Giving up a daily coffee or weekly parma? How the cost-of-living crisis is reshaping our spending habits

A ban on price gouging and new powers to break up supermarkets are on the table this election. Would either work?

‘Sorry mate, I didn’t see you’: when drivers look but don’t see cyclists on the road

Adolescence has sparked fears over teen slang – but emoji don’t cause radicalisation

Cancer patients from migrant backgrounds have a 1 in 3 chance of something going wrong in their care

Australians want nature protected. These 3 environmental problems should be top of the next government’s to-do list

Defence is shaping up to be a key election issue, whether politicians like it or not

Labor will urge Fair Work Commission to give real wage rise to three million workers

Politics with Michelle Grattan: Kos Samaras on polls and the people who’ll decide this election

Election Diary: Dutton flags intervention in what he sees as ‘woke’ education, but how much could he actually do?

Who decides what Australian students are taught in schools?

Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’: why the US is on a war footing over tariffs and mass deportations

Reserve Bank holds rates steady, cautious about the economic outlook

Global warming of more than 3°C this century may wipe 40% off the world’s economy, new analysis reveals

Why do I get headaches when I exercise, even when I drink lots of water?

ChatGPT’s Studio Ghibli-style images show its creative power – but raise new copyright problems

Torrential rains created devastating inland seas in outback Queensland. Soon, they will fill Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre

‘Signalgate’ was damaging to the Trump administration. It could be deadly for Yemeni civilians

Meta allegedly used pirated books to train AI. Australian authors have objected, but US courts may decide if this is ‘fair use’

‘Behind every claim is a grieving family’. Death benefits inquiry demands change but lacks penalties

Hotter and deeper: how NZ’s plan to drill for ‘supercritical’ geothermal energy holds promise and risk

‘Shame, disgust, horror’: Kate Grenville faces her family history of stolen land in Australia – and asks us to feel it with her

Using tranquillisers on racehorses is ethically questionable and puts horses and riders at risk

A child killer, parenting struggles and ‘innies’ running wild: what to stream in April

The Great Gatsby at 100: the Jazz Age novel that helps explain Trump’s America