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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

Arts

Brit artist Banksy finally unmasked

The globally famous graffiti artist Banksy has been identified after allegedly taking one of Britain’s most common names to try to remain hidden from the art world after making millions by stealth

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?

Society and Culture

Hidden homes under the highway

About 100 homeless families are living beneath a major highway in the Philippines. But while rats are rife and the air stinks of sewer water, the inhabitants aren’t complaining. Here’s why

Environment

Sea urchins inspire oil spill minibot

Pods of robotic dolphins could be the environmental clean-up crew of the future as Aussie engineers test a minibot prototype that can hoover oil spills from water. Here’s how it works

Money

Why petrol prices are soaring

In Part One, we look at how a war more than 10,000kms away has Aussie parents peaking at the pump thanks to a vital passage of water called The Strait of Hormuz and whether other costs will rise too

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?

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

Society and Culture

Tiny entrepreneur’s boredom bid

Victoria Diaz dreams of buying a private jet to fly her family around, but first the eight-year-old entrepreneur must banish kids’ boredom – can her bright idea blow away the dullest of dull days?

Money

Oz ships in massive diesel haul

Megaship five times size of Titanic

Wonka ticket of the Instagram age

Mark of the year goes to AFL boss Gill McLachlan

New British PM Liz Truss sworn in

Take next exit for ‘Education State’

Bluey’s ABC home goes on strike

AI ‘cowgorithm’ to transform farms

Fearless kids run toward the future

Are we running out of petrol?

How war fuels federal budget fires

Brit artist Banksy finally unmasked

Teenager wins Chinese Grand Prix

What caused big highway closure?

Hidden homes under the highway

Sea urchins inspire oil spill minibot

Why petrol prices are soaring

Small change gets design change

PM’s plan for multistate fast train

Tiny entrepreneur’s boredom bid