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The decade of pipes and pumps for a growing city? Sydney’s success may depend on it.

Our water bills are too cheap – and we’ll soon pay dearly for that

A growing Sydney needs serious investment in water and wastewater pipes. Our bills have remained unsustainably flat – and if we don’t pay more now, we’ll get a much bigger bill later.

  • Adam Lovell

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Best-performing super funds have been revealed.

‘Astonishing result’: How super funds are faring amid Trump tariff volatility

As the end of the financial year looms, analysts expect the third year in a row of positive returns from retirement savings funds.

  • Frances Howe
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Amazon Web Services CEO Matt Garman, at a press conference during the Prime Minister’s visit to the Amazon Spheres in Seattle, United States of America, on Saturday 14 June 2025. fedpol Photo: Alex Ellinghausen

Amazon boosts Australian investment to $20 billion to meet AI, data demands

The global tech giant will boost its investment in Australia to $20 billion by 2029 to meet surging demand for access to artificial intelligence, web storage and hosting, and more.

  • James Massola
Australian ambassador to the United States, Kevin Rudd, greets Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on his arrival in Seattle on Saturday.

Albanese-Trump meeting hopes rise as US leader confirms he’ll attend G7 summit

Despite global and local conflicts, Donald Trump says he is going to the summit, raising pressure on Anthony Albanese to secure a face-to-face meeting.

  • James Massola and Mike Foley
Data centres require large amounts of power to process information used in artificial intelligence.

Tech giants warn Labor they need more than just sun, wind and batteries

Microsoft, Google and Amazon want Australia to speed up the delivery of energy-storage projects, after the federal election shut the door on nuclear energy.

  • Nick Toscano
Xi Jinping

Xi Jinping’s plan to beat America at AI

China’s leaders believe they can win the showdown between the world’s superpowers.

  • The Economist

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