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Tasmania has become Australia's new logging hotspot, wasting public money while destroying our native forests. Tom de Kadt reports. LAST WEEK, the Australian Conservation Foundation released research ...

A new OECD report warns that without coherent strategy and collaboration, Australia’s tech ambitions risk collapsing under bureaucracy and complacency, writes Paul Budde. THE OECD’s Science, ...

The numbers confirm Australia’s economy is responding to global conditions better than most, as Alan Austin reports. THIS WEEK’S number is 46. Australia has now had its jobless rate below 4.6% for 46 ...

The monopolisation of media isn't just undemocratic — it enables criminal economies to flourish behind a façade of control, writes Nick Potter. WHEN A GOVERNMENT declares that it “solely controls” the ...

While the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) and the courts are successfully prosecuting hundreds of tax dodgers, the cheats keep trying, as Alan Austin reports. THREE WEEKS AGO, a handyman from Melton, ...

As drones and quantum sensors redefine the rules of modern warfare, Australia’s costly AUKUS submarine program risks becoming an outdated investment in a world where stealth no longer exists, writes ...

The U.S. dollar is a major currency of the global financial ecosystem and its rate against the EUR is highly regarded by investors and international businesses. Foreign exchange rates can swing widely ...

AI is reshaping Australia’s digital and energy foundations, demanding a bold rethink of how the nation powers and connects its future, writes Paul Budde. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) is no longer just ...

Prime Minister Gough Whitlam was my hero during the 1970s, but I did him a disservice at Sydney's Oktoberfest. This photograph I shot of Whitlam, mid-speech, clutching a giant beer stein – looking ...

Prominent American religious leaders are joining protests against the manifest evils of the Trump Administration, as Alan Austin reports. The church cannot stay silent before injustice. You stand with ...