Mike Cannon-Brookes paints himself as a climate crusader. The use of his private jet tells a different story with the Bombardier 7500 ferrying the Atlassian billionaire and his girlfriend around the globe.
Megan Davis and Pat Anderson have declared Aboriginal people would not ‘lap up’ Anthony Albanese’s message that Indigenous policy is progressing.
ASIO chief Mike Burgess has revealed details of previously undisclosed spy cases and released an inaugural ‘cost of espionage’ report highlighting threats confronting governments, the private sector and high-value individuals.
The PM’s latest parliamentary cuts have stripped 21 roles from the opposition, yet his government has found money to renovate spacious new quarters for the Greens.
Jim Chalmers is weighing whether to lift the effective tax rate on Australia’s 500 biggest companies while cutting it for smaller businesses after the Productivity Commission recommended a new cashflow tax.
The powerful LGBTIQ+ lobby group opposing female-only spaces has used an HIV/AIDS charity to collect tax-deductible donations after losing two court battles for its own deductible status.
Energy experts, industry and farmers have sounded the alarm over a key component of the Albanese and Allan governments’ renewable energy rollout, after AEMO revealed its true cost.
Libero Milone has made an impassioned plea for an audience with Pope Leo to share his concerns about what he described as Orwellian levels of systemic corruption within the Vatican.
Melbourne-based Iranian rapper Nabil Esmaeili reveals Tehran has threatened his family after he released tracks criticising the regime, while Australia maintains its embassy presence.
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Who could reasonably deny that a relentless focus on Israel, and on its responsibility alone, has added unstoppable momentum to the current wave of anti-Semitism?
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The Productivity Commission’s tax reform proposal has sweeteners for Jim Chalmers.
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The Palestinian Authority has promised to reform itself, but it will need a complete makeover before it can run both Gaza and the West Bank.
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As anti-nuclear activists prepare to mark the 80th anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing, the fact is that the attack saved millions of lives on both sides.
Country Road Group could be on track for its first annual loss in decades after resorting to an accounting impairment against the value of its fashion brands such as Trenery, Witchery and the namesake Country Road chain.
Venus Behbahani’s sister asked that copies of a self-published memoir be handed over as their long-running Supreme Court battle over a disputed Toorak townhouse turns over every literary stone.
After a year-long battle with health regulators over treating planes as ‘restaurants’, Virgin Australia is set to let pets fly in cabins.
Westpac has secured a landmark $50m cricket sponsorship deal as Cricket Australia eyes its biggest surplus in a decade and considers opening up Big Bash teams to new investors.
Vodafone’s owner has slammed NBN Co’s ‘overbuilding’ as wasteful, while the taxpayer-backed telco is defending its costly upgrades as vital for future-proof speeds. It’s a fight for your internet dollar.
The number of people set for a 17 per cent tax bill when they inherit super is about to increase substantially. But there are steps you can take to reduce your exposure.
Before they were rich, these entrepreneurs forged lifelong money habits they swear by | Here are their eight top tips
Successful property investors know the tips and traps around building serious wealth. Here is why it is wise to listen to them.
RBA rate cuts are coming, and you can thank these common household expenses for helping to deliver mortgage relief.
The Australian is launching Wealth, a dedicated section to help more Australians make smarter money choices.
The nation’s top spy warns ‘nobody with sensitive information is immune’ to espionage, offering advice on how to protect your organisation – and the nation.
Police have released the full-list of 58 after-school centres where David James – charged after allegedly producing abuse videos of 10 children in his care – worked. It is only alleged he offended at six centres. READ THE LIST.
A man has died from Legionnaires’ disease and six others have been hospitalised with it since an outbreak began in May. These are the main symptoms of the disease.
Frazzled American parents are swapping a nightly glass of chardonnay for chewable THC gummies. But are they ignoring the health risks?
Is your body shape harming your health? Psoriasis is just the latest illness that researchers have found to be linked to belly fat.
It appears Jim Chalmers’ productivity summit next month won’t have anyone at the table from the preventive health sector. That’s a missed opportunity.
One of the biggest issues facing teachers is this – with such an intense curriculum, where do you find the time to play? If so, what form does it take?
After 20 years on the drugs, author Bella Mackie suffered severe withdrawal when she tried to cut down. She had no idea how difficult it would be.
When Les Bokey arrived in Australia as a refugee in the 1960s, few could have predicted the indelible impression he would leave on medicine and cancer surgery. Now, at the end of his career, he reflects on a fulfilling life.
After a phone call with his Mexican counterpart, Donald Trump will give the country another three months to clinch a trade deal.
The US Senate has rejected an effort by Senator Bernie Sanders to block the sale of US bombs and firearms to Israel, but many Democrats backed the block measures.
There’s just one location where these mysterious cetaceans are known to congregate each year. It’s in Australia and tourists can be a part of efforts to know more about them.
An epic voyage that spans continents and hemispheres takes guests to destinations they might otherwise never see.
There are multiple locations across the globe where these magnificent creatures can be seen up close, but this destination is one of the best.
This route hasn’t been offered to travellers for 13 years but a budget airline has stepped into the breach.
The Euphoria star’s new American Eagle campaign to sell jeans is cliche, not controversial and the online dummy spit should be about how boring it is when two bland brands combine.
The action-packed The Gringo Hunters, set in Baja California, follows a Mexican police unit capturing American fugitives.
This adaptation of Sigrid Nunez’s bestselling 2018 novel, about a woman who befriends a Great Dane in the aftermath of her best friend’s suicide, is tender-hearted and thoughtful.
The Black Sabbath frontman returned to the ‘home of metal’ for the last time, with fans paying their respects as his distraught wife and children accompanied his hearse through the city.
The Cronulla-born designer shares how the life lessons she’s learned are fuelling her eponymous haute couture brand.
La Gonette, the former holiday home of late British interior designer Robert Kime, has been reborn by an Australian author and American novelist.
Small perfumers are big business as the beauty industry contracts and evolves.
The road hugs the coastline, swooping and turning above the Adriatic. The climbs are generous, the descents rewarding, and the views? Ridiculous.
Everyone from Salvador Dalí to the Duke of Westminster has stayed at the Cote D’Azur gem, which Chanel has bought back and restored to its former glory.
Melbourne emerged from CommBank Stadium with the points over Parramatta, but it wasn’t the kind of performance that will strike fear into their premiership rivals.
The Dogs have taken some heat for not bringing their best against the best in 2025. An emphatic performance against GWS may have put that to bed, with a September warning shot sent.
Kyle Chalmers has dropped a bombshell after finishing third in the 100m freestyle at the World Championships, revealing he almost quit the sport only a few months ago.
Here’s Australian sporting royalty. Minjee Lee is in no great hurry at Royal Porthcawl but she doesn’t stick around. You suspect this quietest of achievers would quite happily have a starry-eyed hit and get out of here.
A key Wallaby has been ruled out of the third Test against the British & Irish Lions and will miss Nic White’s farewell to international rugby.
Superstar prop Payne Haas could be a shock withdrawal for the Broncos’ clash with the Rabbitohs after being struck down by illness, in what could be a double blow for the side after the loss of another forward.
Technological advancements are happening at pace, but organisations can make the biggest impact by focusing investment in the right areas.
In control rooms, camera towers and server farms across the globe, artificial intelligence is reshaping the disaster response frontline.
Inflation is the lowest in four years, unemployment is low and Labor has a majority. Now is the best time for Jim Chalmers to reform.
Tasmania’s state Liberals are bungling to what increasingly looks like their very end.
Skyrail’s owners will spend more than double the attraction’s original cost to transform the famous Cairns cableway, with the makeover to extend its life for another 30 years.
New analysis aims to throw some light on one of the murkiest areas of airline loyalty schemes.
Australia’s $90bn education system faces a stark reality check as NAPLAN results show students from poor families and regional schools are falling further behind top-performing students in the cities.
The peak body has also suggested expanding the government’s signature 20 per cent HECS debt reduction to up to 50 per cent for Indigenous students in priority sectors such as education and community development.
Global media outlets are backtracking on their coverage of a malnourished Gaza child’s viral photo, but ABC’s Media Watch maintains its position.
A former Israeli prime minister has accused The New York Times of ‘blood libel’ after the NYT admitted a child in Gaza whom the masthead and other media outlets claimed was suffering ‘severe malnutrition’ had been diagnosed with pre-existing health conditions.
Productivity in Queensland’s construction sector is only 5 per cent higher than in 1994-95, compared with a 65 per cent increase recorded across the rest of the country, alarming new figures show.
The super fund-backed manager has won strong interest in a North Sydney office building it is looking to offload.
Anthony Albanese is calling on other nations to follow Australia’s lead as YouTube faces inclusion in the crackdown.
A $29bn tech mogul’s attempt to establish his post-Atlassian identity hit an awkward note when his co-founder watched him promote the rise of AI and then defend the company’s latest job cuts, blamed on AI.
Top American astronomers are hunting for clues about a giant that Beijing isn’t talking about.
Benjamin Alldridge reckons this is the only photograph ever taken of a wild quoll fluorescing. How on earth did he capture it?
A good curry is never just one thing; rather, it reveals layer upon layer of flavour. It is also the perfect food for this time of year, when the nights are cold and the air calls for warmth from the inside out
This is the true terroir, the real sense of place. They couldn’t be more Barossan if they came wrapped in bacon and Maggie Beer poured them for you.
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