As Brittany Higgins faces the irony that she and her attacker will likely both be bankrupted, her inner circle reflects on how her evidence decided Bruce Lehrmann’s latest appeal.

The Senate’s year-long inquiry into the governance of universities has concluded with a grim picture of flawed and avoidant leadership and serious questions about conduct and accountability.

This year marked 50 years since parliament passed the Whitlam government’s Australia Council Act 1975. Whitlam’s cultural policy reflected the ambitions of its era, combining support for established ...

As Brittany Higgins faces the irony that she and her attacker will likely both be bankrupted, her inner circle reflects on how her evidence decided Bruce Lehrmann’s latest appeal.

A three-week journey following Ernest Shackleton’s epic voyage to save his crew is a powerful experience of the most remote place on Earth.

The new National Children’s Commissioner cites among her top concerns an increasingly draconian criminal justice system and improvements to the youth social media ban.

The Saturday Paper ’s quick crossword is compiled by Liam Runnalls (LR), who also sets the weekend cryptic. Requiring less lateral thinking than the cryptic, and less general knowledge than the quiz, ...

ANALYSIS: Having finally persuaded most voters that it is the better economic manager, Labor is well placed to pursue an obvious solution to the problems to come.

Last year, a Pulitzer Prize-winning composer left the United States to settle in Australia. This is the story of why.

The prime minister has taken a more nuanced approach to his relationship with the Murdoch press, proving the company no longer has a veto over policy.

In the tradition of the late, great Mungo MacCallum, LR tries to infuse his puzzles with humour, wordplay and poetry to give readers plenty of “Aha!” moments. They will be accessible, but always with ...

In times of great pain and loss, retreating to the garden allows us moments in which to observe, to imagine and ultimately to cope.