barry cassidy And tony barry Check out a long list of mistakes and missteps made by politicians this week. They also discuss the Prime Minister’s efforts in the Pacific since China tested a long-range missile – and Nigel Farage’s resignation from politics to stand in the upcoming by-election
Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Idaho and West Virginia schools can continue to enforce bans on transgender athletes playing on girls’ and women’s teams. It is the latest development in a political and legal attack on trans people, and trans youth in particular, that has increased in recent years. Following that decision,
The political year of 2026 has already been a surprising one. Labor passed changes to negative gearing and capital gains tax exemptions, which they had previously rejected. The Liberals again changed leaders, and One Nation has seen an increase in support in several polls. political editor Tom McIlroy The chief political correspondent in conversation spoke
The political year of 2026 has already been a surprising one. Labor passed changes to negative gearing and capital gains tax exemptions, which they had previously rejected. The Liberals again changed leaders, and One Nation has seen an increase in support in several polls. political editor Tom McIlroy Talked to press gallery colleagues Michelle Grattanchief
mThrough the firecracker of his debut from 2020’s The Young Team, Graeme Armstrong takes the reader from protagonist Eazy’s pre-party pharmaceutical preparation, through the resulting mysterious abandonment and euphoria, and the inevitable crash back to Earth. The narrative of distressed humor is a welcome update of Kingsley Amis’s beer-soaked anxiety in Lucky Jim. All this,
American author Ben Lerner has won this year’s Orwell Prize for political fiction for Transcription, a novel that explores technology and memory. In nonfiction, the award went to Karen Bartlett for The Escape from Kabul, based on Afghan women lawyers who are endangered after the fall of Kabul in 2021. Award, which aims to highlight