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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...

Ashes Weekly: A flawed Ashes series ends in familiar fashion

10 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

As Australia celebrates a comprehensive 4-1 victory, England’s approach to the Ashes series and Test cricket itself has been under the microscope. M...

Watch out Greenland: Trump is pro-imperialism now

09 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

If it’s not threats of military action against Colombia and Cuba, or talk of taking Greenland from Denmark, it’s seizing oil tankers in European a...

The Birth Keepers: Growing an empire – episode four

08 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Within months of the death of Lorren’s baby, Journey Moon, and the public backlash against the Free Birth Society that followed, Emilee Saldaya took...

Why has Trump seized a Russia-linked oil tanker?

08 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The US has dramatically seized a Russian-flagged oil tanker between the UK and Iceland, with the support of the UK government. The operation comes aft...

The Birth Keepers: Journey Moon – episode three

07 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

When Lorren Holliday got pregnant in 2018, she joined Emilee Saldaya’s Facebook group and quickly became hooked on the Free Birth Society podcasts. ...

The Birth Keepers: When Emilee met Yolande – episode two

06 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Who is Emilee Saldaya, the woman behind the Free Birth Society movement? And how did she meet her business partner, Yolande Norris-Clark? Does either ...

The Birth Keepers episode one: I choose this

06 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The Free Birth Society was selling pregnant women a simple message. They could exit the medical system and take back their power – by free birthing....

The Descendants episode 2: the search for Tom Wills

05 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

For some years there have been suggestions that in the 1860s Tom Wills, Australia’s first sports hero and a founder of Australian rules football, ma...

Trump ousts Venezuela’s President

05 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, was captured, flown to the US and is facing trial in New York. What does it mean for the country – and ...

The Descendants episode 1: decoding a massacre

04 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Colonial pastoralist Major Logue is a figure of note in the city of Geraldton, Western Australia. But his diaries, written partly in code, reveal a da...

Missing in the Amazon: the frontline, episode six

03 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

According to Beto Marubo, if Dom and Bruno did the same expedition in 2025, they would face the same levels of danger. The Guardian’s Latin America ...

Missing in the Amazon: the fightback, episode five

02 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Funerals are held for Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira and there is hope that the election of President Lula will mean new protections for the Amazon –...

Missing in the Amazon: the ambush, episode four

01 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The Guardian’s Latin America correspondent, Tom Phillips, recalls the moment that he and others on the search team found Dom and Bruno’s belonging...

Missing in the Amazon: the protector and the poacher, episode three

31 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Bruno Pereira was considered one of the great Indigenous protectors of his generation. And this made him an enemy of a man called Amarildo da Costa de...

Missing in the Amazon: the journalist and the president, episode two

30 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What took British journalist Dom Phillips from the club nights of the UK dance scene as editor of MixMag to one of the most remote, and dangerous, cor...

Missing in the Amazon: the disappearance, episode one

29 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Three years ago, British journalist Dom Phillips and Brazilian indigenous defender Bruno Pereira vanished while on a reporting trip near Brazil’s re...

Ashes Weekly: England bounce back in madcap Melbourne Test

29 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

England came out on top in another two-day Test match as the tourists chased down 175 at the MCG. Max Rushden is joined by Geoff Lemon, Barney Ronay a...

Gina: What does she want? – episode 7

28 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

At 13 years old, a young Gina Rinehart read a book that would help shape her world view – Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged. The novel’s capitalist unde...

Gina: Mythmaking – episode 6

27 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Gina Rinehart’s father, Lang Hancock, is well known as a pioneer of the iron ore industry in Australia but few realise he started his mining career ...

Gina: The DNA request – update episode

26 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In the last episode, we covered historical claims made over the years that Lang Hancock, Gina’s father, had two unacknowledged daughters with separa...

Gina: The portrait – episode 5

25 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It’s the portrait of Gina Rinehart that launched 1,000 memes, went viral globally and became Australia’s Mona Lisa. But it’s also a symbol of ho...

Gina: The first-born son – episode 4

24 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Twenty years ago, John Hancock had dinner with his mother, Gina Rinehart. He says it’s the last positive interaction he had with her. In an in-depth...

Gina: Love and money – episode 3

23 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Gina Rinehart has been Australia’s richest person for the last six years in a row. But where does her money come from? In the third episode of Gina,...

Ashes Weekly: how Australia won the Ashes in 11 days

23 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Max Rushden is joined by Geoff Lemon, Barney Ronay and Ali Martin to discuss Australia’s victory in the Adelaide Test, which has helped them retain ...

Gina: Like father, like daughter – episode 2

22 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

How does Gina Rinehart, like her father before her, use wealth and power to influence politics? Rinehart’s first major foray into the political spot...

Gina: Becoming Mrs Rinehart – episode 1

21 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Gina Rinehart is Australia’s richest person – and as her wealth continues to rise, so does her power and influence. But what does she want? In the...

Trump in the White House: is it time to call it corruption?

19 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The White House has consistently denied that Donald Trump has ever engaged in conflicts of interest while president. But experts have been tallying up...

The free birth influencers radicalising women around the world

18 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The Free Birth Society (FBS) is a multimillion-dollar business that promotes the idea of women giving birth with no medical assistance. Now, a year-lo...

The Bondi attack suspects and what we know so far

17 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

As funerals commence for the 15 victims of the Bondi terror attack, one of the men allegedly responsible for the shooting, Naveed Akram, has regained ...

A moment of reckoning for Australia's gun laws

16 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

As the Jewish community continues to grieve after the Bondi beach terror attack, attention also turns to how another act of violent hate can be stoppe...

Ashes Weekly: Can Australia clinch the series in Adelaide?

16 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Max Rushden is joined by Geoff Lemon, Ali Martin and Taha Hashim to preview the third Test in Adelaide. Do England rip up their Bazball gameplan or do...

Shock, grief and political reaction: Bondi terror attack aftermath

15 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It’s been more than 24 hours since two gunmen fired into crowds at Bondi beach, and a clearer picture is emerging. Senior reporter Ben Doherty speak...

Terror in Bondi

14 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Just before 7pm on Sunday, two alleged gunmen, a father and son, attacked a Hanukah celebration on Bondi Beach in Sydney. At the time of recording, 16...

Was Ivan Milat responsible for more murders than we think?

14 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In 1994, Ivan Milat was jailed for life for the murder of seven backpackers, whose bodies were found in the remote Belanglo state forest in the New So...

The real reason behind Trump’s nasty breakup with Europe

13 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Donald Trump described Europe as ‘weak’ and ‘decaying’ and warned of ‘civilisational collapse’ on the continent due to immigrat...

Back to Back Barries and Niki Savva on a seismic year in politics

12 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What lessons from 2025 can Labor and the Coalition take into their summer break? After a landslide election win, will Albanese maintain his lead in th...

Newsroom edition: Labor’s ambition and the Coalition’s existential crisis in 2025

11 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

As the year rounds to a close, Anthony Albanese has been on a victory lap, while the Coalition continues to pick up the pieces after a bruising electi...

Greg Lynn’s murder conviction quashed

11 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Former pilot Greg Lynn has had his conviction for murdering an elderly camper in the Victorian high country overturned in a stunning decision made by ...

The expensive expenses of Anika Wells

10 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The communications and sport minister, Anika Wells, should be flying high this week spruiking Australia’s world-first social media ban – instead s...

'No playbook for this': the eSafety commissioner on her world-first social media ban

09 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today more than a million teenagers will wake up to find they have been locked out of social media sites such as Instagram and TikTok as Australia’s...

Ashes Weekly: Starc shines for Australia as England slump again

09 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Max Rushden is joined by Geoff Lemon, Ali Martin and James Wallace to discuss another humbling defeat for England as Australia took full control of th...

Who is behind Australia’s new rightwing political group?

08 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

At an anti-immigration rally in Sydney late last month, pamphlets for a new populist political venture were being handed out to the crowd bearing the ...

Where is four-year-old Gus Lamont?

07 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Gus Lamont went missing in the Australian outback on 27 September. Despite one of the largest and most intensive searches for a missing person in Sout...

“This is war”: is Trump about to invade Venezuela?

06 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Donald Trump has in recent months turned his attention to ousting Venezuela’s leader, Nicolás Maduro. But the US president and his secretary of war...

Back to Back Barries: why gen z and millennials will decide the Coalition’s fate

05 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Barrie Cassidy and Tony Barry are back and there’s a lot that’s happened since they last sat down together. In this week’s episode they examine ...

Newsroom edition: the dangers of automated governance

04 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A Guardian exclusive this week revealed the national disability insurance scheme is set to be dramatically overhauled, with participants’ plans now ...

The 27-year-old white supremacist radicalising Maga

04 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Where is Nick Fuentes trying to lead the Republican party? J Oliver Conroy reports

Why NDIS plans will soon be computer-generated

03 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A Guardian Australia exclusive report has revealed details of a planned major overhaul to the national disability insurance scheme. Under the new mode...

Ashes Weekly: will Australia strike again in Brisbane?

03 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Max Rushden is joined by Geoff Lemon, Emma John and Sam Perry to preview the second Test, a day-night affair at the Gabba, with Australia aiming to co...

Larissa Waters on how the environment deal was done

02 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Larissa Waters has been at the helm of the Greens since the federal election saw former leader Adam Bandt unexpectedly lose his seat. Last week, her p...

Is 2026 the year Albanese’s political honeymoon ends?

01 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Prime minister Anthony Albanese has ended the parliamentary year on a high – passing the long promised nature laws and celebrating a wedding. But in...

Bringing Indigenous languages back from the brink

30 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

More than 250 languages were spoken across Australia before British colonisation. Now only half are still in use as a result of policies that suppress...

Sussan Ley says ‘still up for the job’ of opposition leader

29 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Ever since she was elected opposition leader, Sussan Ley has faced strong criticism from within her party and across the parliament. Some commentators...

Maga moms, Trump babies and Erika Kirk: Republicans woo women in run-up to midterms

28 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Erika Kirk – the widow of Charlie Kirk, the rightwing activist killed in Utah in September – has indicated she would be willing to support JD Vanc...

Newsroom edition: unpacking Pauline Hanson’s burqa stunt

27 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Senator Pauline Hanson donned a burqa in parliament and refused to remove it, attracting significant attention. Bridie Jabour talks to edit...

Australia’s most notorious fugitive: where is Dezi Freeman?

26 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Porepunkah shooting suspect Dezi Freeman remains missing three months after he allegedly shot and killed two police officers, and wounded a third. Jus...

The frantic push to bring peace to Ukraine

26 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

First there was a 28-point plan pushed by Trump last Wednesday, as a solution to end almost four years of a war that has devastated Ukraine and killed...

Is Lebanon the new flashpoint for Israel?

25 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Israel’s latest strike in Beirut on Sunday, which killed at least five people and wounded 28, has dramatically escalated existing tensions in the re...

Why did the BoM website cost a bomb?

24 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

New figures released over the weekend show the cost of the Bureau of Meteorology’s website redesign has ballooned to $96.5m. Technology reporter Jos...

Ashes Weekly: Australia wins and England collapses in the first Test

24 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Max Rushden is joined by Geoff Lemon, Ali Martin and Jim Wallace to discuss Australia’s humbling defeat of England in the first Test in Perth that e...

What went wrong at Wieambilla

23 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A Queensland coroner has found that the three members of the Train family behind the 2022 Wieambilla shootings were not terrorists, but instead killed...

Will Albanese’s caution become his weakness?

22 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Author and columnist Sean Kelly says despite Labor’s overwhelming majority and an opposition largely consumed by its own infighting, there are signs...