This Month
Kooyong race tightens; How Zoe Daniel lost; Fed’s game of chicken
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
US urges nations facing tariffs to sign up to Musk’s Starlink
State Department cables show Trump officials pushing smaller nations to greenlight licensing of Musk’s satellites at the same time they are facing trade talks.
How Musk secretly struck gold in Washington
The Tesla founder’s lasting impact on Washington maybe to divert a big chunk of US taxpayer money to his empire.
Emily’s in Paris. Macron wants a Netflix there too
Information is power and so is entertainment. With Donald Trump now threatening tariffs on films, Europe needs the equivalent of an Airbus for streaming.
Election cliffhanger; Macquarie’s warning; Time to use Buffett’s rule
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
Junk bond king hosts deal-maker fest
Michael Milken’s annual gathering in Los Angeles attracts the most powerful names in finance, but the real action is on the sidelines.
OpenAI ditches for-profit conversion plan
The decision to leave the maker of ChatGPT under the control of a non-profit comes after pressure from Elon Musk.
BYD selling six times more vehicles than Tesla in Australia
Toyota’s HiLux ute is the top-selling vehicle in Australia for the first time since late 2023, while Elon Musk’s car company is on the slide.
Musk gets his wish: SpaceX launch site approved as city of ‘Starbase’
A vote to formally organise Starbase as a city was approved by a lopsided margin among the small group of voters who live there and are mostly employees at SpaceX.
Australia is becoming Asia’s Greece
The great entrepreneurial and innovation drive of the postwar period is dead and buried.
US, China to talk; Investors nervous for election; Australia led by numpties
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
What went wrong – and right – in this election
A sullen electorate appears to be reluctantly accepting more of the same from Labor. For the Coalition, it adds up to a discordant failure of tactics, strategy, policy, preparation and imagination.
The Aussie bringing Black Mirror-esque brain tech to reality
This neurologist has built technology allowing humans to control machines with just their thoughts. Now he’s racing Tesla’s founder to take it to the masses.
Robyn Denholm says Tesla board isn’t trying to oust Elon Musk
In an interview, the electric carmaker’s Australian chairwoman said that she needed to “make sure the team is focused on what they need to deliver”.
L1 proposes Platinum merger; Tesla seeks Musk successor; Bonkers rally
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April
China and South Korea extend battery battle from EVs to grid storage
China has the upper hand on technologies and volume production, but the trade war means its main rival is better placed to exploit the US market.
Wall St’s false signal; Anzac booing outrage; Musk’s reign unravels
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Yelling matches, fudged figures. How Musk’s reign unravelled
The billionaire head of Donald Trump’s DOGE service clashed badly with cabinet officials well before he announced he would soon head back to Tesla.
Musk and Bessent ‘in wrestling-style row at White House’
Donald Trump watched the fracas between the Tesla boss and the US treasury secretary.
Why art deco is back (and even Elon loves it)
Minimalist furniture is out, opulent interiors are in, as sales of home decor inspired by the French 20th century aesthetic soar worldwide.