Childcare giant’s boss to be grilled over centre safety
Australia’s largest childcare operator will face further scrutiny over the safety of its centres as its boss fronts a public inquiry. G8 Education chief executive Pejman Okhovat will give evidence…
Trump to use State of the Union to win over voters
President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address is likely to be a test run of the message Republicans will give to voters in November’s elections for control of the…
Ampol motors ahead with unstaffed fuel stations
Unstaffed, fuel-only stations are proving a success, petrol retailer Ampol says. The company converted 27 of its Australian petrol stations to its unmanned U-Go sites in 2025, taking its portfolio…
Coal miners dudded by ‘inferior’ transition help
Tens of thousands of export coal workers could miss out on gold standard federal support to retrain for new careers as demand for the fuel dwindles. Unions, a business group…
China assessing US Supreme Court tariff ruling
China is making a “full assessment” of the US Supreme Court’s tariff ruling and has urged Washington to lift “relevant unilateral tariff measures” on its trading partners. The Chinese commerce…
Australia’s athletes on the snow, ice and in the air at the 2026 Winter Olympics – in pictures
Team Australia’s Winter Olympians mixed it with the world’s best athletes across a wide range of events at the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Games Continue reading…
Norway (population: 5.7m) beats US (342m) to top Winter Olympics medal table
Country wins most golds (18) in Winter Games history USA, GB and Australia also set team records Norwegians put emphasis on participation Norway has once again topped the Winter Olympics…
‘He is an animal’: Jack Hughes loses teeth then scores Olympic ice hockey winner for US
Center secures first men’s title for US since 1980 Americans break Canadian hearts in overtime It might not have been a shocker on the order of a bunch of scrappy…
Schoolgirl Indra Brown soars as freeski’s superstar predicts 16-year-old’s ‘time will come’
Freestyle skier finishes fifth in halfpipe final at Milano Cortina Eileen Gu says Australian ‘has many, many, many medals in her future’ Melbourne schoolgirl Indra Brown missed out in her…