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The shortage of housing for women trying to escape domestic violence has reached chronic levels, with many forced to turn to ill-equipped and dangerous temporary accommodation.

A review of surrogacy laws in Australia is sparking debate over whether reproductive labour should be compensated and how surrogacy could be made more accessible.

The NDIS has opened up the world for so many people living with disability. Many fear the newly introduced restrictions and more onerous reporting could again limit lives.

Last week, Gerard Mazza was wrongfully arrested while getting out of bed – proof of Woodside’s power in WA and the farce of policing climate activism.

According to senior sources, the Liberal Party’s failure to reflect the demographics of the country has made its chance of re-election ‘finished’ without reform.

The trial of mushroom murderer Erin Patterson captivated the nation, but beyond the gratuitous spectacle is a family torn apart and a community still in shock and mourning.

Trump fails to secure Russian ceasefire. New Zealand shelves big tech tax. Far right make gains in Europe.

Murray Watt, known for his effectiveness, is confident he can deliver long-delayed environmental reform. His first and most consequential task is the ‘carbon bomb’ project awaiting approval.

It is now so blindingly obvious that we confused information with wisdom, immediacy with knowledge. None of us are wiser because we google what we then accept as facts. None of us are truly more attached to strangers because we can use social media to snap ill-thought-through views back and forth.

ANALYSIS: Before the election, Labor promised policies to lift the declining birthrate, but there is little evidence they will actually work.