Rebel Wilson to be grilled over ‘disgusting’ smear site
Aussie A-lister Rebel Wilson has been accused of lying about her involvement in a smear website days before a defamation hearing brought by the star of her troubled directorial debut.…
‘Oil doesn’t discriminate’: businesses on shaky ground
Australian businesses were already feeling the pressure before the Middle East plunged them into further uncertainty, according to a business risk group. Trade payment failures, tax defaults and insolvencies were…
China-linked firm takes majority stake in Qld coal mine
A China-linked group is buying a majority stake in Australia’s largest underground coal mine in a deal worth $US2.4 billion ($3.4 billion) to boost its portfolio. The stock exchange-listed Yancoal…
Pauline, Please Explain | The West Report
It’s David v Goliath, the case of the coal miner versus BHP and the politics behind it. With the Labor Government close to the unions, and big mining, and the…
Spam Latitude! Breaking the law 2.7m times and getting away with it
Latitude Financial broke the law 2.7 million times and was fined a whopping $1.50 per transgression, totalling $3.98 million. What’s the scam? The scam isn’t just about how finance company…
Trump has turned Title X upside down: from a contraception program into a pro-natalist machine | Moira Donegan
First the administration sought to defund Title X. Now it’s reimagining what it stands for The Trump administration, dominated by religious anti-abortion conservatives and reeling in money from a new…
Why are Democratic leaders still ignoring voters on Israel? | Norman Solomon
Decisions at the latest Democratic National Committee meeting emphasized the disconnect between the party’s leadership and its base When the Democratic party’s governing body adjourned its meeting on Saturday in…
Mother Mary review – Anne Hathaway and Michaela Coel are lost in ludicrous pop star drama
Music from Charli xcx can’t save David Lowery’s dour chamber piece, despite some flashes of dazzling style For a certain stripe of pop fan, diva worship comes along with having…
Jon Stewart on Trump’s Jesus photo denial: ‘Do you even care about lying to us any more?’
Late-night hosts discuss Trump posting an AI-generated image of himself as Christ amid his feud with Pope Leo Late-night hosts reacted to the breakdown of peace talks between the US…
Could AI write this column? In a world of slop-inion, I’m certifying myself human | Peter Lewis
I actually don’t want to make my work easier. We should demand authenticity if we care about the sort of society that comes out the other end of this so-called…