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Health insurers are spending more but leaving Australians with higher out-of-pocket expenses, sparking scorn from private hospitals. A record $12.3 billion was dished out by private health insurers in the…

Australia’s consumer recovery has been blown off course by unseasonable weather and Donald Trump’s tariff storm. Despite a rebound in spending by Queenslanders following Cyclone Alfred, retail trade receded 0.1…

Opposition Leader Sussan Ley has farewelled her mother in a heartfelt tribute, speaking of an “unbroken chain of strength and love”. A funeral was held for Angela Braybrooks at St…

The hysteria about Labor’s proposed changes to the super tax for people with more than $3 million is driven largely by myths. Harry Chemay busts them all. In recent years,…

Three protesters who targeted a Woodside annual general meeting with stench gas and flares will be sentenced on downgraded charges as protests continue over the extension of a mammoth gas…

US trade talks with China are “a bit stalled” and getting a deal over the finish line will likely need the direct involvement of President Donald Trump and Chinese President…

Community anger is continuing to simmer after the life span of a mammoth gas project was extended for decades. Woodside’s North West Shelf project – which hosts Australia’s biggest gas…

Fresh retail trade figures will reveal whether Donald Trump’s tariffs have spooked Australian consumers, up-ending a gradual recovery in household spending. Just as interest rate cuts started to boost consumer…

A US trade court ruling that blocked most of President Donald Trump’s tariffs and found he had overstepped his authority has triggered some relief on financial markets, while adding to…

This week on Media Blind Spot: The ABC deletes an interview with a Palestinian advocate after backlash, ATO whistleblower Richard Boyle pleads guilty after legal protections collapse, and David McBride…