Today
‘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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- Hans van Leeuwen
‘We need contracts to build skills’ for AUKUS
Australia’s defence build-up promises job opportunities unlike any in the country’s history. But delays in awarding contracts remain a choke point.
- Agnes King
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.
- Hans van Leeuwen
Yesterday
‘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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- Hans van Leeuwen
This Month
- Opinion
- UK politics
Can the UK chancellor save Britain’s economy?
The UK has underinvested for decades and now faces serious growth and budget constraints.
- Mohamed El-Erian
The Russian spy ship in Britain’s waters preparing ground for war
Russia’s dark fleet is already suspected of four sabotage operations in the Baltic since November, severing cables connecting Estonia to Latvia, Sweden to Lithuania and Norway to Finland and Germany.
- Memphis Barker
January
- Aussie Lawyers Overseas
- Legal profession
From billables to barbaresco: An Australian lawyer in Italy
Former Allens lawyer Eleanor Fletcher moved to Italy with her winemaker husband and between work and wine has discovered la dolce vita.
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- Daniel Arbon, Maxim Shanahan and Ciara Seccombe
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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- Hans van Leeuwen
UK to subsidise buyers’ EV loans to boost sales
The Starmer government could underwrite private sector loans to reduce monthly repayments and purchase costs.
- Jim Pickard, Kana Inagaki and Sam Fleming
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.
- Hans van Leeuwen
Greenland would be sold to UK before Trump due to 100-year-old deal
The US president needs approval from the UK prime minister to buy the island because of an agreement signed the first time America was interested in doing so.
- Dominic Penna
The Queen, the spy and the decade-long conspiracy of silence
Anthony Blunt was a Russian spy for decades but he always told the Kremlin the Royal Family was off limits.
- James Hanning
Ozempic could improve 42 health conditions – and make 19 worse
A major US study says weight-loss jabs can increase the risk of haemorrhoids, low blood pressure, tendonitis and osteoarthritis.
- Joe Pinkstone
European carmakers braced for tough 2025 despite ‘firework’ of launches
The return of EV sales growth this year will also come with the high costs of meeting tougher emissions rules and more discounts as consumers seek affordable cars.
- Kana Inagaki and Ian Johnston
Why this young retail boss ‘killed the PowerPoint culture’
Chad Burke, head of Swaggle, an online pet specialty retailer owned by Coles, cut down on slide decks in meetings to promote better collaboration.
- Euan Black
- Opinion
- Workplace
The thing about rich bosses
Wealthy managers are increasingly isolated from the less well-off at work and that’s not good news.
- Pilita Clark
- Opinion
- Social media
TikTok ban repeats the tech regulation cobra effect
History shows digital bans don’t eliminate threats; they just reshape them because the real issue is the systems that allow such vulnerabilities to exist in the first place.
- Whitney Meldrum-Hanna
Why it’s an unhappy new year at Guardian HQ
The ructions at the Australian arm echo the reports of low morale and spiky political divisions at the left-liberal news outlet’s London head office.
- Hans van Leeuwen
Pension funds dabble in crypto after massive bitcoin rally
Most pension funds have turned to the regulated US exchange-traded funds approved last year, which invest directly in crypto on investors’ behalf.
- Mary McDougall, Nikou Asgari and Alan Livsey
South Korea president detained in huge law-enforcement effort
The South Korean leader said he agreed to submit to questioning to prevent a “bloody” clash between his bodyguards and the police.
- Choe Sang-Hun and Jin Yu Young