‘Downside risks’: warning as state debt edges to $200b
Tackling cost of living over driving down state debt has baffled the business sector and raised the eyebrows of a credit ratings agency. Handing down her second budget on Tuesday…
RBA raises rate. Leaves pressure on Chalmers’ tax fiddling
As widely expected, the Reserve Bank raised its interest rate by another 0.25% points today, just in time for Jim Chalmers’ next budget. Michael Pascoe reports. The headline is the…
Inflation, growth, rates all hinge on end to conflict
The crisis in the Middle East fanned the flames of already buoyant inflation in Australia and could lead to more interest rate pain if it isn’t resolved, the central bank…
Blast at China fireworks factory kills 21: state media
A blast at a fireworks factory in China’s Hunan province has killed 21 people and injured 61 others, prompting President Xi Jinping to call for a thorough investigation, state media…
Shares drop as US and Iran strikes hit fragile truce
Oil prices have surged and Australian equities are again under pressure after a US plan to reopen the Hormuz Strait provoked a show of force from Iran, leaving a four-week…
‘Not acceptable’: McFarlane bemoans Chelsea’s dire start in capitulation to Forest
Chelsea lose six in a row for first time since 1993 ‘We were nowhere near the level we needed to be’ Chelsea’s interim head coach, Calum McFarlane, admitted the opening…
Mikel Arteta promises fired-up Arsenal will play ‘like beasts’ in Atlético second leg
Champions League semi-final delicately poised at 1-1 ‘We are so hungry to get the game we want tomorrow’ Mikel Arteta promised that Arsenal’s players will turn into “beasts” as they…
Germany’s military power is on the rise. This time it must be firmly embedded in Europe | Timothy Garton Ash
As Russian aggression continues and Trump’s US threatens Nato, it is even more vital for a unified defence of the continent As we mark the 81st anniversary of the end…
Guardiola frustrated as hopes of City taking Arsenal to wire left in critical condition | Jamie Jackson
Sluggish Manchester City failed to get the win they needed and have left themselves with a lot to do to regain title Bedlam here, utter bedlam – particularly the finish…
‘It’s a world heritage site, but it’s my home’: a long-time resident of Casa Milà on life in Gaudí’s masterwork
Ana Viladomiu has been a ‘privileged’ resident of the once derided, now revered Barcelona apartment building for almost 40 years Imagine that you live in an enormous, beautiful apartment designed…