Climate protesters march on UN climate talks
Some wore black dresses to signify a funeral for fossil fuels, while hundreds wore red shirts, symbolising the blood of those fighting to protect the environment. Saturday was the biggest…
Foodies fret as Trump moves to make pasta great again
Steel and copper 50 per cent, cars up to 25 per cent, but an even bigger Trump-era levy looms – 107 per cent on Italian pasta. Mamma mia. It started…
Trump removes tariffs on Australian beef exports
Donald Trump has removed tariffs on one of Australia’s biggest exports to the US. The US president revealed on Saturday morning Australian time he would lift reciprocal tariffs on some…
Australia to make eleventh-hour bid to seal COP31 deal
Australia will make a last-ditch attempt to host the world’s biggest climate conference and bring a years-long deadlock to an end. Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen set off on Saturday…
Switzerland wins US tariff reduction to 15 per cent
The United States and Switzerland have announced a framework trade agreement that includes the US slashing its tariffs on imported Swiss products to 15 per cent from 39 per cent…
Spanner thrown as retail giant battles worker abuse
Australia’s biggest hardware retailer has poured millions into tactical security across stores in a state lagging others in hammering out retail worker abuse. States and territories across the country have…
Secret report on cronyism comes back to bite Labor
A review of political cronyism kept secret for more than two years has put Labor on the back foot, with its leaked advice revealing why. The review, commissioned by Finance…
Conservatives zero in on migration after climate coup
Fresh from winning the fight to water down the Liberals’ climate commitments, the party’s right wing plans to wield its influence in an equally bitter battle over immigration policy. The…
Bikie gangs in Nauru. The hypocrisy of Australian visa character tests
With graft and corruption in Australia’s offshore detention regime exposed by whistleblowers, questions need to be raised about whose character is being tested: refugees’ or the government’s? Janet Pelly asks.…
BHP liable for 2015 Brazil dam collapse, UK court rules
BHP can be held liable over the 2015 collapse of a dam in southeastern Brazil, London’s High Court has ruled, in a lawsuit the claimants’ lawyers previously valued at up…