Irish basic income scheme to pay artists $550 per week
Ireland has rolled out a permanent basic income scheme for the arts, pledging to pay 2000 creative workers more than $A500 per week following a trial that participants say eased…
Struggling Gucci causes concern for parent firm Kering
Struggling brand Gucci has dragged down luxury goods company Kering, with a decline in revenue in the final quarter of 10 per cent compared to the same period of the…
Valuation in focus as Australia’s biggest bank reports
Australia’s largest bank is set to report its financial results, six months after a similar earnings announcement sent its shares tumbling. Commonwealth Bank will hand down its results for the…
Honda’s profit falls as Trump’s tariffs hurt earnings
Honda has reported a 42 per cent drop in profit for the nine months through December, compared with a year earlier, as US President Donald Trump’s tariffs hurt the Japanese…
Chief of Australia’s biggest biotech retires abruptly
The leader of Australia’s largest biopharmaceutical company has retired suddenly amid concerns about the company’s growth prospects and operations. Paul McKenzie stepped down on Tuesday as chief executive and managing…
Chief of Australia’s biggest biotech retires abruptly
The leader of Australia’s largest biopharmaceutical company has retired suddenly amid concerns about the company’s growth prospects and operations. Paul McKenzie stepped down on Tuesday as chief executive and managing…
Peter Lalor, pepper-sprayed, debunks the Herzog propaganda
Sports journalist Peter Lalor was pepper-sprayed by NSW Police at the Herzog protest in Sydney. He debunks the propaganda. I was among protestors attacked by police last night in Sydney,…
‘Addicting the brains of kids’ social media case begins
The world’s biggest social media companies are facing several landmark trials seeking to hold them responsible for harms to children who use their platforms. Opening statements in one such trial…
Signs point to RBA fine tuning, rather than hike spree
Fresh figures have allayed fears of a tightening in Australia’s labour market, which should rule out the Reserve Bank returning to a major rate-hiking cycle. Australia’s economy added an estimated…
Herzog itinerary: lunch at Government House, dinner at Kirribilli with Albo
Israel’s President Isaac Herzog will be dining with Anthony Albanese tonight, tomorrow he’s off for a whistle-stop tour of Canberra, courtesy of the RAAF, who will also fly him and…