Social media ban lacks teeth, former executive warns
Tech giants won’t bat an eyelid at the fines enforced under Australia’s social media ban but they will start sweating if other nations follow suit, a former Facebook executive says.…
Insurance woes and warming oceans no fisherman’s friend
Farmers can insure their crops from storm losses but fishers have no such protection from environmental catastrophes that devastate marine life. The seafood industry instead relies on government support following…
Neo-Nazis threaten MPs as police defend rally response
Two female MPs have been set upon by extremists after criticising a prominent neo-Nazi rally that police concede was not the first approved gathering of the right-wing extremists. Federal MP…
RBA bigwig reveals how economy can escape slow lane
Whether Australia takes the road to prosperity or stays in the slow lane depends largely on fixing productivity, according to a top Reserve Bank official. Australia’s economy faces three possible…
Fines and staff redundancies hurt ANZ’s bottom line
ANZ’s full-year statutory profit was down 10 per cent to $5.89 billion, the big four bank says. The company’s bottom line for the year to September 30 was hit by…
Can Anthony Albanese credibly claim to be a successor of Whitlam?
From AUKUS to government secrecy, politics to policy, Australia’s PM Anthony Albanese is closer to Liberal PM Scott Morrison than Gough Whitlam, argues Paul Begley. For reasons best known to…
Tributes pour in for Australia’s ‘Golden Tonsils’
Tributes are flowing for Australia’s “Golden Tonsils” John Laws, an influential talkback titan who resonated across national airwaves for more than 70 years. A towering figure on Australian radio, John…
Liberals to meet in nation’s capital for net-zero fight
Liberal MPs will descend on Canberra as their divided party is poised to ditch its pledge to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. The Liberals’ formal position on the climate target…
Forests, finance, fossils: climate talks hit full steam
Tens of thousands of delegates have descended on a small town in Brazil for annual climate change talks, where adaptation, forests, finance and fossil fuels are set to dominate. Formal…
China’s factory-gate deflation eased in October
China’s producer price deflation eased in October and consumer prices returned to positive territory, as the government steps up efforts to curb over-capacity and cut-throat competition among firms. Despite the…