Global capital eyes $50b water market, raising stakes
Australia’s $50 billion water market is booming, drawing global investors and offering farmers flexibility, but ongoing scarcity and record-high permanent plantings are raising the stakes of the next drought. Australia…
Corruption watchdog chief concedes he’s a distraction
The first head of Australia’s national corruption watchdog rejects suggestions he should have been more transparent about connections with the defence establishment that led to his resignation. But National Anti-Corruption…
Governments warned not to hold back AI, tech start-ups
Australia is well-positioned to take advantage of the global boom in artificial intelligence but governments and regulators need to get the policy settings right so they don’t stifle start-ups. That’s…
Liberal, One Nation on attack over discrimination laws
Liberal and One Nation senators have used parliamentary hearings to grill human rights commissioners on their interpretation of discrimination law. The landmark Giggle v Tickle appeal judgment, handed down earlier…
Combat Antisemitism Movement keeps slaying social cohesion
As the Bondi Royal Commission continues, one major campaigner against antisemitism demonstrates its vehement opposition to social cohesion. Wendy Bacon with the story. Sheina Gutnick, whose father Reuben Morrison was…
Concern for economic reality of Aboriginal camps
The economic conditions of run-down Indigenous camps where a little girl was abducted and later killed have come under fire in a parliamentary inquiry, more than a decade after changes…
Oil rises, shares dip as Iran strikes rattle deal hopes
Australia’s share market is trading lower on reports the United States has struck targets in southern Iran, rattling hopes of an imminent peace deal. The S&P/ASX200 fell 37.7 points on…
Backward step. “Parties the problem, not the solution”
Current talk of independent MPs (‘the Teals’) forming a new party is fraught and potentially a huge backwards step for a functioning democracy, Tim Dunlop argues. The community independents’ movement…
Brad Scott sacked as Essendon coach pays price for dismal start to AFL season
Scott leaves after run of just one win in 11 games in 2026 Dean Solomon looms as a potential interim boss at Bombers Essendon have sacked coach Brad Scott with…
Is this a good time for the CSIRO to be sacking climate scientists? | First Dog on the Moon
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