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The Sunday Read: When neutrality becomes dangerous

28 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Journalist Shadi Khan Saif grew up and lived in Afghanistan for most of his adult life – until it was no longer safe for him to do so. This week, ag...

Back to Back Barries: How the fuel crisis could hurt Albanese

27 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Barrie Cassidy and Tony Barry go for a deep dive into the South Australian election outcome and what it means for federal politics. They examine what ...

Andrew Roth on what’s really going on with Trump’s peace talks

26 Mar 2026

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More than four weeks into the war, Donald Trump says peace talks with Iran are going well, but Iran denies any negotiations are taking place. Reged Ah...

Andrew Hastie on Trump’s ‘overconfident’ Iran war

26 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This week, as fallout from the US-Israel war on Iran continues, the fuel crisis hit Australian hip pockets harder than ever before. Meanwhile the Libe...

Is Israel deploying the ‘Gaza model’ in Lebanon?

25 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

As Israeli strikes have intensified in Lebanon reporter William Christou has been travelling around the country witnessing the destruction in some of ...

Can Australia avoid the worst of the oil shock?

24 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Australia is facing skyrocketing oil prices and demand, as supply is blocked at the strait of Hormuz amid the US and Israel’s war on Iran. With only...

Inside One Nation's orange wave in SA and what it means for the nation

23 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Pauline Hanson’s One Nation surged ahead of the Liberal party and secured seats in both sides of the South Australian parliament in the recent state...

What the Epstein case teaches us about grooming

23 Mar 2026

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Lucia Osborne-Crowley on what we should learn from Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes

Why the Christchurch attack still awaits a full reckoning

22 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In 2019, a white supremacist murdered 51 worshippers at two mosques in Christchurch in what was New Zealand’s worst mass shooting. On the seventh an...

The Sunday read: Why the Reserve Bank needs to be more cautious

21 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The Reserve Bank of Australia has decided to raise interest rates once again amid surging costs of living and the war on Iran. Independent economist N...

Introducing Off Duty: The Crime

21 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

On the evening of 29 December 2011, police officer Clifton Lewis was moonlighting as a security guard at a Chicago minimart when two men walked in. Th...

Back to Back Barries: Will the Iran war trigger another recession we have to have?

20 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Barrie Cassidy and Tony Barry examine the fuel crisis and whether the Australian public will blame the Albanese government for the growing economic fa...

Newsroom edition: how Pauline Hanson’s One Nation is changing politics

19 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Josephine Tovey speaks with Mike Ticher and Sarah Martin about why the electorate is flocking to the rightwing political movement, and what major part...

What Nigel Farage will say for money

18 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The Reform UK leader has a lucrative extra gig sending paid-for Cameo messages. But an analysis of more than 4,000 show they include videos for a neo-...

Will One Nation go mainstream in South Australia’s election?

17 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

South Australian premier Peter Malinauskas is predicted to win this Saturday’s state election by a landslide – but that’s not why this poll is a...

Will the strait of Hormuz torpedo Trump's war?

17 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Events in the narrow waterway are causing chaos around the globe. The Guardian’s energy correspondent, Jillian Ambrose, explains why

How police are using ‘less lethal’ weapons at protests

16 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Stinger grenades, OC spray and bean bag rounds: these are just some of the “less lethal” weapons police have at their disposal and that are increa...

Was Iran really building a nuclear weapon?

15 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Among the many justifications Donald Trump has presented for the US and Israel attacking Iran has been the supposedly imminent threat posed by its nuc...

The Sunday read: Paul Daley on Australia’s blind acceptance of Trump’s war on Iran

14 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

As Australia risks becoming entangled in Trump and Netanyahu’s war on Iran, Guardian Australia columnist Paul Daley questions whether appeasing the ...

Back to Back Barries: Does Matt Canavan have a strategy to take on One Nation?

13 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Matt Canavan has emerged as the leader of the National party. But, ask Barrie Cassidy and Tony Barry, is he the right person to take on One Nation? An...

Newsroom edition: Labor is walking a tightrope as the politics of war hits Australia

12 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

As the second week of the war with Iran draws to a close, any suggestion that Australia’s involvement would be limited to in-principle support has e...

‘More Australian babies!’ where will Matt Canavan take the Nationals now? – podcast

11 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The National party in Australia has a new federal leader as senator Matt Canavan emerged as the winner of a tight party-room ballot on Wednesday. The ...

Australia is sending weapons to the Gulf. Does that mean we are at war?

10 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

On Tuesday morning, the prime minister announced Australia is sending aircraft, missiles, and personnel to the Gulf as war rages in the region. But An...

Iranian women's football players have asylum in Australia, but what now?

10 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

After days of speculation, five players from the Iranian women’s football team were formally granted protection in Australia by home affairs ministe...

Amanda Meade takes us inside the Kyle and Jackie ‘O’ bust-up

09 Mar 2026

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After 25 years of drama, the Kyle and Jackie O Show is now off the air. Kyle Sandilands is suspended due to ‘serious misconduct’, and both shock j...

The anti-climate policy blowing a hole in Labor’s budget

08 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This year, the Australian federal government will spend billions on a scheme that makes it cheaper for miners and other industries to use diesel and p...

The Sunday Read: My Grandfather escaped Iran. But I’m not celebrating Trump’s war

07 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This week, as Trump’s war on Iran rages on and expands, an Australian Iranian journalist writes about her grandfather’s journey escaping the Islam...

Back to Back Barries: will Trump’s Iran war become Albanese’s mess?

06 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

One week on from the start of Trump’s war on Iran, Barrie Cassidy and Tony Barry examine Anthony Albanese’s swift response in support of the strik...

Newsroom Edition: Australia and the ‘bomb first’ new world order

05 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The Newsroom Edition is back for 2026, and new host Josephine Tovey speaks with Gabrielle Jackson and Bonnie Malkin about how Australia has responded ...

Jonathan Freedland on what it will take for Trump to walk away from war

05 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The US and Israel’s war with Iran is nearing its first full week, and after throwing the region into chaos, it is starting to spread beyond the Midd...

The election review the Liberals didn’t want you to see

04 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

When the Liberal party received a copy of the scathing assessment of its 2025 election loss, the federal executive decided to bury it. The attempt to ...

Is the US the most pressing threat to peace?

03 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

When the United States and Israel began bombing Iran over the weekend they set in motion a war that has engulfed the region. In Australia, prime minis...

Four weeks or forever: How long will Trump’s war in Iran last?

03 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Since Donald Trump’s decision to join Israel in a war on Iran, the world has been asking “why?” and “what’s the plan?” But does the US pre...

Why is Albanese supporting Trump’s illegal strike on Iran?

02 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Not long after the US and Israel launched a deadly attack on Iran, the Australian government came out swiftly to express total support for the action....

Chaos and uncertainty as Trump unleashes war on Iran

01 Mar 2026

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Israel and the US have launched a barrage of missile strikes on Iran, supported by a vast American armada that has been building up in the region. The...

High-speed rail and heartbreak. Will this time be any different?

01 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The federal government has released the business case for a bullet train between Sydney and Newcastle, promising funding in hopes of getting the $60bn...

The Sunday read: a day with Punch the monkey’s Djungelskog toy

28 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Punch, a baby monkey in a Japanese zoo, has gone viral after bonding with a plush orangutan. That toy, from Ikea’s Djungelskog range, is now in high...

Back to Back Barries: the politics of no sympathy for ‘IS families’

26 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Tony Barry and Barrie Cassidy examine the divisive political debate over the future of the 34 Australian women and children languishing in a Syrian de...

Will Andrew bring down the monarchy?

26 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

As British MPs vote to release the documents relating to Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s appointment as trade envoy, Helen Pidd speaks to Andrew Lownie...

Exclusive: the Australian children of IS families speak to the Guardian

25 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This week, journalist William Christou made the long journey to al-Roj camp in north-eastern Syria where 2,000 families are detained – including 23 ...

Ukrainian men on how four years of war has changed them

24 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

A DJ turned soldier explains how life has changed for Ukraine’s men while Tracey McVeigh and Shaun Walker report on the impact of the conflict and w...

The UK reckons with Epstein, when will Trump’s America?

23 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Britain is now debating removing Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor from the royal line of succession after the former prince was arrested on suspicion of mis...

Coles in court: the high-stakes battle over the price of your groceries

22 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is taking Coles to the federal court testing allegations the supermarket breached the law by...

The Sunday read: Fiona Wright on waiting for your parents to die to own a home

21 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Every Sunday, we’ll bring you some of the Guardian’s best stories from the week. Stories we loved, that made us feel happy, sad, or just made us t...

Back to Back Barries: the Liberals’ looming election test

20 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Tony Barry and Barrie Cassidy examine new polling that shows the upcoming South Australian election could deliver a nightmare result for the Liberal p...

Albanese on ex-prince Andrew, Pauline Hanson and Islamic state families

20 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In his first comments after the arrest of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, Anthony Albanese says that the ex-prince has had an extraordinary fall from grac...

Andrew arrested: is this the end for the royal family?

19 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has been arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office by police investigating his dealings with Jeffrey Epstein. Si...

No inheritance, no home: the unjust wealth transfer

19 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

For many Australians, the only chance they will have at owning a home will come in the form of tragedy. House prices have become so expensive that Aus...

The political furore over Islamic State families

18 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

A group of 34 Australian women and children held by Islamic State for years without charge have been forced to return to a detention camp after attemp...

Graham Readfearn steps into our climate future

17 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Extreme heat is already the most common cause of weather-related hospitalisations in Australia and with heatwaves intensifying, our climate and enviro...

Why did Obama say aliens are real?

17 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Barack Obama has caused a frenzy after saying he thinks aliens are real during a podcast interview. The former US president was forced to release a st...

The link between ICE and Australian detention centres

16 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

As Australians watch Donald Trump continue to crack down on immigrants, a private prison company used by ICE in the US is now running detention centre...

Sideline rage at kids’ sport

15 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

A recent survey has painted a damning picture of the bullying and abuse some of Australia’s coaches, referees and club officials face each week on t...

The Sunday Read: Brigid Delaney wants you to be kinder

14 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Every Sunday, we’ll bring you some of the Guardian’s best stories from the week. Stories we loved, that made us feel happy, sad, or just made us t...

Back to Back Barries: is Angus Taylor enough to stop One Nation?

13 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The Barries are back, and Angus Taylor has won the Liberal leadership battle against Sussan Ley. Speaking on Friday afternoon, the new leader said he ...

New Liberal leader Angus Taylor wants to ‘shut the door’

13 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Angus Taylor has been elected the Liberal party’s new leader, ousting Sussan Ley in a party room ballot 34 votes to 17. Speaking shortly after the v...

The Greens’ Nick McKim says inviting Isaac Herzog was ‘deliberately inflammatory’

12 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Protesters around Australia, including Nick McKim and other Greens MPs, gathered to express opposition to the visit of the Israeli president, Isaac He...

The Libspill is on: Taylor v Ley set for Liberal leadership showdown on Friday morning

12 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

After weeks of speculation, a Liberal leadership spill is set for 9am on Friday when Angus Taylor will challenge the opposition leader, Sussan Ley, fo...

Could the Epstein files bring down Keir Starmer?

11 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Keir Starmer has seen off a challenge to his leadership after facing calls for his resignation over the appointment of Labour powerbroker Peter Mandel...

Why Jeff Bezos gutted the Washington Post

11 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Hundreds of jobs have gone at the newspaper that broke the Watergate scandal. Was profit or politics behind the decision? Jeremy Barr reports

An update on the Lake Cargelligo triple murder

10 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In Lake Cargelligo, central west New South Wales, police are hunting for an alleged triple murderer. Julian Ingram, also known as Julian Pierpoint, is...

Punched, pepper sprayed, charged: police accused of brutality at Sydney protests

10 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Last night tens of thousands of people gathered in cities across the country to protest against a visit by Israel’s president, Isaac Herzog. Outside...

Lorena Allam on the new low in Australia’s history of colonial terrorism

09 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Last week, nine days after a bomb was allegedly thrown into an Invasion Day rally in Perth, police charged a 31-year-old man with engaging in a terror...

The Coalition survives (again) – how long will Ley’s leadership?

09 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The Coalition is back together again after the Liberals and Nationals struck a deal over the weekend to end their second break-up in less than a year....

Make or break for the NDIS

08 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

When senior reporter Kate Lyons scratched beneath the surface of the National Disability Insurance Scheme, she says she found so many hugely complex i...

The Sunday read: 'I endured the Melania film so you don’t have to'

07 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Every Sunday, we’ll be bringing you some of the Guardian’s best stories from the week. Stories we loved, that made us feel happy, or sad, or just ...

Epstein files: why is Trump defending the Clintons?

06 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

After months of negotiations, threats and refusals, Bill and Hillary Clinton have finally agreed to testify in front of Congress as part of a Republic...

Pod Save America’s Jon Favreau on what keeps him up at night

05 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Jon Favreau, former head speechwriter for Barack Obama, Democratic party insider and co-host of Pod Save America, is bringing his brand of insider-pol...

A survivor on the Epstein files

05 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The latest release of the Epstein files has dominated the news this week, with documents related to Bill Gates, Peter Mandelson, Elon Musk and Woody A...

Ed Husic on why he opposes a visit by the Israeli president

04 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In this wide-ranging interview with Nour Haydar, federal Labor MP Ed Husic voices his opposition to an upcoming visit by Israeli president Isaac Herzo...

Greg Jericho on the 'cowardly' rate rise

03 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Last August, to the relief of many homeowners, the Reserve Bank’s governor, Michele Bullock, announced a cut in interest rates and expressed confide...

Tom McIlroy: Will Albanese capitalise on the Coalition’s chaos?

03 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Parliament returns today and the benches might look a little bare on the opposition’s side of the chamber, with the Liberals left with only 28 votes...

Mistrust and fear after the Invasion Day bomb scare

02 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

When a homemade bomb was allegedly thrown into a crowd of more than 2,000 people at an Invasion Day rally in Perth last week, police said that had it ...

Australia’s best children’s picture book poll: Graeme Base on “Animalia”

01 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The search for Australia’s best children’s picture book is on! Vote now and every day until 5 February for your favourite from 50 of the best, as ...

Are there cracks in Trump's ICE dream?

30 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

After weeks of federal insurgency, Minnesota fought back, and it seems Donald Trump has lost faith in the people running his ICE operation in the stat...

Is Trump waging a war on his own people?

29 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The scenes on the streets of Minneapolis have been confronting and terrifying to watch: ICE agents rounding people up and shooting two US citizens at ...

Guardian Essential report: One Nation surges against Coalition drop

29 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In the first Guardian Essential poll after the Bondi terror attack, both Anthony Albanese and Sussan Ley have fallen in their approval ratings. Meanwh...

How can humans and dingoes coexist on K’gari?

28 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

A preliminary assessment has found that 19-year-old Piper James was bitten by dingoes before and after she died on the island K’gari, and that there...

'The opposition is in La-La land': Malcolm Turnbull on the Coalition split

27 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The Coalition has collapsed for the second time in eight months and Sussan Ley’s leadership could follow at any moment. So who should lead the oppos...

A civil liberties expert on what Labor’s hate speech laws get so wrong

26 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Crafted in the wake of the Bondi terror attack, Labor’s hate speech laws are designed to give the government a raft of new powers to combat racial h...

A nation of rich cowards? Ben Quilty on why we need our artists

25 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

After the cancellation of Adelaide writers’ week in a furore over free speech, conversations are being had about how much Australia value its writer...

Finding the remedy to ‘Trump exhaustion syndrome’

23 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

At the beginning of Donald Trump’s trip to Davos, the US president’s plans for Greenland were vague, and a worry to European leaders. By the end o...

Allegra Spender on fear and rushed laws after the Bondi attack

23 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In an eventful start to parliament for 2026, MPs came together with condolences for the victims of the Bondi terror attack and passed hurried reforms ...

The Coalition has collapsed, will Ley’s leadership?

22 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

It was the bill that the prime minister hoped would bring people together, but instead, Labor’s hate speech legislation and the Liberal party’s de...

What’s behind the Sydney shark attack cluster?

21 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In just 48 hours, four people were attacked by sharks in New South Wales. In response, nearly thirty beaches have been closed and authorities are warn...

Beckham feud: Marina Hyde on why Brooklyn has gone nuclear

21 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Brooklyn Peltz Beckham, the eldest son of David and Victoria Beckham, has appeared to permanently cut ties with his family. In an explosive statement ...

Bridget Cama on Invasion Day and the political silence on First Nations rights

20 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In the lead-up to 26 January, co-chair of the Uluru Youth Dialogue Bridget Cama says the same divisive debate is playing out around the country, and t...

Why Donald Trump really wants Greenland

20 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Tom Burgis on Donald Trump’s friend Ronald Lauder, a billionaire with business interests in Greenland

Dr Bot: can ChatGPT be trusted with your health?

19 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

It’s been three years since ChatGPT first launched and according to OpenAI, the American artificial intelligence company that runs the chatbot, 40 m...

Will Labor’s contentious hate laws pass?

18 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Conceding that his hate speech and gun law omnibus bill was friendless and unable to pass parliament, Anthony Albanese announced over the weekend that...

Is Trump regretting his battle with the Federal Reserve?

16 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Last week, the Department of Justice opened a criminal investigation into the chair of the Federal Reserve – and longtime foe of Donald Trump – Je...

Is ICE out of control?

16 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Its agents outnumber police on the streets of Minneapolis, are detaining US citizens and clashing violently with protesters. Caitlin Dickerson and Maa...

Randa Abdel-Fattah speaks to Nour Haydar about the Adelaide festival

15 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

A week after the Adelaide festival disinvited Palestinian Australian writer Randa Abdel-Fattah from its writers’ week, organisers have issued a comp...

Donald Trump’s new age of empire

14 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

It started with US forces attacking Venezuela and capturing its sitting president. And almost immediately more American intervention was flagged, in c...

Why AI datacentres are draining our energy and water – Full Story podcast

13 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Australia wants in on the artificial intelligence boom but datacentres needed to run AI require huge amounts of electricity and water. Climate and env...

Is this the end of the Iranian regime?

13 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Protests have rocked Iran, a brutal crackdown is under way and Trump has threatened to intervene. Ellie Geranmayeh on a dangerous moment for the count...

The anxiety of having kids in a climate crisis

12 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

About 40% of Australian women without kids say they are hesitant to have children because of climate change. Guardian Australia’s climate, environme...

Albanese bows to Bondi pressure

11 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Over the summer break, calls for a royal commission into the Bondi beach massacre saturated headlines across parts of the media. And last week the pri...

The Birth Keepers: Death plan – episode six

11 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

A backlash against FBS grows and Emilee and Yolande respond to the growing crisis. This is episode six of a year-long investigation by Guardian journa...

The Birth Keepers: FBS goes global – episode five

10 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Emilee and Yolande had grown an ideology and seeded it globally – a reach investigative reporters Sirin Kale and Lucy Osborne could not have fathome...