Lula trails Flávio Bolsonaro heading into Brazil’s presidential runoff, after a campaign shaped by voter fatigue, hostile media coverage and sustained intervention from Trump’s political network.

Higher interest rates hit younger mortgage holders far harder than everyone else, making monetary policy both inequitable and inefficient. Inflation control should be spread more fairly across the ...

The Coalition promises the biggest migration cut in Australian history, but its policy confuses arrivals with net migration, oversimplifies housing pressures and mistakes political symbolism for ...

Bangkok’s latest deadly floods were driven by an extraordinary downpour, but the city’s sinking land, rapid urbanisation and rising seas are making extreme rainfall increasingly difficult to absorb ...

Kimberley Reid is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Atmospheric Sciences, The University of Melbourne. She is a Postdoctoral Researcher in Climate Extremes including atmospheric rivers, extreme ...

Voters are focused on housing, bills and strained services rather than immigration itself. But rapid population growth driven by temporary visas is intensifying those pressures and helping fuel ...

We recognise the First Peoples of this nation and their ongoing connection to culture and country. We acknowledge First Nations Peoples as the Traditional Owners, Custodians and Lore Keepers of the ...

Loneliness and social isolation are shaped by housing, transport, aged care, disability services and community life. A ...

AUKUS has been sold as a plan to strengthen Australia’s defence. Its deeper purpose is to bind Australia permanently into US ...

As rallies, vigils and marches mark three years of devastation in Gaza, civil society is continuing to show the solidarity ...

Copyright deals can protect professional creators, but much of AI’s value also comes from the vast collective output of the open internet. Australia has an opportunity to recognise, protect and fund ...

As Pacific leaders gather ahead of COP31, new research shows women want more than recognition of their vulnerability. They ...