Vic fire authority gets funding boost. Or does it?
Victoria Premier Jacinta Allan has released a report stating the Country Fire Authority has increased funding by $21.8m over the last financial year. What’s the scam? The scam is that…
Lynas’ output dips, revenue soars on rare earths prices
Australia’s biggest rare earths producer has posted a strong uptick in revenue, despite a steep dip in production as commodity prices soar. Lynas Rare Earths earned $201.9 million in gross…
Beckham responds to Brooklyn’s scathing post on family
David Beckham says parents must let their children “make mistakes” on social media, a day after his eldest son Brooklyn exposed their family feud in an explosive Instagram post. Brooklyn…
Joint security deal could end Greenland row: Lithuania
An agreement on sharing responsibility for the security of the Arctic and the North Atlantic could provide a way out of the stand-off between the United States and Europe over…
‘Struggling in silence’: Aussies’ shame driving up debt
“I feel like I am a vampire pulling the blood, the money, from the machines. But then I realised – the machines are the vampires pulling the blood from me.”…
Legal challenge looms for contentious anti-hate laws
New hate speech laws are already facing a possible legal challenge from a prominent neo-Nazi after finally passing parliament. The legislation which passed late on Tuesday night aims to restrict…
US Supreme Court yet to issue ruling on Trump tariffs
The US Supreme Court has issued three decisions but did not decide the closely watched dispute over the legality of President Donald Trump’s global tariffs. The court on Tuesday did…
Netflix revises offer for Warner Bros to all-cash
Netflix is revising its offer for Warner Bros Discovery to make it an all-cash transaction. Netflix initially put forth a cash and stock deal valued at $US27.75 per Warner Bros…
Trump may reach Fed chair decision next week: Bessent
US President Donald Trump may decide on who the next chair of the country’s central bank – the Federal Reserve – will be as early as next week, US Treasury…
‘Irreplaceable’: Midnight Oil drummer Rob Hirst dies
Midnight Oil’s founding member and drummer Rob Hirst has died at the age of 70 after a near three-year battle with pancreatic cancer. In a post to the band’s Facebook…