Mortgage-holders may be in for long wait for rate cuts
Mortgage-holders may have to wait longer for more interest rate relief after a hawkish turn from the Reserve Bank prompted analysts to push back their expectations for when the central…
Low rates, supply squeeze create home price rise mayhem
A clear disconnect between supply and demand is driving home values to record highs across Australia, with prices rising at the fastest pace in almost two years. The median Australian…
China to halt BHP iron ore cargoes during price talks
China’s state iron ore buyer has asked steelmakers and traders to pause purchases of US dollar-denominated seaborne iron ore cargoes from BHP during its annual price negotiations, Bloomberg reports, citing…
Celebs talk a big game on global hunger, net zero. But what about the ‘G-word’?
Some of the big name celebrities who converged on New York at the weekend need a rocket over their Gaza hypocrisy. Andrew Gardiner reports on Hollowood and big-names running scared.…
Musicians sound off over ‘devastating’ AI mining push
Prominent artists are fighting law changes that would allow artificial intelligence to scrape data from music, likening it to legally stealing from Australian culture. The Productivity Commission proposed a text…
Stokes rides towards sunset after rags-to-riches career
They don’t come much more self-made than Kerry Stokes. The Western Australian media titan, adopted from an orphanage before dropping out of school aged 14, announced retirement plans on Tuesday,…
Rock art safeguards weakened despite gas hub’s harms
Strict emissions curbs have been loosened on a major gas plant harming nearby ancient rock art after Woodside warned they amounted to an “effective refusal” of the project. New federal…
Hundreds of jobs to go as ageing alumina refinery shut
Alumina giant Alcoa is shutting an ageing refinery and axing the facility’s remaining workers. The US-listed company started phasing out its workforce at the 60-year-old Kwinana Alumina Refinery in Western…
Asia shares, gold rise on US shutdown watch
Shares in Asia edged higher and gold continued its record climb on Tuesday as markets weighed prospects for a US government shutdown that would delay closely watched jobs figures. The…
Seven baron Stokes to retire in Southern Cross merger
Kerry Stokes plans to retire as chairman of Seven West Media in early 2026 as it merges with Southern Cross Media, the parent company of radio network Triple M. The…