An image of a pensive young girl in the back of a dimly lit car has taken top honours in the annual Australian Life photography competition. The image was captured by the competition’s youngest ever entrant and winner of the $10,000 cash prize, 19 year…
The nuclear option: why has Australia ditched the French submarine plan for the Aukus pact?
Just two weeks before the bombshell, senior ministers from both countries met and declared they were ‘committed to cooperation’. How did it all go so wrong?Get our free news app; get our morning email briefingJust two weeks before France complained of …
More than 2,000 healthcare workers in isolation placing hospital systems under pressure
Some healthcare staff in NSW, Victoria and ACT are working 16-hour shifts to cover for those unavailable due to infection or exposure to CovidFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesCovid vaccine rollout and rates tracker; Cases, trends a…
Australian bushfire smoke caused massive phytoplankton bloom in Southern Ocean
Scientist compares bloom caused by iron particles in smoke aerosols to ‘the entire Sahara desert turning into a productive grassland’Get our free news app; get our morning email briefingSmoke from the 2019-20 bushfires in Australia caused a bloom of ph…
‘They will kill you’: a future leader of Afghanistan on the price he paid for freedom
Mohammad Zaman Khadimi was forced to make an impossible choice as he fled the Taliban for sanctuary in AustraliaOn an August morning, Mohammad Zaman Khadimi walked out of class and into a world entirely changed.“I heard the news that the Taliban were c…
In hindsight there was no foresight: how Australia bungled its Pfizer Covid deal
Missed opportunities, gaps in correspondence and a failure to plan ahead. If this was a vaccine race, did Australia fall at the first hurdle?Restrictions: NSW; Vic; bordersNSW Covid vaccination rate by postcode – check your suburbVaccine rollout tracke…
‘Every message was copied to the police’: the inside story of the most daring surveillance sting in history
Billed as the most secure phone on the planet, An0m became a viral sensation in the underworld. There was just one problem for anyone using it for criminal means: it was run by the policeThe rain pattered lightly on the harbour of the Belgian port city…
The Australia deal shows the UK is happy to compromise climate goals for trade | Gwen Buck
Leaked documents that reveal the removal of references to temperature targets set a worrying precedentWhen the prime minister, Boris Johnson, launched trade negotiations with Australia in June last year, he lauded the opportunities of trading with a li…
Scott Morrison got to see his kids on Father’s Day and everyone is furious at him all the time now | First Dog on the Moon
I can only talk to my dad on the phone (when I answer his calls)Sign up here to get an email whenever First Dog cartoons are publishedGet all your needs met at the First Dog shop if what you need is First Dog merchandise and prints Continue reading…
Melbourne clinic offers ivermectin despite it not being approved as a Covid treatment
The clinic, which set up an online page to book $85 consultations for the drug, has been listed as a coronavirus exposure siteFollow our Covid live blog for the latest updatesRichard Denniss: Morrison and Berejiklian are attempting to shift the blame f…