Crazy old rules for teachers
If you thought Australian schoolkids had it tough back in the day, spare a thought for their poor teachers, who were forced to abide by a seriously bizarre list of strict rules and wacko regulations
If you thought Australian schoolkids had it tough back in the day, spare a thought for their poor teachers, who were forced to abide by a seriously bizarre list of strict rules and wacko regulations
The new theme for the $5 note has been revealed, swapping out the traditional use of British royalty to celebrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ ancient ‘Connection to Country’
Melbourne Cricket Ground’s 150th birthday bash will be an occasion to remember, as late Aussie spin legend Shane Warne’s long-held dream of a pink-ball night-time Test comes true
Ukraine’s President Zelenskyy hailed ‘a hero’ by leaders after his disastrous meeting with US President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance in the Oval Office
Landmark new evidence points to a unique food chain led by a previously undiscovered carnivorous dinosaur that roamed the Australian continent over 100 million years ago
From pooches and pigeons to donkeys and desert camels, animals serve alongside Australians in peace and war – here’s why on Feb 24 we honour their memory and sacrifice each Purple Poppy Day
There’s often a story behind the name we’re given and it’s true of cyclones too – find out why Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is the reason that Australia’s next cyclone will be named ‘Alfred’
Stopping penny minting to save money sounds topsy-turvy but the US President’s plan to cut federal spending is real – here’s why Australia dropped its own small change and paper notes long ago
Australia’s newest sporting hero Jordan Mailata made history in the US as the Eagles shocked the sporting world by smashing the Chiefs in a huge Super Bowl win starring our first on-field winner
A significant heritage site in Tasmania has become part of the International Coalition of Sites of Conscience, in the hope that the important stories of those who once lived there won’t be forgotten
Donald Trump’s ‘Riviera of the Middle East’ vision for war-ravaged Gaza left the world spinning, but the US President’s past life as a property developer gave cartoonist Mark Knight an idea
As the touring asteroid first spotted after Boxing Day safely zooms away from Earth on the next leg of its four-year orbit, the global agency that assesses asteroid risk will keep monitoring its travels
Colombia has landed a fresh blow against its main rival in the legal storm surrounding the ‘Holy Grail’ San José shipwreck, with billions in sunken treasure up for grabs in coordinates mismatch
A hidden detail in a 400-year-old map has uncovered new clues into the whereabouts of an English colony that went missing three years after it landed off the coast of North America in 1587
Executive orders signed by American President Donald Trump hours after his Jan 20 inauguration include changing place names to more US-centric options – with Google Maps already on board
World leaders and European royals gathered for the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz at the end of World War II as Holocaust survivors recounted anti-Semitic atrocities
A Test cap worn by Australian cricket legend Sir Don Bradman has sold for an eye-watering sum at auction after attracting the interest of cricket fans and collectors from across the globe
As a child he built his own radio, as a teenager he built his own car, as an adult he opened Adelaide’s first ever motel – and despite being 107, Colin Wagener doesn’t feel a day over 90
Rural and working voters in the US presidential election popped the bubble of Washington DC’s political establishment with the prod of a pitchfork in Mark Knight’s take on American Gothic
Tutankhamun has long been one of Egypt’s most famous pharaohs following the discovery of his iconic gold death mask, but experts say he may have been ‘cast off’ and given his stepmother’s tomb