Yesterday
Liberals overwhelmingly pick men for safe seats
Just one woman has been pre-selected to replace eight Liberal MPs retiring at the next election, but insiders insist the party is heading in the right direction.
- Ronald Mizen
- Analysis
- Australia Day
Dutton stokes culture war over Australia Day
The opposition leader says Anthony Albanese should be ashamed councils are no longer required to hold citizenship ceremonies on January 26.
- Andrew Tillett
This Month
- Analysis
- California bushfires
Why so many were uninsured before the LA fires
The spiralling costs of extreme weather and natural disaster only partly explain insurers’ withdrawal from the too-hard markets. Others blame excessive regulation.
- Updated
- Matthew Cranston
Like Elon Musk, Jane Hume wants to make government more efficient
Hume says her approach as a finance minister would be more efficient government and restoring a deregulation agenda for business across a suite of policy areas.
- John Kehoe
- Analysis
- World politics
The art of dealing with Donald Trump
The president-elect’s aggressive claims about potential territorial expansion are a crash course for allies in his negotiating tactics.
- Alex Rogers, Felicia Schwartz and Lucy Fisher
- Analysis
- AI
The biggest news at the biggest gadget festival wasn’t even a gadget
Nvidia has grown to be the world’s biggest company on the back of artificial intelligence. Now it’s giving back to the AI community.
- John Davidson
- Analysis
- Social media
A ‘new era’: Inside Mark Zuckerberg’s Trump reset
Meta and its chief executive have come full circle on content moderation, taking advantage of Donald Trump’s tech-friendly approach to loosen the reins.
- Amelia McGuire
- Analysis
- Federal election
Election strategy: why Albanese’s road trip wasn’t just about voters
The prime minister made an early start on the campaign trail but the election battle has only just begun.
- Andrew Tillett
- Analysis
- Aussie dollar
Winners and losers from the Aussie dollar’s near five-year low
There’s something strange going on with the currency. Expect expensive overseas trips, takeover activity, more foreign buyers in the real estate market and a federal budget boost.
- John Kehoe
- Analysis
- World politics
What Justin Trudeau’s exit means for progressive politics
Canada’s prime minister is only the latest left-of-centre political leader to leave office in a fog of disillusion and domestic discontent.
- James Curran
- Analysis
- Federal budget
With a $7.4b black hole, Gallagher tries to explain the unexplainable
Budgeting no money for public servant wage rises may have made sense under a stingy Coalition, but it makes no sense under a Labor government hiring like mad.
- Michael Read
- Analysis
- Manufacturing
Can Chinese chips beat Taiwan in the global tech race?
SMIC’s stock rally shows – at least to mainland investors – that China can build a self-sufficient semiconductor ecosystem. But the reality could be different.
- Jessica Sier
- Analysis
- Sharemarket
Will stocks keep rising in 2025? Don’t listen to the experts
Forecasts from top-tier investment banks should not only be ignored, Plato stockpicker David Allen says, but traders should do the complete opposite.
- Emma Rapaport
$12b blowout in public servant wages since election
Labor is on track to spend at least $12 billion more on public servant wages than it forecast in its first budget, but says it has clawed back $4 billion by cutting down on outsourcing.
- Michael Read
- Analysis
- Federal election
Can Albanese make his mini campaign blitz pay off?
The prime minister’s itinerary in a three-day tour of Queensland, the Northern Territory and Western Australia betrays his defensive mindset.
- Andrew Tillett
- Analysis
- Illness
Should you be worried about the HMPV virus spreading in China?
Here is everything you need to know about the respiratory infection and why it’s very different from COVID-19.
- Stephanie Nolen
- Analysis
- Aviation
Boeing’s bumpy year cascades into real pain for Qantas, Virgin
From safety issues to a supplier crunch, the big aircraft manufacturers are having trouble producing enough planes. That means more delays and fuller flights.
- Ayesha de Kretser
- Analysis
- Foreign relations
Albanese rejects Trudeau comparison over cost-of-living pain
Anthony Albanese suggests Canada’s outgoing PM Justin Trudeau wore out his welcome with voters when asked about the demise of the fellow political progressive.
- Andrew Tillett
- Analysis
- Trump's White House
Quiet, snowy peace replaces the gallows of January 6, 2021
Where once a makeshift gallows was erected for former vice president Mike Pence there now stands 30cm of soft, pure driven snow and not a soul to be found.
- Matthew Cranston
- Analysis
- Holidays
How to turn four weeks of leave into 49 days of holidays in 2025
As the summer silly season ends, the idea of returning to work for a whole new year can be overwhelming.
- Sarah Mitchell