Paul Johnson

Australian Greens leader Adam Bandt has failed to rebuke Senator Jordon Steele-John for comments he made linking the vandalism of the Australian War Memorial at the weekend to free speech.

Julian Assange's family plan to sit back and have some beer and champagne should all go to plan and he is soon back in Australia.

Trade Minister Don Farrell says Australian rock lobster will soon be back on Chinese plates but claims the ban has always been a "biosecurity issue".

Malcolm Turnbull warns that a second Donald Trump White House would only be emboldened by the former president's legal troubles and that an Australian PM must stand their ground.

As he has done in every match he played, Rafael Nadal refuses to accept that his career is over until it's over, but his legacy as one of the greatest of all time is secure no matter how it ends.

One of Benjamin Netanyahu's top advisers has called allegations made against the Israeli prime minister "outrageous and libellous" while applauding Opposition Leader Peter Dutton.

A deadly strain of avian influenza has breached the world's most remote continent. Scientists say it's only a matter of time before it reaches Australia. 

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has used his budget reply speech to advocate a reduction to migration numbers.

The former home affairs secretary had a decorated career in the public service before a series of leaked messages cost him his job. He now admits he has no one to blame but himself. 

Thomas Kelly's parents have suffered more heartbreak than most. Now, with their son's killer to be released in a matter of days, they say they were lied to by Corrective Services NSW ahead of Kieran Loveridge's parole.

A criminal investigation could be launched into the drone strikes that killed Australian aid worker Zomi Frankcom, says an IDF spokesperson who calls the incident "clearly a mistake".

The Northern Territory senator says youth crime in the Alice and other parts of NT has risen due to the circumstances children are being brought up in.

British Foreign Secretary David Cameron warns a Chinese blockade of Taiwan would cripple the global economy as he asks Israel to show restraint in Rafah.

In the hopes of a prevailing peace in the South China Sea, the Philippines president says he wanted a Cold War-style hotline to Chinese leader Xi Jinping but has been denied.

Father time comes for everyone. Except it seems for Novak Djokovic but even the Serbian great can't stave off generation after generation forever and now could be their time to do the seemingly impossible.

Rafael Nadal is out of the Australian Open and will return to Spain immediately to seek treatment for a muscle tear he sustained in his first tennis tournament back after nearly a year off with injury.

Aryna Sabalenka's Australian Open title defence suffers a blow, as a poor performance and injury timeout in the Brisbane International final raise questions after her loss to Elena Rybakina.

Tennis fans will get an early taste of what the Australian Open final could be when Aryna Sabalenka and Elena Rybakina face off in the Brisbane International final.

Rafael Nadal says he will not put a timeline on his retirement from tennis. It may come in 2024 but it could have been much sooner after his long lay-off following a hip injury.

Even at 37 years of age and returning from hip surgery, Rafael Nadal is a picture of fitness that impressed tennis fans and rivals alike upon his return to court ahead of next month's Australian Open.

In the final episode Q+A of 2023, formerly incarcerated journalist Cheng Lei issues a warning about China, and Kalarie man Todd Fernando discusses why the Indigenous Voice to Parliament failed at the referendum.

More Australians are struggling under the weight of a cost of living and housing crisis and on Q+A a leading economist and the assistant treasurer agree a cap on foreign university students might be necessary to help curb that.

There was a risk to the way Australia went about attacking this World Cup, but in the end it paid off — and it did so in the grandest way possible, writes Paul Johnson.

Australia earns an astonishing Cricket World Cup final upset thanks to Travis Head's match-winning century, to claim a record sixth title and stun hosts India. 

Mitch Starc and Josh Hazlewood laid the platform with the ball, before Travis Head and David Warner did the job with the bat. Five quick hits as Australia ends South Africa's Cricket World Cup hopes in a low-scoring thriller at Eden Gardens.