Amazon effect
Opinion
Christmas
Dreading useless, deadweight Christmas gifts? They have some value, after all
There’s some science to gift-giving. Just don’t discard the human connection with the wrapping paper.
- by Max Jeganathan
Latest
The companies making the office a little more cavood-adorable
Leaving the pampered pooch at home with post-COVID-19 separation anxiety has become one of the stumbling blocks to getting people back to the office.
- by Carolyn Cummins
Opinion
Obituaries
‘Conscience’ of forestry industry defended rain forest biodiversity
George Baur was deeply involved in formulating and implementing the Forestry Commission’s environmental policies.
- by Louise Baur and Angela Bell
Opinion
Privacy
Online privacy is a farce. Click here to agree
So often we click “I agree” to digital companies’ privacy agreements, but it would take us an hour and 13 minutes a day to read the fine print. There is a better way.
- by Andrew Charlton
Opinion
Life in Lockdown
Living la vida lockdown: how Australians are adapting to the isolation economy - and spending up
More than half the nation is locked down, but this time around we’re more confident, we’re buying more and we’re developing habits that will stay with us long after the pandemic.
- by Andrew Charlton
Updated
Media & marketing
Amazon to buy MGM, Bezos announces his exit date
Amazon says it is buying the fabled US movie studio home for $US8.45 billion, while chief Jeff Bezos announces he will hand over the reins to new CEO Andy Jassy in July.
- by Jeffrey Dastin
Opinion
Coronavirus pandemic
It's been a fabulous pandemic for the super-rich, but will it make our economy less equal?
The wealth of the super-rich is booming despite the recession. That begs an important question: will the pandemic leave us a more unequal society?
- by Matt Wade
Tracing Trump's unprecedented war on the US Postal Service
Allies coddled Donald Trump by telling him the reason he lost the popular vote to Hillary Clinton in 2016 was widespread mail-in balloting fraud. Now the President's outrage is coarsening further.
- by Philip Rucker, Josh Dawsey and Ashley Parker
Opinion
Coronavirus pandemic
There's a powerful weapon Trump could use in his war with Big Tech
And the Democrats might help him use it.
- by Bruce Wolpe
Oona Chaplin hosts stars and tribal leaders for Amazon coronavirus fundraiser
'There are indigenous groups living in border areas who have between 40 to 80 people. They could disappear forever.'
- by Anastasia Moloney
US getting ready to sue Google over online dominance
The US Justice Department is said to be planning to file antitrust charges against Google as early as this summer.
- by Cecilia Kang, David McCabe and Daisuke Wakabayashi
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