Change to be forced on ‘violent, misogynist’ CFMEU
The culture at the CFMEU must change after the union’s members deliberately inflicted abuse against workers, women and children to promote fear and gain power, an administrator says. A damning…
Indigenous product makers taking home the chocolates
It was buying a bar of chocolate that started Sharon Brindley on her own food manufacturing journey. The Yamatji and Noongar woman had bought the treat thinking it was from…
Asia shares up, investors unfazed by Trump tariff moves
Asian stocks rose slightly on Thursday, riding on optimism from Nvidia’s brief rise to a world-record $US4 trilllion ($A6.1 trillion) valuation and as investors largely shrugged off US President Donald…
Fair Works Commission rules against BHP, but ignore wage theft
BHP ordered to pay fair wages to contractors, while the FWC ignored the more serious issues of wage theft and providing justice to whistleblowers. Stephanie Tran with the story. In…
Anti-Semitism plan takes aim at schools, universities
Australia has been urged to clamp down on anti-Semitism in classrooms, universities and other spaces after the federal government received a plan to support the Jewish community. The recommendations were…
Trump sends more tariff letters after spat with Brazil
President Donald Trump says the United States will impose a 50 per cent tariff on all imports from Brazil after a public spat this week with his Brazilian counterpart who…
CFMEU ‘ruthless’ in pursuit of political power: report
The CFMEU deliberately inflicted physical, sexual, emotional, and economic abuse to cause fear – including against women and kids – to gain power. A damning report has found the union’s…
Surprise rate hold another blow for consumer confidence
Fresh data shows soft consumer spending is taking longer than expected to recover and won’t be helped by the Reserve Bank’s surprise decision not to cut interest rates. Household spending…
Trump sends US tariff letters to seven more countries
US President Donald Trump has sent letters to seven more countries that detail steep new tariff rates as of August 1. Trump posted the two-page letters – addressed to the…
Affordability ‘tipping point’ nudges renters into units
Renters have been pressed against affordability limits for some time and with no more to give, market rents for capital city houses have held unchanged for a year. The stabilisation…