The United Nation’s top climate official, Simon Stiell, has challenged Anthony Albanese to set an ambitious emissions target rather than choosing ‘what’s easy’, declaring it a ‘defining moment’ for Australia.
Shareholder frustration is palpable. But the departure of Joel Riddle is a risk for a development that continues to faces significant opposition.
A seismic shift in Australia’s job market looms as AI prepares to replace ‘tens of thousands’ of middle-class workers in banking, HR and call centres.
Chris Minns has blocked a planned march but defiant activists say ‘it’s not just up to the Premier to decide’, as ECAJ co-chair Alex Ryvchin says the protest would be ‘sullying another icon’.
Anti-Israel activists have laid bare the extent of their vandalism in new footage posted to social media that reveals a wave of attacks on properties owned by Toll.
Labor’s move to condemn Mark Latham with a caucus plaque next to his portrait ignores a century of controversial leaders, opens a Pandora’s box of reckoning and sets a silly precedent.
New analysis of airline loyalty programs has revealed which schemes deliver the best value for hard-earned points.
Buyers with little chance of ever acquiring a property are being exploited by real estate agents ‘underquoting’. Now property professionals are speaking out.
The USA might have sensed an opportunity when Emma McKeon and the Campbell sisters left, but the new generation have reminded the world how Australia sets the standard.
This route hasn’t been offered to travellers for 13 years but a budget airline has stepped into the breach.
The man at the centre of the most controversial call in Wallabies vs Lions history has admitted he was nervous of being penalised after watching a replay of his cleanout on Carlo Tizzano.
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As a scholar and journalist with over a decade of documenting executions, torture and extrajudicial killings in Iran, I found Fatima Payman’s claims appalling – an echo of the regime propaganda long used to discredit dissidents.
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Australia has been very well governed over the past century and a quarter. But we’re changing. We’re becoming distinctly Peronist.
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The cautionary tale of British energy company Drax illustrates the reality of a marginal reduction in emissions that hardly justifies the cost.
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With a fractured Coalition at historic lows, will Anthony Albanese and Jim Chalmers prefer the politically safe route of their past three years or risk political capital to do what is right for Australia? Here’s what they should do.
Australia’s peak shareholders lobby demands ‘stronger, independent board’ after WiseTech promotes insider with no listed company experience to CEO. Industry fund HESTA went one step further and threatened to sell its shares.
Despite a promise of being relentless about innovation, the tech billionaire has repeatedly shown a reluctance to be challenged.
The golf course site, which sits next to Sydney Airport, will become one of the city’s largest logistics precincts after property developer Stockland secured a landmark $3.5bn joint venture deal.
US-EU tariff deal lifts Wall Street, Euro futures, signalling strong start to trading week. Boss Energy guidance weighs as share price hits 2022 lows. WiseTech shares up on internal pick for top job. Tamboran’s sudden CEO exit.
A 737 aircraft has been severely damaged after becoming detached from a tug vehicle and colliding with it at Melbourne Airport.
Victorian state MP Georgie Purcell, a member of the Animal Justice Party, has announced she and federal Labor MP Josh Burns are expecting a ‘vegan’ baby girl.
Stealth Electric Bikes, which produces military-grade electric bikes used by special forces, was overlooked in favour of a foreign producer despite spending $2m developing bikes for the nation’s postal fleet.
An open bar was once the sign of a great party. But in an age of loud-and-proud sobriety, alcohol is no longer a must-have for wedding receptions | Do you say ‘I do’ to dry nuptials? Cast your vote
The singer, songwriter and actor speaks about his lifelong love of fitness, wrestling with distorted self-perception, learning to value his ‘body that works’ and why he believes ‘continuity is king’.
This dish answers all the appetite questions with creamy mash, tender, tasty fish, and freshly steamed greens.
A sudden bout of sepsis in 2023 cost the Conservative MP his arms and legs – and nearly his life. Now a life peer, he explains how he’s fighting for fellow amputees. Warning: contains a graphic image
The last time I quit vaping it was my best attempt yet. My secret? One cigarette a day.
The divisive cardiologist who has the ear of Robert F. Kennedy argues the loss of trust in health systems in Australia, Britain and the US is good for patients.
A war has erupted in the medical community, on social media and in health policy over cholesterol-lowering statins, a drug taken by 2.2 million Australians. Now an eminent cardiologist explains why he thinks the anti-statin argument is nonsense.
The Kremlin’s top court outlawed the non-existent ‘international satanism movement’ after appeals from the Russian Orthodox Church leader.
British PM Keir Starmer’s top security officials have elevated defence and AUKUS as ‘bedrocks’ of the relationship with Australia, as Britain sent one of its carrier groups to dock in Australia for the first time in decades.
From ranch stays to smoky barbecues and watching parades of longhorn cattle, the Lone Star State gives visitors the chance to get a little bit country.
This little timber town combines old-fashioned heritage with a sophisticated dining and shopping scene.
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.
The trio moved down the catwalk in co-ordinated gold chaps and performed a medley of hits including Lose My Breath and Bootylicious.
With the Sydney Marathon looming, this technology editor turns to Samsung’s new AI running coach. Can this smart watch outsmart past injuries and salvage a sub-four-hour dream?
Known as the first of it’s kind, the mega-musical CATS has returned to its Australian home in time for its 40th anniversary, celebrated with original and new cast and crew.
The tectonic plates of generational wealth are shifting and whether its proponents are bold and brash or stealth and sophisticated, there is a whole lot of money on the move.
Could Alison Nampitjinpa Anderson build a life with the writer Nicolas Rothwell? In the early days of their courtship she took to country, and the advice of her ancestors, to determine their future.
Climate change is widely viewed as the mightiest threat to humanity, but in the hierarchy of threats we face, is a Third World War still the most dangerous?
What are your options when you need a kidney and you can’t find a match? An extraordinary medical process – known as ‘the Daisy Chain’ – is giving hope to thousands of Australians.
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.
Comedy legend Dan Aykroyd on his old mate John Belushi, political correctness – and his real-life fascination with the paranormal.
Having blown an unassailable lead and the series against the Lions, the Wallabies now face a brutal reality check about their failing tactical approach, writes Julian Linden.
Rowan Marshall has revealed more about St Kilda’s celebrations after their history-making win over the Demons, plus what it was like setting up the matchwinning play.
Port Adelaide got a lot wrong in the 98-point defeat their crosstown rivals — but one moment stood out as lazy and disrespectful. See all the R20 likes and dislikes in The Lowdown.
Cam Munster, Billy Slater and Cam Smith have a special piece in their career which Reece Walsh missed out on – an apprenticeship away from the forensic gaze of the NRL.
Canberra have stepped up their bid to keep their players amid the threat of a West Australian poaching raid, offering an extension to one of their forwards and holding talks with another. MARKET WATCH.
Jake Clifford has won the battle for scrumbase contracts at the Cowboys – and it is set to deliver a former Australian schoolboys playmaker to the Broncos.
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.
Having triggered the war with Israel, Hamas still hands out morality lessons on how to be a good international citizen. But Israel will further alienate its remaining friends if it continues to allow 2.1 million Gazans to starve.
When Sall Grover’s online platform was flooded with trans activists, she asked herself this question: as profoundly fraught as the trans issue is, why should women’s rights come second?
Airservices has explained why travellers should not be concerned that Western Sydney Airport, opening next year, will have no air traffic control tower of the traditional kind. It will be digital.
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.
Queensland teachers’ pay negotiations has been sent to conciliation as a strike ballot closes, with their union refusing to rule out industrial action, despite government intervention.
An academic who said ‘Blak activists’ were turning Melbourne University into ‘an ideological re-education camp’ has been mocked for using anti-discrimination laws in a bid to save his job.
The impact of AI on the advertising and marketing industry is an opportunity for the market to get back to what it does best: creativity, according to WPP global creative chief Rob Reilly.
An ad campaign by Palliative Care Queensland, which aimed to make death less scary, has reported extraordinary results.
Can’t afford to buy in one of Australia’s most expensive areas? The build-to-rent revolution is about to land in Sydney’s up-market Bondi Junction.
This six-bedroom Art Nouveau terrace in Melbourne’s prized Domain precinct is on the market, priced $31-$33 million.
China’s carbon output dipped last year even as energy use rose. Now there’s hope it signals a permanent switch that shows a different kind of power is possible – and ends the ‘but China’ argument by countries seeking to justify climate inaction.
An Australian anti-pornography campaign has been blamed for the sudden removal by a global distributor of 20,000 online adult games.
Benjamin Alldridge reckons this is the only photograph ever taken of a wild quoll fluorescing. How on earth did he capture it?
The Academy of Science has proposed a new levy for big business to raise up to $12 billion annually for research and development, saying it’s ‘absolutely urgent’.
Fine dining isn’t dead. But its future in Australia is starting to look different.
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.
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