A sculpture made from 80 tonnes of sand, Mirrorscape is remarkable – but too much is left unsaid
Mirrorscape (detail), 2025, Théo Mercier. Photo credit: Mona/Jesse Hunniford. Image courtesy of the artist and the Museum of Old and New Art, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. The first impulse is to kick it. After all,...

Counting in several extremely close seats continues, but some results have become clearer. In Liberal-held Bradfield, Teal candidate Nicolette Boele has taken the lead, while the Calwell distribution of preferences...
Why do I procrastinate? And can I do anything about it?
Dima Berlin/Shutterstock Can you only start a boring admin task once your house is clean? Do you leave the trickiest emails to the end of the day? Delaying a goal or task usually to do something less important instead is...

NSW is copping rain and flooding while parts of Australia are in drought. What’s going on?
Emergency crews were scrambling to rescue residents trapped by floodwaters on Wednesday as heavy rain pummelled the Mid North Coast of New South Wales. In some areas, more than 200 mm of rain has fallen in 24 hours. At the...

Coalition split puts Victorian and NSW Nationals Senate seats at high risk
The Victorian and NSW Nationals senators due to face the voters at the 2028 election will struggle to hold their seats if the former partners do not re-form the Coalition before then. Under usual Coalition arrangements,...

Trump’s Afrikaners are South African opportunists, not refugees: what’s behind the US move
South Africans are wearily attuned to governments Orwellian misuse of language. After all, South Africa is a country where a one-time government passed a law (the Natives Abolition of Passes and Coordination of Documents...
Building material made from recycled plastic waste. Rene Notenbomer/Shutterstock The construction industry accounts for approximately 37% of global CO₂ emissions. Traditional materials like cement, steel, and bricks...