Today
Greens join push to scrap junior worker pay rates
The Greens would push a second term minority Albanese government to abolish lower rates of pay for young workers in retail, fast food and pharmacy.
- 2 mins ago
- Tom McIlroy
Payman won’t lead a single-issue ‘dead duck’ party: adviser
Parliament’s “preference whisperer”, Glenn Druery, says religious-based politics focused on one issue aren’t a vote winner.
- 13 mins ago
- Tom Rabe
Hamish McLennan’s hammer can’t find a nail
The last 12 months for the REA and ARN chairman have rattled his dealmaking brand.
- 25 mins ago
- Mark Di Stefano
Trump touts fossil fuel agenda in bid for cash from Texas oil donors
The Republican presidential candidate told donors the US “could not be in a worse position as far as energy security goes”.
- 32 mins ago
- Myles McCormick
Israel strikes heart of Beirut, killing six
Witnesses reported hearing a massive blast, and a security source said it targeted a building in the central district of Bachoura, near parliament.
- 33 mins ago
- Timour Azhari and Ari Rabinovitch
UniSuper withdraws Tanarra Credit Partners’ mandate; dealmaker resigns
The industry fund has yanked a multimillion-dollar private debt mandate as it seeks to consolidate its private credit strategy towards the bigger end of town.
- 37 mins ago
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
- Updated
- Middle East tensions
Pro-Palestinian protests to go ahead after police back down
Protest organisers withdrew from plans to hold a vigil on October 7, but won agreement from police to march through the Sydney CBD on Sunday.
- 37 mins ago
- Maxim Shanahan
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Qatar-Virgin deal finally the right result for consumers
Petrodollars underwriting a more competitive aviation sector is not new for Australia or many other countries. And it’s something that should be welcomed as ultimately giving consumers the best chance to benefit from meaningful competition.
- 48 mins ago
- The AFR View
Alan Joyce arms himself ahead of Aston launch
After over a year of keeping a distinctly low profile, the former chief has this week signed not one but two hefty PR operatives.
- 1 hr ago
- Myriam Robin
WiseTech’s Richard White not hiding from the headlines
White’s oration will surely be like this year’s Business Council speeches, only if delivered by a man presently trying to bankrupt his alleged ex-lover.
- 1 hr ago
- Myriam Robin
Westpac’s Peter King keeps his promise on Tiwi Islands consultation
The outgoing CEO had said at last year’s AGM that he would to visit Indigenous leaders on country to listen to concerns about Santos’ Barossa gas project.
- 1 hr ago
- James Eyers
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
What really killed Origin’s big hydrogen dream
It’s becoming clear that optimism, ambition and government support are not enough to compensate for the risks facing hydrogen project developers like Origin Energy.
- 1 hr ago
- James Thomson
- Exclusive
- International students
Desperate colleges lure agents, students with cash offers
With the introduction of student caps looming, desperate vocational colleges are using unethical practices to shore up numbers.
- 1 hr ago
- Julie Hare
David Rowe cartoons for October 2024
David Rowe is a multiple Walkley award-winning cartoonist. He draws a daily political cartoon and one for the Chanticleer column.
- 1 hr ago
- David Rowe
- Opinion
- Middle East tensions
For the Liberals, Israel is a rare moment of cultural unity
Even multicultural societies need some shared values. The Liberals feel confident they are defending them.
- 1 hr ago
- John Roskam
Masayoshi Son’s $US500m bet on OpenAI deja vu for Softbank
The investment marks one of the largest by SoftBank this year and signals a return to the big-cheque power moves by one of Japan’s most recognised businessmen.
- 1 hr ago
- Jessica Sier
Why anxious mums are a key election issue
One of the biggest issues in Queensland’s state election will be access to maternity services in regional and rural areas.
- 1 hr ago
- James Hall
- Analysis
- Government Observed
Why measuring public sector productivity is so slippery
When Productivity Commission researchers examined past assessments of the health system’s productivity earlier this year, they were pleasantly surprised.
- Tom Burton
Why Australia is building fewer – not more – homes
Australia needs more new homes but the post-pandemic surge in costs makes development viable only when targeting downsizers and empty nesters.
- Michael Bleby
David Di Pilla swoops on $2b data centre group Global Switch Australia
The assets, two big developments in inner Sydney, will anchor a $1 billion real estate play that the veteran dealmaker intends to list later this year.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport