If Meta, the world’s biggest social media company, expects problems after a year of preparation, then what should the rest of us be expecting?
Criminal defence lawyer Asta Hill says she is putting human rights at the centre of her leadership – without shying away from addressing community safety
I was doing a good job of staying upright and dignified, until a surge of people rushed towards me
Competition-winning apartment building plans should be approved twice as quickly by NSW councils, and will be three to six storeys high
Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand also say the ATO’s ‘phone system just doesn’t work’
What to buy for the child in your life? We’ve compiled our favourite Christmas presents from around the country, for kids aged zero to 12
Getting to net zero CO2 emissions globally means we can halt global warming. This requires a rapid phase-out. It’s physics
Coalition claims key diplomatic role at next year’s conference in Turkey would make Bowen a ‘part-time minister’ while Australians face inflated energy prices
Court papers show the island cautiously welcomed the oligarch – with London’s approval – before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Editorial: New technologies can reduce our reliance on animal experiments. This isn’t just morally right, it could have scientific and economic benefits too
Editorial: The system discourages young homeless people from earning more – that’s the very opposite of Labour’s aim to make work pay
Letters: Johnbosco Nwogbo says adding a new private finance debt burden is a bad idea, while Lord Hutton thinks PFIs have been good for the NHS and patients
Letters: Readers respond to an article by Aditya Chakrabortty that said a 1% levy on the super-rich wouldn’t be enough to tackle Britain’s inequality
Green party | JMW Turner
Held back by Covid and then phased out by AI, Britain’s so-called Neets are desperately seeking a secure future. Who will offer them hope? asks Guardian columnist John Harris
There are jokes aplenty in Johnny McKnight’s panto update of Lewis Carroll’s Wonderland story, played with delirious daftness by an ebullient cast
Brief letters: Budget decisions | Letters about letters | Nominative determinism | Nurse Gotobed
Year-long investigation into multimillion-dollar business exposed serious concerns, from dangerous medical claims to FBS-linked stillbirths
Availability of chickens and ducks also expected to be tight, with 5% of the seasonal flock culled so far