The Black Swan choreographer is bringing his unique take on Shakespeare to Sydney – involving cameras and dancers running outside the Opera HousePerhaps no single person has done more to buoy up classical ballet in contemporary culture than Benjamin Millepied, the choreographer for Darren Aronofsky’s 2010 thriller Black Swan. He was already a star among...

Guardian Australia’s political editor Karen Middleton speaks with the shadow home affairs minister, James Paterson, about the government’s deportation bill. They also discuss immigration, relations with China and what might happen to home affairs under a Coalition government. Continue reading...

Albanese government’s ‘future gas’ strategy has spooked its inner-city backbench MPs. How voters will respond is less clearGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastOn Wednesday afternoon, members of the federal Labor caucus backbench committee on climate change and energy were briefed on the government’s about-to-be-released...

Watchdog wants access to manual on use of ‘less-lethal’ force and personnel logs as part of investigation into Krista Kach’s fatal woundingFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastNew South Wales police are fighting a request to hand over key documents to the police...

Albanese government also plans to cap international student enrolments and require universities to build more housing to ease shortagesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe Albanese government will put an extra $1bn towards crisis accommodation for women and children leaving domestic violence, as part of a multi-billion-dollar...

Limiting reliance on the private sector, hiring foreign experts, and improving contracting transparency could be ways to keep costs down, experts sayGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastLight rail is as much a fixture of the Gold Coast as bikinis or boogie boards; the attractive yellow vehicles trundling up and down...