Nobel laureate’s advice for treasurer to fix housing
Treasurer Jim Chalmers says the federal government is focused on ways to fix housing affordability other than tax reform, as calls grow for a rethink on investor tax breaks. Housing…
What is Israel’s Herzog doing here, who invited him, and why?
Israel’s President, Isaac Herzog, is due to arrive in Australia in next Sunday. Why is a foreign Head of State asked to help heal an Australian community after an Australian…
NDIS autism changes delayed as funding deal struck
A program for early intervention autism services will be delayed as part of efforts to deliver urgent hospital funding. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese met with premiers and chief ministers in…
Aryna Sabalenka hits out at umpire after grunting penalty in win over Svitolina
Sabalenka powers into final with brutal 6-2, 6-3 win World No 1 penalised for mid-point grunt in first set Aryna Sabalenka has dared officials to penalise her again for grunting…
Premier League: 10 things to look out for this weekend
Nico O’Reilly gives Manchester City options, Sunderland miss Granit Xhaka’s grit and West Ham find a way Just when Brighton supporters were hoping their side was building some momentum after…
Xi didn’t really see a point to Kier’s visit – but hey, let a hundred flowers bloom | John Crace
Chinese leader bestows a little largesse on the British PM while getting the green light for London ‘mega embassy’ Let’s face it, this was never going to be a meeting…
As the Taliban continue their war on women and girls, it is clear that appeasement has failed | Gordon Brown
Major powers have renewed diplomatic links while others seek deals to deport migrants. And all the while gender repression is getting worse Last weekend, on the international day of education,…
The post-US world is already taking shape – look at the massive EU-India trade deal | Ravinder Kaur
The ‘mother of all deals’ is as much about the tariff-heavy geopolitics of the Trump era as it is about bilateral trade The year was 2007. Steve Jobs had announced…
No increase in Women’s Asian Cup prize money despite player pleas for ‘respect’
AFC prize pot stagnates amid global women’s football boom Tournament is now world’s lowest-paying continental competition It has been billed as the most successful Women’s Asian Cup to date, yet…