Over the past decade, Australia has introduced initiatives to reduce opioid use and related harm.

What has raised eyebrows, however, is the abruptness and severity of the penalty, reportedly imposed without the usual procedural safeguards such as a formal review or right of reply.

The Melbourne Cup, a 3,200–metre race for horses more than three years old, has long been called “the race that stops the nation”.

We actually know very little about very young children in Australia who develop problematic sexual behaviours.

That’s equivalent to around one-third of gross domestic product – and is mostly contributed by women.

You have been building up to the end of school for years, then there is the intensity and pressure of exams and festivities of formals and graduation ceremonies. And then suddenly, it’s all over.

After a delayed start, a new Support at Home program will begin on November 1 2025.

The immediate trigger issue was the government’s refusal to release a report by former public service commissioner Lynelle Briggs into jobs for mates.

The consumer price index was the last major piece of data before the Reserve Bank meeting on Melbourne Cup day.

The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny has multiple narrative strands, but they don’t overtake its central story, nor its central question.