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SPECIAL FEATURE: Festival goers bring their phones. So why not use them to receive tweets about high-dose drugs in circulation, as the UK is doing?

The Reserve Bank made it clear it could cut further if necessary.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: That Ashleigh Barty has maintained her integrity and stayed true to who she is throughout her rise is remarkable. No matter what more success Barty enjoys, she is certain to be a player who people will look back on and say: her character was as magnificent as ...

OPINION & ANALYSIS: Society cannot withstand a launch of a cryptocurrency in Facebook’s infamous “move fast and break things” style.

Opposition leader Anthony Albanese says the ALP as an organisation had the right to determine who joined.

Our guide to the greatest musical extravaganzas across Britain to get your rocks off at this summertime.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: Mass pro-democracy demonstrations have underscored the fact that Hong Kong residents are fearful of creeping mainland control. From Australia’s standpoint, the disturbances come at an awkward moment.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: The Folau case is an important opportunity to see whether the right to express religious views can halt the steady march of employer control in the era of social media.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: The police raids on the ABC and a News Corp journalist have forced us to think again about the role of the media in a democracy.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: On Wednesday, the AFP raided the ABC's Sydney headquarters in relation to the 2017 “Afghan files” report. One of the most disturbing outcomes is not prosecutions or even the raids themselves, but the chilling of public interest journalism.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: After last week obtaining a place in the shadow ministry and becoming Labor’s deputy Senate leader, with two men standing aside to make way for her, Keneally now takes on one of the toughest players in the Coalition.

I’m rapidly discovering that very few things are considered unusual at Undara.

SPECIAL FEATURE: Take a closer look at the members of Prime Minister Scott Morrison's newly revamped cabinet.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: Julian Assange’s case is certainly exceptional, and the human rights concerns over US extradition could justify exceptional intervention.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: Scott Morrison has proved himself excellent at campaigning. We will find out this term how well he can govern.

SPECIAL FEATURE: If the polls are right, Bill Shorten will become the next prime minister. But what kind of prime minister would he be?

SPECIAL FEATURE: It’s possible to overthink Scott Morrison. A long-time associate and friend says “what you see is what you get”.

The impact of Brexit indecision cannot be understated. Continuing delays mean that households and businesses remain hostage to the crippling economic uncertainty that has already been plaguing the UK since the referendum in 2016.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: This is certainly not the first time a Labor leader has had a bash at the Murdoch media in a recent campaign. But it was probably one of the more effective.

SPECIAL FEATURE: Despite some tightening on two-party preferred measures, the polls have Labor on track for a win on May 18.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: A major step in the right direction and potentially a watershed moment for a more sustainable global future. Is it too much to hope Australia could follow next?

Amsterdam is openly laid-back when it comes to weed, sex, and anything you fancy, really.

SPECIAL FEATURE: Despite fighting and dying for Australia, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders still weren’t considered citizens upon their return from the war.

Australia's Gang of Youths are bringing authenticity back into fashion. Their music gives you permission to be excited, to admit to loving someone, to confront tragedy, and to "say the unsayable".

The Morrison government has delivered an election-launch budget with big personal income tax handouts to attract voters and a A$7.1 billion 2019-20 surplus to display its economic credibility. The budget – the first brought down by Treasurer Josh Frydenberg – doubles the tax relief that average earners were due to ...

The Australian Conservation Foundation gave Labor’s policy a qualified tick, describing it as “a serious policy response to the existential threat of global warming that recognises pollution must be cut across all industry sectors.”

Now that the latest dates for a meaningful vote on Theresa May’s Brexit deal have passed, what’s next and what can you do with your money?

View from The Hill: For the federal Liberals, the night was a vital morale booster, though the result had been determined mostly on state factors.

"I am not going to single out the comments of one person and ascribe it to a people, whether in Turkey or across Australia. I don’t think it does reflect the views of the Turkish people, or certainly of Turkish Australians,” says Prime Minister Scott Morrison.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: We need to address the permissive political environment that allows such hateful extremism to be promulgated so openly.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: In the current impasse and unusual circumstances, unexpected and unusual things may still happen.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: Keep Michael Jackson on the radio – but never play him without reminding listeners of what he has been accused of. Do the same with other artists similarly accused, or found guilty of, a crime.

The government is running its border security/refugees scare against Labor on two fronts.

Once out in the open air it doesn’t take long to start connecting the dots. You can quickly learn there’s no need to take the tube from Covent Garden to Trafalgar Square.

Australia's most senior Catholic has been convicted of serious child sex offences. The trial concluded with the verdict handed down in December, but due to a suppression order Australia's media have only been able to report on it from today.

The exit of Bishop – the best-known Liberal woman and highly popular with voters - underlines the Liberals’ “woman problem”.

SPECIAL FEATURE: In a time when fewer Australians identify with institutional religion than ever before, the church sign is emerging as an intriguing platform for creativity and commentary.

Fitting all your travel essentials into one small bag sounds daunting, I know, but minimalism packing really isn't that hard.

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg, releasing Commissioner Kenneth Hayne’s three-volume report which excoriates the financial sector, said the government would be “taking action” on all 76 recommendations.

An individual, a car, or a house - everybody and everything that is valued needs to be protected. And what is a better way to protect something than getting an insurance policy?

OPINION & ANALYSIS: With the clear majority voting against a no-deal Brexit, the ticking clock works in the prime minister’s favour.

In a surprising move, the UK Immigration Minister announced that the Tier 1 Investor Visa is suspended.

We all have friends who swear they feel differently when drinking different types of alcohol. But can different drinks really influence your mood in different ways?

Why is it when we set a New Year’s resolution our behaviour doesn’t change, or it only changes for a limited time? There is a common obstacle that could underlie the failure of changing behaviour.

I’VE HAD the pleasure of visiting most major cities and regions north of the border, but only now have I made it to the 'granite city' of Aberdeen and its surrounding county, which since medieval times has been the richest and most fertile region of the Highlands. One notable feature ...

Amy, almost two decades younger than Broad who is 43, was quoted in New Idea as claiming he was not fit to represent Australia.

KRIS GRIFFITHS spends three days in Germany’s buzzing capital, experiencing the best of its arts, dining and leisure options as can be squeezed into one short break. A snapshot of a truly multidimensional city

Time Magazine has just announced its “Person of the Year” for 2018, and for once, it isn’t one person. This time it is four people and a newspaper.

Scott Morrison this week produced his own bill and suggested both sides give their parliamentarians a conscience vote.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: While concerns about the level of immigration have increased, there is continued endorsement of the view that Australia is an immigrant nation, that immigration benefits the country and that it will continue to play an important role in the years ahead.