Labor plans to create new racial vilification offence and to list groups as prohibited hate groups in a crackdown on ‘hate preachers’ ...

US president claims ‘Iran wants to negotiate’ as rights groups report that regime’s crackdown on protest has killed hundreds ...

The Dead were a formative band for the National. Getting to play with Bob felt like entering a portal into their mystical, musical landscape – though he was always completely present ...

US president says company is ‘playing too cute’ after CEO responds sceptically to his push for oil investment after deposing Nicolás Maduro ...

Matthew Stafford capped a dramatic finish with a late touchdown pass as the Rams edged the Panthers 34–31 in a tense NFC wild-card game in Charlotte ...

Athenaeum Theatre, MelbourneThis take on Saturday Night Fever is best enjoyed as a family-friendly nostalgia trip, rather than a fully realised repositioning of a cultural icon ...

Flood warnings in place as BoM forecasts more rain while thousands remain without power ...

Hopes are high among British Iranians that Ayatollah Khameni’s theocracy is finally about to be toppled ...

An investigation into violence and sexual harm committed by patients shows how widespread and varied the issue is ...

Palestinian academic rejects accusations of hypocrisy, saying board resisted attempts to remove Thomas Friedman, while cancelling her invitation this year ...

Police allege a 47-year-old imam was assaulted after he and his wife were forced off the road by three people in Melbourne’s south-east ...

This year will see films such as Sinners, One Battle After Another and Marty Supreme and shows including Adolescence and The Pitt compete ...