Today
Trump ridicules filmmaker Reiner’s death in stunning attack
The sledge comes as Rob Reiner’s son was arrested after the Hollywood director and his wife were found dead in their LA home in an apparent stabbing homicide.
‘Never give up your guns’: US mocks Australia’s stricter firearms push
Some US gun rights enthusiasts even said that if bystanders on Bondi Beach had been carrying weapons, then the tragedy could have been halted earlier.
Trump sues BBC for $15b despite receiving apology
The US president’s lawsuit claims the British broadcaster doctored the 2024 speech for its documentary, as part of a longstanding pattern of defaming him.
‘Hanukkah horror Down Under’: How the world covered Bondi
News outlets around the world dedicated their front pages to the Bondi Beach shooting, highlighting the targeting of Jews, and hailing the heroism of bystanders.
5 commercial property predictions for 2026
Investors should look to income-driven niche and defensive assets, including high-yield boarding houses, regional logistics, data and cold storage, and large-scale agricultural operations.
Yesterday
Rob Reiner, wife found dead with stab wounds in Los Angeles home
Investigators believe they suffered stab wounds and a family member is being questioned, an official says.
Donald Trump’s war on ‘woke’ splits the fortunes of US brands
The brouhaha around Cracker Barrel and American Eagle shows how deeply US companies are being dragged into America’s culture wars.
Bondi attack shatters our self-image of peaceful tolerance
Sunday’s horror and terror has ripped away the veil of polite refusal to acknowledge the extent of anti-Jewish sentiment and hatred in Australian society.
PM vows to eradicate hate, rejects criticism on antisemitism record
Jewish groups say the government did not take its antisemitism concerns seriously enough. ASIO and NSW Police say they knew of one of the gunmen.
IPO lull drives record secondary share sales in private tech firms
Investors are flocking to secondary share sales to buy and sell stakes in Aussie start-up stars such as Canva and AI giants like OpenAI and Anthropic.
This Month
Inside Woolworths chief executive Amanda Bardwell’s baptism of fire
She built the supermarket giant’s e-commerce business into a $7 billion monster. But her 15 months in the top job has been anything but smooth sailing.
Trump says new Fed chairman will consult him on rate cuts
The US president said he has narrowed his picks to replace Federal Reserve head Jerome Powell next year to “the two Kevins”.
Why Jeremy Clarkson is calling last drinks for MPs
The popular TV personality has joined a nationwide ban of Labour MPs in pubs calling out the government for ignoring the struggling hospitality sector.
Meet the women turning an Australian icon into a New York musical
Peter Weir’s “Picnic at Hanging Rock” put Aussie cinema on the world stage and spawned many adaptations, but never a musical. This indie-pop collaboration fixes that.
Biting the bullet on Austal and Australia’s shipbuilding future
The shipbuilder is part of a bigger strategic story: rising regional tensions, neglected defence capabilities and the commercial viability of skilled manufacturing.
The architect who made chaos look spectacular
The boundary-pushing architect Frank Gehry is known in Australia for designing the Dr Chau Chak Wing Building for the UTS Business School in Sydney.
I was detained and deported for opinions Trump’s America didn’t like
The message for visitors to the US is clear from Donald Trump’s new social media rule: self-censorship is your ticket to ride.
‘Extortionate’ FIFA World Cup ticket prices spark fan fury
Supporters have urged sales to halt for next year’s event in the US, Canada and Mexico as they face spending five times more than in Qatar to follow their team.
The tech elites starting their own for-profit cities
Silicon Valley CEOs want to escape regulation and “failing” democracy. But critics say they are more opportunistic than libertarian.
AUKUS ministers discuss slimming down $368b security pact
Defence Minister Richard Marles and his UK and US counterparts have talked about narrowing the focus of ambitious plans under the second pillar of the deal.