Australians regard John Howard as the best living former or current prime minister in handling foreign policy and Tony Abbott as the worst, according to the Lowy Institute’s annual poll.

While Malcolm...

The Great Barrier Reef has become a major issue in the federal election campaign, with the stakes raised by the most severe bleaching ever documented and suggestions that the next few years will be our last chance to avert major damage to this World Heritage-listed icon.

Last week, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and federal environment minister...

There are performance differences between the sexes in elite sport. It has long been assumed that contrasting levels of testosterone in men and women can largely account for that...