How treasurer can take heat off RBA in his next budget
Treasurer Jim Chalmers is being urged to give Reserve Bank governor Michele Bullock a hand in her fight against inflation by cutting spending and introducing productivity-boosting reforms in the upcoming…
Veterans call to hold fire on Defence property sell-off
Veterans want the Albanese government to “tap the brakes” on a sale of Defence properties designed to raise money for the military and save on costs. After mulling over a…
Washington Post says it will cut a third of its staff
The Washington Post is laying off a third of its staff in the newsroom and other departments. The troubled US newspaper began implementing large-scale cutbacks on Wednesday, including eliminating its…
The billionaires bankrolling rightwing astroturfer Advance Australia
Gina Rinehart, James Packer, and a network of wealthy business figures among major financial backers of right-wing lobby group Advance Australia prior to the 2025 election. Stephanie Tran reports. In…
Security deal to strengthen ties on PM’s Indonesia trip
Australia’s “booming” relationship with Indonesia will take another step forward when the nations’ leaders pen a security agreement. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will travel to the southeast Asian nation on…
Xi and Trump talk by phone, Chinese state media report
Chinese President Xi Jinping has spoken with US President Donald Trump by phone, state broadcaster CCTV reports, ahead of an expected visit by Trump to China in April. The White…
Arrest Herzog for war crimes, says UN Commissioner Sidoti
“Israel’s President Herzog should be arrested on arrival for the crime of incitement to genocide,” UN Commissioner Chris Sidoti told MWM. Australia invites a president accused by the United Nations…
IDF supplier Bisalloy Steel targeted by Herzog protesters
Wollongong Friends of Palestine are holding a 48-hour community picket at the gates of Bisalloy Steel’s Unanderra plant to protest the visit of Israel’s president, Isaac Herzog. The action aims…
*Exclusive* UN Commissioner “President Herzog should be arrested” | The West Report
Live on The West Report, Michael West is joined by Chris Sidoti, international human rights lawyer and current member of the UN Independent Commission on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, to…
The rate rise that bites. RBA move to cause mortgage stress for many
The Reserve Bank raised the base interest rate by a modest 0.25% yesterday. But even modest moves carry outsized consequences for many. Harry Chemay reports. “The Board judged that inflation…