‘It will kill the brand’: plea over brewery’s closure
The impending closure of a century-old brewery will kill a beer brand, according to disgruntled workers who have launched a last-ditch plea for a change of heart. Parent company Lion…
An invitation from the “most trusted media brands”. What’s the scam?
Murdoch’s News Australia has invited “a select group of local businesses” to a workshop hosted by “Australia’s most trusted media brands.” What’s the scam? At first, we were excited to…
Australia’s most populous state on track for surplus
NSW has cut its growth outlook and lowered its hopes for stamp duty revenue due to a softer housing market. But the Labor government still expects to secure an elusive…
Australia’s most populous state on track for surplus
NSW has cut its growth outlook and lowered its hopes for stamp duty revenue due to a softer housing market. But the Labor government still expects to secure an elusive…
Shares mixed as fading oil price fails to boost miners
Australia’s share market has had yet another anaemic start to the session, as miners waver against opposing the forces of easing oil prices and higher expected global borrowing costs. The…
KPMG chairman, partners to exit scandal-tainted firm
The chairman of KPMG Australia is stepping down and two partners are leaving the firm after a bruising parliamentary hearing and allegations of wrongdoing at the major consultancy. National chairman…
Transport cost help for cash-strapped state residents
Motorists in Australia’s most populous state will pay less for car registration and save on road tolls after months of intense pain at the bowser. The NSW government will also…
Why the EU should be moving heaven and earth to get Iceland into the club | Valérie Hayer
Negotiations with Reykjavík risk being bogged down by rigid accession rules. For strategic reasons, Brussels has to learn how to bend a little Iceland is preparing for a referendum this…
Keir Starmer’s fatal flaw? The blankness on to which voters projected their years of frustration | John Harris
His government was directionless and confused, and from that murk emerged the Peter Mandelson scandal On a bone-chillingly cold morning in January, it felt as if I had suddenly found…
French towns are fining men for going topless. Quel dommage!
Take off your shirt on a Narbonne street and it will cost you €150. Could it happen in the UK? I sincerely hope not Watch out if you’re heading to…