Elle Hardy

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post November 28, 2025

Labor and Greens strike environment deal

post November 28, 2025

Three arrested over Hong Kong towers fire

post November 28, 2025

Teens fight social media ban

post November 28, 2025

Afghan national charged with DC attack

post November 27, 2025

Joyce expected to announce defection

post November 27, 2025

Labor accused of turning blind eye to alleged Nauru corruption

post November 27, 2025

Secret AUKUS committee excludes crossbench

post November 27, 2025

Leaked audio reveals US advice to Russia

post November 27, 2025

Hong Kong fire kills 36 with hundreds missing

post November 26, 2025

Hanson charges taxpayers for racism defence

post November 26, 2025

Liberals reeling from election post-mortem 

post November 26, 2025

US demands Australian crime data

post November 26, 2025

Zelensky backs US peace plan

post November 25, 2025

Hanson condemned for burqa stunt

post November 25, 2025

Nationals threaten environment deal

post November 25, 2025

‘Blood oil’ feeding super profits

post November 25, 2025

Rudd pressured over streaming laws

post November 25, 2025

DV hotline boosted to meet need

post November 24, 2025

Crunch week for environment laws

post November 24, 2025

Climate change COP-out

post November 24, 2025

Labor pushes ahead with universal childcare

post November 24, 2025

Cyclone Fina thumps Darwin

post November 24, 2025

Ukraine peace talks under way

post November 07, 2025

Coalition attempts to break net zero stalemate

post November 07, 2025

Illegal tobacco trade worth $4 billon

post November 07, 2025

Parties unite to block secrecy laws

post November 07, 2025

NSW crackdown on underquoting agents

post November 07, 2025

US preparing for travel chaos

post November 06, 2025

Net zero dominates Canberra

post November 06, 2025

Liberal women condemn abortion comments

post November 06, 2025

Democrats clean up in US elections

post November 06, 2025

Seven arrested in counter-terrorism bust

post November 06, 2025

New plan to ease housing shortage

post November 05, 2025

Three nations willing to kill on Australian soil

post November 05, 2025

Moderate Liberals fight to save net zero

post November 05, 2025

Social media ban expanded

post November 05, 2025

Interest rates expected to stay on hold well into next year

post November 05, 2025

Dick Cheney dies

post November 04, 2025

Three hours of free solar power

post November 04, 2025

Ley clinging to leadership

post November 04, 2025

Rinehart haunts Mar-a-Lago

post November 04, 2025

Evidence of Sudan genocide

post November 04, 2025

Wet and windy Melbourne Cup

post November 03, 2025

Nationals abandon net zero

post November 03, 2025

Property prices soar

post November 03, 2025

One arrested in England train attack

post November 03, 2025

ATO pays private firm to pursue debts

post November 03, 2025

Trump’s tariffs challenged in court

post October 10, 2025

Celebrations mark Gaza peace deal

post October 10, 2025

PM pushing for super tax windfall

post October 10, 2025

Sportsbet attended Labor fundraiser

post October 10, 2025

More ‘ISIS brides’ on way home

post October 10, 2025

‘Master of the apocalypse’ wins Nobel Prize for Literature

post October 09, 2025

Liberals’ blame game continues

post October 09, 2025

Resources industry requires further bailouts

post October 09, 2025

Government claims it was misled by Optus over triple-zero

post October 09, 2025

University of Melbourne professor wins Nobel Prize

post October 09, 2025

Trump calls for jailing of Democratic leaders

post October 08, 2025

Vigils, protests mark October 7 anniversary

post October 08, 2025

Coalition attempts to get on front foot

post October 08, 2025

New top cop pledges nation’s adversaries are ‘on notice’

post October 08, 2025

Jobs slowdown signals economic warning

post October 08, 2025

Renewables overtake coal as global electricity source

post October 07, 2025

PM warns against October 7 protests

post October 07, 2025

Coalition signals net zero deal near

post October 07, 2025

Historic PNG treaty comes with caveats

post October 07, 2025

Both sides to appeal Patterson verdict

post October 07, 2025

Judge blocks Trump’s troop deployment

post October 06, 2025

Ley faces back bench revolt

post October 06, 2025

Guns seized in sovereign citizen crackdown

post October 06, 2025

Active shooter sparks chaos in Sydney

post October 06, 2025

Gaza ceasefire edges closer

post October 06, 2025

Brisbane Broncos win dual league trophies

post September 05, 2025

Trump and Albanese hold ‘constructive’ talk

post September 05, 2025

Dan Andrews defends China visit

post September 05, 2025

Robodebt victims receive record settlement

post September 05, 2025

Business council decries emissions target costs

post September 05, 2025

Israel presses on with Gaza takeover

post September 04, 2025

Anti-immigration debate comes to a head in parliament

post September 04, 2025

True cost of Nauru deal revealed

post September 04, 2025

Labor caves to aged-care pressure

post September 04, 2025

Putin and Xi talk immortality

post September 04, 2025

Epstein accusers rally in Washington, DC

post September 03, 2025

ChatGPT to introduce parental controls

post September 03, 2025

Neo-Nazi charged over Indigenous camp attack

post September 03, 2025

Super industry pushes back on Chalmers

post September 03, 2025

Property prices in spotlight as MPs declare interests

post September 03, 2025

Leaders gather in Beijing ahead of military parade

post September 02, 2025

Neo-Nazi marchers terrorise Indigenous camp

post September 02, 2025

Government’s Nauru deal under fire

post September 02, 2025

Police believe friends hiding Freeman

post September 02, 2025

Leaders unite against US supremacy 

post September 02, 2025

Afghanistan earthquake kills 800

post September 01, 2025

Anti-immigration rallies marked by clashes

post September 01, 2025

Net zero battle heats up

post September 01, 2025

Meta jets in for crunch online safety talks

post September 01, 2025

Wife calls for Freeman’s surrender

post September 01, 2025

New flotilla sets sail for Gaza

post August 29, 2025

Police swoop on Porepunkah property

post August 29, 2025

Anti-immigration rallies linked to extremists

post August 29, 2025

Marles lobbied for Albanese-Trump meeting

post August 29, 2025

Algal bloom continues to devastate SA

post August 29, 2025

Russian blitz on Kyiv kills 21

post August 28, 2025

Porepunkah accused gunman remains at large

post August 28, 2025

Fallout from Iran scandal continues

post August 28, 2025

Marles secures key US meetings

post August 28, 2025

Court rules Brittany Higgins defamed Linda Reynolds

post August 28, 2025

Deadly shooting at US school mass

post August 27, 2025

Manhunt continues in Victoria

post August 27, 2025

Government says Iran behind anti-Semitic attacks

post August 27, 2025

Verdict due in Reynolds v Higgins trial

post August 27, 2025

Net zero continues to divide opposition

post August 27, 2025

Israeli inquiry into hospital strike raises questions

post August 26, 2025

Watt to fast-track environmental laws

post August 26, 2025

Washington think tank backs AUKUS

post August 26, 2025

Five journalists killed at Gaza hospital

post August 26, 2025

Uni fee restructure delayed as jobs slashed

post August 26, 2025

Mushroom lunch survivor offers forgiveness

post August 25, 2025

Canberra prepares to debate net zero

post August 25, 2025

Home deposit scheme brought forward

post August 25, 2025

Ukraine accused of striking nuclear plant

post August 25, 2025

Company recording staff at home

post August 25, 2025

Protesters flood streets to support Gaza

post July 31, 2025

PM under pressure on Israel

post July 30, 2025

Uncertainty over US tariff threats

post July 29, 2025

Ley faces revolt on climate change

post July 25, 2025

Canberra caves on US cattle

post July 24, 2025

Ley faces uprising against net zero

post July 23, 2025

Ideological faultlines fracture Greens

post July 22, 2025

Leaders gee up their parties as parliament resumes

post July 18, 2025

Labor moots wiping welfare debts after court ruling

post July 17, 2025

Albanese’s China visit hailed a ‘success’

post July 15, 2025

Burke backs embattled anti-Semitism envoy

post July 11, 2025

AUKUS deal remains on ice

post July 04, 2025

Fallout continues from daycare sex abuse scandal

post July 03, 2025

US Big Pharma ramps up pressure on Australia’s PBS

post July 02, 2025

Race to identify victims of alleged Melbourne childcare abuse

post July 01, 2025

Weather bomb headed for NSW coast

post June 27, 2025

EU believes Iran’s uranium largely intact

News January 25, 2025

Tech giants bow to the second coming of Donald Trump

While the world’s richest tech executives see advantages in allegiance to the new president, the person best positioned to reap financial rewards is Donald Trump himself.

News January 11, 2025

Is Musk tweaking X’s algorithm to push right-wing conspiracies?

As Elon Musk reignites a British scandal involving gangs of men who sexually groomed underage girls, there is increasing evidence he is distorting the algorithm of his social media platform to advance his own political views.

News September 23, 2023

The Australian pastor swaying US politics

An Australian pastor leading an evangelical church in Iowa has become an unexpected kingmaker in Republican presidential politics.

News December 10, 2022

The trial of Hillsong founder Brian Houston

As Brian Houston faces charges of concealing his father’s sexual abuse of a young boy, a witness claims the Hillsong founder told her he’d been advised Frank Houston ‘would surely be incarcerated for the crime’ if the case went to court.

News May 21, 2022

The Hillsong emails

Leaked emails show how the Houston family responded to the scandal that may have ended their reign at the top of the Hillsong megachurch.

News July 01, 2017

Growing homelessness in Washington, DC

As low-cost housing in America’s inner cities is routed by gentrification, and unemployment and feeble wage growth dogs workers, homelessness is booming – including in the nation’s capital.

Travel April 02, 2016

Memories fade but linger in Andijan, Uzbekistan

Conspicuous construction cannot erase the troubled history of Andijan, nor suppress the soul of old Uzbekistan.

Travel April 25, 2015

Dawei’s rhyme and punishment in Beijing

In Beijing, the hip-hop scene faces down bans and hopes for the future.

Comment August 30, 2014

Lighting up debate on drugs

The flawed policy of prohibition must be superseded by serious consideration of law reform.

Comment April 19, 2014

Forbidden world

How overt paternalism devalues the human condition.