‘Dubious honour’: consultancy giants cop trust barb
Australians are being told they have a right to be deeply suspicious about trusting big accounting firms after a second consultancy scandal. KPMG Australia executives were grilled by members of…
“Employability … interdisciplinarity”? Have our unis stopped believing in education?
Our universities have become corporations, focused on the bottom line, while spending big on consultants and exorbitant executive salaries. Jude Manning is a student witnessing the consequences. Academics and expert…
Fears killer bird flu has reached Australian mainland
A single suspected case of bird flu has triggered fears a deadly strain that has killed millions of animals worldwide has reached the Australian mainland. Agriculture Minister Julie Collins confirmed…
Fears killer bird flu has reached Australian mainland
A single suspected case of bird flu has triggered fears a deadly strain that has killed millions of animals worldwide has reached the Australian mainland. Agriculture Minister Julie Collins confirmed…
“Zero accountability”. Non Israel synagogue shut out of Israel lobby grants
Is it appropriate for an Israel lobby group, the Executive Council of Australian Jewry, to be given $198m in government grants during a genocide? Stephanie Tran, Part 3, ECAJ investigation.…
ASIC extortion. Charging 219% pa. for being five days late
The Australian Securities & Investment Commission is supposed to protect consumers against financial scams. But who protects against their predatory practices? Included in ASIC’s remit is maintaining the national business…
Defence might have broken the law in fatal Taipan crash
Defence should face prosecution over a fatal army helicopter crash that killed all four soldiers on board, the nation’s work health and safety regulator says. Captain Danniel Lyon, Lieutenant Maxwell…
Asia tocks set records in Japan, dollar gets Fed boost
Shares climbed to record highs in Japan and South Korea on Friday as peace in the Middle East with the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz pulled oil prices even…
Aussie shares fall for second day as miners weigh
Australia’s share market is set to finish the week with little gains as a mining stock rout drags on. The S&P/ASX200 fell 89.4 points by midday on Friday, down one…
The Guardian view on Trump and Iran: a president’s wishful thinking gives way to uncomfortable realities | Editorial
The memorandum of understanding signed in Versailles lays bare US failure and the pointlessness of this illegal war Donald Trump’s wishful thinking, as much as Benjamin Netanyahu’s persuasion, was responsible…