Spurning the Black Rod. Labor’s transparency dummy spit
Only Parliamentary nerds noticed. One such nerd Rex Patrick noticed and reports on a transparency dummy spit by Labor on the floor of the Senate. Formal Business At about 3:30…
‘Captured by the richest’: push for housing tax shift
Discounts on capital gains tax have done little to address the reason why the measure was introduced, Australia’s peak union body says, as the federal government weighs up whether to…
US airlines sound alarm as key travel programs paused
A grouping of major US airlines says the US Department of Homeland Security gave travellers scant warning ahead of the temporary suspension of its PreCheck and Global Entry programs, as…
Trump’s new tariff call may narrow Aussie export edge
The competitive advantage enjoyed by some Australian exporters under the Trump administration’s trade regime could be narrowed if a flagged boost to the US tariff rate to 15 per cent…
Good enough for Gina Rinehart should be good enough for Palantir
Palantir is under pressure around the world but in Australia it is mollycoddled. Michael West on the regulators’ double standards. Palantir. Rejected by Switzerland, its large military and health contracts…
Polish speed skater Kamila Sellier undergoes surgery after taking blade to face at Winter Olympics
25-year-old says she is ‘doing okay’ after injury Athlete posts update to Instagram after scary crash Polish short track skater Kamila Sellier says that she is “doing okay” after suffering…
Cheating, Penisgate and boos for Vance: the 10 wildest stories of the Winter Olympics
Amid the triumphs, failures and broken medals in Milano Cortina, here’s our countdown of the outstanding moments that will live long in the memory Cheating has been part and parcel…
Ukraine is the biggest and most consequential of all the American betrayals | Simon Tisdall
As the war enters its fifth year, it’s time for Europe to take the fight to Putin on its own terms and tell Trump to get lost Viewed from Europe,…
This Ramadan in Gaza we pray for mercy, share what we have and light a single candle for hope | Majdoleen Abu Assi
I mourn the vibrant life we lived before. But though our faces anxiously turn to the sky, our hands are joined in a solidarity that rises above hunger Every year,…