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 ...

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First up, let’s face the mortality-teasing title of Alex Miller’s third collection of writerly odds and ends. The 89-year-old writer, a dual recipient of the Miles Franklin Literary Award, has no ...

Sometimes, things happen that are difficult to understand and too hard to think about. Asking is inconceivable, for you might find out the truth and that could be so terrible that you might never ...

Exclusive: Keating’s AUKUS sit-down with the new defence chief Jason Koutsoukis Damage control at CSIRO’s Geelong biosecurity facility Martin McKenzie-Murray Orbán’s 16-year reign over Hungary ends in ...

Long overlooked as a travel destination, Taiwan is attracting attention for its night food markets – lures for tourists as well as sentimental haunts for locals.

Australia plays an important role in space exploration, but the advantages are being lost through a lack of government investment in research and development.

Across the Unknown, the newest game in the Star Trek franchise, will delight fans of the television series – and maybe those who have never watched it.

Jessica Arthur’s career took off in Sydney, and now GAME.SET.MATCH at the Malthouse sees her directing her first mainstage show in her home city.

The WA Supreme Court’s verdict this week brings an unsatisfying end for all parties to a long-running mining royalties battle that has blown apart the country’s wealthiest family.

ANALYSIS: History would not be kind to a government that involves Australia in the Iran war – there has never been a better time for a maturing in our subservient relations with the United States.

The Coalition’s new plan has alarmed some Liberal sources, who say it has sunk their chances of winning back urban seats and can’t staunch losses to One Nation.