John Lanchester’s new novel, Look What You Made Me Do, opens with an extended piece of sleekly barbed social comedy. Kate and Jack, a married couple in their 50s, are heading out for dinner at the ...

Beware the cryptic bug! Once you get a glimpse behind the seemingly baffling clues, an alluring realm of wordplay, wit and poetry is revealed. And, while beginners can sometimes feel that cryptics are ...

Recent gains in electric vehicle uptake have persuaded the government to roll back subsidies, despite Australia continuing to trail global peers and the threat of fuel supply shortages.

At 80, restaurateur and activist Duré Dara – whose percussive hospitality features at this month’s Melbourne Food and Wine Festival – is as hungry for life as ever.

As the Nationals remain puzzled over David Littleproud’s resignation, Matt Canavan prepares the party to fight One Nation.

While in 2024 US President Donald Trump won votes off the back of falling living standards and rising prices, his current war against Iran is creating a far worse economic storm.

Nick Warner was one of Australia’s most senior intelligence chiefs. Now he is running a consultancy network worth millions of dollars.

Kimberley communities are split on a fracking permit for a Texas company, with 8000 appeals lodged to the state government seeking to stop the gas exploration.

International concern for the safety of the Iranian women’s soccer team has seen some members granted asylum in Australia, while others return home to perilous consequences.

Mary Costello’s third novel is a work of dreams, presentiments and interior disjuncture. Anna is from a farming family in Ireland’s west. She is a teacher, a great reader and to some extent a typical ...

Edwina Preston’s third novel, Sororicidal, is gripping from the outset. On the opening page a young first-person narrator, Margot Cussens, relates how her older sister is surreptitiously trying to ...

“My mother, Carla Zampatti, arrived in Australia from war-torn Europe with no money, no English and little education … My mum was an exceptional woman, but if you work hard, the opportunity to build a ...