From the Pocket: Andrew Dillon needs authenticity and nuance, not AFL talking points
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Banksy has been unmasked (again). But does this major Reuters investigation actually tell us something new?
British street artist’s ‘real’ name reported after an investigation stretching from Ukraine to New York and London. Kelly Burke explains all to Nick Miller Hi Kelly, everyone is talking about…
What Nigel Farage will say for money – podcast
The Reform UK leader has a lucrative extra gig sending paid-for Cameo messages. But an analysis of more than 4,000 show they include videos for a neo-Nazi group and a…
Love economics collides with attraction technology
Romantics may hear the word love and think ‘at first sight’ or ‘is blind’ or ‘conquers all’. But research economists will likely be inclined towards the less poetic “assortive mating”.…
Warner Bros signs $US110 billion deal with Paramount
Warner Bros Discovery has agreed to be acquired by Paramount Skydance in a $US110 billion ($A155 billion) deal signed on Saturday AEDT, according to an audio clip by the company,…
Case Muzzled. Court strikes out injured coal miner, backs BHP
BHP has won sweeping suppression orders against coal miner Simon Turner after a court threw out the miner’s case. Stephanie Tran reports. The Federal Court of Australia has struck out…
Homecoming Queen: Mary to begin state visit at Uluru
Mary mania is set to sweep Australia. Tasmania’s own Danish queen and husband, King Frederik, will next month embark on a six-day state visit to Australia. It will be their…
US consumer prices increase strongly in January
US producer prices accelerated in January, with the cost of goods outside the volatile food and energy category increasing by the most in more than three and a half years…
‘Absolute dream’: candidate’s hope for sex abuse reform
Laws protecting survivors of child sexual abuse should be standardised across Australia, a candidate in a critical federal by-election says. Independent Michelle Milthorpe hopes to win the NSW seat of…
EU fast-tracks trade deal with South American bloc
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will start to “provisionally implement” a massive trade deal with the Mercosur bloc of nations in South America despite not having approval from…