History

History

Musketeer’s likely burial site found

A centuries-old secret has been revealed buried below the collapsed floor of a European church – and it could confirm a legendary historical figure’s final resting place

EXPLAINERSociety and Culture

Take next exit for ‘Education State’

Victoria’s education landscape saw red T-shirts flood the streets, with an estimated 35,000 teachers marching on Melbourne while cartoonist Mark Knight imagines many may chase bigger changes

News

Bluey’s ABC home goes on strike

Best known as the home of Bluey, national broadcaster the ABC became the news after strike action by thousands of staff, joining Australia’s long list of walkouts – let’s take a look at the timeline

EXPLAINERHistory

What is ‘conscription’, who has it?

The global history of compulsory military service is one way to examine the seemingly never-ending chronicle of human conflict through the ages. Find out why Australia once conscripted citizens

EXPLAINERArts

How war fuels federal budget fires

Political explosions flowing from Middle East conflict force Australia’s Treasurer into a metaphorical ‘budget bunker’ as fuel costs detonate economic pressure points in Mark Knight’s toon

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History

What happened to Amelia Earhart

Aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart disappeared over the Pacific in 1937 while attempting the first female piloted flight around the world. What happened to her? Here are three popular theories

Sport

Teenager wins Chinese Grand Prix

An Italian teen became Formula One’s second youngest winner after the Chinese Grand Prix as Aussie driver Oscar Piastri’s 2026 world championship hopes went up in smoke with second DNS

Explainers

What caused big highway closure?

Imagine your main road link closing overnight, which is what has just happened to one major highway connecting an Australian capital to an entire region – how did it happen and what’s next?

Sport

Australia wins Paralympics silver

Australia has its first medal of the 2026 Winter Paralympics after flag-bearer and veteran snowboarder Ben Tudhope beat a dislocated shoulder to win silver on Day 2 at Milano Cortina

Explainers

Trump tees off to topple Tehran

The US and Israel-led war in the Middle East gets a golf course treatment as cartoonist Mark Knight transforms Trump’s military strikes on Iran into a memorable Mar-a-Lago resort metaphor

Money

Small change gets design change

A new one dollar coin has been released with a subtle design alteration that, while small, represents a big change in our nation’s economic history. Can you spot the difference?

Explainers

Middle East: What is happening?

The Middle East descended into chaos as Iran retaliated against US and Israeli strikes by targeting neighbours with American bases. Here’s what the fight means for the region and the world

News

PM’s plan for multistate fast train

Successive Australian prime ministers have seen their high speed train hopes derailed but as Albo dusts off the dream, cartoonist Mark Knight is left wondering if the PM can jump-start his plan

Sport

Winter Olympics: week 2 highlights

Athletes say ‘ciao’ to the memorable mayhem of the 2026 Milano Cortina Games at the Closing Ceremony in Verona, as Australians celebrate our best ever showing at the Winter Olympics

Space

NASA move for medium asteroids

NASA announces new mission to help build better defences for Earth against asteroids of a certain size, with experts revealing a surprising estimate of undetected asteroids within striking distance

Explainers

MotoGP banished instead of bikies

Record attendance last year and a $60 million boost to the region’s economy wasn’t enough to save Phillip Island’s MotoGP in Mark Knight’s spin on the Allan government’s biker bungle

Sport

Winter Olympics: week 1 highlights

MORE GOLD! Jakara Anthony tastes redemption, winning the inaugural dual moguls final after Josie Baff’s snowboard cross comeback in Australia’s best ever Winter Olympics UPDATED

EXPLAINERNews

Liberals fire up the leader barbie

Australia has a new Opposition Leader after the vote Friday morning, with Sussan Ley going down in flames drawn by Mark Knight as the Libs ‘throwing another leader on the barbie’

Society and Culture

Pope Leo XIV to visit Australia

Pope Leo XIV will make the first papal visit to Australia in two decades, with hundreds of thousands of worshippers expected to flock to one lucky capital’s famous horse racing venue

Space

Astronauts journey to next frontier

Humanity’s history of space travel will get a modern makeover as NASA launches its most ambitious moon mission in over 50 years with four astronauts taking diversity to the far side of the moon