Penelope Keith: the most spectacular sitcom snob ever to grace our screens
In The Good Life, To the Manor Born and beyond, the star played domineering snobs with pinpoint comic timing – yet she still made them feel like old friends. No…
Donald Trump hijacked America’s 250 and turned it into a ‘theatre of the absurd’
Trump, laying siege to freedoms and truth itself, is twisting America’s milestone birthday into a joyless occasion Americans: how do you feel about the country’s future after 250 years of…
A US champion of ‘freebirthing’ always claimed there had been no maternal deaths linked to the movement. Is Stacey Warnecke the first?
Guardian investigation exposes full links between a US business linked to baby deaths around the world and Australian ‘birth keeper’ Emily Lal, the central witness at the inquest into the…
Australia politics live: Josh Burns tells antisemitism inquiry of online hate targeting himself and MP partner Georgie Purcell
Meanwhile Melissa McIntosh doubles down on suggestion Liberals might need a ‘rebrand’ to win back voters. Follow today’s news live Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news…
It’s the algorithms, stupid: why Karl Stefanovic followed Joe Rogan in building on our worst instincts | Ed Coper
Day after day, people are forging lucrative careers just by picking up a microphone and camera and calling it news. What can we do about it? Follow our Australia news…
Amazon sued over ‘unfair’ Prime advertising changes
Customers of Amazon’s streaming service Prime were left with no choice but to pay more if they wanted to avoid ads under allegedly unfair contract terms, according to a lawsuit.…
US House passes youth online safety legislation
The US House of Representatives has passed legislation requiring online platforms to provide some safeguards for children, setting up a potential clash with the Senate where lawmakers support more stringent…
Supreme Court rejects Trump bid to fire US Fed governor
The US Supreme Court has refused to let Donald Trump fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook as it stood firm to preserve the central bank’s cherished independence against an unprecedented…
Aussies’ love of fried chicken fires record revenue
The operator of hundreds of KFC restaurants in Australia has booked record revenue despite cost-of-living pressures, as new products like the Zinger Banh Mi drew in more customers. Collins Foods,…
Crims on notice as money-laundering laws take effect
It will soon be harder for money launderers to use their ill-gotten gains to buy homes amid a raft of changes coming into effect with the new financial year. Real…