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Having racked up four total points since the start of conference play, the Cal women’s soccer team remains just as competitive as its Pac-12 counterparts.

Named after the author of My Brilliant Career and established by her bequest, the annual Miles Franklin Literary Award is one of Australia’s most prestigious, valuable and popular fiction prizes. So what does it take to call yourself a Miles Franklin winner? We’ve crunched the data on every winner since the first in 1957, ahead of the announcement of this year’s award on Thursday afternoon. Be a man Twice as many men have won the Miles Franklin Literary Award, with men writing 41 of the winning novels and women writing 21 of them. However, the tide may be turning. Eight of the 21 women...

May 16, 2021 10:58 PM EDT In Australia's collective mythology, the outback plays a significant role. For others, it's a mythical land of extreme beauty and adversity that shaped the Australian psyche. For some, though, this is a false myth - a tale that "Australia wished to tell itself and desired to believe, of a property that had been taken from Aboriginal people," as author Alexis Wright puts it. (Photo : Photo by Mark Kolbe/Getty Images) Outback (Photo : lum-box on PIxabay) What is certain is that the enormous country, which encompasses 5.6 million square kilometers and includes the Nort...

Last modified on Mon 17 May 2021 17.04 EDT Good morning. There are no signs of the violence in Gaza easing, as pressure is growing on the international governments, including Australia, to take stronger action against many of the world’s conflicts. Australia is also facing calls to take a tougher line on Myanmar, with demands for sanctions on coup leaders. And there is increasing pressure for Australia to open its borders to the world sooner rather than later. Two hundred Palestinians, including 59 children, have been killed during a week of attacks in Gaza as Benjamin Netanyahu signalle...

In Guardian Australia’s new series, the Modern Outback, launching today, we examine some of the environmental and social challenges facing the outback. Protecting this land, its plants and animals, and those who care for it should be one of our top concerns. Our team of journalists and photographers meet those trying to address each of these challenges, and we also hear from those who know this land best to discover what they think the priorities should be. Australia's Modern Outback email sign up Journalists Calla Wahlquist, Josh Nicholas and Nick Evershed tried to find out who owns the ou...