Australia’s mortgage burden is now above 1989 levels – when interest rates were 17%
KPMG analysis rebuts claims older generations had it harder when it came to buying and paying off a home Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our…
Guardian Essential report: have Pauline’s policies plateaued her support? – podcast
It’s the first Guardian Essential poll following Pauline Hanson’s provocative speech at the National Press Club – where she attacked multiculturalism, climate action, the United Nations, and the ABC and…
Best TV and movies streaming in Australia on Netflix, HBO Max, Disney, Prime, ABC and more
Discover what’s coming to Netflix, HBO Max, Disney Plus, Prime Video and others in July, including The Devil Wears Prada 2, The Sheep Detectives and Christopher Nolan’s back catalogue Sign…
Are AI companies getting away with crime? | Fiona Katauskas
They’re making an art of stealing intellectual property See more of Fiona Katauskas’s cartoons here Continue reading…
As an Australian Jew who publicly supports Palestinian freedom, I’m targeted by my own community – and neo-Nazis | Sarah Schwartz
Jews should be able to criticise the actions of Israel without risking exclusion from communal life As a teenager, I walked through concentration camps in Poland, where the Nazis industrialised…
David beats Goliath: the biggest upsets of the World Cup so far | Nick Evershed
Results with the greatest rankings difference at the tournament in North America Ghana and Cape Verde were ranked 73rd and 67th in the world respectively heading into the World Cup.…
Report: privatisation of Northern Beaches Hospital a threat to public health
A NSW Government report into the privatised Northern Beaches Hospital has confirmed what many suspected, a conflict of interest in privatising essential service monopolies, particularly in public health. MWM first…
Warning ‘dire combination’ poses regional food crunch
Choked fertiliser supply chains teamed with an El Nino event could trigger food shortages and instability in the Indo-Pacific region, former national security leaders are warning. The Australian Security Leaders…
Aussies face ‘poverty premiums’ on insurance payments
Some Australians are being charged a “poverty premium” by insurers because they can’t afford to make annual payments on policies. Industry group Financial Counselling Australia and the Financial Rights Legal…
Housing costs crisis needs ‘decades’ of falling prices
Australia’s housing downturn might need to continue for a generation if home ownership is to become affordable again. Home prices fell 0.4 per cent nationwide in June after a 0.3…