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AustralianSuper boss Paul Schroder oversees $365 billion of retirement savings.

AusSuper breach losses grow to $750,000

AustralianSuper chief executive Paul Schroder says the number of members affected by last week’s industry-wide cyberbreach has grown from four to 10. How the day unfolded.

Lisa Annese, CEO of Chief Executive Women.

Who’s who at the Chief Executive Women dinner

Labor MP Peter Khalil is fighting to save his seat against an ex-Greens leader; PM touches down in the Top End; Dutton back at a petrol bowser. Follow live updates.

Shadow treasurer Angus Taylor (left) and Treasurer Jim Chalmers.

‘Buffers are gone’: Taylor laments living standards slump

Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers is taking on his opposite number in Angus Taylor. Follow live updates.

Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton face off in the first leaders’ debate of the 2025 federal election.

‘Are you the biggest spending government since Whitlam?’

Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton will face off in the first leaders’ debate of the 2025 federal election. Follow live updates.

Victorian Opposition Leader Brad Battin says Monday’s joint press conference held by state premier Jacinta Allan and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will be the last of the campaign.

‘You won’t see them again’: Vic opposition on PM-Allan presser

Victorian Opposition Leader Brad Battin claims Anthony Albanese and Jacinta Allan won’t appear again for the rest of the election campaign. How the day unfolded.

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Tony Mokbel walks free from court on Friday after almost 18 years behind bars.

Tony Mokbel walking free caps another bad week for Jacinta Allan

Wearing a big smile and an ankle bracelet, one of Australia’s most notorious gangland figures was granted bail after 18 years in prison.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton cross paths at a Daily Telegraph event in Sydney.

Coalition: compensate super hacking victims, Chalmers calls attack ‘concerning’

The opposition says members who lost money should be compensated, as he accused the prime minister of not taking the cyberattack seriously enough. Here’s how the day unfolded.

Basketball’s global body asked to intervene in billionaires’ war

A fight over the future of Australia’s basketball league is escalating after a club owner asked FIBA to investigate the NBL’s billionaire owner Larry Kestelman.

Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan and Acting Police Commissioner Rick Nugent

‘Wheels are falling off’ in Victoria amid police crisis: Dutton

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has sought to link the growing unpopularity of the Victorian Labor government to Anthony Albanese’s federal campaign in the state.

Opposition leader Peter Dutton and infrastructure spokeswoman Bridget McKenzie have vowed to withdraw federal funding from the SRL.

‘Not going to happen’: Dutton accuses Allan of SRL obsession

The opposition leader promised to stop funding Melbourne’s Suburban Rail Loop, making it a defining issue in the federal election in Victoria.

Wendy Qian, 25, facing finding a job in Australia after graduation difficult.

A master’s no longer a golden ticket – just ask the AI job interviewer

Wendy Qin has a higher degree in management on top of her commerce degree. She applied for 40 jobs before landing her first gig.

March

Tim Walker left and Moto Kotsuka.

Albanese ‘disappointing’, but Dutton ‘terrifying’: voters

The trend towards independent candidates could continue to grow, with voters on the streets of Melbourne and Sydney uninspired by both Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton.

EVP’s Misha Saul (left) with StrongRoom AI executives Christopher Durre and Max Mito earlier this month.

Lenders move on StrongRoom AI’s bank accounts amid police inquiries

The pharmacy software start-up was accused of financial misrepresentation by one of its newest and largest venture capital investors earlier this week.

What you need to know about the new fast track through US airports

For $190 and a security check, Australian travellers can get five-year access to the US Global Entry Program to cut processing times and queues at key airports.

The delayed upgrade to the western part of Mona Vale Road has been given a boost by $250 million in federal funding.

Labor defends ‘catch-up’ infrastructure after roads for votes claim

Roads in NSW and Victoria benefited from Tuesday’s budget, but Labor rejects the Coalition’s claim its aim is to “sandbag” ALP seats

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Here’s what voters in the country’s marginal electorates think of the budget, and the looming election.

What these five voters think of the budget (and Labor’s election bid)

Jim Chalmers’ budget may be Labor’s last big pitch to cling to majority government. We spoke to voters in five crucial electorates to hear what they have to say.

US President Donald Trump says the next stage of his trade plan will focus on reciprocal tariffs

GST shapes up as Trump trade tariff exemption stumbling block

The US President says he will give ‘a lot of countries breaks’ but officials warn it remains difficult to tell what will be counted as a trade barrier.

Long queues of passengers at the check-in counters at Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila, amid the global IT disruption caused by the Microsoft outage in July last year.

Responsibility for cybersecurity shifts from IT desk to boardrooms

Consumers, shareholders and regulators are increasingly demanding companies take proactive steps to anticipate, mitigate and recover from system failures.

The Suburban Rail Loop building site at Box Hill in Melbourne.

PM won’t rule out more Suburban Rail Loop funding despite warnings

Anthony Albanese says he believes it’s a viable project – “When you have an infrastructure project, quite often in the early stages, there’s some criticism of it.”

Melbourne’s Suburban Rail Loop is part of the state’s huge infrastructure program.

Allan told she needs an exit strategy for SRL

Infrastructure Australia has cast doubt on the Victorian government’s ability to fund a third of SRL East through value capture and warns of more cost blowouts.

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