The NSW Liberal Party has long been a cesspit of factional power games, with Tony Abbott’s hard right, Scott Morrison’s centre right, and the moderates, whose high profile ranks have included Malcolm ...

A quizzical line from the author’s father has always reminded him of the importance of playfulness, whatever one’s age ...

Started by Stanley Kubrick and taken on by Steven Spielberg, the 2001 film A.I. Artificial Intelligence has now ‘insinuated ...

Having chosen not to re-contest his federal seat of Moreton, Labor’s Graham Perrett returned to his first profession – ...

Getting some face time with a petulant president who holds a grudge is a challenge for many world leaders, not just Albanese ...

The strange tale of Vivian Maier has been well rehearsed by now. It has been the subject of countless articles, innumerable gallery programs, two documentaries and at least one court case. For those ...

What kind of mandate does a landslide election victory earn when the nation’s vote is paradoxically almost evenly divided?

Henry James is reputed to have said that when you tell a dream, you lose a reader. I’ve never been convinced of that view. But then, I grew up on the vision stories of the Old Testament: Jacob ...

The extension of the North West Shelf gas project underscores the urgent need for nationally legislated plans for climate ...

The North West Shelf Project’s Karratha Gas Plant at Murujuga Cultural Landscape in Burrup Peninsula, Western Australia. AAP Image/Supplied by Woodside Energy The extension of the North West Shelf gas ...

The English writer J.G. Ballard led a much less crowded life. In fact, it was a determinedly domestic one, and when Ballard became widowed very suddenly at the age of 34, he refused the offers of his ...

Judith Brett’s and Amanda Lohrey’s comments on the ‘misogyny’ speech by Julia Gillard (‘They Had It Coming’ and ‘A Matter of Context’, November) were both necessary and timely. They pointed out the ...