For my last post of 2025, I could have gone with something light & fluffy. Instead, I’ve written about the magnificent book that is John B...

I’m angry. We’re all angry. Perhaps that’s part of the problem. At the moment, we’re angry at two twisted individuals...

We were two Jewish men and two non-Jewish women, settling down for dinner in Bondi. Then the gunshots rang out.

It may have occurred to him as he spoke, as well as to millions watching, that the US president has another three years left in office

ABC NEWS Verify finds social media posts spreading misinformation about the Bondi attack are receiving millions of views, as a deepfake image depicting one of the victims circulates online.

Spell the Month in Books is a linkup hosted on Reviews From the Stacks on the first Saturday of each month, but that’s the day for #6Degrees, so here we are, a week later instead. This month’…

Potentially precedent-setting case brought after Jordan Brown hit with capsicum spray outside mining and resources conference in Melbourne in 2019 Climate protesters have won a class action against Victoria police over the use of capsicum spray during an anti-mining demonstration in Melbourne. The first class action against Victoria police in relation to alleged excessive use of oleoresin capsicum (OC) spray was heard in the state’s supreme court earlier this year, and a decision was handed down on Friday. Continue reading...

Former senator Linda Reynolds's bid to have Brittany Higgins declared bankrupt has succeeded in a federal court.

I love many things about the land of my birth but Donald Trump’s America has become an unwelcoming country of deep divisions and waning trust I’m in the US right now, but if I didn’t have family here (and a US passport), I wouldn’t be. My teenagers and I flew over the week of Thanksgiving from Australia, preparing ourselves for long lines and extra questions at customs. It took less than five minutes in the US citizens’ line. With the news this week of the Trump administration planning to implement new invasive requirements for travellers from 42 countries, including Australia, that would require five years of social media history for visas, I would simply not travel here on another passport. There are plenty of places which welcome visitors without trawling their political opinions and family history. Continue reading...