Rose Byrne, Jacob Elordi lead Aussie Oscar hopes
Actors Rose Byrne and Jacob Elordi are leading an Aussie onslaught in Hollywood, with both receiving their first Oscar nominations. The pair are nominated for best actress, best supporting actor,…
‘Lost trust’: party split drives leadership speculation
Firebrand conservative senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price has stoked the flames of leadership speculation after Liberals and Nationals broke up for the second time since the federal election. After dumping the…
‘Nation has stood up’: mourners resilient after attack
A month after laying to rest many members of his congregation, a rabbi who has the ear of the prime minister hopes the country can begin to heal. Rabbi Yehoram…
Musk says US tariffs make solar power a challenge
Elon Musk has marked his last-minute Davos debut with a critique of US solar tariffs and aggressive targets for Tesla, including humanoid robot sales next year, as well as flagging…
Climate change made heatwave five times more likely
The Australian summer is undergoing a “total transformation” as scientists warn climate change made a recent blistering heatwave five times more likely. Australia’s southern states sweltered during early-January through the…
Magic number that could decide an interest rate hike
Reserve Bank governor Michele Bullock and the members of her interest-rate-setting board are set to be glued to the Australian Bureau of Statistics website. The focus of their fixation on…
Asian shares rise, tracking Wall Street gains
Asian shares have mostly advanced, tracking Wall Street, after US President Donald Trump walked back from imposing tariffs on eight European countries over Greenland and ruled out using military force…
How Jewish are you? Enough to put you on a list?
We hear a lot from Australia’s Zionist Jews in the media, not so much from non-Zionist Jews. Judith Treanor on hate laws and a nation in upheaval. This sneer on…
Court sees risks in Trump running roughshod over Fed
US Supreme Court justices have raised issues with President Donald Trump’s bid to fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, seeming to embrace the idea that the central bank’s independence must…
Santos lifts output, sales as first Barossa cargo loads
Santos has loaded its first LNG cargo at its Barossa project as it reports stronger production and revenue results despite weaker commodity prices in the recent quarter. The oil and…