This Month
NSW Premier Chris Minns dodges a fight over Palestine
The Labor leader promised new protections for renters and gig-economy workers at the party’s first conference in power in NSW after 12 years.
- Updated
- Opinion
- NSW residential property
Considering buying a rental property in NSW? Think again
NSW Premier Chris Minns plans to ban at-will evictions of tenants. The policy is unfair on owners.
- Opinion
- Building Bad
Albanese is responsible for the monster that is the CFMEU
A friendly political environment created by the Labor government allows the lawless union to thrive.
Top barrister slams Berejiklian over corruption denial
Former ICAC assistant commissioner Anthony Whealy criticised the ex-NSW premier for her defiance after losing an appeal over a corruption finding.
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- Analysis
- Building Bad
Lendlease’s convenient, lucrative alliance with the CFMEU
Allegations of wrongdoing on construction sites raise the question: Do big contractors enable and profit from union thuggery?
- Analysis
- Investment banking
The Archegos Capital collapse shows nice bankers finish last
As Bill Hwang’s $50 billion family office went broke, the investment banks that tried to help came off worst, including UBS and Credit Suisse.
- Exclusive
- Bonds
‘Those involved will be held accountable’: ANZ boss amid scandal
ANZ CEO Shayne Elliott has admitted to staff that the alleged wrongdoing and inappropriate trading raised by the Financial Review is “not new”.
- Opinion
- Bonds
ANZ’s board could be on the precipice of a bank-defining scandal
Insiders believe ANZ has played with this arcane-but-lucrative corner of the market for years – it could be the worst modern scandal in ANZ’s history.
- Exclusive
- Bonds
ANZ probes ‘$54b’ in inflated bond trades
The bank overstated the value of government bonds it traded by over $50 billion in a year, boosting its chances of winning lucrative mandates to issue Commonwealth debts.
- Opinion
- Insolvency
Booktopia’s outsized ACCC penalty may have sped up its decline
The ACCC secured $20 million in fines against Meta, Facebook’s parent. If the fine was proportionally the same size as Booktopia’s, it would have been $82 billion.
Labour’s sweeping victory in Britain is terrible news for Peter Dutton
The UK general election was fought over problems that are familiar to many Australian voters, which is why the outcome looks bad for the Coalition.
June
- Analysis
- Culture wars
In Australia, Tucker Carlson finds a new enemy: the ABC
The right-wing commentator wrongly accused the ABC of criticising him, in another example of how on society’s fringe the market for alternate realities runs strong.
- Exclusive
- Australian economy
Recession a 50-50 chance if RBA raises rates: economists
As many as 100,000 Australians could lose their jobs in an inflation-driven recession likely to coincide with the federal election.
The reason Australians aren’t buying electric cars
The industry can overcome “range anxiety” by building thousands of charging stations across Australia, experts say.
To get power bills down, your suburb needs a battery
A power company wants to install hundreds of local batteries. Bureaucracy is getting in the way.
Will John Mullen’s emotional intelligence work at Qantas?
The business veteran’s decency, toughness and persistence could make him one of the airline’s great chairmen.
- Exclusive
- Federal election
Right-wing group asks Jewish donors for millions to target Greens
Advance’s campaign to portray the Greens as antisemitic worries some Liberals, who fear it will drive voters to the Labor Party.
- Analysis
- WikiLeaks
Julian Assange never accepted the ethics of journalism
Drawing support from the far left and right, the Wikileaks founder was more international political actor than reporter.
- Analysis
- LNP
Peter Dutton could do an Abbott with time, if not God, on his side
With his nuclear power policy threatening inner-city seats, the opposition leader’s likely path to power is over two elections.
A very British paper is forced to cover a scandal: its own
The discovery of $500 million missing from The Telegraph newspaper marks the end of the owners’ two decades of influence over British politics.