While the 1975 sacking of prime minister Gough Whitlam remains one of the most tumultuous and memorable events in Australian political history, an award-winning biographer argues the modernising ...

Former High Court chief justice Anthony Mason was applauded for his adventurous approach but criticised for making - rather than interpreting - the law.

One of Australia's greatest judges, Sir Anthony Mason, is being remembered as an "activist judge", an unlikely figure in the ...

The former chief justice was an unequalled judicial reformer who presided over the Mabo decision – and stood by his advice ...

From interpreting at doctors' visits to lobbying prime ministers, second-generation Greek Australians became the voice of their parents — shaping reforms from pension portability to aged-care access ...

Anthony Mason reshaped Australian law as Chief Justice – but his concealed role in the Whitlam dismissal casts a lasting shadow over that legacy.

Receiving your first library card is a rite of passage, a coming-of-age event that confers membership of a special community ...

The only war I would fight for is a class war. Being on the ass-end of the world has more than just strategic advantages. For a long time, it provided the average Australian with a sense of distance ...

"As we confront the geopolitical realities of our own time [...] I’d like to conclude my remarks by giving the final word to ...

Australia has been caught out by the erupting global energy and inflation crisis. Our interest rate settings, our national ...

We are not yet in the crisis conditions of the mid-1970s, but the warning lights are flashing. Budget management and ...

Revulsion at Israel’s actions in Gaza is driving a global rise in antisemitism, while efforts to conflate criticism of Israel ...