‘If I go home, we don’t have enough money’: the low-paid Filipino workers caught up in the war on Iran
Filipino carer Mary Ann De Vera was the first victim of the war in Israel, while thousands of others remain in vulnerable positions across the Middle East
‘Really unfortunate mess’: Naplan resumes after tech issues pause testing on first day for 1.4 million students
One expert says glitch may mean test seem ‘unfair’ while Victoria’s shadow education minister questions if dataset will be compromised
Australians hit by soaring petrol prices now face expected blow of interest rate rise
Economists predict RBA board will hike cash rate to 4.1% next week as inflation climbs and energy costs surge
Two robodebt officials engaged in serious corrupt conduct, Nacc finds, but Scott Morrison cleared
Anti-corruption watchdog makes adverse findings against two former public servants but clears four other individuals
Ken Weetch obituary
Stalwart Labour MP for Ipswich who fought against the monopoly that solicitors held over property conveyancing
We must not gatekeep access to university
Letters: Readers respond to comments by Birmingham University’s Adam Tickell on whether students without A-levels should be eligible for loans
Corrections and clarifications
Kleber Mendonça Filho | Julia Tyson
Student visa ban will shut the door on talent
Letters: Prof Ngaire Woods and Aziz Magid respond to the government’s decision to halt study visas from Afghanistan, Cameroon, Myanmar and Sudan
It’s not just influencers who move to Dubai
Letters: Ordinary people and families have made their homes there, writes Mark Husbands. Plus a letter from Jessamy Hadley
Let’s park superfast charging for EVs
Brief letters: Electric vehicles | Delightful dumps | Loyal readers | Football fans
Country Joe McDonald obituary
US singer and songwriter best known for his 1969 Woodstock performance of his anti-war I-Feel-Like-I’m-Fixin’-to-Die Rag
Uruguay’s candombe brings streets to life as the once-banned musical tradition roars back
The Afro-Uruguayan rhythms, born among enslaved Africans and once banned, now draws thousands to public squares and carnival parades
‘Extraordinary cruelty’: images show longterm ‘starvation strategy’ in Sudan
Experts argue sensor and satellite data reveal targeted attacks by the Rapid Support Forces on farming communities were intended to prevent villages producing food
Spain to formally pardon 53 women incarcerated by Franco regime
Thousands of girls were locked up by Board for the Protection of Women for ‘rehabilitation’
The HMS Dragon row: why has it taken so long to get a UK destroyer to Cyprus?
The government said a week ago the warship would be deployed but it is still at dock. What is happening?
Let’s be blunt – British people need to stop being so polite
I’ve spent my adult years fighting to pay the bill, drinking insultingly weak cups of tea and making small talk on the bus. But life is too short, says Polly Hudson