Today
Lex Greensill scores a rare win in the British courts
The businessman and his failed financing empire is at the centre of a series of legal claims that has drawn in IAG and creditors who lost billions of dollars.
Yesterday
‘We have to cut red tape and we will’: Europe talks big on AI
At a summit in Paris, Donald Trump’s vice president lays bare growing global divisions over promoting and policing AI while Europe looks to back winners.
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- Analysis
- Culture wars
Justified or double standard? Sam Kerr loses the culture war
A jury unanimously decided Kerr was not guilty of a racial offence. But the court of public opinion remains divided: is it racist to use “white” as an insult?
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- Courts
Sam Kerr found not guilty of racist slur
The jury was unanimous, but the judge said the soccer star’s behaviour “contributed significantly to the bringing of this allegation”.
This Month
Jury mulls Sam Kerr’s fate as her lawyer calls police ‘indefensible’
The defence argued to jurors that the Matildas captain’s “f---ing stupid and white” comment was a poor attempt to express a justified frustration.
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IFM faces barrage of bad press as it moves on Spanish energy utility
The asset manager backed by Australia’s biggest superannuation funds wants more of a say on Naturgy’s board, upsetting some of the company’s other investors.
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- Courts
Sam Kerr ‘spoke her truth’ to white police officer, fiancee says
US soccer star Kristie Mewis tried to explain Sam Kerr’s behaviour towards the officer, as more body cam footage of the Australian on that night is released.
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- Courts
Schoolyard racism and serial killings: Sam Kerr defends her outburst
The Perth-born soccer star, defending a charge that she racially harassed a London policeman, told the court why she had been “triggered” by him and a taxi driver.
‘Humiliated’ police officer denies engineering Kerr racial charge
The cop says he did not ignore the soccer star’s fears about her taxi driver and add to his own statement to get the accusation to stick.
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IFM lands British pension giant as its first overseas shareholder
Nest will take a significant stake in the fund manager that, so far, has been owned by Australia’s largest superannuation funds and manages $230 billion.
‘F---ing stupid and white’: Sam Kerr in the dock
Bodycam footage of an emotional Matildas captain, shown in court, has captured the moment she allegedly racially harassed a police officer.
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January
The mega-airport everyone loves to hate is set to get a lot bigger
Heathrow is already four times the size of Sydney’s CBD, but the British government is ready to let a controversial expansion plan go through.
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This star British gardener has big plans for Melbourne
Horticulturalist Nigel Dunnett is about to embark on his first project outside Britain – the Laak Boorndap garden in the new Melbourne Arts Precinct.
110,000 shoes, 3800 suitcases, 2 tonnes of hair: the pain of Auschwitz
On the 80th anniversary of the camp’s liberation, a dwindling band of survivors was asked to keep the flame of memory burning in these dark times.
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- Workplace
‘You would be tone-deaf’ to ignore Trump’s ESG backlash
Macquarie Group director Jillian Broadbent says companies need to be sensible about their push for greater diversity, particularly when faced with immediate challenges such as a cost of living crisis.
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- Antisemitism
Stop ‘grotesque’ politicising of antisemitism: Dreyfus at Auschwitz
In Poland for a Holocaust remembrance service, Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus took aim at those he says are politicising attacks on the Jewish community.
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- Manufacturing
Gupta surprises Davos crowd with a rare appearance. Here’s why
The industrialist has been promising for years to repay creditors owed hundreds of millions. In an interview, he says he is “in the last furlong now”.
International ‘dark forces’ at work in antisemitic attacks, Lowy warns
The Westfield founder says it’s hard to find another explanation for the suddenness and scale of the recent spate of incidents in Australia.
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- International affairs
Argentina’s Milei tells West: Join Trump’s anti-woke alliance
The firebrand, chainsaw-wielding libertarian says a new axis is forming that wants to stamp out bloated bureaucracy and politically correct ideology.
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- Energy
Trump slams Europe, threatens ‘trillions’ in tariffs
The president lambasted Canada’s trade surplus with the US and also fired a verbal volley at the European Union’s restrictions on his country.
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