For the first time in 40 years, Labor is developing a plan to increase the number of seats in the parliament – a move the Coalition fears will cement Labor’s majority.

As the prime minister marks the death of John Laws, other politicians reminisce about how easy it was to manipulate Australia’s most powerful broadcaster, even writing editorials for him to read ...

I’m sitting on a low brick wall at Balam Balam Place, Merri-bek City Council’s new civic and community centre, chatting with caretakers and operators Millie Cattlin and Joseph Norster. Local legends ...

A quintessential Australian story, William J. Byrne’s debut novel, The Warrumbar, is a compelling coming-of-age drama set in a regional Australian town during the five months between the moon landing ...

Following the death of her father in 1964, the author found solace in her love of cricket and especially in her adulation of fellow left-hander and batting allrounder Bob Cowper.

In the tradition of the late, great Mungo MacCallum, LR tries to infuse his puzzles with humour, wordplay and poetry to give readers plenty of “Aha!” moments. They will be accessible, but always with ...

In the 1970s, WITCH was one of Africa’s biggest bands before fading into obscurity. Now touring Australia’s east coast, they are enjoying the global acclaim they deserve.

Celebrated neurosurgeon Charlie Teo blames The Saturday Paper for his self-exile to China, although he says it’s okay to hug the theatre nurses there.

In the town known as the flood town, every kind of object – living and dead – floated down the river in flood. Chairs, trees, cars, snakes and once a goat, which came to be called the flood goat. No ...

As governments meet for COP30 in Brazil, the debate about the continuance of fossil fuels as a worldwide energy source ...

Few could say that at 21 they were “washed up”, but Cameron Crowe truly was. At 15, the journalist and filmmaker became ...

Following the death of her father in 1964, the author found solace in her love of cricket and especially in her adulation of ...