Opera Australia $10m turnaround a result to sing about
Opera Australia’s latest performance is less Verdi’s La Traviata, and more AC/DC’s Back in Black. The national company has posted a major turnaround in its finances, balancing the books in…
Olympics hotel shock: Queensland running out of rooms
Queensland is expected to deliver less than a quarter of the hotel rooms needed for the 2032 Olympics as building fails to keep up with growing visitor demand, new analysis…
Olympics hotel shock: Queensland running out of rooms
Queensland is expected to deliver less than a quarter of the hotel rooms needed for the 2032 Olympics as building fails to keep up with growing visitor demand, new analysis…
UN lowers forecast for global economic growth in 2026
Responding to Middle East crises and rising oil prices, the United Nations has lowered its forecast for global economic growth and raised the prospects for inflation this year. Global GDP…
The great housing giveaway: $11b windfall up for grabs
Australian taxpayers could be missing out on billions of dollars a year while wealthy landowners make out like bandits, amid efforts to tackle housing affordability. The Albanese government’s fifth budget…
‘Making more’: why young people will keep investing
Holly Nebauer is waiting for a call from a real estate agent as her daughter, three-year-old Indy, plays at her ankles. The 31-year-old and her fiance are hoping to secure…
Former governor-general Peter Hollingworth dead at 91
Former governor-general Peter Hollingworth, who resigned over his handling of child sexual abuse in the Anglican Church, has died. Dr Hollingworth, who devoted much of his life to fighting poverty,…
Cricket Australia’s cloud deal at centre of ‘contracts-for-mates’ imbroglio
Cricket Australia remains bunkered down in the wake of revelations of a whistleblower report detailing ‘contracts-for-mates’ in the corporate cricket world. Joel Jenkins follows the money. Cricket Australia’s internal whistleblower…
Houses, town water supply sold in mining mega‑deal
It is not every day a mining deal comes with houses, childcare centres and the town water supply thrown in. But in central Queensland, a big slice of country town…
Murdoch’s Tax Whinge, Exxon’s Gas Heist and Labor’s Budget Panic | The West Report
Check it out: https://taxdata.michaelwest.com.au/data_analytics Australia’s media has gone into full budget meltdown mode, with screaming front pages about death taxes, trust limbo and Labor betrayal. But while the Murdoch press…