US consumer prices increase strongly in January
US producer prices accelerated in January, with the cost of goods outside the volatile food and energy category increasing by the most in more than three and a half years…
Homecoming Queen: Mary to begin state visit at Uluru
Mary mania is set to sweep Australia. Tasmania’s own Danish queen and husband, King Frederik, will next month embark on a six-day state visit to Australia. It will be their…
Case Muzzled. Court strikes out injured coal miner, backs BHP
BHP has won sweeping suppression orders against coal miner Simon Turner after a court threw out the miner’s case. Stephanie Tran reports. The Federal Court of Australia has struck out…
‘Absolute dream’: candidate’s hope for sex abuse reform
Laws protecting survivors of child sexual abuse should be standardised across Australia, a candidate in a critical federal by-election says. Independent Michelle Milthorpe hopes to win the NSW seat of…
EU fast-tracks trade deal with South American bloc
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will start to “provisionally implement” a massive trade deal with the Mercosur bloc of nations in South America despite not having approval from…
Writer pays for lies that ‘humiliated’ church leader
False accusations about the leader of the Greek Orthodox Church in Australia have cost a journalist more than $300,000. Alkis Morelas was found on Friday to have defamed Archbishop Makarios…
Harvey Norman shares tumble despite big profit growth
Harvey Norman has delivered double-digit sales growth and raised its dividend, but the retailer’s shares have taken a tumble. The electronics and homewares retailer on Friday announced it had made…
Major insurer faces legal trouble over online discounts
Tens of thousands of Budget Direct customers lost promised insurance discounts worth a total of $3.3 million in savings, the corporate regulator claims. ASIC has launched legal action against Auto…
Maggie Beer group back in the black despite tough half
The company named after beloved Australian chef Maggie Beer is still considering the possible sale of its popular hampers business, after turning around its earnings. Maggie Beer Holdings was back…
My friend was killed for telling you the truth. Now the powerful are even more desperate to silence us | Janine di Giovanni
Murderous governments and armed groups always considered reporters like Marie Colvin a nuisance – now they see them as legitimate targets A friend wrote to me last week to tell…