Aussie shares flat as gold falls to fresh 8-month low
The local share market is treading water after the gold price dropped to a fresh eight-month low and traders digested the latest minutes from Australia’s central bank. At noon on…
Asian stocks set for record-breaking quarter
Asian stocks have wobbled towards the end of a sparkling quarter, while a resurgent dollar has pushed the yen to a four-decade low and is headed for a fourth straight…
Fill up now: driver warning before fuel excise slashed
Holidaymakers are being urged to fill up their cars now in order to cash in on cheaper petrol before the fuel excise rises. Victorian Automotive Chamber of Commerce chief Peter…
‘We were lost’: Jewish MP revisits office arson attack
When Josh Burns was awoken in the dead of night and told his workplace had been violently attacked, his first concern was his community. “I felt almost guilty,” the Macnamara…
Inside the Liberal party’s efforts to rebrand | Fiona Katauskas
What do they actually stand for? See more of Fiona Katauskas’s cartoons here Continue reading…
I had fallen out of love with fiction. Now I’m back in its arms – and relishing every minute | Zoe Williams
Novels were starting to seem like a thing of the past for me, until I found a book I couldn’t put down. Is there anything better? I never decided to…
No doctor wants to have this conversation with a patient. For everyone’s sake, we must | Ranjana Srivastava
Holistic care for incurably ill people has to include discussions about death and dying – but getting there is hard It could be her usual generosity or disquiet, subtly disguised,…
Pauline Hanson will not go away! Is she up or down in the polls? Or both?! | First Dog on the Moon
Now we have to look at her policies instead of merely shuddering and looking away Sign up here to get an email whenever First Dog cartoons are published Get all…
Having children makes you smarter? Incredible, but true
Mothers and fathers have healthier, younger-looking brains, according to recent studies. It must be all those years of mental and emotional gymnastics Good news, fellow parents: our children may have…
At the People’s History Museum, Burnham gives Labour people hope they might just have a future | John Crace
The home crowd swooned to Andy’s mood music, even if some of it could have been a Keir cover version UK politics live – latest updates There’s no pleasing some…