Hate speech laws scrutinised as coalition mulls support
The finer details of a hate speech overhaul are set to be revealed as laws drawn up after the Bondi terror attack go under the microscope. Parliament’s powerful intelligence and…
Adelaide Writers Week: No decorum without a quorum.
Adelaide Writers Week, a core part of South Australia’s premier cultural event, the Adelaide Festival, is at risk of cancellation in its 40th year. Kim Wingerei and Michael West report.…
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…
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…
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…
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 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,…
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…
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…
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…