Hacking group threatens to expose users of Pornhub
The hacking group “ShinyHunters” says it has stolen data belonging to premium customers of the leading sex website Pornhub and is threatening to publish it. Although Reuters could not immediately…
Science research funding receives $233 million boost
Science research will receive more than $200 million in funding after the organisation previously announced hundreds of jobs were set to be lost due to rising costs. Treasurer Jim Chalmers…
Penfolds owner shares plunge on earnings downgrade
The owner of luxury wine brand Penfolds says its key US and China markets continue to face major challenges and any improvement in the near term is unlikely. Treasury Wine…
Warner Bros set to reject Paramount bid, back Netflix
Warner Bros Discovery’s board could soon announce a decision on Paramount Skydance’s $US108.4 billion ($A163.3 billion) takeover bid, with the board likely to advise shareholders to vote against the offer,…
Probe intensifies into motives for ‘barbaric attack’
Counter-terrorism investigators are poring over swathes of seized material as they try to uncover how father-and-son shooters committed an atrocity that killed 15 people and injured many more. Sajid Akram,…
Budget $5.4b better off as Chalmers tightens the belt
Treasurer Jim Chalmers will unveil a $5.4 billion improvement in the federal budget this financial year, even as the deficit sinks to its worst level in five years. With judicious…
The Billion Dollar Balcony. ASIO’s sovereignty failure
“Bondi deserves better … Australia deserves better”. David Tyler examines ASIO’s security failure in Australia’s deadliest terror attack. While none of this will salve the hurt, ease the trauma of…
Plea for spending cuts as banks tip interest rate hikes
Economists have urged Treasurer Jim Chalmers to show greater spending restraint to take some heat out of the economy and spare Australians from more interest rate hikes. With the economy…
Uniparty Grab. Independents take electoral reform to the High Court
In an unusual move, two former independent parliamentarians are taking on the Government’s new electoral reform laws in court, challenging their legality. What’s the scam? The scam is that Labor’s…
Business chief urges action on racism, anti-Semitism
One of the Australia’s corporate titans has decried the outbreaks of racism, anti-Semitism and violence eroding the nation’s multicultural harmony. Retiring Orica chairman Malcolm Broomhead offered his thoughts to investors…