Data centres drive record $6 billion investment boom
The Iran war appears to be having little impact on Australia’s data centre boom, but households are starting to feel the pinch. Private capital expenditure jumped 6.5 per cent in…
NZ shuns ‘sugar hits’ in budget, cuts growth forecast
New Zealand has unveiled a budget with few voter incentives ahead of what is shaping up to be a tightly contested election, as policymakers focus on preserving fiscal firepower amid…
‘Atrocious incidents’ known to detention centre bosses
A private overseas prison company has been fined for a series of catastrophic security and safety failures at an Australian detention centre, but the government will not reveal details. The…
Inside Australia’s Political Influencer Lobby Machine | The West Report
Political influencers and online commentators are one of the major forces shaping public opinion in Australia. But unlike political parties, there are very few transparency rules around who funds online…
Shares drop and oil surges as US, Iran trade strikes
Australian shares have had their worst day since mid-March after a re-escalation in the US-Iran conflict dimmed peace deal hopes and boosted oil prices. The S&P/ASX200 fell 124.8 points on…
‘Huge mistake’: how Howard spurred Boomer investors
A controversial tax reform package will correct a “huge mistake” that locked a generation of people out of home ownership, Labor says. Reserve Bank research has found the proportion of…
Crystal Palace win Conference League after Mateta strike sinks Rayo Vallecano
After being denied their rightful place in this season’s Europa League, Crystal Palace finally have their revenge. In Oliver Glasner’s final match in charge, it was fitting that Jean-Philippe Mateta…
Jakub Mensik labels French Open heat ‘insane’ after collapsing at end of five-set win
Mensik offered wheelchair to get back to locker room Djokovic calls for more night games on hot days Jakub Mensik claimed it was “insane” for players to compete in such…
Trump’s corruption leaves us cynical – and complacent | Judith Levine
Impunity breeds popular cynicism, and cynicism undergirds autocracy As his mentor Roy Cohn counseled, Donald Trump never admits wrongdoing or apologizes. But he occasionally evinces something resembling a qualm. In…
The chaotic, unique, beautiful Lebanon I knew has been reduced to rubble. When will it end?
Suspected war crimes happen almost daily as Israel continues its bombardment, which Unicef estimates is killing nearly 14 children a day. We cannot write this off as just another war…