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…
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…
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…
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…
Stopping protests. The chilling consequences of hate crime laws
What impact will the new hate speech laws have on the ability of ordinary Australians to protest? Constitutional Law Professor Anne Twomey explains. The Albanese government’s Combating Antisemitism, Hate and…
Japan records fifth straight yearly trade deficit
Japan posted a trade deficit for the fifth straight year in 2025, as concerns continued to grow over US President Donald Trump’s tariffs and Japan’s political rift with neighbouring China.…
Ghislaine Maxwell to appear at US Epstein probe
Ghislaine Maxwell, the former girlfriend of billionaire pedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein, will appear before a US congressional committee next month. The British former socialite, who is serving a 20-year federal…
Storm brews over new F1 rules loopholes as Mercedes and Red Bull gain advantage | Giles Richards
Compression ratios will be at the top of the FIA’s agenda in a meeting with F1 teams to head off growing fears before the 2026 season gets under way Unveiling…
Moisés Caicedo saves face for wasteful Chelsea against battling Pafos
The brief ripple of applause at full time said it all. This was a deeply unconvincing display from Chelsea, who took 78 agonising minutes to find a way past the…