Politics

China relations

Scott Morrison asks global allies to defend freedom over autocracy, warning of competition with China

G7 leaders are planning an ambitious pledge on climate change but the Prime Minister will stand apart from other advanced economies by not going any further on Australia’s existing commitments.

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by David Crowe

Pharmacists prepare the Pfizer vaccine at the Sydney Olympic Park mass vaccination clinic.

Coronavirus pandemic

UK variant data promising, widespread vaccination still the key to reopening

by Rachel Clun, Mary Ward and Bevan Shields

Adam Beehre, florist at ‘Adam the Flower Man’.

Gender equality

‘The only male in my class’: Adam a rare specimen in female-dominated industry

by Jennifer Duke

Premier Gladys Berejiklian has thrown her support behind enshrining a First Nations ‘Voice’ into the constitution

Indigenous

Gladys Berejiklian backs the Voice, urges embrace of Indigenous reconciliation

by Rob Harris

Michael Brennan, Productivity Commission chairman, says two dark clouds - government debt and increased protectionism - could threaten the economy.

Coronavirus pandemic

‘Dark clouds ahead’: PC warns about budget debt and protectionism

by Shane Wright

Opinion & Perspectives

MPs lose patience with Albanese as Labor faces fourth term in opposition

James Massola

As a federal election approaches, there is growing talk in Labor about how to turn things around - and if Anthony Albanese is the right person to do it.

COVID-19’s return to aged care homes puts spotlight on workforce

Clay Lucas

It has emerged this week that fighting coronavirus in Melbourne’s aged care homes is as much about workplace relations as it is about health.

No care, no responsibility: Morrison government’s stark pandemic failures in aged homes

Peter Hartcher

The federal government has some clear responsibilities in dealing with the pandemic. Its lapses in aged care homes are plain to see, but who is accountable?