Stronger action on inducements would be popular with voters – but crossbenchers fear ad reforms are worse than the status quo
Israeli PM says IDF will not withdraw until Hamas is disarmed and rebukes US pressure to end wars without his country’s buy-in
British Columbia battling 102 fires day and night across province, as breakneck speed hampers firefighters’ efforts
Australia likes to think its history is untainted by slavery but a new book traces how a who’s who in the NSW capital profited from the capture and sale of ‘blackbirded’ Pacific Islanders
The rumours of action on the capital gains tax discount and negative gearing are louder than before any budget this century. But is the PM up to the task?
An average home would cost $595,500 now if prices were the same relative to income as before John Howard turned the market into an investor casino
The 5% deposit guarantee has done what everyone expected to housing affordability. But fixing the capital gains tax discount would be a great move
Average sea surface temperature outside polar regions was highest on record for July, beating previous high in 2023
With low prices and free listings, Australians have quickly embraced the resale app – but some users are wary of long-distance shipping
Five elementary school teachers spill the beans on how to keep kids engaged in creative play and away from screens
Director and producer of BBC radio dramas whose inspired casting of June Whitfield as Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple proved a hit with listeners
Designer of ceramics who displayed a keen sense of shape in tableware and its appeal to a mass market
Editorial: Seventy years after CP Snow warned of estrangement between the sciences and arts, breadth in education should be encouraged
Mental health cuts | Mo Ghafoor
Editorial: The world’s most populous country needs state-generated demand to industrialise, decarbonise and avoid China’s overcapacity trap
Whitehall wants to triple their number in the UK. Yet in Slough, I saw the impact they’re having on communities, says Guardian columnist John Harris
Letter: Sjúrður Hammer responds to NatureScot’s decision to prohibit the annual Guga Hunt, where islanders collect gannet chicks on the Hebridean island of Sula Sgeir
Letters: Molly O’Brien responds to an article by Natalie Morris about her five-day labour, while an NHS doctor shares her personal experience of feeling ‘othered’