As the dust settles after the conclave, Br Mark O’Connor reflects on Pope Leo XIV’s quiet authority, the unfinished business ...

For decades, Australia sat on the sidelines of global arms control. Now, amidst a word rapidly re-arming, it’s stepping ...

As the dust settles from strikes on Iran, Thucydides’ warning feels newly relevant: the strong do what they can, the weak ...

The Vatican’s Jubilee Report promises a reset for global finance in the name of justice. But by sidestepping calls for equity ...

In the cheap-sharehouse chaos of 1980s Sydney, a generation found freedom, creativity, and each other. A new documentary ...

As AI use becomes ubiquitous from battlefields to hospital wards, we need to ask what happens when we sideline the human element, as the temptation to outsource moral responsibility to machines grows.

As the Law Reform Commission reviews Australia’s surrogacy laws, optimism surrounds easing altruistic restrictions. But critics warn the country is edging toward commercial surrogacy, raising urgent ...

President Trump’s decision to join Israel’s pre-emptive strike on Iran marked a departure from diplomatic norms that once ...

In Mountainhead, Jesse Armstrong turns the tech-bro fever dream into a slow-burn nightmare. Think Succession with bloodlust.

Should a river have the right to sue? In Is a River Alive?, Robert Macfarlane explores the global movement to grant legal ...

Australians have watched the papal election, but now attention must return home. With multiple dioceses in transition and ...

Where violence often begins with words, the link between thought, speech and action demands closer attention. As global ...