Federal and state politics, policy, and governance
Upgrades to key Sydney northern beaches routes are moving ahead, but a wide-ranging review of the region's traffic woes is reigniting calls for the multibillion-dollar Beaches Link tunnel.
Mitchell Tan 
NSW Police will soon have the power to seize and crush illegal e-bikes at the roadside, moving beyond the lengthy court processes that have failed to control their proliferation.
Samantha Blake 
Australia's fuel crisis triggered by Middle East conflict has exposed critical gaps in energy security planning and raised questions about how decades of underinvestment left the nation dangerously exposed.
Priya Narayanan 
Most of Australia will wind clocks back by one hour on April 5, 2026, marking the end of daylight saving. But Queensland, Western Australia, and the Northern Territory will stay put.
Aisha Khoury 
Australia has set strict expectations for data centre operators, requiring them to bring their own renewable energy, cover connection costs, and protect water resources as AI-driven investment surges.
Samantha Blake 
Sydney residents are calling out dangerously confusing speed humps across the city, with many mistaken for pedestrian crossings. The problem is prompting councils to reconsider their traffic calming strategies.
James Callahan 
One Nation's historic performance in South Australia on 21 March signals a realignment in centre-right politics driven by voter frustration over cost-of-living pressures and immigration.
Sophia Vargas 
Almost half of Australians believe the country faces a military attack within five years, according to new research from the ANU National Security College. The study raises uncomfortable questions about preparedness.
Yuki Tamura 
Sydney will run all-night metro, train and light rail services for Mardi Gras on 28 February, testing whether 24-hour public transport can finally break the city's long-standing transport deadlock.
Rachel Thornbury 
Governments worldwide are rolling out age verification requirements to protect minors online, but users are circumventing them with VPNs. Some jurisdictions now eyeing VPN restrictions, alarming privacy advocates.
Oliver Pemberton 
One Nation's best-ever result in South Australia has political strategists warning that a similar surge could reshape the Victorian election landscape later this year.
Samantha Blake 
Victoria's Liberal Party held fractious preselection contests this weekend amid internal divisions over strategy and ideology, as One Nation's surge in South Australia signals broader electoral danger.
Tanya Birch 
Robert Mueller, the decorated FBI director who modernised the agency after 9/11 and oversaw the 2016 Russia investigation, has died at 81. His legacy remains contested.
Yuki Tamura 
New government data shows 43% of low-income renters experiencing rental stress, with 254,571 households waiting for social housing. The policy response isn't working.
Jake Nguyen 
A 75-year-old woman has shared her harrowing account of having her baby forcibly taken at Crown Street Women's Hospital in 1971. Her story illuminates the systematic practices that separated up to 250,000 mothers from their children.
Sophia Vargas 
South Australian voters have delivered a historic landslide victory to Labor, handing Premier Peter Malinauskas a second term and inflicting the Liberal Party's worst electoral defeat on record.
Tanya Birch One in four Australian households struggle to pay power bills, and winter demands higher heating. Here's what families can actually do about it.
Kate Morrison 
South Australia's 2026 election is set to be the most crowded in the state's history, with independents and minor parties shaping the outcome despite polls predicting a Labor landslide.
Samantha Blake 
Early projections show South Australian Labor heading for a landslide victory, but the real story lies in how One Nation has displaced the Liberals as the primary challenger.
Kate Morrison 
One Nation polled as high as 28% in South Australian opinion surveys but appears unlikely to win House of Assembly seats as voters still favour Labor and the Liberals on preferences.
Rachel Thornbury