Rocky Horror creator Richard O’Brien: ‘The Spice Girls couldn’t sing. But lovely girls’

The opposition has been allowed to set the agenda. It’s an absurd situation that is debasing national politics | Julianne Schultz

Human rights fears over Australia’s role in F-35 parts after Trump’s decision to sell fighter jets to Saudi Arabia

From former Nazis to refugees and DV victims, tattoo removal is giving Australians a ‘second chance’

Academics who say they are ‘pro-white’ and have ‘ethnic conception’ of Australia turn spotlight on Sydney’s Campion College

‘Cannot believe it’s still happening’: readers respond to ‘heartbreaking’ domestic violence homicides

That syncon feeling: the 150 tonnes of spinning steel that could help stabilise Australia’s energy transition

Australia’s unconventional Cop31 deal puts Chris Bowen at the helm of the world’s most complex negotiations. It’s a huge opportunity | Thom Woodroofe and Dean Bialek

Ukraine war briefing: Macron says without deterrence in Ukraine plan, ‘Russians will come back’

‘Now is the hour’: Labor urged to speed up fossil fuel phase-out to justify Cop30 pledge

Labor to rule out controversial ‘national interest’ exemption for coal and gas if Greens back nature laws

How to make sustainable seafood choices this Christmas to ease the pressure on Australia’s oceans

Climate of fear: are CSIRO’s sweeping job cuts a sign Australia doesn’t care about the extinction crisis?

Two Australian police officers were killed in an ambush. It was deemed terrorism – but an inquest says otherwise

We know ultra-processed foods are bad for you – but can you spot them? Take our quiz

A translation of the Nauruan president’s remarks will stay suppressed for a decade – but secrecy in Australia’s offshore policy is nothing new

Five Great Reads: what AI doesn’t know; Epstein’s influence; and the media gossip saga that won’t quit

‘Dangerous and undermines legal system’: Tanya Plibersek condemns serious police failures in Queensland DV deaths

Carolyn’s Sydney ‘home for life’ is being demolished as public housing makes way for affordable units

What to turn to when the heat hits: the fan

Kellie Sloane faces a treacherous road ahead as NSW Liberal leader – and has a heavy burden on her shoulders | Anne Davies

Australia v England: Ashes first Test, day two – live

While last week's stunning auroras delighted many people across Australia, a massive solar storm that hit last year squeezed Earth's protective shield to a fifth of its size, according to new satellite data.

Big Oil is using native advertising to "disguise their ads in news outlets" and promote "controversial technologies like carbon capture as climate solutions, portray fossil fuel companies as climate-friendly, or misrepresent their role in the energy transition" finds author @commscholar.bsky.social.

Face Value- my Saturday cartoon for @australia.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Editorial: Like so much of what is worst in Australia, this story ends up in the moral plughole of the Murdoch press. The woman whose rape is at the centre of it is now treated as a villain. The man who raped her is given space to reflect on her “fame”. satpa.pe/4a5zqv4

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The longest government shutdown in US history is over, but Democrats got nothing much to show for it. @theshufflediary.bsky.social joins @emmashortis.bsky.social to discuss what this means for already-appalling health insurance costs. Plus: the CIA & the Whitlam dismissal. 🎧 theaus.in/48jaGTH

The way the hosting of the COP is decided is pretty stupid, tbh www.afr.com/policy/energ...

Who is Jess Wilson and should the Victorian Labor government be worried?

CBA boss says repaying ‘excessive fees’ to low-income customers could be seen as taking shareholder money

The conservative parties can change their leaders – but it won’t stop the NSW Coalition’s death spiral | Anne Davies

Liberals to target international students and skilled migrants in proposed cuts to immigration

Australia will not oppose Turkey staging Cop31 as Albanese signals policy shift

Doing your own research isn’t a bad thing, I tell my patients. But just how will they spot the fraudulent papers? | Ranjana Srivastava

Staring down the barrel of three leadership changes in two weeks, are the Liberals near rock bottom? | Tom McIlroy

The ABC has been attacked in News Corp outlets for its editing of Trump’s Capitol speech. Did it do the same as the BBC?

My column - Japan imports stonks of our gas for powering its electricity and yet Japan has cheaper electricity than Australia, what the?? #ThePoint thepoint.com.au/news/251118-...

Untie me! Why big bows are everywhere – feminine, ironic and strangely subversive

Sussan, it’s time we took a look at your climate policy report card. You appear to have learned nothing | Tristan Edis

Japan imports Australian gas yet has cheaper electricity than Australia? Australia Institute Chief Economist Greg Jericho explains on The Point. @grogsgamut.bsky.social #auspol

In a triumph of hope over experience I am re-upping this fact check while listening to Pauline Hanson on ABC RN breakfast repeating the misrepresented figure www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Being better than toddlers isn’t good government, it’s babysitting. www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...

Forget the Hottest 100 music countdown, farmers have their own annual music poll to get though the long harvest after two consecutive years of drought.

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... An important two year investigation

Dusty Victorian farms turn muddy as drenching rain brings much-needed relief.

The Sydney-born movie star discusses how her creative partnership with If I had Legs I'd Kick You director Mary Bronstein has opened the Oscars conversation.

Storm Claudia moves to Wales, swamping the town of Monmouth, where dozens of people are rescued or evacuated from their homes.

The discovery of a new "lucifer" bee with devil-like horns sparks concerns over land clearing regulations in WA's Goldfields region.

Accusations of secrecy and abuse of process have been levelled at the Western Australian government this week on several fronts. Are they blips on the radar or signs WA Labor is under strain?