Anthony Albanese is facing internal pressure to unveil populist cost-of-living measures that federal MPs and union leaders say prevented Queensland Labor from suffering a near wipe-out on Saturday’s election.
There is a dual and potentially fatal lesson for both Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton in the Queensland election.
At a celebratory 2019 dinner in Switzerland after her pitch to the IOC, Annastacia Palaszczuk took a senior journalist aside. While Brisbane had essentially secured the 2032 Games, all she wanted to discuss was David Crisafulli.
After a disastrous result for the left-wing party on Saturday night, the major parties are refocusing their attention on the Greens’ Brisbane seats at the next federal election.
The troubled media company has further questions to answer over the handling of disgraced news boss Darren Wick’s exit from the business earlier this year.
A group of key executives from Solomon Lew’s Just Group retail division have resigned, adding to a growing list of management departures, just as Myer is mulling buying the unit.
Missing NSW mother Bronwyn Winfield’s estranged husband Jon left out key facts in his only police interview about her disappearance.
Anthony Albanese claims he has been fully transparent about receiving free flight upgrades courtesy of Qantas, as a new book lifts the lid on the freebies the Prime Minister accepted from the airline.
Journalists should be more sceptical of people claiming to be victims of colonial oppression and the argument that Jews are colonisers flies in the face of documented history, archaeology and genealogy.
While a further Iranian response to Israel’s recent airstrike is possible, it looks unlikely as Iran wants to get back to conducting its war through expendable proxies.
The LNP’s marquee campaign promise to tackle youth crime is riddled with holes for premier-elect David Crisafulli.
The PM’s hopes of dramatically increasing federal Labor’s paltry five out of 30 seats in Queensland remains a pipe dream and Greens leader Adam Bandt has been put on notice by this election outcome.
In the first trip by Australian media since January 2020, The Weekend Australian asks locals: What really happened in Wuhan?
The growing rift between the NSW judiciary and the state’s top prosecutor has been dramatically laid bare with a senior judge alleging Sally Dowling tried to ‘exert influence’ over the judiciary and engaged in ‘ethically questionable’ behaviour.
The family of missing mother Bronwyn Winfield is bitterly divided over her case being included in a list of 67 unsolved murders and disappearances of women on the NSW north coast that a politician has attempted to link to a serial killer | NEW EPISODE
Take away the gambling, the mega-casinos, the strip, and what do you have left? You’ll be surprised by the thriving cultural life of this iconic desert destination.
The West is facing a dual threat; from bad actors externally, and internally from polarisation and demoralisation on a scale unlike anything since the end of the Cold War.
Who do you think would be smarter and more experienced in matters of energy and economics: Microsoft founder Bill Gates and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, or lifelong ALP operatives Chris Bowen and Anthony Albanese? Because not everyone can be right.
If we judge a nation on the direction in which it’s going, rather than its past, then Australia, we have a problem. But, it’s one we can fix it if we all agree to be the change we so desperately need.
That slogan ‘from the river to the sea’ is not about real estate. For Palestine and Hamas it is, and was always, what they see as the noble cause of ridding us of Jews. Hitler failed. They and their successors don’t plan to.
It’s the wildest scene in Gladiator II and Paul Mescal, chosen for the epic sequel by Ridley Scott, told the legendary director exactly what he thought when he read it – “like, what the f…?”
Inside a Chinese-built hospital, a crack team of Australian doctors and surgeons perform lifesaving surgery on a young Solomon Islander boy. There’s a battle going on for hearts and minds here – who’s winning?
Shaun Micallef has seen huge disruption in the entertainment industry since his TV debut 26 years ago. But one thing hasn’t changed.
Tim Walz’s very public journey over these past few months has been intriguing in terms of a fresh brand of masculinity in the public arena.
Starter jobs, student jobs, teenager jobs, call them what you will, they all have something to offer that is even more valuable than money.
From an apocalypse-obsessed church to a busy family home, it’s been a long road for songbird Sarah Blasko, whose seventh album deals with highly personal subject matter.
When I tell people the story of my misdiagnosis they are furious, and urge me to sue for malpractice. But I refuse to face the challenges ahead of me filled with bile.
A musical version of hit children’s TV series Round the Twist will bring Australia’s favorite family from the 90s to a whole new generation.
With his own mortality weighing on his mind, Bruce Springsteen embraces life and music in a series of concerts documented in a new film.
Daniel Petre-backed start-up Sucasa reckons Australia’s mortgage market is typified by a ‘one size fits all’ approach that is letting down younger and would-be borrowers.
The deal finally brings to an end Ian Malouf’s long-held ambition to build a huge waste-to-energy plant in Sydney’s Eastern Creek.
Major accounting firms are collecting millions of dollars in remuneration as a growing number of large businesses collapse amid a deterioration in Australia’s economy.
Despite being mired in salacious revelations in recent weeks, WiseTech founder Richard White still found time to buy his fifth apartment in the Eliza complex in Sydney’s CBD.
Australian regulators and the International Monetary Fund want more disclosure from big super but buoyant markets shield them from any serious examination. It’s time for an inquiry.
Our experts’ buy, hold and sell recommendations this week have an international element. See their top suggestions.
Iceland is home to some amazing thermal baths, open year-round whatever the weather. This one is no exception. Just make sure you know the rules.
Longevity is the new cocktail by the pool when it comes to luxury hotels and the treatments on offer will astound you, especially at this new London property.
Thousands of people are travelling overseas to partake in these gruelling 42.2km destination runs in London, Berlin and New York. But how do you get in? And why would you want to?
Mindfulness and self-care were not for me; I don’t like activated almonds or acai. But then I went to this Thai wellness resort and it changed my life.
Australia’s selectors have decided to ignore the opponent when they weigh up whether teen-sensation Sam Konstas is worth a Test debut, writes ROBERT CRADDOCK.
Australia is into the Pacific Championship final after exacting revenge over New Zealand, surviving a Kiwi onslaught and one of the great bombed tries. Watch the highlights and re-live all the action.
Jillaroos fullback Tamika Upton helped exact revenge against the Kiwi Ferns, keeping them scoreless in New Zealand in a history-making win.
Australia has lost the Constellation Cup for the first time in three years following a devastating third quarter which left both the Diamond’s captain and vice-captain dragged to the bench.
Cox Plate champion Via Sistina has presented master trainer Chris Waller a more palatable predicament eight days out from the Melbourne Cup compared to an emotional rollercoaster last week.
The team around record-breaking Cox Plate heroine Via Sistina will spend the next few days weighing up options for the mare including next week’s Melbourne Cup.
Chopard’s new Global Ambassador Bella Hadid perfectly embodies the elegance and Joie de Vivre of Chopard’s Haute Joaillerie watches.
Vacancy rates are critically low and house prices continue to soar. We need a novel way of thinking to build the houses we need.
David Crisafulli is under pressure to promote more women and regional MPs into his cabinet, as he vowed to push Anthony Albanese’s federal government for extra funding.
Vanquished Labor Premier Steven Miles will stay on as Opposition leader after rivals Cameron Dick and Shannon Fentiman capitulated to avoid a contested ballot of branch members, unions and MPs.
Michelle Obama says women and their reproductive rights will become ‘collateral damage’ in any second Trump presidency, as the Harris campaign pushes abortion as a main issue in the final 10 days of the US election campaign.
At this stage, there’s every chance the Democrats have thoroughly outsmarted themselves.
Kamala Harris and Donald Trump have held duelling rallies in Texas while also making time to record podcast episodes.
History also shows that Donald Trump is much better at losing elections than he is at winning them, but he is strutting like a victor as Kamala Harris suffers a stall in her momentum.
Shortly before 2am in Israel, airmen and women wearing bomber jackets bearing the Star of David climbed into the cockpits of about 100 jet fighters, spy planes and refuelling aircraft at an Israeli military base. They were following commands from an underground bunker known as the pit.
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We are likely to see a rare moment of peace between Israel and Iran for a period as far as direct confrontations go because it suits both countries at this stage not to escalate it further.
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Qantas is soaring while conditions are good but when the cycle inevitably turns negative, this will test the airline’s commitment to changing its ways.
New chair John Mullen has sought to draw the curtain on the Alan Joyce era, vowing to move on from ‘serious mistakes’ while defending the airline’s close relationship with Anthony Albanese.
From anti-Semitism to financial challenges and technological change, new University of Sydney chancellor David Thodey has warned of a ‘decade of disorientation’ for tertiary education.
‘More job losses’ have been threatened by universities as the federal government starts a review of university governance.
News Corp boss Michael Miller says while ‘government handouts’ might sustain smaller, digital outlets that don’t create news content, they would not help mainstream media in the long term.
The Albanese government has failed to follow through on its promise to hold social media platforms to account for the damage they have done to journalism, Anthony De Ceglie says.
Australian superannuation funds are making bigger than ever plays offshore and one of the largest is targeting London’s office market at a time when few others are.
Melbourne investment banker David Williams is hoping to turbocharge Rate My Agent’s profits via a new deal that delivers more social media tools to real estate agents.
He’s vowed to stop the ‘green new scam’ but with so many carrots to incentivise climate tech, a Trump victory could still be environmentally friendly.
Australia’s 3G shutdown will render some 5G devices useless, with the nation’s largest telcos set to identify and block certain devices from Monday.
DNA samples from diverse communities around Australia are being gathered to form what is hoped to be first national genetic biobank.
Rio Tinto and its partner in the Rhodes Ridge joint venture have informed regulators they will no longer push ahead with a long-awaited proposal to mine the Giles Mini deposit near Newman due to its impact on potential roosting sites for the vulnerable Ghost Bat.
Deceptively simple, that deeply burnished crown, almost charred, gives way to a creamy interior, intentionally undercooked, so that each bite slides between lightness and density.
You will find this dish in pretty much every tapas bar in every coastal town in Spain.
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