Relief likely as Reserve Bank tipped to hold cash rate
Mortgage holders could get a brief reprieve from further interest rate hikes, but economic uncertainty in the Middle East will still loom for the Reserve Bank. Economists are tipping the…
It’s a Trumpian World Cup for racism and cynicism – why don’t those who condemned Qatar 2022 say so? | Jeremy Corbyn
We must highlight the awful stance of the White House towards so many competing nations, but also the hypocrisy of leaders who acquiesce Omar Artan was to be the first…
‘Hyper-stylised, ultra-cool visions’: 10 ways David Hockney changed art
He pushed landscape painting into the stratosphere, demolished one-point perspective, invented the Los Angeles look, embraced iPads, created dazzling stage sets for theatre and opera … David Hockney didn’t just…
Momfluencers are co-parenting with AI. Is it better than a man? | Arwa Mahdawi
Women in heterosexual marriages continue to do most of the caregiving. Now some are offering guides to AI-fying parenting In honour of Pride I’d like to share some important news:…
Clutch time: Canadian and US World Cup mascots feature in Peruvian drugs raid
Lima police dress as mascots in raid on suspect Zayu the Jaguar left out of police operation While tensions between Canada and the United States have risen in the last…
Lydia Lunch: ‘There won’t be a funeral. You’ll never find my body’
The Teenage Jesus and the Jerks frontwoman shares her hatred of sandwiches and pop culture, plus her wish to evaporate and return to ‘the ether’ What’s the most chaotic thing…
I was a hardcore twitcher. I understand why the Cocos booby has Australia’s birders in a frenzy | Andrew Stafford
Twitchers can be the subject of derision but they have greatly expanded our understanding of birdlife in the age of extinction The discovery of a black-headed gull in Geraldton, Western…
Being the best in Asia is no longer enough for Japan seeking World Cup breakthrough | Jonathan Wilson
Despite missing key players, Hajime Moriyasu’s side have built strength in depth to challenge the traditional order In 2002 there was a sense that Japan had slightly missed an opportunity.…
Splore no more: New Zealand’s shrinking festival scene hurts local artists as big acts roll in
Closure of independent festivals mean emerging artists will lose important launch pad, music insiders say On New Year’s Eve 1998, a few hundred people gathered for a dance party on…
‘Flamin’ cockatoos’ have lost much of their habitat to bushfires. Can the species survive?
Two fires in 12 years wiped out all but a handful of the mature native pines in Victoria’s Wyperfeld national park, a key breeding ground for endangered pink cockatoos Follow…