17 Aug: Australia's highest court will consider whether sealed letters between the Queen and former governor-general Sir John Kerr — which could shed light on what the Queen knew before Gough Whitlam's 1975 sacking — should be made public.... more
16 Aug: Adani's Queensland coal ambitions still face serious challenges, with a major rail company declining to service its Galilee Basin project and a big investor pressuring another one to do likewise.... more
16 Aug: Thirty years ago Wu'er Kaixi helped organise pro-democracy protests in Tiananmen Square. Now he's watching the unrest in Hong Kong and waiting for a government crackdown to silence protesters.... more
