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On April 25, Kumanjayi Little Baby was reported missing from her bed at the Old Timers town camp, just south of Alice Springs. Five days later, after a community-unifying effort, her body was found. She was five years old. Soon after, community members found the man accused of killing her. They called police and now a 47-year-old man has been charged with murder, and other charges we can’t m...

In 2023, Antionette Lattouf was sacked by the ABC after sharing a Human Rights Watch post about Gaza.  What followed became one of the most closely watched employment cases in the country, raising questions about political pressure, media independence and whose voices are allowed to be heard.  Now, after winning her case, Lattouf has written a book about her fight, and the women who&rsqu...

In December last year, in the wake of the Bondi terror attack, Anthony Albanese promised the biggest national gun buyback since Port Arthur. He wanted states and territories to agree to new gun laws by March and legislate them by July. But that first deadline has passed – and the national response is fracturing. Queensland and the Northern Territory are refusing the buyback, Tasmania is reje...

The Albanese government has moved quickly on the royal commission into antisemitism, accepting all the recommendations from its first report, before public hearings begin.  It comes at a volatile moment in national politics, after the issue was seized on by the opposition in the wake of the Bondi terror attack, and as the issue of the conflicts in Iran, Gaza and Lebanon continue to expose dee...

The first report from the Royal Commission into Antisemitism has landed at a volatile moment.  Australia’s terrorism threat level is already listed as probable, and the war in Iran is adding new pressure to an already fragile security environment that risks fuelling grievances, inflaming extremism, and increasing the risk facing Jewish communities in the wake of the Bondi terror attack....

Iran’s war time propaganda videos featuring AI rap music and Lego characters are getting millions of views online.  They praise the Islamic Republic, and mock Trump. But their message is also dark, anti-semitic and leaning into conspiracy theories. So how has a regime that’s shut down the internet, and isn’t known for its sense of humor captured the zeitgeist so well? Today,...

It was a relationship that saw both Donald Trump and Tucker Carlson rise to power. Now, the Tucker-Trump bromance is officially over. Conservative media powerhouse Tucker Carlson has offered an apology to voters for backing the president, as their relationship turned sour. Today, Jason Zengerle, staff writer for the New Yorker, on the end of Tucker and Trump – and what it means for the MAGA...

From his diagnosis with oesophageal cancer in 2024 to openly wrestling with end-of-life decisions, beloved ABC broadcaster James Valentine took his listeners along with him as he stared down his own death. Now, after his passing, that openness continues – with James’ decision to share the fact that he ended his life through voluntary assisted dying, or VAD. Today, Go Gentle Australia f...

Donald Trump has compared himself to Abraham Lincoln and JFK after an alleged shooter, dubbed in his reported-manifesto as the “friendly federal assassin”, charged a security point armed with guns and knives. For a moment, the White House Correspondents dinner continued, the president and his guests unaware until the secret service pulled him from the stage, forming a human shield. Thi...

In October 2022, Dan Duggan was arrested at a Woolworths in Orange, regional New South Wales, after dropping his kids off at school. American prosecutors claim the former US Marine pilot helped train Chinese military pilots in South Africa more than a decade ago, in breach of US arms trafficking laws. Duggan denies that, and says  he believed he was involved in lawful civilian flight training...

Dan Duggan’s case is now an extradition battle. Former attorney-general Mark Dreyfus approved the Australian citizen’s extradition to the United States and the Federal Court has rejected the latest attempt to stop it. Duggan’s supporters say this is no longer just a legal case – they believe it’s also shaped by geopolitics and the growing rivalry between the United St...

When Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan introduced the state's treaty bill into parliament, she said it would pave the way for a formal apology, the introduction of Aboriginal truth-telling into the school curriculum, and a better future for Indigenous Australians in the state. The treaty is the culmination of almost a decade of work that established the First Peoples’ Assembly – which le...

Indigenous leaders across the country welcomed Victoria’s treaty. The legislation enshrines a democratically elected body for First Peoples, called Gellung Warl, that will be consulted on laws and policies affecting Indigenous communities. Now there are calls for other states and territories to use the Victorian example as a model to establish their own treaties. But there’s also pushb...

This week, the Albanese government moved to rein in the NDIS, making a hard political argument that one of the most impactful reforms in recent memory now has to be smaller to survive. In Canberra, a Senate hearing pressed on another pressure point: whether, at a time of global instability and rising costs, Australia should be getting more from its gas exports. And in the first electoral test for...

The government says the NDIS has drifted too far from its original purpose, has grown too fast and too loosely, and that it now needs a major reset. Health Minister Mark Butler says the changes, which will see eligibility tightened, participants reassessed and 160,000 people booted from the NDIS are about making the scheme sustainable and pulling it back to the people it was originally designed to...

It’s not often politicians are taken to task by regular Australians on the issues that fill them with rage. But that’s exactly what happened at this week’s senate inquiry into taxing Australia’s gas companies for their windfall war profits.  Konrad Benjamin, a former high school teacher, gave evidence at the hearing – and he didn’t hold back The self procla...

This week, accused war criminal Ben Roberts-Smith, who is out on bail for five charges of murdering unarmed Afghan civilians and prisoners in 2009 and 2012, came out swinging. The highly decorated soldier categorically denied the allegations against him, saying he will never give up the fight. Roberts-Smith insists he’s proud of his service in Afghanistan, and of the men and women who served...

This year a Russian documentary filmed at a school in Russia won an Academy Award. Its hero? A Russian Primary school teacher, Pasha Talankin. After Russia invaded Ukraine Mr Talankin found himself trapped in the job of teaching propaganda to students. He filmed it all until he was forced to flee the country. And what he captured offers a rare glimpse into Putin’s Russia, and the classroom p...

It’s been dubbed by underworld kingpins as “ dis organised crime” A new wave of young, amateur gangsters is changing the scene – with brazen daylight attacks, hit jobs on rivals’ family members, and cases of alleged mistaken identity. Of course, it’s all about money, notoriety and settling scores. Today, Mark Morri, crime editor at the Daily Telegraph, on the ev...

The images coming out of the US-Israeli-led war in Iran have been described as apocalyptic. Oil depots have burned for days. Strikes have hit petrochemical facilities and the area around the Bushehr nuclear power plant. In Tehran, toxic black smoke has blanketed the city, with residents reporting black acid rain falling from the sky. After thousands of missile and drone strikes, Iran and parts of...

One of Australia’s most prestigious universities is now at the centre of three investigations and could be about to face a fourth. Last year, ANU vice-chancellor Genevieve Bell resigned after pressure over a massive restructure and the hidden role consultants played in shaping it. Now two inquiries are now looking at whether the changes, meant to save $250 million, were ever justified. A sep...

This week, the Albanese government has been forced to confront a growing sense of instability, with fresh warnings from the IMF about the global economy, including the potential impact on Australia.  It’s placed new pressure on Treasurer Jim Chalmers ahead of the budget, as the government deals with a fuel supply scare that pulled the prime minister back to the country in the middle of...

For years, gambling advertising has spread far beyond the ad break, becoming a familiar part of how Australians watch sport, follow news about sport and spend time online. Three years after the Murphy review called for a comprehensive ban, the Albanese government has finally responded.  But the government’s plan to reign in online gambling advertising has drawn sharp criticism. With cam...

It started as a bunch of mummy bloggers on the internet trading tips on everything from breastfeeding to toddler tantrums.  Now the world of child and family influencers has become a billion-dollar business where kids equal content and absolutely nothing is off limits. Today, Fortesa Latifi, author of the new book “Like, Follow, Subscribe: Influencer Kids and the Cost of a Childhood Onl...

It’s a controversial proposal – immigration based on blatant discrimination. Opposition leader Angus Taylor has laid out the beginnings of the Liberal Party’s hard line migration policy in a provocative speech in Canberra. Some of his proposals had echoes of Donald Trump, others of John Howard – as he made a play for One Nation’s growing pool of lapsed Liberal voters....