Peter Dutton ends the year with detailed plans to wind back reconciliation, peppering departments with questions about the ...

The author’s battle with cancer led her to seek out the wisdom of people who have come to terms with ageing and mortality in ...

Politically speaking, disillusionment and discord prevailed at home and abroad this year. Our solace is the careful ...

The Olympics burst back from Covid restrictions with French flair, Lions roared, Panthers pounced and a teen named Gout Gout ...

Following confidential briefings, disability advocates say hundreds of thousands of people will be underserved by new eligibility rules that are reminiscent of failed Coalition policy.

Government Architect NSW’s groundbreaking Pattern Book Design Competition is the stand-out here, with winning designs for ...

I’m always uncomfortable nominating just one book as my book of the year, but if I had to then it would probably be Percival Everett’s James (Mantle, 320pp, $34.99). A retelling of Mark Twain’s ...

The Saturday Paper ’s quick crossword is compiled by Liam Runnalls (LR), who also sets the weekend cryptic. Requiring less lateral thinking than the cryptic, and less general knowledge than the quiz, ...

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 ...

Posing as a journalist to get close to the world’s best chess players, Matthew Griffin realises watching the sport is similar to falling in love.

Shrinking tax receipts have erased Jim Chalmers’ surplus in possibly his final budget update before facing the electorate next year.

Despite passing an ambitious suite of legislation in the final sitting week of parliament, Anthony Albanese is seen by focus groups as greedy, timid and too close to corporate Australia.