Pacific island nation charts path to diesel freedom
The world’s smallest island nation is seeking to unshackle its power system from diesel after signing on to a landmark renewables partnership. The Republic of Nauru has inked a memorandum…
Fuel bonus as WA posts eighth straight budget surplus
Motorists and families will bank cash handouts in Western Australia courtesy of another bumper state budget surplus. The state Labor government has announced a $2.4 billion surplus in its 2026/27…
Rebel says producer was ‘obsessed’ with rising star
Hollywood star Rebel Wilson claims a producer became obsessed with a rising star who allegedly accused her of sexual harassment as a blockbuster defamation trial nears its end. The Pitch…
Bondi Royal Commission, Israel Lobby and Untested Evidence | The West Report
The Bondi Royal Commission into antisemitism and social cohesion has begun hearing evidence, but serious questions are already emerging about how that evidence is being tested. Michael West examines claims…
What Avril Lavigne can teach Chalmers ahead of budget
Why’d the government have to go and make things so complicated? That’s the question one of Australia’s top economists says Treasurer Jim Chalmers should be asking as he prepares to…
Kyle and Jackie O’s former home left counting the cost
The radio station company involved in a high-profile legal battle with two of its former stars lost millions of dollars in revenue as companies pulled ads over its raunchy content.…
Private health care. Why community ratings are failing the young
Young members are abandoning private health insurance as lines are blurred between insurers and service providers, and who pays for what and when. Claudia Weisenberger reports. In a recent article,…
Rio Tinto blamed for drying sacred Indigenous waterhole
A sacred waterhole used for thousands of years by Aboriginal people in Western Australia has run dry for the first time in living memory, with the Robe River Kuruma Traditional…
Palestininan journalist wins Pulitzer for breaking news photography
Saher Alghorra, a Palestinian photojournalist, has won the prestigious Pulitzer Prize for a series of photographs published in The New York Times. What’s the scam? The scam is that so…
Details unveiled for plan to keep more gas at home
Gas exporters will be forced to divert one-fifth of their product into the domestic energy market in a bid to drive down prices and tackle predictions of long-term shortages. Energy…