Private health insurance hike another blow for budgets
Millions of Australians’ budgets will take another hit with the biggest rise in health insurance costs in years, but most are expected to still hang onto their policies. An average…
European Central Bank chief to exit before term’s end
Christine Lagarde is expected to leave the European Central Bank before the end of her eight-year term as president, the Financial Times reports, citing a person familiar with her thinking.…
Alcoa slugged millions over illegal forest clearing
Alcoa has been given the green light to clear more Australian forest after being fined for stripping land for bauxite mining without approvals. The US aluminium giant has agreed to…
‘ISIS bride’ member barred from return to Australia
One of the Australian cohort of so-called “ISIS brides” and their children has been barred from entering the country while trying to flee Syria. The group of 34 women and…
‘This has to stop’: mayor calls on Hanson to visit area
A mayor is urging Pauline Hanson to visit his community during Ramadan after the senator claimed suburbs in the area are unsafe because of its Muslim population. The One Nation…
Thunderstorms, giant hail dent insurer’s bottom line
Destructive hailstorms and thunderstorms resulted in tens of thousands of insurance claims for one of the nation’s biggest insurers, denting its interim earnings. Suncorp paid out $542 million in claims…
Major housing firm riding high on ‘chronic undersupply’
One of Australia’s biggest apartment and residential communities suppliers has recorded strong growth in home sales as debate rages across the nation about access to ownership. Mirvac on Wednesday reported…
Forget Maga. Welcome to Mega: Make Empire Great Again | Mehdi Hasan
Marco Rubio arrived at the Munich security conference with a disturbing message for European governments: empire is great Fresh from toppling the president of Venezuela and taking control of the…
Norway curling team bring party pants back to Winter Olympics for ‘one-game’ tribute
Curlers wear diamond-printed trousers to honour ‘Team Ulsrud’ Norwegian Olympic Curling Team’s Pants page has 360,000 followers Norway’s men’s curling team delighted supporters at the Olympics on Tuesday by reviving…