Beware the cryptic bug! Once you get a glimpse behind the seemingly baffling clues, an alluring realm of wordplay, wit and poetry is revealed. And, while beginners can sometimes feel that cryptics are ...

The age-old trees that quietly persist in Tasmania’s forests are the subject of Andrew Darby’s lyrical The Ancients: Discovering the world’s oldest surviving trees in wild Tasmania. The devastating ...

The Victorian Auditor-General’s Office has long suffered accusations of being a toxic workplace, and staff wonder when this will be addressed by parliament.

A checkered Harlequin, perhaps; even a faded Pierrot. But not a chameleon. The title of Robert Dessaix’s “memoir of art, travel, ideas and love” suggests a life lived under the guise of various ...

Independent campaigns were structured around an April 12 election – and the decision to go later has added roughly $250,000 to required spending in each seat.

In deciding whether to award a massive Australian naval contract to Japan or to Germany, the Australian government must carefully weigh both competing strengths and strategic relationships.

With the economy dominating this election campaign, Labor insiders say they can shake voters’ traditional perceptions of the Coalition as the stronger steward.

As Australia loses research funding following a Trump crackdown, academics believe the government has failed universities by rejecting multiple invitations to join Europe’s largest fund.

Broken after losing his heavyweight title to Muhammad Ali in 1974, boxer George Foreman found God and a new audience as a television entrepreneur.

Egypt proposes new Israel–Hamas ceasefire deal. Violent clashes in Indonesia over new military law. Hundreds arrested during Türkiye protests.