The ideology of the Israel lobby in Australia is this - burn it to the ground rather than ever allow an opposing voice.

Fossil fuel emissions have hit a record high while many nations have done too little to avert deadly global heating

What’s happening now in Washington, DC, is different from most presidential transitions − in volume, pace, content and breadth of the changes ordered.

As a lifelong feminist, witnessing the blunt and precise advocacy of women like Grace Tame fills me with joy.

Trump’s plans to “drill, baby, drill” at the expense of clean energy is a blessing for China. For at least the next four years, the US is withdrawing from the greatest economic battle of our time.

The boy who lived in public housing comes to die on a corporately owned hill.

Rinehart lauds ‘outstanding leader’ while Pratt says he is ‘honored to support your call to Make America Great Again’

Across the world, societies are reverting to oligarchies. How to resist? Fight for democracy with all we’ve got, writes Guardian columnist George Monbiot

By scaling back its independent fact-checking, Meta has triggered alarm among civil society groups in Asia where misinformation's consequences have proven deadly.

Money, Lies, and God exposes a Christian nationalist movement funded by the super-rich seeking to secure their wealth at the expense of others There is a “real and very, very present” threat to the US from a shadowy collection of rightwing leaders, a new…

Editorial: Events in California reveal how political obstruction is deepening a climate crisis that needs urgent action to prevent it becoming an irreversible disaster

Analysis reveals many big producers increased output of fossil fuels and related emissions in seven years after Paris climate deal

Ministers reported that the prime minister told his cabinet meeting “News Corp and the opposition were now working hand in glove”.

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Gina Rinehart’s celebration of Donald Trump’s victory has focused attention on her cultivation of a right-wing network with sympathy for her own political objectives.

Even as we spent less, the Reserve Bank kept raising rates – and now household disposable income is back to what it was in 2015 Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast I always worry when I hear politicians or economists talk about how the economy needs to be administered some painful medicine. Inevitably it means people suffering for no good reason. Right now the medicine of interest rate rises is poisoning the economy as living standards collapse. If ever there was an example of the disconnect between “the economy” and what people actually experience, it came with the release of the annual gross state product (GSP) figures, which measure state economies much like GDP measures Australia’s economy. Continue reading...