‘Grossly negligent’: Westpac cops $26 million penalty
Westpac has been fined $26 million for grossly negligent conduct after failing to respond to customers in financial hardship. Federal Court Judge Tim McEvoy on Tuesday found that while the…
Tax changes to have ‘modest’ impact on house prices
Changes to negative gearing and the capital gains tax will have a small impact on property affordability, the housing minister concedes. The federal government will on Thursday introduce to parliament…
Fear data centres leaving energy transition ‘worse off’
Claims data centres are adding renewables to the grid and aiding decarbonisation have been challenged by a prominent environment group that’s calling for a moratorium on development. In a comprehensive…
Inflation pressures set to expand despite fuel reprieve
Inflation pressures are heating up, despite an expected fall in the consumer price index. Data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics on Wednesday is likely to show headline inflation…
Global capital eyes $50b water market, raising stakes
Australia’s $50 billion water market is booming, drawing global investors and offering farmers flexibility, but ongoing scarcity and record-high permanent plantings are raising the stakes of the next drought. Australia…
Inflation pressures set to expand despite fuel reprieve
Inflation pressures are heating up, despite an expected fall in the consumer price index. Data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics on Wednesday is likely to show headline inflation…
Inflation pressures set to expand despite fuel reprieve
Inflation pressures are heating up, despite an expected fall in the consumer price index. Data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics on Wednesday is likely to show headline inflation…
Corruption watchdog chief concedes he’s a distraction
The first head of Australia’s national corruption watchdog rejects suggestions he should have been more transparent about connections with the defence establishment that led to his resignation. But National Anti-Corruption…
Combat Antisemitism Movement keeps slaying social cohesion
As the Bondi Royal Commission continues, one major campaigner against antisemitism demonstrates its vehement opposition to social cohesion. Wendy Bacon with the story. Sheina Gutnick, whose father Reuben Morrison was…
Liberal, One Nation on attack over discrimination laws
Liberal and One Nation senators have used parliamentary hearings to grill human rights commissioners on their interpretation of discrimination law. The landmark Giggle v Tickle appeal judgment, handed down earlier…