Aussie shares drop, market on track for more losses
The Australian share market has drifted lower and is on track for a third straight day of losses, as the new financial year gets underway. Shortly after midday, the benchmark…
Struggling shoe retailer to close most remaining stores
A shoe retailer that’s been in business for 134 years will close more than half of its brick-and-mortar outlets after running into financial trouble. Betts, which operated nearly 220 shoe…
Migrant communities ‘scapegoated’ after Bondi massacre
A prominent Jewish leader has argued protests movements have been unfairly targeted following the Bondi massacre, with migrant communities singled out for blame. Sarah Schwartz, director of the progressive Jewish…
Canberra’s ‘night of nights’: Midwinter Ball 2026 – in pictures
Politicians from across parliament, including prime minister Anthony Albanese and opposition leader Angus Taylor, as well as heads of corporate Australia have attended the annual Midwinter Ball hosted by the…
It’s a truly Trumpian tragedy: he’s made billions of dollars but can’t buy love or respect | Emma Brockes
Potus pocketed over $2.2bn last year – but with an algae-filled reflecting pool and his State Fair a fiasco, what price happiness? From certain angles, it might appear as if…
What is the United States of America now? | Rebecca Solnit
The United States of America is … so many things, horrific and magnificent, good and evil, promising and cursed The United States of America is a truck that has driven…
The world is lurching from one economic crisis to the next. What should we expect from our government? | Nicki Hutley
Tough times around the world mean governments are under pressure to provide more support. But just what is reasonable for us to ask? Follow our Australia news live blog for…
A 1,000kg mammal is wreaking havoc in Tasmania – and Neil the seal is loved for it
The elephant seal has been crushing fences, blocking traffic and bashing into parked cars, in what experts say is play-fighting behaviour Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates…
‘This is the dark art’: new book claims pattern of personal attacks by Murdoch media empire
In a book dedicated to ‘the bullied’, two former News Corp journalists outline a behaviour pattern they call ‘getting Murdoched’, which they say harms individuals and public debate In 2009,…
Four people die in mass fan celebrations in Mexico City after World Cup victory
Three of the victims died from suffocation More than a million people gathered in Mexico City Four people died, three from suffocation, as thousands of fans crowded Mexico City streets…