Cuts to key research facilities threaten Australia’s ability to be a global scientific leader

There has been much excitement since Australia signed a landmark agreement with the United States last month to expand cooperation on critical minerals and rare earth elements. Authors Michael Preuss Professor of Structural Materials, Monash...

Beyond AUKUS: The maritime strategy Australia needs

There is growing concern about the shifting geopolitical environment, the increasing use of military force to settle disputes, and what this means for Australia’s future security and prosperity. Grappling with how to defend a continent spanning...

Australia: Third Arafura-class OPV hits the water

NUSHIP Pilbara, the third Arafura-class offshore patrol vessel (OPV), has been launched at Henderson Maritime Precinct in Western Australia (WA). Credit: Australian Government NUSHIP Pilbara is the third Arafura class OPV built but the first of...

No, Australia is not ‘streaking ahead’ of other nations on climate

As a result, Australia’s emissions baseline was set high, meaning that when regulations restricting land clearing in NSW and Queensland were introduced, national emissions plummeted from that baseline. In other words, while Australia had not yet...

Australian influencer family moves to Britain to avoid social media ban for under 16s

An Australian family of influencers are relocating to the UK to escape a social media ban on under-16s. The Empire Family, made up of mothers Beck and Bec Lea, Prezley, their 17-year-old son, and their 14-year-old daughter Charlotte, each post...

Grants program to get South Australians THINK!ing road safety

A range of community organisations are now able to apply for grants of up to $20,000 to implement road safety initiatives, under a new program to change behaviour around road safety. The State Government’s new THINK! Road Safety Community Grants...

$31.20 – $62.40 Australia Pensioner Education Supplement 2025 – Know Who Qualifies?

The Australian government has confirmed that thousands of pensioners and benefit recipients will continue to receive crucial education support through the Pensioner Education Supplement (PES) in 2025. The program, which provides between $31.20 and...

Kiwi mum faces long recovery after firebomb attack in Western Australia

A GoFundMe page has been set up to help her pay her rent, utilities and food for her kids. She said her Kiwi status means the Australian Government has very little financial support available, she said. “I have been granted a temporary benefit but...

Doctor and dedicated volunteer named NT's Australian of the Year

A full-time doctor who works across remote NT communities — and still finds time to mentor young people and work as a paramedic at community events — has been named the Northern Territory's 2026 Australian of the Year. Felix Ho began his career...

Australia’s cash mandate consultation period extended by a week amid reports of submission struggles

Australians keen to keep coins and notes as legal tender have been handed more time to respond to the federal government’s cash mandate draft after the submission period was extended by a week. The draft regulations will require grocery stores and...

Cabbage tree palm: a sweet-leafed Australian native that waits 150 years to bloom

When you think of palms, you might be mentally transported to tropical islands and beaches. But palms are a diverse and interesting group of plants of roughly 180 genera and more than 2,000 species. Most, but not all, grow in the tropics....

Logistics giant rolls out another 12 electric trucks for Coca-Cola in Australia

Australian freight company Toll Group has announced the rollout of another 12 electric trucks that will replace diesel vehicles used for the national delivery network of global beverage giant Coca-Cola Europacific Partners. The 12 new electric...

Op-shopping, worm farms and cornstarch blood bags: how Australian theatre is staging a greener future

Theatre has long gathered and connected communities through story and shared experience. The performing arts can educate, provoke and inspire climate action. Yet the industry grapples with its own environmental footprint. In response, the Theatre...

Australian WW1 soldier's message in a bottle found 109 years later

More than a century after a soldier wrote a letter to his mother as he sailed to war and his death, it has been discovered in a bottle washed up on a remote beach. Private Malcolm Alexander Neville's light-hearted note, penned on August 15, 1916,...

Australia’s housing crisis is failure by design

It’s no secret that Australia’s housing market is out of control. It’s a topic that ignites passions across the country, across generations and across the political divide. Even government agencies, loathe to take any responsibility for the mess...

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs photographed spending time with former NBA player Sebastian Telfair inside FCI Fort Dix

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs has been photographed spending time with former NBA player Sebastian Telfair inside FCI Fort Dix. The 55-year-old rapper is serving a four-year sentence at the jail after being convicted in July on two counts of transportation...

Dry Bulk Shipping: Australian Iron Ore Exports Command More Than 50% of the Global Market Share

Australia has maintained its leading position in the seaborne iron ore trade, as over half of the global iron ore exports are coming from it. In its latest weekly report, shipbroker Banchero Costa said that “2024 was another positive year for...

Canberra to Sydney by train in three hours? It’s ‘less than a billion dollars’ away

Chief Minister Andrew Barr: “I’d like to see a service – that I currently consider to be 19th century – brought at least into the 20th century.” Photo: NSW Trainlink. ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr says cutting the Canberra-Sydney train trip down...

Australia claim rugby league Ashes for the 21st time

England 4-14 Australia by James Nalton at Bramley-Moore Dock AUSTRALIA claimed the rugby league Ashes for the 21st time following a 14-4 victory in the second test at Merseyside on Saturday. It was the Kangaroos’ 14th consecutive triumph in the...

Australia’s strategic convergence with the Philippines

Writing in The Strategist three years ago, I made the then-provocative assertion that the Philippines could be Australia’s most important defence partner in Southeast Asia. Fast forward to 2025, and the Philippines is now more strategically...