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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA. NewsWire Photos. FEBRUARY 28, 2025. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Minister Chris Bowen visit an apartment building in Ashfield that has installed solar panels. Picture: NewsWire / Jeremy Piper

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Politics NowNation

Dutton calls on PM to sack Bowen ‘today’ after new power bill shock

The Opposition Leader says warnings that electricity prices are set to rise by up to 9pc show Labor’s renewables push is not working and Chris Bowen’s tenure as Energy Minister has been a ‘disaster’.

Noah Yim and Joe Kelly

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos FEBRUARY 16, 2022: Generic stock images of power lines and high tension power cables. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Andrew Henshaw

energyMining & EnergyAn hour ago

Bowen tells consumers ‘to shop around’ as electricity bills jump as much as 9pc

The energy regulator’s price ruling will intensify pressure on cash-strapped households and the Albanese government as the federal election edges closer. But Chris Bowen blames the coal industry for the rises.

Colin Packham

The Albanese government has had three years to fix this problem. Subsidising power bills is not the long-term answer to solving energy inflation.

CommentaryCommentary25 minutes ago

Bowen has form when it comes to free advice

Chris Bowen’s advice to ‘shop around’ now for a better energy deal is an insult to households. The Albanese government has had three years to fix this problem.

Simon Benson

Political Editor

17-01-2024 - An anti-Semitic attack in Dover Heights overnight.

breakingNation54 minutes ago

‘Toxic message’: Minns slaps down Greens call to repeal hate speech laws

NSW Premier Chris Minns has ruled out any repeal of hate speech laws as Greens claim the government ‘jumped the gun’ after a spate of anti-Semitic firebombing and graffiti attacks.

Stephen Rice

MAGAZINEThe Weekend Australian Magazine

27 easy (and unheard of) ways to improve your health

Want to keep your body and mind in top form with as little effort as possible? Experts swear by these quick fixes to make a real and lasting difference to our health and wellbeing.

The Australian Weekend Magazine

Toowoomba matterNationAn hour ago

BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos JUNE 17, 2024: Former parliamentary staffer Bruce Lehrmann arrives to Toowoomba Magistrates Court.Picture: NewsWire / John Gass

Lehrmann requests rape accuser’s communication with compensation lawyer

Mackenzie Scott and Ellie Dudley

CommentaryCommentaryAn hour ago

07-03-2025 - Macquarie University academic Randa Abdel-Fattah was the keynote speaker at the Greens international womens day event in Sydney on Friday.Abdel-Fattah is pictured here beside NSW Greens senator Mehreen Faruqi and poet Jazz Money.

Just imagine this: Faruqi and her academic guest praise Australia

The Mocker

charm offensiveThe Times37 minutes ago

Xi Jingping has targetted the EU after the Trump tariffs.

China’s ‘wolf warriors’ scent opportunity from US-EU rift

Bruno Waterfield

CEASEFIREWorld

(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on February 12, 2025 shows US President Donald Trump in Washington, DC, February 11, 2025 and Russia's President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on February 6, 2025.. Russian President Vladimir Putin told his US counterpart Donald Trump in a phone call on February 12, 2025, that "peaceful negotiations" on ending the Ukraine conflict were possible, the Kremlin said. (Photo by SAUL LOEB and Kristina Kormilitsyna / various sources / AFP)

Back peace or I’ll ruin you, Trump tells Putin

Larisa Brown

EMBARGO FOR TWAM, 15 MARCH 2025. FEE MAY APPLY. MG Cyberster. Photo: Supplied

MOTORINGThe Weekend Australian Magazine

Make MGs cool again? The Cyberster does its best

This was once a proud British brand that made fast and sexy little convertibles with two seats. Its new all-electric Cyberster certainly looks the part – but this carmaker still has its problems.

Stephen Corby

Rachel Zegler as Snow White and Andrew Burnap in Disney’s upcoming Snow White. Picture: Disney Enterprises, Inc

scene from 1937 Disney film animation Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

The dwarfs in the 2025 version were reworked to look more like the 1937 classic

The casting of Rachel Zegler as the heroine has been criticised

No dwarfs in titleThe Times

Disney’s hopes for new Snow White dwarfed by ‘woke’ backlash

The launch of a live-action remake of Snow White will be scaled down after its star Rachel Zegler’s criticism of the 1937 original and rows over the seven dwarfs.

Joshua Thurston

ESCAPE DEALS FEBRUARY 9 2025 Explore Antarctica on a cruise through Flatbeds

Expert guideTravel

I’ve been on 100 cruises and here are my top tips

Over the last 20 years, I have travelled the world and seen the most extraordinary places on almost every major cruise liner in the world. Here is what I have learnt.

LOUISE GOLDSBURY

Commentary

COMMENTARY

‘Fake’ terror plot a gift to those with an axe to grind

If the Jewish community was worried that opportunists would take advantage of the ‘fake terror’ label attached to the anti-Semitic plot revealed by police this week, they didn’t have long to wait.

Stephen Rice

Sydney Bureau Chief

COMMENTARY

Immigrants welcome to join us, but not change us

The issue with immigration is not just quantity, it’s also quality; the values and attitudes that at least some of our recent migrants are bringing with them, including overseas hatreds we used to think had no place in our country.

Peta Credlin

Columnist

COMMENTARY

Landmines for Dutton as MPs urge policy fight

Peter Dutton is facing internal pressure to pivot after Anthony Albanese’s decision to hold a May election, with Coalition MPs pushing for more substantive policies they can sell to disillusioned voters.

Geoff Chambers

Chief Political Correspondent

COMMENTARY

Cut the Trump bashing and focus on our ailing economy

As a country we should be far more concerned about the reasons – largely self-inflicted – that Whyalla steelworks collapsed rather than about the theoretical future impacts of US tariffs, which we can’t control.

Adam Creighton

Contributor

Business

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Trading DayTrading Day4 minutes ago

ASX dips; Aus should focus on Asia after US tariffs: Westpac

Australian stocks fade after early rise. Morgan Stanley cuts ratings on Australian stocks. Nine appoints Matthew Stanton as CEO. ACCC finds issues with DP World’s acquisition of Silk. Boss buys stake in uranium player.

David Rogers and Joseph Carbone

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA : NewsWire Photos - MARCH 05 2025; STAR Casino CEO Matt Bekier is seen leaving the Federal Court in Sydney admist reports of collapse. Picture: NewsWire/ Gaye Gerard

GamblingMargin Call15 minutes ago

Ex-Star boss denies police warning on Suncity crime links

Former Star boss Matt Bekier has denied being told by NSW Police individuals linked to its biggest junket operator had possible links to organised crime.

Glen Norris

Nine Chief Finance and Strategy officer Matt Stanton. Picture: Nine

MEDIAMedia32 minutes ago

Nine opts for in-house CEO

James Madden

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 11: U.S. President Donald Trump and White House Senior Advisor, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk sit in a Tesla Model S on the South Lawn of the White House on March 11, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump spoke out against calls for a boycott of Elon MuskÃ¢â¬â¢s companies and said he would purchase a Tesla vehicle in what he calls a Ã¢â¬Ëshow of confidence and supportÃ¢â¬â¢ for Elon Musk. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

EXCHANGEMarkets

From the Magnificent to Maleficent 7?

David Rogers

TOPSHOT - A member of the M23 movement looks on as Congolese police officers board trucks for redeployment following an enrollment of civilians, police officers, and former members of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) who allegedly decided to join the M23 movement voluntarily in Bukavu on February 22, 2025. Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi is on a quest for support as war in the east rages, but has so far returned empty-handed from trips abroad while anxiety mounts at home. Tshisekedi recently visited Angola and attended a security conference in Munich without making a clear diplomatic breakthrough, after Rwanda-backed M23 fighters seized control of two major eastern cities in the Democratic Republic of Congo. (Photo by Luis TATO / AFP)

ExclusiveMining & Energy

US posture on Aussie lithium miner to raise heat with China

Brad Thompson

GovernanceBusiness

‘I got sent down rabbit warrens’: AusSuper sued for claim delays

Joe Longo, ASIC chair, Mary Delahunty, ASFA CEO, Heather Cohen, AustralianSuper victim

ASIC is suing AustralianSuper for taking too long to process 7000 death benefit claims, with one one widow saying she only received her payment after making a formal complaint to the regulator.

Cliona O'Dowd, Giuseppe Tauriello, Glenda Korporaal and David Ross

ExportMining & Energy

BlueScope, Orica seek urgent answers over US tariffs

An employee in front of a steel furnace at BlueScope Steel Ltd. Port Kembla steelworks in Port Kembla, Australia, on Friday, Feb. 9, 2024. The world's two biggest miners, BHP Group Ltd. and Rio Tinto Group, are teaming up in a bid to develop Australia's first electric-smelting furnace, in what could prove an important step toward slashing emissions in the steel-making process. Photographer: Brent Lewin/Bloomberg

Australia’s stock market fell sharply for a second day on tariff mayhem as the nation’s biggest steel producer said it was urgently seeking answers through diplomatic and business channels.

Perry Williams, Cameron England and Eric Johnston

TelecommunicationsTechnology

NBN’s upgrade fizzer: $750m for 100 new customers

More than 5400 existing landline phone and internet services in South Yarra, Malvern East, Glen Iris, Camberwell, Canterbury and Surrey Hills are at risk of disconnection in the next six weeks. Generic NBN, stock NBN Co

An upgrade of NBN Co’s fixed wireless service has so far yielded only an extra 100 customers, new figures reveal, despite promising to benefit ‘thousands of homes and businesses’.

Jared Lynch

Why landing a Qantas reward seat is about to get a whole lot harder

Coach Dean Cox has a laugh with Sydney's Chad Warner at quarter time during the AFL Opening Round match between the Sydney Swans and Hawthorn Hawks at the SCG on March 7, 2025. Photo by Phil Hillyard (Image Supplied for Editorial Use only - **NO ON SALES** - Â©Phil Hillyard )

30 questionsSport

Which Sydney Swan kicked the first goal of the AFL season?

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos JUNE 19, 2024: Federal Opposition leader Peter Dutton during a joint press conference with Angus Taylor, Susan Ley, David Littleproud and Ted OÃBrien on Wednesday. Picture: NewsWire / Nikki Short

EXCLUSIVEPolitics

Liberal MPs losing faith in ‘small target’ Dutton

Coalition MPs are pushing Peter Dutton to unveil big policies in his budget reply speech, amid concerns there needed to be a stronger economic agenda to convince voters to boot Labor from power.

Greg Brown and Jack Quail

26/6/24: Jewish Sydney University student at the Quadrangle who is considering transferring UniversityÃ¢â¬â¢s following USYD deal with Muslim Students Association, which has been linked with Hizb ut Tahrir. John Feder/The Australian.

HIGHER EDUCATIONHigher Education

Unis probed on anti-Semitism amid reports of wage theft, bullying

The tertiary education watchdog has named four universities it is investigating over allegations of anti-Semitism on campus.

Natasha Bita

CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - MARCH 12 2025: Senior Gumatj man Jawa Yunupingu, Yothu Yindi Foundation chairman,Lawyer Sean Bowden and Balupalu Yunupingu leave the High Court of Australia in Canberra after winning the landmark court case of his late brother Galarrwuy Yunupingu. Picture: NewsWire / Martin Ollman

HISTORIC VERDICTNation

‘Like Wik, Mabo’: landmark High Court decision finds native title is property

Paige Taylor

CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - February 10, 2025: Lead Convenor of the Coalition of Peaks,ÃÂ Pat Turner, CEO of the Aboriginal Drug and Alcohol Council, Scott Wilson and Minister for Indigenous Australians, Malarndirri McCarthy hold a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra. NewsWire / Martin Ollman

Damning dataIndigenous

Indigenous jail rates threat to Closing the Gap targets

Paige Taylor

The majority of student debt cuts are likely to go to people in inner-city seats held by Labor, Greens and teal MPs, like Tanya Plibersek's Sydney, Adam Bandt's Melbourne, and Allegra Spender's Wentworth.

EXCLUSIVEEducation

HECS relief ‘a bid to win votes’ in Labor, Greens and teal seats

Noah Yim and Rhiannon Down

Cyclone AlfredNation

Coast’s plea for tourists to visit for Easter

Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred - The cleanup is under way on the Gold Coast after Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred caused major erosion on its beaches.8-year-old Tristan Kuusik from Estonia arrived on holidays before the cyclone and also met Jack Black at their hotel.Picture: Nigel Hallett******* Rauno.Kuusik@gmail.com *********Rauno Kuusik (dad)******* +3725521479 ******

A marketing blitz to save Queensland’s Easter holidays tourism market is on the cards to convince potential visitors that the state has not been entirely washed away.

Mackenzie Scott and Sarah Elks

‘unprecedented snapshot’Nation

School’s Jurassic footprints rock dinosaur hunter

Dr Anthony Romilio - a University of Queensland researcher has confirmed a boulder at a regional school contains one of the highest concentrations of dinosaur footprints per square metre ever documented in Australia. Dr Anthony Romilio brushes Specimen at Biloela State High School.

A trove of fossilised dinosaur footprints has been found on a slab of rock gathering dust inside a Queensland school, after going largely unnoticed for 20 years.

AFP

exclusiveNation

On-run violent offender ‘does not’ pose risk to public, NT police claim

Kevin Gurruwiwi, who escaped from custody on Tuesday night.

NT police top brass do not believe a violent offender who escaped from custody ‘poses a risk to the general public’ despite police on the ground being warned the individual may be armed and violent.

Liam Mendes

Health & Wellbeing

US Secretary of Health and Human Services nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr. listens as President Donald Trump holds a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, on February 26, 2025. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP)

commentaryCommentary

Charlatans spruik ‘fake’ science, but deadly threat is real

To the real health threats Americans face, Robert Kennedy Jr’s answer seems to be, drink a gallon of raw milk and call me in the morning.

Jack the Insider

LISMORE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - MARCH 10, 2025: Muddy conditions in the aftermath of TC Alfred have heightened the dangers of soil borne disease present in the mud.Picture: NewsWire / Glenn Campbell

How to protect yourselfMedical

Doctors warn of deadly risk of killer bacteria following Alfred floods

Flood-ravaged communities cleaning up after ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred need to be aware of the serious risks of bacteria lurking in the mud. One bug has already killed 16 people this year and it’s moving south.

KIERAN LE PLASTRIER

Professor Steve Robson in full PPE during the Covid-19 pandemic, Picture - Supplied

FIVE YEARS ONMedical

‘Tempers frayed and people were exasperated’: Covid from the inside

Hundreds of thousands of health professionals knew they would need to step up for Covid. Some of them succumbed. And then came the backlash.

Steve Robson

BiVACOR titanium heart Inventor Daniel Timms PHD is running a clinical trial of the artificial heart with US heart surgeons which may provide a long-awaited breakthrough for people with heart failure. Jane Dempster/The Australian.

EXCLUSIVEHealth

‘Unmitigated success’: Australian man survives months with artificial heart before transplant

The Australian man implanted with a groundbreaking artificial heart, developed after a 25-year quest in Brisbane, left hospital and spent time at home – even without a pulse – before having a successful transplant, doctors have revealed.

Natasha Robinson

Autistic child holding hands with his mother

stoking fearsMental Health

What’s behind the rise in autism diagnoses

Perverse incentives for education funding in the United States are a much stronger explanation than exposure to ‘toxins’.

ALLYSIA FINLEY

Professor Richard Scolyer and his family. Picture: supplied

LATEST INTERVIEWMedical

Scolyer: ‘I’m lucky to have more time with family’

Renowned scientist Richard Scolyer says while he has only months to live, his survival ‘gives a lot of hope’ to the efficacy of the experimental immunotherapy he trialled.

Penny Timms

ExclusiveMental Health

Headspace turns to hospitals for potential reform

Mental health charities built into hospitals are willing to risk more for their patients and unify state and federal health resources, a leading hospital has appealed.

James Dowling

World

Canada's Liberal Leader and Prime Minister-elect Mark Carney speaks after being elected as the new Liberal Party leader, in Ottawa on March 9, 2025. Canada's Liberal Party overwhelmingly elected Mark Carney as its new leader and the country's next prime minister on March 9, 2025, tasking the former central banker with helming Ottawa's response to threats from US President Donald Trump. (Photo by Dave Chan / AFP)

mark carneyThe Wall Street Journal

Carney sworn in as Canada’s Prime Minister on Saturday

Mark Carney will become Canada’s 24th Prime Minister, replacing Justin Trudeau and is expected to call an election soon after taking power.

Paul Vieira

(FILES) This photo taken on February 22, 2020 shows a man (L) who has recovered from the COVID-19 coronavirus infection being disinfected by a medical staff before leaving the hospital in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province. Five years since Covid-19 started upending the world, the virus is still infecting and killing people across the globe -- though at far lower levels than during the height of the pandemic. Here is the current state of the play. (Photo by AFP) / China OUT

‘High-risk experiments’The Times

Report that Covid began in Wuhan lab was ‘buried’

German spies were almost certain the Covid pandemic originated in a Wuhan laboratory but heads of government buried their potentially explosive assessment, according to reports.

Nick Alipour

A blast furnace at Salzgitter AG in Germany. European steel companies are largely happy with the EU safeguards. But users of the metal slammed the bloc for hurting European industries. PHOTO: DAVID HECKER/EPA-EFE/REX/SHUTTER/EPA/SHUTTERSTOCK

Trade war escalatesThe Wall Street Journal8 minutes ago

Lutnick accuses Australia of ‘dumping’ aluminium on the US

Joe Kelly

US President Donald Trump meets with Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on March 12, 2025. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP)

Tariff WarsWorld

‘They treated us badly, we’ll even it up’: Trump lashes Ireland, EU

Jacquelin Magnay and Joe Kelly

(FILES) Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte delivers his speech during the presentation ceremony of the signed document on the Organic Law for Bangsamoro Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao to officials of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) at Malacanang palace in Manila on August 6, 2018. Former Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte was arrested on March 11, 2025 after landing at Manila's international airport by police acting on an International Criminal Court warrant over his deadly war on drugs, the presidential palace said. (Photo by TED ALJIBE / AFP)

WAR ON DRUGSWorld

‘I will be responsible for all of this’: Duterte

AFP

Trump’s trade warThe Wall Street Journal

Donald Trump’s trade policy is rattling some of his own advisers

TOPSHOT - US President Donald Trump (2R), flanked by US Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick (L), US Secretary of Treasury Scott Bessent (2L) and White House AI and Crypto Czar David Sacks (R), attends a the White House Crypto Summit in Washington, DC, March 7, 2025. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP) / ALTERNATE CROP

Donald Trump’s team has received a flood of calls from business executives concerned about mixed messaging on tariffs.

Brian Schwartz, Gavin Bade and Josh Dawsey

New chapterWorld

Former Scottish leader Nicola Sturgeon to quit politics

EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - MARCH 12: Scotland's former First Minister Nicola Sturgeon speaks to media after announcing she will stand down as an MSP, on March 12, 2025 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Former SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon was Scotland's First Minister from 2014 to 2023 and an MSP for 27 years. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Scotland’s former leader Nicola Sturgeon has announced she would not seek re-election, ending a near 30-year career as one of the independence movement’s main figureheads.

AFP

American takeoverThe Wall Street Journal

Greenlanders reject Trump’s overtures at the ballot box

Chairman of Demokraatit, Jens-Frederik Nielsen (L) plays guitar during the election party at Demokraatit at cafe Killut in Nuuk, March 11, 2025. The centre-right opposition Democrats have won a surprise victory in legislative elections in Greenland, the Danish territory coveted by US President Donald Trump, more than tripling their support to 29.9 percent of votes, official results showed Wednesday March 12. (Photo by Mads Claus Rasmussen / Ritzau Scanpix / AFP) / Denmark OUT

In a sign that many in Greenland also want to wrest more power from Denmark, voters put a strongly pro-independence party second place for the first time

Sune Engel Rasmussen

Life & Arts

The horological calendar is officially declared open with the staging of the sixth annual LVMH Watch Week.

WISHWish

The best new releases from this year’s LVMH Watch Week

The luxury giant declares the horological calendar open with a slew of new references.

Annie Brown

televisionReview

De Niro makes paranoid conspiracy thriller a Netflix hit

ZERO DAY. (L to R) Robert De Niro as George Mullen and Jesse Plemons as Roger Carlson in Episode 101 of Zero Day. Cr. Courtesy of Netflix © 2024

Viewers will find themselves absorbed by the landscape of Robert De Niro’s face as he plays a former president in political mystery Zero Day, his first appearance in a TV series.

Graeme Blundell

Healthy eatingThe Weekend Australian Magazine

How your food choices can make you healthy and happy

EMBARGO FOR TWAM, 15 MARCH 2025. FEE MAY APPLY. Roasted Aubergine Traybake from The Food for Life Cookbook: 100+ Recipes Created with Zoe, by Tim Spector, published by Penguin Random House. RRP $59.99. Photo: Issy Croker

It’s still only relatively recently that we’ve been able to connect the dots between the science of food, the art of cooking and their interactions with our health.

Tim Spector

MAGA MAKEUPWorld

How foundation and eyeliner became a political battleground

Connecticut Democrat Rosa DeLauro (left) and South Carolina Republican Nancy Mace have both come under fire for their physical appearances.

Appearance-based insults are becoming more common, all the way up to the Capitol Building.

Ashley Wong

Travel

TAKE THE PLUNGETravel

Five ways to have a classic Aussie outback spa experience

These outback baths and hot springs offer a peculiarly Australian take on therapeutic soaks.

DENISE CULLEN

The pool at The Eve Hotel Sydney. PIc by Georg Roske. For T+L.

Urban oasisTravel

Review: This is Sydney’s best new hotel

The centrepiece of a $500m development, this architecturally beautiful property has top restaurants, a rooftop pool and is already the place to meet in the city. Get there now.

Milanda Rout

Jetstar Airbus A321neo LR - economy review for T+L

Airline reviewTravel

‘This red-eye flight in economy is not as horrendous as it sounds’

We tried out a six-hour overnight international flight on this budget airline’s new planes on a new route. Here is what happened.

The Old Man of Hoy in the Orkney Islands, Scotland.

Expert guideTravel

These Scottish islands feel like the edge of the world

There are 70 to explore, each with a different history, from the Mesolithic to Viking. We tell you which ones to visit and why it’s worth the trip.

MIKE MacEACHERAN

Magazine

WISHWish

Why this gorgeous Aston Martin is a growling gamechanger

In an about face, the marque has put function (and rev) up there with form.

Stephen Corby

EMBARGO FOR TWAM, 15 MARCH 2025. FEE MAY APPLY. Jimbaran Puri, A Belmond Hotel, Bali, Indonesia. Photo: Supplied

JourneysThe Weekend Australian Magazine

‘You were in a trance’: How to get a (legal) Balinese high

I might have been sceptical before going in, but now feel like I am soaring, or maybe astral planing, through the warm air.

Elizabeth Meryment

Mark Ruffalo and Toni Collette in Mickey 17

film reviewsReview

Sci-fi black comedy Mickey 17 an interstellar flop

Four-time Oscar nominee Mark Ruffalo and Australia’s Toni Collette mush through two of the cheesiest roles imaginable.

Stephen Romei

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, and a home under construction

EXCLUSIVEPolitics

Build a home? That’s $576k before you start

Australians are paying up to 49 per cent of the total value of home and land packages on taxes, regulatory costs and infrastructure charges, which have accelerated by as much as 106 per cent since 2019.

Geoff Chambers

Pietro Beccari, Portrait by Jean-François Robert.

FashionLife

Here for F1, LV boss Pietro Beccari on Louis Vuitton’s big bets

As LV boss Pietro Beccari lands in Melbourne for the Formula 1 Louis Vuitton Grand Prix, he explains why Louis Vuitton will be ‘everywhere’ at the track.

Annie Brown

Sport

AFL5 minutes ago

Predicted teams: Who’s handing out debuts in Round 1

Which fresh faces will appear for your club in Round 1? Check out every club’s predicted 23 and chat LIVE with Ed Bourke from 2pm for the latest teams intel.

South Sydney's Lewis Dodd has been battling an AC joint injury. Pic: NRL

NRLAn hour ago

The real reason behind star recruit’s horror Rabbitohs start

The full extent of South Sydney recruit Lewis Dodd’s difficult start to his NRL career can be revealed as the highly-touted halfback tries to work his way into the first grade side.

Michael Carayannis and Brent Read

Paul Gallen has signed on to fight Sonny Bill Williams.

ExclusiveCombat Sport

Aussie boxing bombshell as Gal-SBW superfight revived

The superstar showdown between Paul Gallen and Sonny Bill Williams is back on the cards. After more than a decade of negotiations, the fight is now closer than ever. Full details inside.

Jamie Pandaram, Brendan Bradford, Peter Badel and Phil Rothfield

MADRID, SPAIN - MARCH 12: Referee Szymon Marciniak gestures as the second penalty kick for Atletico de Madrid, taken by Julian Alvarez (not pictured), is ruled out following a VAR Review for an improper kick during the UEFA Champions League 2024/25 Round of 16 second leg match between Atletico de Madrid and Real Madrid C.F. at Estadio Metropolitano on March 12, 2025 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Angel Martinez/Getty Images)

Football

Champions League: Real Madrid through after ‘double kick’ penalty drama

Real Madrid are through to the Champions League quarter-finals thanks to a dramatic shootout win over Atletico and will meet Arsenal after their emphatic 9-3 aggregate win. More here.

Matty John (inset) is not a fan of Newcastle's mega-deal with Dylan Brown.

NRL

Johns: Brown deal latest in 20 years of Knights’ mismanagement

Newcastle’s mega-deal with Dylan Brown will result in 12 months of scrutiny for the playmaker, but it is the Knights administration that should be put under the blowtorch, writes MATTY JOHNS.

Matthew Johns

NCA. MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA. August 23 2024. AFL Round 24. Melbourne vs Collingwood at the MCG. Retiring umpire Ray Chamberlain gets a guard of honour after umpiring his last game . Pic: Michael Klein

AFL

Razor return? AFL umpire shortage sparks call for help

An unprecedented umpire shortage is looming for the AFL later this year, and it could force the league to call on some old umpiring faces to make a return.

Ed Bourke

Daily Cartoon

John Spooner commentary page cartoon for 13-03-2025Version: Commentary Cartoon (4:3, 1024x768 - Aspect ratio preserved, Canvas added)COPYRIGHT: The Australian's artists each have different copyright agreements in place regarding re-use of their work in other publications.Please seek advice from the artists themselves or the Managing Editor of The Australian regarding re-use.

Daily Cartoon

Inquirer

Donald Trump says the ball over the future of Ukraine is now with Vladimir Putin.

Someone has to be Ukraine’s midwife to history: it may be Trump

commentaryCommentary

Forget Labor, what are the Liberals actually offering?

CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - November 19, 2024: Leader of the Opposition Peter Dutton holds a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture: NewsWire / Martin Ollman

There is no evidence the Liberals have persuaded the public on the need for spending restraint, tax reform, workplace reform or a productivity revival.

Paul Kelly

CommentaryBusiness

US snubs Australia, but here’s how we can offset Trump’s tariffs

Anthony Albanese's support has plunged, meanwhile he has nixed a plan to send Kevin Rudd to Washington. Photo: News Corp Australia

If Australia can maintain its reputation as a reliable supplier of gas and minerals – not a certainty – we can enhance our relationships with the US irrespective of who wins the next election.

Robert Gottliebsen

Aviation

AUSTIN, TEXAS - JANUARY 15: A traveler sits waiting for their flight to depart at the Austin Bergstrom International Airport on January 15, 2024 in Austin, Texas. Airlines across the country continue experiencing mass cancellations and delays as intense storms continue sweeping across the eastern half of the United States. Brandon Bell/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by Brandon Bell / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

‘Weak’ flight rights charter doesn’t order refunds, says Choice

ExclusiveAviation

Jones ‘happy’ to take second prize at Virgin

Virgin Australia Chief Customer and Digital Officer Paul Jones is the last man standing in the internal race for the prestigious role of running the nation’s second biggest airline. Picture: Dallas Kilponen

The man the unions stopped from running Virgin has received a promotion under its new chief, with Paul Jones to step into the role of chief commercial officer.

Tansy Harcourt

AviationAviation

The big change coming to Qantas meals

From Jan 20, Qantas will be offering direct seasonal flights from Sydney to Sapporo’s New Chitose Airport, to help make it easier for travellers to reach Hokkaido’s world-class ski resorts on Japan's northernmost island. Picture: Supplied/Qantas. Inflight economy cabin passengers are getting food served in Qantas A330

Qantas is adding an extra item to its international economy meal service tray following a ‘significant investment’.

Robyn Ironside

Education

Smashed glass at the University of Queensland in Brisbane. Picture: Supplied

Watchdog wants tough new powers

Education

V-Cs’ fat salaries should be halved, union tells inquiry

Businessman hand giving money - Australian dollars

The behaviour of university leaders will be in the spotlight at a rushed Senate hearing in Canberra on Wednesday.

Natasha Bita

EXCLUSIVEEducation

University staff, students to face ID checks as part of security clampdown

Pro Palestine campers at Sydney University have began to leave the campus although many protesters have remained to stay. Picture: Thomas Lisson

Security guards could be strapped with body cams under new guidance devised by the university regulator after an extremist group infiltrated pro-Palestine protests last year.

Joanna Panagopoulos

Media

Nick Kyrgios stars in new Disney+ campaign for ESPN arrivalSource: Disney

Nick Kyrgios helps Disney+ lob ESPN on our shores

MEDIAMedia

News Corp adds Tubi to its stable

News Corp's Pippa Leary, Michael Miller and Lou Barrett at Sydney D_Coded eventSource: News Corp Australia

News Corp Australasia executive chairman Michael Miller revealed the tie-up on Tuesday at D_Coded – the company’s annual digital marketing showcase for advertising partners.

James Manning

plea enteredMedia

‘Anti-Jones crusade’: Alan Jones’ lawyer slams Nine

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos DECEMBER 18, 2024: Alan Jones leaves the Downing Centre on Wednesday. Controversial broadcaster and former Wallabies coach Alan Jones allegedly indecently assaulted, groped, or inappropriately touched a number of young men. Picture: NewsWire / Nikki Short

The former radio titan faced court in relation to an 11th alleged victim, pleading not guilty, as his lawyer took a swipe at a journalist he claimed would be called as part of the case.

Joanna Panagopoulos

Property

A Goodman-managed partnership has sold Arcadia Industrial Estate to Blackstone

Industrial estate added to last mile logistics basket

HospitalityBusiness

Elanor in $230m hotel sell-off to survive

Peppers Cradle Mountain Lodge is for sale with JLL Hotels & Hospitality Group.

Fund manager Elanor has put some of the country’s best hotels on the block as it battles to survive.

Lisa Allen and Ben Wilmot

PropertyProperty

Hilton checks out of Adelaide out after 40 years

Hilton Adelaide hotel. Picture: Supplied by CBRE

A Thai family-owned hotel group will take over the landmark Hilton Adelaide and has plans for a $40m upgrade and rebrand.

Giuseppe Tauriello

Technology

Modern server room, corridor in data centre with Supercomputer racks, neon lights and conditioners. 3D rendering illustration

AI crowd battered and bruised by the sharemarket sell-off

TechnologyTechnology

Software test: How Mike Cannon-Brookes plans to give Williams an edge

Williams' Spanish driver Carlos Sainz (front) and Williams' Thai driver Alexander Albon (rear) walk on stage past the new Formula 1 car of Williams Formula One Team presented during the Formula One - 2025 season launch âF1 75 LIVEâ event at the O2, in London, on February 18, 2025. Auto: (Photo by Ben STANSALL / AFP) / --- RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE ---

Mike Cannon-Brookes is putting his flagship software to the test, betting it can give Formula One team Williams an edge at this weekend’s Grand Prix – and it will come down to milliseconds.

Jared Lynch and Helen Trinca

BUSINESSBusiness

How the spreadsheet is killing your productivity

The colour-coded spreadsheet from Senator Bridget McKenzie's office. Picture: Andrew Probyn

An Atlassian survey of 12,000 workers across six countries has concluded they lose almost 10 hours a week hunting information buried in email threads, Slack channels and siloed systems.

Helen Trinca