Super platforms warned, again, to protect client funds
Australians setting up for retirement by investing in products on superannuation platforms are still at risk of exposure to dodgy offerings. The warning from the corporate regulator comes in the…
Uni students copping it with financial ‘double squeeze’
University students cramming for exams and furiously typing assignments are burdened by financial worries that are holding them back. A new analysis by peak tertiary body Universities Australia shows the…
Hanson takes poll hit, coalition down to rock bottom
A pair of polls has confirmed a post-Press Club headache for Pauline Hanson and One Nation, showing a slide in popularity since her high-profile speech. They have even worse news…
Anti-Semitism probe turns to big tech, role of media
A survivor of the Bondi attacks, who became the centre of online conspiracy theories, and a member of one of Australia’s richest families are among royal commission witnesses on Monday.…
Pledge to fix ‘widow’s tax’ on investment properties
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has promised to fix laws imposing a so-called “widow’s tax” on investment properties, without providing details on how he will close the loophole. The issue, which relates…
Climate sceptics cheering as they melt in record temperatures? This heatwave is where satire has come to die | Jonathan Freedland
Delegates at an ‘anti-woke’ conference disparaged Ed Miliband’s net zero policies. But even they could not ignore the sweat on their foreheads It was hardly a perfect film, but I…
At a poet’s memorial, I saw how Andy Burnham could be a different kind of prime minister | Blake Morrison
The putative PM-to-be explained how one of Tony Harrison’s poems gave him a new outlook – one that the country is sorely in need of Two weeks before Josh Simons…
The UFC fighter who mocked Michelle Obama claims it was all a compliment | Arwa Mahdawi
Clearly, the former first lady should have been flattered by the remark at the White House cage match Michelle Obama should feel honoured, apparently. Do you know what the greatest…
The AI bubble has further to run despite the looming crash
As tech firms make huge profits and investors fear losing out, both are doing their best to hold off the day of reckoning OpenAI staggers AI model release after White…
Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness review – a total TV shambles from Larry David
There are glimpses of the Curb star at his razor-like best here – but they are desperately few. It’s mainly worth watching for the immaculate Obama intro It is always…