‘Clear and present danger’: fuel prices could rise by 30c a litre across Australia under IMF scenario
IMF’s World Economic Outlook shows how a worsening Middle East crisis could affect global growth and inflation Follow our Australia politics live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news…
‘BYD effect’: electric vehicle boom becomes unexpected tool to combat inflation
More and more Australian consumers are expected to ‘unplug themselves from the oil shock’ with at least five EVs priced around or below $30,000 Follow our Australia politics live blog…
RJ Mitte, actor best known for Breaking Bad role, dies aged 34
Mitte, who played Walter White Jr on acclaimed show, had cerebral palsy and advocated for disability representation The Breaking Bad actor RJ Mitte died on Monday aged 34, his representatives…
Body found in stockyard trough confirmed to be missing 73-year-old Yvonne Whear
Police treating death as homicide. Whear was last seen in mid-February buying orange juice and putting $50 credit on her phone in Murwillumbah Follow our Australia politics live blog for…
Australian politics live: Shoebridge calls AI committee a ‘farce’ after letter ‘vetted’ by PM’s staffer; fire ants in Sydney’s inner west
Follow the day’s news live Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Robert Pether has stressed his innocence and recalled his brush with death in his…
How low can the Trump administration go? Many citizens are expressing their horror | First Dog on the Moon
Now we will have televised executions – a glorious patriotic spectacle that sends ‘a message’ to the world Sign up here to get an email whenever First Dog cartoons are…
Is Wikipedia ‘deeply biased’? Sandi Toksvig says it is – so she’s backing a rival
Just 19% of the online encyclopedia’s biographies are of women. Is this because it’s edited by ‘mostly white, middle-aged, European men’, as the comedian claims? Name: Wikipedia. Age: 25. Continue…
A job that changed me: As a jeweller, I wanted to avoid sweatshops. Then I realised I’d built one for myself
When I toured an overseas workshop I was amazed. In contrast my own space lacked safety basics and the hours were far too long Read more in the a job…
Why does Hegseth want the world to see a death by firing squad? – podcast
It has been nearly 100 years since the last public execution in the US but, on 3 December this year, that could change. The US secretary of war, Pete Hegseth,…
Digger on course for $245m loss after box office collapse
Estimates suggest the eco satire starring Tom Cruise could join the list of top turkeys, including Cutthroat Island and The Marvels Digger, the ambitious eco-fable starring Tom Cruise and directed…