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SHANGHAI, CHINA - NewsWire Photos - 14 JULY, 2025: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Australian businessman Andrew “Twiggy” Forrest address the media at a Steel Decarbonisation Roundtable in Shanghai, China. Picture: NewsWire / Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer

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Politics NowNation

Forrest’s Fortescue bends knee to Labor, agrees to repay hydrogen funds

Billionaire Andrew Forrest’s miner has agreed to repay government funding directed towards his failed hydrogen company, adding ‘conversations are already underway’.

Perry Williams, Sarah Ison and Noah Yim

29-05-2024 - PwC CEO Kevin Burrowes walking to his office from Crown Towers Sydney. Picture: Liam Mendes / The Australian

ScandalBusiness25 minutes ago

PwC cleared for government work, two years after tax leaks exploded

PwC Australia will be able to return to tendering for Australian government work after being cleared by the Department of Finance despite an incomplete police investigation. The ministry believes no current staff were connected to the tax leaks scandal.

David Ross

CommentarySport55 minutes ago

‘We are not an ATM’: Saudis deliver tough love for rugby’s dreamers

Former A-League boss, now the voice in Saudi sport, sets the record straight: no plans, no interest, and definitely no cash for rebel rugby upstarts.

Andrew Webster

One of the nation’s most celebrated detectives. Michael Drury, right, says missing woman Bronwyn Winfield’s, top left, estranged husband Jon, bottom left, engaged in a disturbing pattern of “alibi construction”. Pictures: News Corp/Supplied

Bronwyn podcastNationAn hour ago

‘Doesn’t ring true’: legendary cop pulls Bronwyn’s husband’s alibi apart

One of Australia’s most celebrated detectives, Mick Drury, says missing woman Bronwyn Winfield’s estranged husband engaged in a disturbing pattern of “alibi construction”.

David Murray

INQUIRERInquirer53 minutes ago

Simon Benson

Political Editor

PM’s strategy look suspiciously familiar as he targets Ley

The Marrickville brawler, a nickname once bestowed on Anthony Albanese by union colleagues for his political pugilism, knows he cannot apply the same aggressive tactics to Sussan Ley as he did to Peter Dutton. So he’s trying something else entirely.

Simon Benson

Political Editor

EXCLUSIVEAFL

Michel Margalit holds a door stop press conference outside the Victorian Supreme Court regarding IVF case. Thursday, August 22. 2024. Picture: David Crosling

AFL bid to kill brain traumas court case

Jessica Halloran

MAGAZINEThe Weekend Australian Magazine

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Nicolas Rothwell was lost in the desert – until he met his wife Alison

Caroline Overington

SHADES OF GREYReview

‘Institutional arrogance’: Tate Modern adopts NGA’s mistakes

John McDonald

UPDATEDNewsWire

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos JULY 21 2025: Gareth Ward is seen arriving at Darlinghurst Court. Kiama Liberal MP Gareth Ward has been charged with historic sexual abuse charges. Charges relate to two alleged incidents involving a 27-year-old man in Sydney 2015, and a 17-year-old boy in Meroo Meadow in 2013. Photo: NewsWire/ Gaye Gerard

MP Gareth Ward found guilty of sexual assault

Rhiannon Lewin

GENERIC images of Melbourne Museum, Nicholson St, Carlton. Picture: Tony Gough

‘unadulterated anti-Semitism’Nation6 minutes ago

Primary school students taunted with anti-Semitic slurs

The year-five students were targeted by a group of high school students during an educational visit to the Melbourne Museum.

Lily McCaffrey

The panoramic view of the old town of Oia or Ia on the island of Santorini, Greece, features, white washed houses, blue dome churches, hotels and traditional windmills. The picturesque landscape captures the beauty of the after-sunrise in la Village, a famous spot on the Greek island of Santorini town. The colorful buildings on the cliffside add to the picturesque atmosphere in Cyclades, Greece. Scenic travel background for romantic vacations and honeymoon holidays.Photo - iStockSat MagEscape 20 June 2025

TravelAviationAn hour ago

Why Euro summer is lasting longer each year

There’s a good reason why the Euro summer social media spam seems to be lasting forever this year, as more travellers opt to visit in shoulder seasons.

Robyn Ironside

STAVELOT, BELGIUM - 2025/07/24: Oscar Piastri of Australia and McLaren F1 Team during Formula One Belgian Grand Prix. (Photo by Jay Hirano/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

F1 showdownMotorsport

Piastri under the pump as Norris’s momentum balloons

Oscar Piastri returns at Spa with scars from Silverstone and a shrinking lead, needing to reassert control in McLaren’s intra-team duel.

Will Swanton

Commentary

COMMENTARY

In a new cold war, Albanese and Forrest should choose their sides carefully

Whether the Fortescue executive chairman believes China’s propaganda or simply mouths it, Andrew Forrest’s upbeat take on Beijing’s ‘beautiful evolution’ is, in truth, the entry price into the court of Xi Jinping.

Peter Jennings

Contributor

COMMENTARY

Segal’s critics disqualified by ignorance and rage

Richard Flanagan and Robert Manne’s criticisms of Jillian Segal’s report exemplify all that is wrong with the elites that dominate our taxpayer-funded cultural, broadcasting and educational institutions.

Henry Ergas

Columnist

COMMENTARY

Childcare safety failures a crisis of trust, not purpose

We shouldn’t let fear dictate our response to this crisis. Instead, we should seize this moment to build the universal early learning system Australia needs.

Helen Conway

COMMENTARY

PM on a road to roundtable ruin

Anthony Albanese’s push for consensus ahead of the economic reform roundtable appears increasingly dead on arrival.

Geoff Chambers

Chief Political Correspondent

Business

The Cadia mine operated by Newmont, near Orange NSW. Picture: Newmont Cadia Website

Trading DayTrading Day

Miners, banks a drag; Newmont, ResMed hit records

Newmont hauls higher gold grades at Cadia mine in NSW. Whitehaven beats coal guidance as sales jump. Analysts note Macquarie’s ‘deja vu’ on earnings miss. Rich-lister’s latest buy-in caught up in ICAC NSW probe.

David Rogers and Valerina Changarathil

(FILES) A picture taken on February 4, 2016 shows an aerial view of the solar mirrors at the Noor 1 Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plant, some 20Km (12.5 miles) outside the central Moroccan town of Ouarzazate, ahead of its inauguration. Morocco, which already runs large solar power plants, has voiced ambitious plans to become North Africa's top player in the emerging

ExclusiveBusiness

BP walks away from epic $55bn Pilbara hydrogen dream

BP quitting the renewables megaproject whose price tag eclipses SunCable deals an irreparable blow to a hydrogen industry struggling with high costs, regulatory hurdles and lack of customers for the clean energy source.

Colin Packham and Brad Thompson

PropertyProperty Investing

House prices set to bounce but will apartments come along for the ride?

James Kirby

Failed property tycoon Michael Gu, a luxury Rolls Royce Wraith he once owned and Crown Casino which is being sued by liquidators to recover money spent on gambling.

ExclusiveBusiness

Crown hit with $55m lawsuit over fugitive tycoon’s gambling sprees

Ben Wilmot

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InvestingInvesting

Four small caps tipped to rally

Cliona O'Dowd

Protest voteBusiness

Disgruntled investors hit Macquarie with first strike

ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos May 16, 2023: Annual national oil and gas conference (APPEA 2023 Conference & Exhibition) in Adelaide. Lead AddressMr Glenn R Stevens AC, Former Governor, Reserve Bank of Australia Picture: NCA NewsWire / Naomi Jellicoe

The vote against bumper executive pay packets sneaked over the line even as chairman Glenn Stevens pushed aside suggestions of core risk deficiencies at the investment bank.

Cliona O'Dowd

MARGIN CALLMargin Call

CT co-founder Mark Textor has delete on repeat

Managing Director and Co Founder CT Group Mark Textor speaks during the Tourism & Transport ForumÃ¢â‚¬â¢s 2019 Leadership Summit in Sydney, March 8, 2019. (AAP Image/Peter Rae) NO ARCHIVING

It’s buyer’s remorse for the social media age. Mark Textor, the co-founder of lobbying firm CT Group, can’t seem to stop himself typing before scrubbing the offensive posts soon after.

Yoni Bashan and Nick Evans

CommentaryCompanies

How does Macquarie regain its magic touch?

14/11/2024. Macquarie Bank. Business pages stock pictures Sydney CBD. Britta Campion / The Australian

Shemara Wikramanayake’s investment bank these days is looking more like a reserve grader. But don’t write it off just yet.

Eric Johnston

Hulk Hogan: one of the most larger-than-life characters in a larger-than-life universe

Adrian Portelli will back a rip off of Nine's The Block, with Seven's new presenter Alex Cullen in talks to play a starring role in the show.

EXCLUSIVEMedia

Cullen and ‘Lambo guy’ are surprise new kids on Seven’s Block

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The Nation

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA. NewsWire Photos. July 25, 2025. (LtoR) Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Penny Wong, UK Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, David Lammy, Australian Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, UK Secretary of State for Defence, John Healey and Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence, Richard Marles pose for a photograph at Kirribilli House during the AUKMIN visit. Picture: NewsWire / Jeremy Piper (POOL)

Diplomatic meetingDefence

Australia, UK announce new 50-year AUKUS deal

Australia and the UK have renewed their vows to the AUKUS agreement, downplaying a shared concern for the potential outcome of a US review into the defence deal.

James Dowling and Sarah Ison

Labor wants Twiggy Forrest to pay back the Green hyrdogen money.

energyPolitics

Labor tells Twiggy: ‘We want our hydrogen funding back’

Labor has made it clear to Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue that it expects to get back the taxpayer funds directed to his failed hydrogen project, after the billionaire formally killed off much-hyped proposals in Queensland and Arizona.

Brad Thompson, Jack Quail and Paul Garvey

Michaelia Cassh has backed a plan to scrap welcome to country ceremonies and freeze out the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags from official proceedings.

ExclusivePolitics

Red-flag alert: Liberal leader has a new unwelcome problem

Paul Garvey and Mohammad Alfares

(Numbered order of sequences - 6) 16/05/2025: CCTV vision of a verbal stoush between former OLALC board member Danielle Annesley and council chair Jamie Newman at the Orange Bowling Club which has become the subject of a complaint against the ABC on how it reported the matter.(https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-18/orange-local-aboriginal-and-council-governance-review/105365460)

ExclusiveIndigenous

ABC’s allegations against Indigenous group ‘baseless’

James Dowling and Paige Taylor

24/7/2025 Cattle farmer Geoff Pearson with some of his cattle on his property at Badgingarra, WA .Pic Colin Murty

Slaughtered in USAgribusiness

Farmers have a beef with PM’s ‘move to woo Trump’

Matthew Denholm

Health & Wellbeing

Long life for WSJ story. Picture - PETER CROWTHER

OVARY SECRETSwellbeing

The X-factor: longevity ladies step into the bros’ space

A growing number of women scientists, entrepreneurs and influencers are edging into a space long dominated by men. Their study of hormones and ovaries could unlock the key to a longer life for everyone.

AMY DOCKER MARCUS

CommentMedical

Stop demeaning obstetric care as ‘intervention’ when it is saving lives

Obstetricians are too often forced to defend ‘interventions’ when they are actually treatments reducing mortality for both mothers and their babies, a leading practitioner says.

MICHAEL GANNON

Bruce Perry, 17, poses for a portrait after discussing his use of artificial intelligence in school assignments and for personal questions Tuesday, July 15, 2025, in Russellville, Ark. (AP Photo/Katie Adkins)

MENTAL HEALTHMental Health

‘AI never gets bored with you’: teens and their new addiction

More teenagers are looking to AI for companionship, as well as schoolwork, and even break-up advice. ‘It’s the new addiction,’ says one.

JOCELYN GECKER

Australia's largest private hospital operator will close most of its community psychology clinics. Picture: iStock

healthHealth

Nation’s largest private hospital operator to close psychology clinics

Ramsay Health Care says it will close almost all of its community psychology services and replace them with telehealth.

Penny Timms

Ivor, Colin and David Baddiel at a cafe in North Harrow, 2020

Brain trainingMental Health

Dementia destroyed my father. Can I stop myself from getting it?

TV and comedy writer Ivor Baddiel, 62 takes up new hobbies –even painting – to try to dodge the disease that killed his dad.

IVOR BADDIEL

Total hip replacement. Coloured X-ray of a section through the pelvic region of a 66-year-old male patient after total hip replacement surgery. Here, the prosthetic hip joint (dark, left) can be seen, with the peg implanted in the femur (centre-left) and replacement socket in the hip (upper left).

Med-tech battleMedical

Health insurers push back on ‘techs’ in operating theatres

Surgeons say their operations run more smoothly with a product specialist in the room, but health insurers question their role in theatre.

Helen Trinca

Screen time. Child insomnia. Late night chat. Internet addiction. Sleepless girl texting communicating on smartphone hiding under blanket in bed at home.

Kids onlineMental Health

No smartphone for under-13s? A new study makes the case

There is growing evidence that saying no to a smartphone for your primary school aged child is a good move, and there are tech workarounds to help you keep them safe.

Stephen Lunn

World

White House special envoy Steve Witkoff, left, and Jared Kushner wait for the arrival of President Donald Trump at Teterboro Airport in Teterboro, N.J., en route to attend the Club World Cup final soccer match, Sunday, July 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Israel at warThe Wall Street Journal

US threatens other ‘options’ to free Hamas hostages

Donald Trump’s Middle East peace envoy, Steve Witkoff, has recalled the US negotiating team from the Doha talks, saying Hamas showed a ‘lack of desire to reach a ceasefire’.

Robbie Gramer and Summer Said

US and Israel pull out of the ceasefire process with Hamas.

Israel at warWorld

Gaza ceasefire on brink of collapse as US, Israel pull negotiators

US envoy Steve Witkoff accused Hamas of not ‘acting in good faith’ while Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel was still seeking ceasefire despite recalling negotiators.

Agencies

President Donald Trump listens as Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a visit to the Federal Reserve, Thursday, July 24, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Political TheatreWorld

Trump and the Fed chief he wants gone in tense exchange as the cameras roll | WATCH

Nick Timiraos and Meridith McGraw

“This show hasn’t been relevant for over 20 years,

‘Desperate’Television

White House lashes out at South Park nude Trump parody

AFP

TOPSHOT - Cambodian soldiers reload the BM-21 multiple rocket launcher in Preah Vihear province on July 24, 2025. Thailand launched air strikes on Cambodian military targets on July 24 as Cambodia fired rockets and artillery, killing a civilian, in a dramatic escalation of a long-running border row between the two neighbours. (Photo by AFP)

rockets launchedWorld

Thailand, Cambodia clash with jets, rockets, artillery in deadly border row

Amanda Hodge

Travel

WAY OUT WESTTravel

Forget whale sharks. There’s another side to the Ningaloo coast

Many visitors to WA head north for aquatic adventures but the interior of this sparsely populated region has its own intriguing attractions.

julian tompkin

Snow seasonThe Weekend Australian Magazine

Is this the best place in the world to ski?

EMBARGO FOR TWAM, 26 JULY 2025. FEE MAY APPLY. Snowmass Landscape, Aspen, Colorado, USA. Photo: Jeremy Swanson

It is wonderful in every way. Perfect terrain for all abilities; from gentle, condo-lined bunny slopes to double black diamond cliffs, chutes and cornices. And you won’t even have to visit in winter.

Ricky French

MOVING FORWARDTravel

‘Airfares are crazy – September is the new peak season for travel’

WEEKEND TELEGRAPHS. CHECK WITH PIC EDITOR JEFF DARMANIN BEFORE USE. People queue for check in at the Jetstar counter at Sydney Domestic Airport, on what is historically one of the busiest days of the year at SydneyÃs airports. Pic shows . Friday 15/12/2023. Picture by Max Mason-Hubers

Travel industry executive Mark Trim is such a fan of flying at the pointy end his young kids have already done 150 business class flights. Here he shares his insights and predictions.

Stephanie Sekulovska

EXPERT GUIDETravel

‘I don’t care if it makes me look silly’: how an opera star flies

A Humidiflier mask can be useful when flying.

Protecting her precious vocal cords is a priority on long-haul flights, and leading soprano Danielle de Niese doesn’t take any chances.

Stephanie Sekulovska

Life & Arts

Still from Superman. Picture: Warner Bros. Pictures

Film rebootThe Wall Street Journal

Can new Superman save Warner Bros?

The man of steel is back in a new $US225 million reboot. It’s the last, best hope for DC Comics to match the success of the Marvel industrial complex.

Ben Fritz

Veteran actor Henri Szeps who is touring his one man show 'Wish I'd Said That' around NSW, pictured at the News Limited photographic studio in Holt Street, Surry Hills, Sydney.

‘Classic Australian story’Film

Henri Szeps, leading actor of film, TV and theatre, dies at 81

The beloved Australian actor, director and playwright will be remembered fondly by the millions who watched his work on the small screen, big screen and theatre stage.

Ryan Bourke

Jill Ogai as Princess Aurora and Marcus Morelli as the Prince in The Australian Ballet's The Sleeping Beauty. with Deb Jones review july 23 2025

DANCEStage

Sleeping beauty’s courageous leap

Dazzling displays by Jill Ogai as Princess Aurora are well supported by this brilliant and lavish production of The Sleeping Beauty.

Deborah Jones

EMBARGOED until 6.30pm AEST Thursday 24 July 2025 Writer Siang Lu, for the Miles Franklin Award. Picture - Supplied PHOTO CREDIT - Miles Franklin Literary Award/Perpetual,

Award announcedBooks

Migrant experience adds weight to Miles Franklin-winning Ghost Cities

Siang Lu set his Miles Franklin award-winning novel in China’s creepy ghost cities. His win reflects an ongoing evolution for the Miles Franklin, which was once for books set only, or at least mainly, in Australia.

Caroline Overington

Magazine

UNDER THREATThe Weekend Australian Magazine

‘If he was my partner, I’d call the police … but he’s my son’

The tragedy of violent children is a situation dealt with in families and schools across Australia, with those on the receiving end – parents, teachers, siblings – held hostage to the whims of a violent protagonist. This is one mother’s story.

Nikki Gemmell

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SEEING DOUBLEThe Weekend Australian Magazine

Is this Merc a proper sportscar or a luxury sedan? Or both?

Mercedes has delivered a very clever car, with so much power and poshness packed into it, it’s virtually two cars for the price of one.

Stephen Corby

EMBARGO FOR TWAM, 16 NOVEMBER 2024. FEE MAY APPLY. Retouched version. 25/03/2024 The new Chief Wine writer for The Australian, Nick Ryan who is taking over from James Halliday pictured at Coldstream Hills in the Yarra Valley. Jay Town/The Australian

TOUGH LIFEThe Weekend Australian Magazine

First taste: Nick Ryan’s verdict on Penfold’s 2021 Grange

Where does the 2021, a wine from a vintage already established as one of the best in decades, sit in the pantheon of great Grange? Nick Ryan should know: he’s tasted almost every Grange so far.

Nick Ryan

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Cold comfortsThe Weekend Australian Magazine

These two chicken soups will help you heal

I find comfort in making soup when someone in the house is under the weather.

Elizabeth Hewson

EMBARGO FOR TWAM, 26 JULY 2025. FEE MAY APPLY. Chicken Chips from Food You Want to Eat by Thomas Straker (Bloomsbury) which is out now. Photography: Issy Croker

DeliciousThe Weekend Australian Magazine

The most delicious chicken dish you can do at home

Succulent, juicy roasted chicken is one of life’s great pleasures. Paired here with hot chips and lemon mayo, this is one of the best chicken dishes you will ever make.

Thomas Straker

Sport

EVIAN-LES-BAINS, FRANCE - JULY 13: Grace Kim of Australia celebrates as she is sprayed with champagne, after defeating Jeeno Thitikul of Thailand in the second round of the play-off to win the The Amundi Evian Championship 2025, during the final round of The Amundi Evian Championship 2025 at Evian Resort Golf Club on July 13, 2025 in Evian-les-Bains, France. (Photo by Stuart Franklin/Getty Images)

GOLFGolf

The eagles have landed in the greatest grandstand finish in golf

Eagle, birdie, eagle to win a major The 24-year-old Sydneysider battled burnout and doubt, but found clarity in the mantra ’don’t worry’ — and delivered when it mattered most.

Will Swanton

BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - JULY 19: Sione Tuipulotu of British and Irish Lions celebrates after scoring the first try of the match during the 1st Test Match between Australia Wallabies and British & Irish Lions at Suncorp Stadium on July 19, 2025 in Brisbane, Australia. (Photo by David Rogers/Getty Images)

EXCLUSIVERugby Union

‘How was he allowed to leave?’: Wallabies’ 104kg wake-up call

Lions centre Sione Tuipulotu will miss the second Test with injury. But the truth is he should be flying the flag for Australian rugby. Quade Cooper on the one that got away for the Wallabies.

Quade Cooper

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 15: Jake Turpin of the Bulldogs is sent to the sin bin for a high tackle during the round 15 NRL match between South Sydney Rabbitohs and Canterbury Bulldogs at Accor Stadium, on June 15, 2025, in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Matt King/Getty Images)

OpinionNRL

AFL’s embarrassment laid bare for all to see

In the ‘war’ between rugby league and Aussie rules, Peter V’landys keeps raining blows on the jaw of the AFL – but the most damaging shot landed this week was self-inflicted, writes Brent Read.

Brent Read

BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - JULY 19: Harry Wilson of the Wallabies looks dejected after the team's defeat in game one of the series between Australia Wallabies and British & Irish Lions at Suncorp Stadium on July 19, 2025 in Brisbane, Australia. (Photo by Chris Hyde/Getty Images)

Rugby Union

‘Hands tied behind their backs’: Harsh truth Lions fans need to confront

If all Australia cared about was rugby, the Wallabies would be unstoppable. Simon McLoughlin reveals why shouty Lions fans should thank their stars they’re not living in an alternate universe.

Simon McLoughlin

AFL

No Coleman? No worries: Hawks leave Voss with forward line Blues

If anything was made clear on Thursday night, it was that you don’t need a fat check forward line to make an impact. The Hawks are running hot, but where to for Charlie and Harry?

Josh Barnes

(FILES) Red Bull Racing's Dutch driver Max Verstappen (R) reacts with Red Bull Racing's British team principal Christian Horner in the parc ferme after winning the Formula One Belgian Grand Prix at the Spa-Francorchamps Circuit in Spa on July 30, 2023. Christian Horner is to leave his role as Red Bull team principal with immediate effect after 20 years, the Formula One team announced on July 9, 2025. (Photo by SIMON WOHLFAHRT / AFP)

Formula OneMotorsport

‘Until the end’: Verstappen’s post-Horner Red Bull future revealed

Speculation has been rife about Max Verstappen’s future at Red Bull after the exit of Christian Horner and now the four time champion has spoken in the leadup to the Belgian Grand Prix.

AFP

Daily Cartoon

Johannes Leak commentary page cartoon for 25/07/2025Version: 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.

Johannes Leak cartoons

Inquirer

Glowing Dollar sign in light bulb; electricity energy generic savings

Time to get creative on productivity

commentaryCommentary

Subsidise parents, not childcare centres

Given that the Albanese government’s legislated objective is to make available to all infants and young children a three-day-a-week guarantee of childcare subsidy, starting from next year, why not pay it directly to parents rather than to the childcare centre?

Coming up with a better system of childcare should be a no-brainer for an opposition led by a former childcare minister. Certainly, a real policy on a vital topic would be much better than gimmicks such as quotas for female candidates.

Peta Credlin

CommentaryLeadership

Education about civics and democracy a matter of priority

CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - July 22, 2025: Speaker of the House, Milton Dick during the Governor-General of Australia, Sam MostynÃ¢â¬â¢s opening of the 48th Parliament speech at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture: NewsWire / Martin Ollman

Unless the benefits of democracy are embedded in every generation of school students they will be vulnerable to manipulation when it comes time to vote.

Chris Merritt

Aviation

Mercure - dirty glasses Photos taken by Virgin Australia cabin crew during layovers at the Mercure Hotel in Perth.

Virgin cabin crew take filthy hotel complaint to Fair Work

AviationAviation

Qatar victims win right to sue over invasive internal searches

A Qatar Airways Boeing 777-300 is moved on the Tarmac of Le Bourget airport on June 18, 2017 on the eve of the opening of the International Paris Air Show. Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt are among several countries that suspended ties with Qatar last week, including the suspension of all flights to and from Doha and an airspace ban on Qatar Airways. / AFP PHOTO / ERIC PIERMONT

Australian women subjected to invasive examinations at Hamad International Airport have won the right to sue Qatar Airways in a landmark court victory.

Robyn Ironside

AviationAviation

Qantas refund class action delayed amid document search

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos JULY 29, 2022: General scenes of a Qantas plane at the arrival gate at SydneyÃs International AirportPicture: NCA NewsWire / Jeremy Piper

A class action against Qantas over its handling of Covid-19 travel credits will focus on what call centre staff were told to tell customers about their refund entitlements.

Robyn Ironside

Education

Anna-Maria Arabia. CEO of the Australian Academy of Science.2/5/22Photograph by Bradley Cummings.

Scientists devise big business formula to raise billions

EXCLUSIVEHigher Education

Plea for dialogue on uni foreign interference threats

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - 16 Dec 2019 - View of the campus of the University of Sydney, one of the most prestigious universities in Australia.

The AFP says it has conducted criminal investigations where academics have been the targets of foreign intelligence services.

Joanna Panagopoulos

Independent probeNation

‘Punch a racist’ symposium cleared by uni review

Poet Lorna Munro, left, and a slide shown to delegates on the first day of an anti-racism symposium at QUT in Brisbane.

A review has found poet Lorna Munro did not intend to promote aggression when she urged delegates at the debate to ‘punch a racist’, and showed slides of people being punched in the head.

Natasha Bita

Media

Vodafone is ready to take on its bigger rivals to win telco share

Vodafone hires ad agency as it readies to battle Telstra

THE GROWTH AGENDAThe Growth Agenda

TBWA regional president resigns as new Oceania structure lands

Paul Bradbury, regional president and ceo

TBWA regional president and CEO Paul Bradbury has resigned from the agency just weeks after the launch of the new Omnicom Oceania structure.

Danielle Long

Radio rumblingsMedia

Nine’s talkback network, prized ABC recruit suffer ratings collapse

Hamish Macdonald has copped another brutal ratings hit, while high-profile presenters at 2GB and 3AW suffered their worst results of the year in the key markets of Sydney and Melbourne.

James Madden

Property

Pearl Bondi's penthouse has an asking price of $30m

Penthouse to set $30m Bondi high water mark

Sky high livingProperty

Inside the apartment setting the standard for high-end home entertaining

EMBARGO FOR MANSION MAGAZINE, 25 JULY 2025. Sky Place, Melbourne, VIC. Photo: Martina Gemmola

Boasting MCG and city views, Melbourne’s newest luxury apartment has unrivalled appeal. Take the first look inside.

Carli Philips

MansionProperty

Ex-AFL chief Demetriou lists opulent Toorak mansion

Andrew Demetriou and his model wife Symone Richards are hoping to land a sale in the region of $15m for the six-bedroom home they have owned since 2007.

Lisa Allen

Technology

Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 has a new running coach catering for everyone from beginners to those preparing for a marathon.

Can this new AI running coach help you run a marathon?

EXCLUSIVETechnology

AI’s dirty secret: are your Google searches harming the planet?

Surface of the Planet Earth viewed from a satellite, focused on Australia, sun rising on the horizon. 3D illustration (Blender software) - Elements of this image furnished by NASA (https://eoimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/images/imagerecords/73000/73776/world.topo.bathy.200408.3x5400x2700.jpg).

New data reveals the shocking energy footprint used by Googling and prompting ChatGPT, forcing businesses and consumers to confront the climate consequences of their digital habits.

Jared Lynch

EXCLUSIVETechnology

AI influencers exposed: the trust crisis engulfing social media stars

AI influencer Mia Zelu has racked up over 167k online followers, despite not even being real

AI influencer Mia Zelu fooled thousands with her fake life of luxury – sparking an authenticity crisis up-ending social media strategies for businesses across the globe.

Jared Lynch

Science

ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA - JULY 13: A Male Snapper washes up on Glenelg Beach on July 13, 2025 in Adelaide, Australia. A toxic algal bloom has washed dead and dying sea creatures along the South Australian coastline since mid March and was first detected on the stateÃ¢â¬â¢s Fleurieu Peninsula and Kangaroo Island. The ecological disaster is killing large swathes of marine life across a wide range of species, including dolphins, sharks and rare marine species not often observed. (Photo by Tracey Nearmy/Getty Images)

Bloom a ‘Chernobyl of the marine environment’

Lost speciesThe Times

Peter Jackson’s moabsession taking flight

A depiction is represented of the largest species of moa, the South Island giant moa, which once could stand 12 feet (3.6 meters) tall. (Courtesy of Colossal Biosciences via AP)

A famed film director has a collection of 400 moa bones that experts hope will help scientists as they work on recreating the extinct giant bird’s DNA.

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