An invitation from the “most trusted media brands”. What’s the scam?
Murdoch’s News Australia has invited “a select group of local businesses” to a workshop hosted by “Australia’s most trusted media brands.” What’s the scam? At first, we were excited to…
Shares mixed as fading oil price fails to boost miners
Australia’s share market has had yet another anaemic start to the session, as miners waver against opposing the forces of easing oil prices and higher expected global borrowing costs. The…
KPMG chairman, partners to exit scandal-tainted firm
The chairman of KPMG Australia is stepping down and two partners are leaving the firm after a bruising parliamentary hearing and allegations of wrongdoing at the major consultancy. National chairman…
Australia’s most populous state on track for surplus
NSW has cut its growth outlook and lowered its hopes for stamp duty revenue due to a softer housing market. But the Labor government still expects to secure an elusive…
Australia’s most populous state on track for surplus
NSW has cut its growth outlook and lowered its hopes for stamp duty revenue due to a softer housing market. But the Labor government still expects to secure an elusive…
Transport cost help for cash-strapped state residents
Motorists in Australia’s most populous state will pay less for car registration and save on road tolls after months of intense pain at the bowser. The NSW government will also…
Why the EU should be moving heaven and earth to get Iceland into the club | Valérie Hayer
Negotiations with Reykjavík risk being bogged down by rigid accession rules. For strategic reasons, Brussels has to learn how to bend a little Iceland is preparing for a referendum this…
Keir Starmer’s fatal flaw? The blankness on to which voters projected their years of frustration | John Harris
His government was directionless and confused, and from that murk emerged the Peter Mandelson scandal On a bone-chillingly cold morning in January, it felt as if I had suddenly found…
At my friend’s citizenship ceremony, I was moved by the quiet pride in the faces of new Australians | Shadi Khan Saif
Belonging didn’t start that day. The event recognised what had already been lived, the years of steadily building lives A few days before Australia’s population ticked over 28 million, a…
House of the Dragon review – the orgy of carnage it should always have been
After two forgettable seasons, the Game of Thrones prequel finally comes into its own – blazing back on to our screens with the most epic dragon-based smackdown imaginable. Fans can…