Ahead of social media age restrictions being enforced in Australia, surprising new research has found that more children aged 10 to 16 prefer to spend time with their families in-person compared to being online.

Do you know a woman with bold ideas and a drive to create positive change in rural and regional Australia? Then it’s time to nominate her for the AgriFutures Rural Women’s Award.

The largest pro-Palestine demonstrations in Australia’s history are planned for this Sunday, 24 August, as a broad national coalition combining every major Palestine organising group in the country unites for a national day of action.

The seizure of 46 million illicit cigarettes at the Australian border has led to further importation charges under Strike Force Aulic.

In 1953 the democratically elected Prime Minister of Iran, Mohammad Mosaddegh, was overthrown by international oil interests, with the assistance of MI6 and the CIA.

Sussan Ley, the new Liberal leader, has been quick to condemn Anthony Albanese for his inadequate support of the Israeli military attacks on Hamas. According to Ley, the prime minister is seriously damaging Australia’s strong record of ‘social cohesion.’

2024 is now officially the hottest year ever recorded on our planet, easily beating the previous record year of 2023 as we collectively travel up the exponential curve towards catastrophe.

Cryptocurrency interests played a significant role in the recent election of Donald Trump in the United States, outspending oil companies, banks and Elon Musk, and they have already been rewarded, with Bitcoin now hovering around $100,000USD, a historic high. Now the crypto bros are pushing for 'sensible' regulation in Australia, and are hard at work lobbying both sides of politics.

What would Ben Chifley say? PM Anthony Albanese's bizarre timing in buying an oceanfront mansion during a national cost of living and housing crisis has been the focus of a concerted media pile-on in the last week, but the hypocrisy of the other parties also needs to be called out.

As Australia slavishly follows the worst American precedents, along with its presidents, it's worth keeping an eye on the worrying state of democracy in that country.