This article was first published in the print edition of The Saturday Paper on July 26, 2025 as "Be right back".

Israel blocked aid entering Gaza for more than two months until late May, saying it did not want supplies being intercepted or controlled by Hamas. Since then, aid has been overseen by the Gaza ...

Australia has little trouble attracting international IT students, but employment is proving difficult for graduates, despite the need to fill a quarter of a million jobs in the next five years.

The young activist who has pushed for six years for international law to clarify the duty of larger nations to protect smaller ones from climate change sees new hope in this week’s UN ruling.

“Students are being crushed by rising costs, shrinking support and a welfare system that barely acknowledges their existence ... While the 20 per cent HECS-HELP cut might provide temporary relief, it ...

For more than 30 years, artist Rose Nolan has challenged the hierarchies of art with works of quiet resonance that explore ...

The harmful algal bloom that is destroying South Australia’s marine wildlife is a climate disaster delivered with horrific ...

Scatological and mischievously grotesque, Katharina Volckmer’s second novel revels in the messy misdeeds and unruly desires ...

Public services are not commercial transactions, yet people accessing essentials such as healthcare, education and aged care ...

Queer Lives and the Law is a personal gut punch into how queer lives intersect with the law. A trans human rights lawyer and ...

Former Treasury secretary Ken Henry, who joins next month’s productivity forum, revisits the war against a carbon tax and ...