I used to think climate change posed the biggest threat to the existence of humankind. Now, I think AI is more likely to wipe out the majority of humans, faster than climate change will.

Antisemitism Envoy Jillian Segal has given misleading evidence to the Senate over her response to last month's neo-Nazi rally.

While the 2025 federal election inquiry has shown there was a clear rise in hostility at election booths around the country, Tim Wilson's electorate of Goldstein seems to have reached another level.

Western Australia's first recorded death in youth detention was predictable, a coroner finds, declaring the care of 16-year-old Cleveland Dodd was "inhumane" and "reminiscent of 19th century jails". W...

Child left in tears as APAN slams anti-Palestinian racism

As I come to terms with life as a quadriplegic, Instagram and TikTok are a reminder that I’m not alone The government has decided that from Wednesday I should be banned from social media because of the potential harm it can cause. But as a teenager with a severe disability, who relies on social media for connection, community and access to a largely inaccessible world, this policy actually has the potential to create further harm. When I was 12, I was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma, which triggered a rare nerve condition that has paralysed me. My preteen years were spent in an ICU ward, on a ventilator, going through chemotherapy. Before I got sick I did not have any social media. It turned out that all I had to do was end up in a coma, because when I woke, I had a new iPhone14, with every accessibility feature. Having Instagram and Snapchat made me feel less disconnected. I had a window into the outside world, and my friends had a window into my world between hospital visits. Continue reading...

Labor has the space to do what it wants – and what it wants, apparently, is to be the Liberal Party of the 1990s.

US offers to get Australians out of camps if they are issued with travel documents, but Labor has said ‘this is not something the government is considering’

Pacific Islanders have been leaving Australia's guest worker scheme, a decision that breaches their visa conditions and leaves them "extremely vulnerable".