Today
- 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
- 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
Israel reports eight combat deaths as fears of a wider war mount
Seven Israeli soldiers were killed in two Hezbollah attacks in southern Lebanon while at least six have died from Israel’s Beirut strikes; Footage shows Iran’s ballistic missiles from Jordan. How the day unfolded.
- Updated
- Lucy Slade
- Opinion
- Canberra Observed
Middle ground on the Middle East is bleeding Labor
A fast end to hostilities in the Middle East would suit the Albanese government as it tries to focus on cost of living.
- Andrew Tillett
- Exclusive
- Energy
The secret plan to bring a floating LNG terminal to Melbourne
The Victorian government is examining a floating liquefied natural gas terminal in the southwest of Port Phillip Bay.
- Patrick Durkin
Australia pursuing ‘appeasement’ with ceasefire call: Dutton
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton on Thursday said Australia’s stance on the Middle East conflict would “diminish” relations with Israel and other allies.
- Ronald Mizen
Who’s up and down in this year’s Power List – and who wanted to get out
This week on The Fin podcast, political editor Phillip Coorey and AFR Magazine editor Matthew Drummond take us behind the scenes of the 2024 Power Issue.
Yesterday
Labor targets supermarket ‘shrinkflation’
Changes to unit pricing rules have been designed to help consumers avoid a hidden form of inflation.
- Tom McIlroy
Student caps not for migration reasons, Senate hearing told
An employment department official said student caps were not intended to bring down net migration, an explanation at odds with what the government says.
- Julie Hare
- Opinion
- The AFR View
October 7 protests would do more damage to social cohesion
Ideally, the protest organisers would rule out the rallies proceeding based on taste and sensitivity, without even waiting for the court decision in NSW.
- The AFR View
- Exclusive
- Energy
Boost domestic gas supply or risk the Greens, King tells producers
Resources Minister Madeleine King has warned the gas sector it risks damaging its social licence if it does not boost supply and lower prices.
- Ronald Mizen and Tom Rabe
- Explainer
- Social media
Everything you need to know about Labor’s misinformation crackdown
More than 75 per cent of people believe addressing the deliberate spread of misinformation online is extremely important or quite important. On how you achieve that goal, the country is far more divided.
- Ronald Mizen
Double dissolution election threat ‘serious’: Labor
Labor is preparing to reintroduce its stalled shared equity housing bill into parliament next week, in an attempt to increase pressure on the Greens.
- Tom McIlroy
Vance vows to accept defeat if Trump loses
Tim Walz and J.D. Vance sparred over the economy, abortions, and immigration in their first vice presidential debate; Walz says teenage son witnessed shooting while playing volleyball. How the debate unfolded.
- Updated
- Lucy Slade
This Month
Big-box chains not like Coles and Woolies, business warns MPs
Furniture giant IKEA says its business model did not allow deceptive price setting and it treats suppliers of live plants and food market items co-operatively.
- Tom McIlroy
Sex work, yoga and cuddle therapy banned from NDIS spending
The list of approved and banned services for participants in the scheme comes into effect on Thursday, with a one-year transition period.
- Tom McIlroy
- Exclusive
- Renewables
Korean takeover battle could be an electoral headache for Labor
The government is closely watching the fight for Korea Zinc because of the company’s extensive renewables and hydrogen assets in Australia.
- Ronald Mizen
Curtin bid is not a ‘Game of Thrones’ quest
Readers’ letters on WA Liberal candidate Tom White; how to halt Iran; AI’s double-edged sword; income tax hit; investor risks; divisive politics; and green steel.