Stefanovic eyes polarising podcast play as TV turns off
Broadcaster Karl Stefanovic might have made his final appearance at Nine, and experts say an exit will allow him to cash in on a booming podcast sector fuelled by polarisation.…
US Supreme Court scales back Roundup cancer lawsuits
The US Supreme Court has reined in thousands of lawsuits pursued in state courts accusing Bayer of failing to warn users that the active ingredient in its Roundup weedkiller causes…
Apple raises prices of MacBooks, iPads over memory cost
Apple has raised iPad and MacBook prices, saying it can no longer shield customers from soaring memory and storage chip costs driven by the artificial intelligence industry’s data centre build-out.…
“Community Strong Australia” party launches. It’s the Senate, stupid!
Community Strong Australia might not be the strongest name, and its logo less than transfixing, but Michael Pascoe reckons CSA senators are on the way. With all eyes on One…
Coalition blames tax reform for social cohesion decline
Controversial tax changes will further deplete social cohesion, the coalition claims, as the measures pass parliament. The Greens struck a deal with the government to pass curbs to negative gearing…
Barnaby Joyce owes me a beer
Barnaby Joyce stole my beer. More importantly, Pauline Hanson is trying to steal the Australian soul with her moronculturalism. Monte Dwyer with the story. Some years ago, I attended the…
Mining giant hit with sexual harassment class action
Australia’s mining industry again stands accused of having a toxic and misogynistic culture as another giant company becomes embroiled in a sexual harassment class action suit. Women have alleged sexual…
Aussie shares fall as US dollar surges, oil retreats
The Australian bourse has slipped, with a sell-off in precious metals, oil and other commodities dragging down resource companies as the US dollar surged and more ships passed through the…
Australian media ignores UN report on deliberate killing of children
The devastating UN report into the deliberate targeting and murder of Palestinian children by Israel is not very newsworthy apparently. What’s the scam? Yesterday, a UN Commission of Inquiry released…
What are Trump’s connections to the Tate brothers exactly? | Rebecca Solnit
According to Heidi Blake in the New Yorker, the Tate and Trump circles have overlapped at Mar-a-Lago. What does that mean? Donald Trump has told many stories and denied many…