Sex, drugs and harassment alleged in hospitality giant Merivale

Until now, Level 6 has kept its secrets. The exclusive club in Australia’s most powerful hospitality empire has long entertained celebrities, scions living off their parents’ fortune. And the empire’s own top executives. But an exclusive investigation by our mastheads reveals claims of exploitatio…

Our dirty laundry: The class war hidden on our clothes racks

Is the way you do your washing the latest marker of class? Because a growing number of Australians who live in apartments are in conflict over where they air their laundry. Literally. Many people who want to dry their clothing outside, say, on their balcony, just want to help the environment. But …

Into the conflict zone

For more than a year, journalists from outside of Gaza have been blocked from reporting inside the occupied territory. But with the conflict expanding to Lebanon, that has changed, and Australian journalists have been on the ground to tell powerful accounts of this ongoing and brutal war. Foreign …

Inside Politics: We are not America, why are we debating abortion?

Politics is full of surprises but few people expected abortion policy to be back on the agenda in 2024. The fierce abortion debate in the United States has been turbocharged by the upcoming presidential election.  Now the fight over reproductive rights has made its way to Australia.  Abortion has…

Prabowo, the King, and Albanese’s choice

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese faced a diplomatic test over the last week. And according to some, he failed. He had to choose between a long-standing invitation to the inauguration of the new president of Indonesia, while on the same weekend, King Charles and Queen Camilla were visiting Australia…

One in seven science papers is not to be trusted, says new science paper

It’s not something we probably think about too often - just how much scientific studies impact our lives, in all sorts of ways. That they underpin the medicine that our doctors prescribe to us. And what our psychologists tell us about how we can best parent our children, or discuss conflict with ou…

How Australia's 11th richest person became known as 'The LinkedIn Lecher'

It shouldn’t be much of a surprise that a space like LinkedIn, a professional social media site, is being used by powerful men to try to attract women. In this case, it’s allegations against not just any powerful man, but one of Australia’s richest. Billionaire Richard White is the chief executiv…

How our brain structure may determine our political beliefs

Maybe, just maybe, there’s a very good reason the polar opposites on the political spectrum, the left and the right, can’t see eye to eye. Scientists say there is some evidence that says left-wing and right-wing brains are actually wired differently. And here’s a twist, British actor Colin Firth, …

Inside Politics: Anthony Albanese and the Copacabana drama

It’s probably our greatest national obsession. Property: buying it, selling it, how much it costs and how hard it is to afford.  This week Prime Minister Anthony Albanese made headlines when it was reported he had bought a $4.3 million ocean-front beach house at Copacabana on the NSW Central Coast…

The curious case of the third 'assassination attempt' of Donald Trump

When a 49-year-old man was arrested in California on Monday, after trying to enter a Donald Trump rally with a car equipped with fake licence plates, a couple of illegal guns, and a load of ammunition, it made history.  At least according to the local sheriff, who said his staff had foiled a recor…