In the Australian vernacular, a mongrel punt is an erratic kick forward of a football which leaves those participating in the game with an awkward choice between contesting possession (possibly at the ...

Wake up, people, the US is fast approaching a point of no return,” warned one critic, who said the president’s alarming rhetoric “comes right out of the fascism playbook.

When you hear that malevolent old fool Donald Trump tell the United Nations that climate change is “the greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world”, it’s hard to resist throwing up your arms in ...

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When it comes to keeping a tight rein on information, the Albanese Government does a great job of practising what it preaches.

In an address to the UN General Assembly last week, Chinese President Xi Jinping announced China’s target to reduce carbon emissions by 7-10% from their peak by 2035, with the goal of achieving even ...

Though this was utterly unthinkable even five years ago,” said one journalist, “it’s now reflected in poll after poll, and is so entrenched it’s hard to imagine it can be reversed.” ...

Appearing yesterday at Canberra's National Press Club, Chris Sidoti and Ben Saul laid out the part Australia can and must do to play our proper part to end the genocide. In coming days we will run the ...

Last week, as the prime minister confirmed Australia would recognise Palestine, far right protesters still hit Melbourne’s streets. The contrast could not be starker. Inside Parliament, a government ...

For US multi-billionaire Peter Thiel, 23 September must have been a rather disappointing day. It was the day the Rapture was to occur. Sadly, as with other similar predictions about the end days over ...

Iron ore billionaire Andrew Forrest appears to have gone all-in on a radical new “self-lifting” turbine technology that will underpin the development of his first major wind project and underpin his ...

For all US President Donald Trump’s boasts about ending wars and being a worthy candidate for a Nobel Peace Prize, when his moment came to end the war in Gaza and build a sustainable future for both ...