FOI file decoys. What’s the scam when you search for ‘FOI reform’?
Even before the Government implements its so-called ‘FOI Reforms’, the red herrings are many. Rex Patrick is confounded. On June 28, 1994, the late independent senator Brian Harradine successfully moved…
Thai PM to ink Cambodia ceasefire deal but skips summit
Thailand’s prime minister will travel to Malaysia to sign a ceasefire deal with Cambodia – that US President Donald Trump is set to witness – after he pulled out of…
Trump aims to clinch deal with China’s Xi on Asia trip
US President Donald Trump will test his deal-making capabilities on a trip to Asia, a region that his hardline trade policies have battered, as doubts linger over his highly anticipated…
Massive fine for home loan compliance failures
RAMS Financial Group has been hit with a $20 million fine after admitting widespread compliance failures in the way it arranged home loans. The Federal Court has ordered the lender,…
Burke gets Netflixed. Secret lobbying did the trick for the big streamers
Arts Minister Tony Burke promised we’d have Aussie content on our streamed TV services like Netflix. But he’s done nothing … except spend tens of thousands of taxpayers’ dollars to…
Carney ready to resume trade talks stalled by Reagan ad
Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada stands ready to resume trade talks with the United States that President Donald Trump halted over an anti-tariff advertisement issued by Ontario’s provincial government.…
Uluru handback celebrated 40 years on in Red Centre
Deep in Australia’s outback, weekend ceremonies and celebrations mark 40 years since a symbolic high point for Aboriginal land rights. The handing back of the great rock Uluru and Kata…
Trump shadow looms large as PM scales regional summits
The prime minister is preparing for a week of quiet diplomacy as he attends two key international summits where Donald Trump’s tariffs and China’s growing influence in the Pacific will…
Governor takes aim at tax barrier to economic mobility
An age-old tax keeping empty nesters in huge homes while young families squeeze into apartments has drawn renewed ire from a frequent critic. Successive Reserve Bank governors have criticised stamp…
China to raise household consumption ‘significantly’
China will increase the proportion of government investment for people’s livelihoods and raise the percentage of household consumption of GDP “significantly” over the next five years, officials say. The comments…