still at large....

Washington's warning to Australia over Palestine

22 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is in New York for the UN General Assembly, where Australia has formally recognised the State of Palestine – a s...

The Coalition is in crisis (again)

21 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The Coalition is again in crisis. The latest Newspoll puts its primary vote at 27 per cent – its worst on record. And with one frontbencher sack...

How the government’s climate targets stack up

18 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Having released the National Climate Risk Assessment – a report full of apocalyptic climate warnings – earlier this week, the government h...

Israel rejects a genocide finding and widens its war

17 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The UN Commission of Inquiry has delivered its starkest assessment yet – finding that Israel has been and is committing genocide in Gaza.Israel ...

How Trump is weaponising the assassination of Charlie Kirk

16 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In the days since the assassination of prominent right-wing activist Charlie Kirk, the White House ordered flags flown at half-staff and memorials wer...

How one fossil-fuel giant captured Australia

15 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Last week, the federal environment minister approved Woodside’s plans to keep its North West Shelf project producing gas out to 2070. Both the g...

‘An assault on transparent government’: Albanese’s plan to make secrecy easier

14 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In opposition, Anthony Albanese said Scott Morrison was running "A shadow government that preferred to operate in darkness." Now in power, the Albanes...

Part 1: Victoria’s historic treaty

11 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan introduced the state's treaty bill into parliament, she said it would pave the way for a formal apology, the intr...

Part 2: The politics and pushback

11 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Indigenous leaders across the country have welcomed Victoria’s treaty. The legislation will enshrine a democratically elected body for First Peo...

How AI is being abused to create child sexual abuse material

10 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Images of child sexual abuse generated by artificial intelligence are on the rise. Australia’s eSafety Commissioner, Julie Inman Grant, says 100...

Part 1: How Trump is shaping the financial industry in crypto’s favour

09 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

US President Donald Trump was once skeptical of digital assets, saying Bitcoin “seems like a scam” and that crypto’s value was &ldqu...

Part 2: How Trump built a crypto empire out of ‘thin air’

09 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

After saying that the value of cryptocurrencies were ‘based on thin air’, US President Donald Trump changed his tune – pledging to b...

‘You inflicted untold suffering’: the Erin Patterson sentence

08 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

For the first time ever, the Supreme Court of Victoria allowed a television camera to broadcast a sentencing – the hearing for convicted triple ...

Australia’s definitely-not-secret deal with Nauru

07 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says the government’s deal with Nauru was “hardly secret.” But the agreement to deport hundreds of n...

The political takeover of America’s public health

04 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Insiders at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say the agency is in chaos. Last week, the White House fired CDC Director Susan Monarez aft...

Kylie Moore-Gilbert on what Iran’s Revolutionary Guard thinks of Australia

03 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Australia acted against Iran after ASIO found Tehran orchestrated two antisemitic arson attacks on Australian soil – expelling Iran’s amba...

How a mainstream protest gave cover to neo-Nazi violence

02 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In the lead-up to the so-called ‘March for Australia’, many people downplayed the involvement of neo-Nazis in organising and promoting the...

When religious doctors refuse healthcare

01 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

As hard-fought gains in reproductive medicine, voluntary assisted dying and LGBTQI health care have been made – another story has emerged. One w...

Murray Watt on our broken environmental laws and saying 'yes' to Woodside

31 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Murray Watt has a big job: as federal environment minister, he’s been hand-picked by Albanese to fix Australia’s old and broken environmen...

Who was involved in Australia’s decision to expel the Iranian ambassador?

29 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When Prime Minister Anthony Albanese fronted the media this week alongside ASIO chief Mike Burgess, it was with extraordinary news. Albanese revealed ...

The 'sovereign citizen' ideology behind Australia's most wanted man

28 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The man alleged to have killed two police officers in the Victorian town of Porepunkah this week self-identified as a sovereign citizen. Dezi Freeman&...

‘Thriving Kids’ and the plan to shrink the NDIS

27 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The federal government says too many children are on the NDIS, and many of them are ‘over-serviced’. Health Minister Mark Butler has unvei...

The ‘subterfuge’ behind the March for Australia

26 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When a group of Neo-Nazis recently took to the streets of Melbourne, Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan said that Nazi’s “don't belong”...

Is Australia supplying weapons to Israel?

25 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

As Israel's assault on Gaza city continues, Israeli aircraft and tanks have pounded the eastern and northern outskirts of the city, destroying buildin...

How a grandfather died after a flirty Meta AI chatbot’s invite

24 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

“I’m REAL and I’m sitting here blushing because of YOU!” That’s the message 76-year-old Thongbue “Bue” Wongb...

The economic roundtable: Where is Labor’s ambition?

21 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week in Canberra, the press, unions, business leaders and politicians have all been talking about one thing: the economic roundtable.  It&rs...

Is Qantas sorry – or just sorry it got caught?

20 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Qantas has been told it’s the “wrong kind of sorry”. Five years after illegally outsourcing 1,800 ground staff, the airline has been...

Trump v Zelensky: Round 2

19 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Fresh off the back of his meeting with Putin in Alaska, US President Donald Trump has held talks with Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky.  While ...

Part 1: Inside Australia's secretive crocodile skin industry

18 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Darwin’s crocodile farms supply some of the world’s most exclusive fashion houses. But as award-winning journalist Katherine Wilson starte...

Part 2: Crocodiles, crimes and conservation claims

18 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This is part two of a two-part series. Start with Part 1: Inside Australia's secretive crocodile skin industry. The lucrative Australian crocodile ski...

Inside the Islamophobia envoy’s private briefings to parliament

17 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When the Australian government appointed its envoy to combat Islamophobia, it came amid escalating violence in Gaza.  But signs have emerged that...

AI: ‘The biggest act of copyright theft in history’

14 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A few weeks ago, Atlassian co-founder Scott Farquhar addressed the National Press Club to discuss what he describes as the “next great industria...

Conspiracy Nation part 2: From fringe to Parliament

13 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It’s easy to dismiss conspiracy theories as fringe or imported. But conspiratorial ideas are gaining traction with everyday Australians – ...

Conspiracy Nation part 1: The COVID conspiracy pipeline

13 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Australia – like many countries – saw protesters take the streets. They weren’t just protesting lockdo...

The giant cuttlefish and the deadly algal bloom

12 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When dead fish began washing up on South Australian beaches earlier this year, Dr Scott Bennett was alarmed. Scott’s a marine ecologist at the U...

What does Australia’s recognition of Palestine actually achieve?

11 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Australia will recognise a Palestinian state at the United Nations in September, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced. Albanese claims the mo...

‘We do not feel safe’: Kumanjayi White’s grandfather on the danger of the NT police

10 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In May this year, Kumanjayi White died after being restrained by police inside a supermarket in Alice Springs. Just weeks later, the coroner released ...

The political calculations behind Albanese’s economic roundtable

07 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Labor is laying the groundwork for a major overhaul of Australia’s tax system.  In just over a week, a hand-picked group of people from bus...

Collapse or coexistence: Avoiding Israel and Palestine's bleakest futures

06 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

As ceasefire talks with Hamas stall, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was expected to convene his security cabinet to agree on a new Gaza str...

Part 2: A warning from an undercover ASIO informant

05 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When ASIO’s spy chief Mike Burgess delivered his annual threat assessment earlier this year, it was widely seen as a recruitment drive. He talke...

Part 1: The spiritual leader of Sydney’s pro-ISIS network

05 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

At the height of the Islamic State’s power in Syria, hundreds of Australians are thought to have joined their ranks. But as security agencies cr...

Could Australia get a national truth telling commission?

04 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

For nearly two decades, Australian governments have pledged to close the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians — in health, educ...

A collective howl of protest on the Sydney Harbour Bridge

03 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In spite of pouring rain, government opposition and a failed police ban, 90,000 people marched across the Sydney Harbour Bridge yesterday. It was the ...

Anthony Albanese's long held hopes for Palestinian statehood

31 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Anthony Albanese has been waiting decades to recognise a Palestinian state.  Now, as countries like France, Canada and the UK all declare their o...

How the internet is about to change for everyone

30 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Australia’s plan to ban teenagers from social media has been called “world‑leading”. The law, which comes into effect December 10,...

How China uses persuasive technology for social control

29 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

As companies across the world pursue generative AI technology, new forms of manipulation become possible. At the forefront of this are neurotechnologi...

Richard Flanagan on the 'ludicrous' deal derailing Tasmanian politics

28 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When Tasmanian premier Jeremy Rockliff struck a deal with the AFL to build a brand new stadium in Hobart's historic center, it was a decision made wit...

The students behind the historic ICJ climate ruling

27 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Countries have a legal obligation to tackle climate change, according to a landmark finding from the world’s highest court.Last week, the Intern...

Amy Remeikis on parliament’s ‘messy’ return

24 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When parliament returned this week, the seating chart said it all. With 123 Labor members in the parliament – the government is taking up much o...

Could Syria be headed for another civil war?

23 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When an Israeli airstrike hit the gate of Syria’s Defence Ministry in central Damascus, the blast echoed far beyond the capital.It was a warning...

The AFP's failure to investigate itself

22 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The Australian Federal Police investigate some of  the country's most serious crimes - terrorism, corruption, drugs, and human trafficking. ...

The gas project threatening a world heritage site

21 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When UNESCO voted to put the Murujuga Cultural Landscape in north-west Australia on the World Heritage List, they recognised the ancient rock art as a...

Part 2: 'Another wonderful secret': The letter Trump denies sending Epstein

20 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This is the second episode in a two part series. If you haven’t yet, start by listening to Part 1: How the Epstein conspiracy turned MAGA agains...

Part 1: How the Epstein conspiracy turned MAGA against Trump

20 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

As Donald Trump tries to hose down criticisms over his mishandling of the Epstein files, some of his most ardent supporters are now turning against hi...

Will Australia go to war over Taiwan?

17 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Australia is caught in a perilous balancing act.  This week, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese met with Premier Xi Jinping to stabilise ties with C...

‘Mabo didn’t win the first time’: Torres Strait Islanders will continue climate fight

16 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The Federal Court has dismissed a landmark class action brought by Uncles Paul Kabai and Pabai Pabai – two Torres Strait Islander men who said C...

Why the Envoy’s plan to tackle antisemitism could backfire

15 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It’s been a year since the Albanese government appointed Jillian Segal to the role of Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism in Australia.Last wee...

How China took over the world’s critical minerals

14 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Anthony Albanese’s meeting with Xi Jinping this week is a crucial opportunity to strengthen relations with our biggest trading partner. But it c...

The war inside the Liberal Party over quotas

13 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The Liberal Party knows it needs to change. But the battle over how is already tearing the party apart. Sussan Ley has declared herself a “zealo...

Fake bands, real weapons: How Spotify is fuelling the arms race

10 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Spotify has transformed how the world listens to music. But as it’s grown, the company behind it, and its founder Daniel Ek, have been reshaping...

Antoinette Lattouf on beating the ABC in court

09 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When journalist Antoinette Lattouf picked up a casual contract with ABC Radio Sydney, she didn’t expect it to end in court. But after she reshar...

How Kumanjayi Walker’s death should change the NT Police

08 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In the Central Australian community of Yuendumu, Kumanjayi Walker’s family gathered this week to hear coroner Elizabeth Armitage share her findi...

Inside the courtroom for Erin Patterson's guilty verdict

07 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Erin Patterson has been found guilty of three counts of murder and one count of attempted murder, after serving her estranged ex-husband’s famil...

Adele Ferguson on why children aren’t safe at childcare centres

06 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A child care worker in Victoria has been charged with more than 70 offences relating to the sexual abuse of children. Following the arrest, the state ...

Amy Remeikis on Australia's critical minerals bargaining chip

03 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Australia is positioning itself as a critical supplier of the minerals the world needs to build clean technology. But for now, China dominates the mar...

Weaponising AI: How chatbots are becoming tools for domestic abuse

02 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

AI chatbots have crept into our lives – and some abusers are weaponising them. By feeding intimate details about their partners into tools like ...

Part 2: The truth has been told

01 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This is the second installment of a two part series about the history and impact of the Yoorrook Justice Commission. In this episode, we hear the stor...

Part 1: The road to Yoorrook

01 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

For generations, First Nations people have called for a truth telling process so their stories can be heard. In Victoria, for the first time in Austra...

'A horrifying new pattern': Palestinians killed as they wait for aid

30 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Last week, the Israeli newspaper Haaretz published testimony from Israeli soldiers who admitted to deliberately shooting unarmed Palestinian civilians...

We love Read This

30 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Two years ago, some of our colleagues had the idea to start a show about books. The result was Read This – a weekly podcast about the books we l...

Are BYD cars Chinese spyware?

29 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A sleek Chinese-made ute is suddenly one of the most popular vehicles on Australian roads. It’s cheap, fast and packed with tech. But behind its...

Read This: We Went to Helen Garner’s House

28 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this inaugural episode of Read This, host Michael Williams and founding editor Sarah McVeigh head to Helen Garner’s house for cake and conver...

Why Albanese backed Trump’s Iran attack

26 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When US President Donald Trump ordered strikes on Iranian nuclear sites, the world watched for a response. But in Australia, there was silence. It too...

The widening gaps in Albanese’s climate promises

25 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Cyclone Alfred should not have tracked as far south as it did. But in March it tore through Brisbane, the Gold Coast and the Northern Rivers, affectin...

Giving birth to a stranger's baby: The cost of IVF mistakes

24 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A mistake at an IVF clinic has led to a woman giving birth to a stranger’s baby. It’s a catastrophic error and not the first one that&rsqu...

A 'rathole of retaliation': Trump, Iran and what happens next

23 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

America’s attacks on Iran’s nuclear sites over the weekend mark a terrifying turning point. Donald Trump has taken the US into direct conf...

‘A very dangerous man’: How Alex Antic is shaping the Liberals

22 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Having fought his way to the top of the South Australian Liberal ticket, Alex Antic is working to reshape the party as a radical outfit more intereste...