Toy maker Mattel adds autistic Barbie to doll line
Mattel Inc. is introducing an autistic Barbie as the newest member of its line intended to celebrate diversity, joining a collection that already includes Barbies with Down syndrome, a blind…
China appoints trade negotiator ahead of Trump visit
China has appointed Jiang Chenghua, a veteran negotiator with experience in export controls and managing the country’s investment ties with the US, as Deputy Representative for International Trade Negotiations. Jiang…
Australia unveils stockpile plan for critical minerals
Miners have welcomed the government’s $1.2 billion plan to buy critical minerals to shore up supplies for defence and clean energy technologies. Antimony, gallium and rare earth metals were unveiled…
How Lobby Pressure Wrecked Adelaide Writers Week | The West Report
They’ve wrecked Adelaide Writers Week, South Australia’s premier cultural event. We examine the Israel lobby’s sabotage and the craven capitulation of Premier Peter Malinauskas and the board of the Adelaide…
Hate preachers to be targeted in tough new federal laws
Parliament will be recalled early to pass hate speech laws following the Bondi terror attack that claimed 15 lives and injured dozens more. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says federal parliament…
Australia Post rival shuts operations without warning
Australian businesses and consumers have been left searching for answers after an Australia Post delivery rival ceased operations without warning. Sydney-based Sendle sent emails to business customers late on Sunday,…
Stocks wobble, dollar tips as Trump-Fed feud deepens
The dollar has fallen and US equity futures have slid after Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell said the Trump administration threatened him with a criminal indictment, stoking investor worries about…
Super sales, pop giants get national economy rocking
Australians spent big on Black Friday sales and concerts, driving household spending to the highest annual level in more than two years. Household spending rose one per cent in November,…
Is WOMADelaide next? Zionist group targets Palestinian DJ
Hot on the heels of the Adelaide Writers Week debacle, the WOMADelaide board is being pressured to oust Techno DJ Sama’ Abdulhami. What’s the scam? The scam is the broken…
Fed subpoenaed, threatened with indictment: chair
Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell says the US Department of Justice has served the central bank with subpoenas and threatened it with a criminal indictment over his testimony about the…