Hopes Black Friday could sustain spending growth
The impact of Black Friday sales on the national economy will be laid out as part of the release of crucial spending data. Monthly household spending figures for November will…
Rendering an Australian citizen to the corrupt regime of Donald Trump
The Albanese Government wants to render Australian citizen Dan Duggan to the corrupt authoritarian regime of Donald Trump. Michael Pascoe wonders at what point we officially surrendered our national self-respect.…
No let-up in coffee prices as bean supplies stabilise
If you think you’re paying too much for a cup of coffee, there’s good news and bad. The positive is that the extraordinary spike in the cost of beans, which…
The workers helping power Australia’s energy transition
Somewhere within the sprawling work camp outside a place known as Australia’s Verandah Town, Jeremy Mansfield’s alarm goes off. It’s 5.30am. Some 520km southwest of Sydney, at Lockhart in the…
Fire ban remains as residents confront carnage
Residents have been confronted with the devastation brought by Victoria’s catastrophic bushfires but danger remains with another statewide ban declared. Fire-fighters battled multiple fronts on Saturday that have have so…
Antisemitism crisis. What is real and what is not
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced a Royal Commission into the Bondi Beach Attacks and antisemitism. Andrew Brown weighs the evidence on Australia’s ‘antisemitism crisis’. Australia is being told it…
England ruthlessly privatised cricket – Australia embraces it with constant public displays of affection | Emma John
If there is one takeaway for England from this Ashes tour it should be how cricket thrives in a nation where it is readily and freely available as the dominant…
Big Bash League momentum builds but its future remains up in the air | Jack Snape
The BBL is enjoying a resurgence even as Cricket Australia pushes the case for private investment to keep pace with T20 competitions around the globe Renegades fans got a kick…
Six years after George Floyd, we must stand against an ICE killing in Minneapolis | Austin Sarat
Barely a mile from Floyd’s murder, an officer killed Renee Nicole Good. We must peacefully say no to this violence On 25 May 2020, America witnessed a stunning act of…
Grok is undressing women and children. Don’t expect the US to take action | Moira Donegan
Elon Musk’s reckless and degrading AI could be built differently. But Americans will have to speak up Over the past year, Elon Musk has made a series of protocol changes…