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’.
Billionaire Andrew Forrest’s miner has agreed to repay government funding directed towards his failed hydrogen company, adding ‘conversations are already underway’.
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.
The AFL and the Geelong Football Club have moved to break apart a billion-dollar court case potentially ending a class action involving more than 90 brain-injured players.
As The Australian’s foreign correspondent he travelled the world, but only after falling for the artist Alison Nampitjinpa Anderson could he begin to make sense of his place in it.
Former NSW Minister and Kiama MP Gareth Ward has been found guilty of sexually abusing two young men.
Emily Kame Kngwarreye is the first Australian to have a survey exhibition at the Tate. Why then is her masterpiece excluded?
Oscar Piastri returns at Spa with scars from Silverstone and a shrinking lead, needing to reassert control in McLaren’s intra-team duel.
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.
And what two Tom Cruise films start with ‘V’? Pit your wits against Review’s resident Quizmaster.
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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.
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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.
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Anthony Albanese’s push for consensus ahead of the economic reform roundtable appears increasingly dead on arrival.
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Moral grandstanding has become the driving force behind Australian policymaking rather than traditional cost-benefit analysis.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Shemara Wikramanayake’s investment bank these days is looking more like a reserve grader. But don’t write it off just yet.
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.
The highest-ranking Liberal woman MP behind Sussan Ley is part of a party push to ditch welcome-to-country ceremonies and Aboriginal flags from official events, putting Michaelia Cash at odds with the Opposition Leader on Indigenous symbolism.
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.
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.
More teenagers are looking to AI for companionship, as well as schoolwork, and even break-up advice. ‘It’s the new addiction,’ says one.
Ramsay Health Care says it will close almost all of its community psychology services and replace them with telehealth.
TV and comedy writer Ivor Baddiel, 62 takes up new hobbies –even painting – to try to dodge the disease that killed his dad.
Surgeons say their operations run more smoothly with a product specialist in the room, but health insurers question their role in theatre.
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.
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’.
US envoy Steve Witkoff accused Hamas of not ‘acting in good faith’ while Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel was still seeking ceasefire despite recalling negotiators.
Many visitors to WA head north for aquatic adventures but the interior of this sparsely populated region has its own intriguing attractions.
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.
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.
Protecting her precious vocal cords is a priority on long-haul flights, and leading soprano Danielle de Niese doesn’t take any chances.
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.
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.
Dazzling displays by Jill Ogai as Princess Aurora are well supported by this brilliant and lavish production of The Sleeping Beauty.
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.
Unlike many other jobs, today’s world leaders seem happy to take leadership’s hard yards well into their seventies. But if 60 was the cut-off, who would make the Bernard Bunch?
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.
Under George’s discerning but lion-hearted mentorship, these First Nations models are carving their own path in fashion.
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.
The celebrity couple, who relocated to England from the US, have moved to a larger property after extensively renovating the Cotswolds estate.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
Australian women subjected to invasive examinations at Hamad International Airport have won the right to sue Qatar Airways in a landmark court victory.
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.
The AFP says it has conducted criminal investigations where academics have been the targets of foreign intelligence services.
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.
TBWA regional president and CEO Paul Bradbury has resigned from the agency just weeks after the launch of the new Omnicom Oceania structure.
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.
Boasting MCG and city views, Melbourne’s newest luxury apartment has unrivalled appeal. Take the first look inside.
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.
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.
Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, has intervened in a brutal backlash by gamers against an Australian-led ban on sexually violent online games.
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.
Their stings and swarms make them fearsome predators. As politicians ‘dither’ and Queensland struggles to keep a lid on them, one of the world’s worst feral pests marches on, with potentially disastrous consequences.
Fine dining isn’t dead. But its future in Australia is starting to look different.
To say that Barolo is an acquired taste is a bit like acknowledging that not everyone likes caviar.
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