2+ hour, 31+ min ago   (399+ words) Pioneering Australian judge Mary Gaudron has been honoured for her contributions to Australia's legal landscape after her death at age 83. Ms Gaudron became the first woman appointed to the High Court of Australia in 1987 at age 44 and served until 2003. While…...

11+ hour, 32+ min ago   (369+ words) It's not all men, but it's almost always men. A series of sexual assault cases perpetrated by teenage boys have rocked the country in recent weeks, prompting a national discussion about how to tackle rising misogyny fuelled by toxic manosphere…...

10+ hour, 51+ min ago   (429+ words) Swedes will vote in an election that will either bring a far-right party into government for the first time or shift the country back towards the ‌liberalism it has long been known for. Sweden's centre-left opposition holds a narrow lead…...

8+ hour, 31+ min ago   (338+ words) Labor has left the door open to changing its planned digital duty of care laws to overcome opposition to the contentious measures. Under the proposed bill, social media companies would be forced to identify and prevent potentially harmful content being…...

16+ hour, 6+ min ago   (188+ words) Hungary's government will change legislation passed in 2020 by Viktor Orban's former regime that had effectively banned ‌adoption by gay and lesbian couples, Prime Minister Peter Magyar says. Under the law passed by Orban's right-wing Fidesz party in 2020, single people had…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (513+ words) Thousands of Canberra university students and staff will gain access to the city's premier news source thanks to a new partnership between the University of Canberra and The Canberra Times. The two organisations have signed a three-year digital news and…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (491+ words) Three years ago, a centre against sexual assault received a referral for a 65-year-old woman in a care home. "She'd been sexually assaulted and the narrative around it was 'she has dementia, therefore she won't remember'," South East Centre Against…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (312+ words) A study on the death rate among welfare recipients has highlighted "profound" inequality in health between average people and those on the lowest incomes. The report from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare compared mortality rates and causes of…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (545+ words) What strikes me now, is a transformation. The days after September 11, 2001 felt like a different America from the one I read about now. New York City felt noble in its unity. It's a strange word to use - but the way…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (1431+ words) Your recent editorial (September 5) included this assertion: "Governments must implement a uniform road user charge to replace the outdated fuel levy and ensure electric vehicle drivers contribute equally to essential road maintenance" ("Electric vehicles reach tipping point"). The problem with…...