The simple money habits of the rich you could start tomorrow
Before they were rich, these entrepreneurs forged lifelong money habits they swear by | Here are their eight top tips
The household bills bringing down inflation and interest rates
RBA rate cuts are coming, and you can thank these common household expenses for helping to deliver mortgage relief.
Should I pay off my mortgage or buy an investment property?
Q: I’ve always been told to pay off the mortgage before making other investments. But I want an investment property to enjoy time in the market.
Albanese, Starmer’s new round of talks on Gaza, Palestinian state
The PM’s phone call with Starmer, about ‘international momentum’ on the war in Gaza, was the second in two days after the UK said it would recognise a state of Palestine unless Israel met key conditions.
Canada joins UK, France in move to recognise Palestinian state
Prime Minister Mark Carney said Ottawa’s recognition will be contingent on successful reforms by the Palestinian Authority.
Revealed: agents of Iran regime are terrorising dissidents Down Under
Islamic Republic agents operating freely across Australia have allegedly been stalking, threatening and harassing locals and politicians advocating against the brutal regime | WATCH
NY Times offices vandalised after emaciated Gaza baby correction
Pro-Palestinian vandals have daubed the offices of the New York Times with red paint and slogans after the newspaper admitted it had published a misleading picture of a ‘starving’ baby in Gaza.
ABC stands its ground on child starvation picture
Global media outlets are backtracking on their coverage of a malnourished Gaza child’s viral photo, but ABC’s Media Watch maintains its position.
Adgemis $1.5bn in the red, driving a $240k Mercedes as credit deal looms
Embattled pub baron Jon Adgemis faces bankruptcy – with apparently just $3.79 in his bank account – but doesn’t seem to be feeling the pinch as he approaches the biggest test of his life.
Arms, belly or thighs? Where you store fat really matters
Is your body shape harming your health? Psoriasis is just the latest illness that researchers have found to be linked to belly fat.
Moore: Youth policy killed the 2013 Wallabies’ hopes
A Robbie Deans-led youth policy and the international retirements of several Wallabies were behind Australia’s shattering series loss to the Lions in 2013. A decade of reflection later, Stephen Moore believes one thing could have changed everything.
‘Emotional day’ as Birmingham farewells Ozzy Osbourne
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.
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COMMENTARY
Is the ‘anti-racism’ movement making us more racist?
Anti-racism has become a required opinion across the Australian public sector. Universities can’t get enough of it. It has become a cure-all for all sorts of discrimination, real and imagined.
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PM’s Palestine push ahead of UN face-off
Anthony Albanese has sharpened his language in declaring he is ready to seize the ‘opportunity’ and fulfil a lifelong political aspiration to recognise Palestine as a state.
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A Palestinian state just the latest detour in gesture diplomacy
What kind of state are we recognising? A Hamas-run theocracy? Australia should not join a chorus of symbolic recognitions that ignores statehood prerequisites.
COMMENTARY
Alarmists’ babble on climate apocalypse more boring than broccoli
The problem with providing persistent glimpses into a contrived climate horror show at some vague point in the future is that over time, people become inured to them. And switch off. Call it the broccoli effect.
Rio down on profit miss, copper blow; Flight Centre falls
Rio’s investors react to profit miss, as copper price fall also drags down BHP. Flight Centre’s profit falls short of expectations. Beach Energy sinks on oil price impairment.
Federal Reserve defies Trump, holds rates steady
Fresh from his visit to Scotland, the US President took aim at Fed Chair Jerome Powell as he promoted a spate of recent trade deals.
Speech timing a real Farq-u-har
75pc by 2035: Forrest renewables group tests ALP’s green ambition
Rio Tinto boss bows out with plea for competitive energy price
Cannon-Brookes axes 150 staff in ‘cold’ video message to Atlassian
Atlassian’s famed policy ‘Open Company, No Bullshit’ was on show when the Mike Cannon-Brookes delivered staff cuts to 150 employees at 8am on Wednesday. They will be replaced by AI.
Everything ‘starts and ends’ with culture: Inside Rio’s revival
Outgoing Rio Tinto boss Jakob Stausholm says the mining giant has regained its ‘mojo’ after rebuilding from the Juukan Gorge scandal which left it ‘on its knees’.
MinRes starts hedging amid iron ore price jitters
Chris Ellison’s Mineral Resources is locking in iron ore prices while it races to fix a vital hauling route.
How to get rich using the power of property
Successful property investors know the tips and traps around building serious wealth. Here is why it is wise to listen to them.
Welcome to new Wealth, your insight-loaded guide to getting ahead
The Australian is launching Wealth, a dedicated section to help more Australians make smarter money choices.
Wealth Masterclass: make smarter money moves | WATCH
The Australian has put together a video Masterclass series to help you navigate your wealth journey, including how to maximise your super and building an investment property portfolio.
Meet The Australian’s wealth of talent
The Australian’s wealth team will break down the jargon and deliver real insights that will help you make smarter money choices no matter what stage of the financial journey you are on.
Shares at record highs but many are missing the party
While tech and banking stocks drive the ASX to new heights, more than half of Australia’s top 50 listed companies remain at least 10 per cent below their records.
UN climate chief backed fossil fuel tax breaks
Mining leaders have exposed UN climate chief Simon Stiell’s secret past supporting tax breaks for oil and gas companies while lecturing Australia about emissions targets.
House of mushroom murders off limits amid mooted compensation claims
Prosecutors want to prevent the sale of Erin Patterson’s house in case it can be sold to compensate her victims.
Marinus clean energy project threatened by ‘dirty’ politics
Inflation cools, prompting RBA cut in August
Probe after man shot dead by cops in Victoria
The use of cannabis gummies is spreading in the US; but what about the risks?
Frazzled American parents are swapping a nightly glass of chardonnay for chewable THC gummies. But are they ignoring the health risks?
Chalmers’ roundtable turns into a health black hole
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.
Does play belong in primary schools? Prince Planet’s on his way!
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?
‘Then the panic roared in’: what my doctors didn’t say about quitting antidepressants
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.
The joy and wisdom of a pioneering ‘poo doctor’
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.
The Australian’s Natasha Robinson recognised for coverage of mental health sector crisis
The Australian’s Health Editor has been recognised for her ‘groundbreaking coverage’ of issues affecting the nation’s mental health sector.
Tim Minchin: ‘Nudity is almost in my contract; I have very little shame’
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’.
Freed Gaza hostage warns recognising Palestinian state could ‘embolden’ Hamas
Emily Damari was shot and dragged from her home on October 7. She says recognising a Palestinian state sends a ‘dangerous message’.
Witkoff returns to Israel as pressures ramps on Netanyahu
Donald Trump has sent his Middle East envoy back to Israel as Benjamin Netanyahu prepares his response to British and French threats to recognise Palestine.
Tsunami evacuations ordered in South America, Russian volcano erupts
How did a lone gunman breach one of New York’s most secure skyscrapers?
Thai-Cambodia ceasefire falters as civilians count cost of conflict
The only place you can swim eye to eye with these special whales
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.
How a trans-Atlantic crossing changed my view of the world
An epic voyage that spans continents and hemispheres takes guests to destinations they might otherwise never see.
Where to swim with these majestic ocean giants
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 no-frills flight presents a new way to start your next NZ holiday
This route hasn’t been offered to travellers for 13 years but a budget airline has stepped into the breach.
Cleo Laine: life, love and all that jazz
Singer of a wide repertoire of music who was also much admired as a theatre performer dies aged 97.
Sydney Sweeney’s outrage is because she’s beige, not white
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.
Spain cashes in on the Hemingway legend
Ernest Hemingway’s favorite cafes are now a Spanish tourist route as Valencia marks 100 years since he stopped off there to write The Sun Also Rises.
Another Chinese ute to spark Aus price war
Australia’s busy ute market is about to get busier thanks to a new arrival from China that could force leading brands into a price war.
Australian couturier Tamara Ralph’s fashion journey has been both fairytale and fable
The Cronulla-born designer shares how the life lessons she’s learned are fuelling her eponymous haute couture brand.
Join this idyllic writer’s retreat in Provence run by a Pulitzer Prize-winning author
La Gonette, the former holiday home of late British interior designer Robert Kime, has been reborn by an Australian author and American novelist.
Why your next perfume should be one you’ve never heard of
Small perfumers are big business as the beauty industry contracts and evolves.
This is the best way to see Italy’s magnificent southern coastline
The road hugs the coastline, swooping and turning above the Adriatic. The climbs are generous, the descents rewarding, and the views? Ridiculous.
Inside Coco Chanel’s newly renovated Riviera escape villa La Pausa
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.
‘Unbelievable’: O’Callaghan wins 10th world championships gold
Mollie O’Callaghan has produced a stunning swim to claim the tenth world championships gold of her career, as a 21-year-old Queenslander made history in a new Australian record time.
World Athletics’ big move to avoid Olympics-style gender furore
Under new rules, which have been approved by the council of World Athletics, female competitors in all future competitions that carry ranking points will face mandatory SRY gene tests.
Road to first grade: When NRL’s next superstar halves will debut
Who is the NRL’s next Lachlan Galvin? We reveal the elite rookie playmakers ready to leave their mark on the NRL and their path to a first grade debut – which for some could come very soon.
He was cricket’s Mr Nice Guy. Now McCullum leads a bunch of fake tough guys
England was supposedly “too nice”. Then its anger boiled over in an ugly finish to the fourth Test against India. What will that mean streak do for the Ashes and what does it say about Brendon McCullum?
Tee time treats for Aussies seeking a hat-trick of majors
From Tim Tams to tee times, Australia’s women golfers are on the cusp of making sporting history at Royal Porthcawl.
Moscow Olympians: ‘Tone-deaf’ comments won’t ruin historic day
The Australian team that was picked for the 1980 Moscow Olympics have finally been formally welcomed home 45 years too late. And the tone-deaf speech of the Opposition Leader couldn’t spoil the moment.
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Smarter strategies to tackle tech’s biggest questions
Technological advancements are happening at pace, but organisations can make the biggest impact by focusing investment in the right areas.
The tech that could stop a catastrophe
In control rooms, camera towers and server farms across the globe, artificial intelligence is reshaping the disaster response frontline.
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Rejecting net zero will condemn Liberals to electoral oblivion
Jim’s now-or-never moment has arrived – will he bottle it?
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.
It’s Incompetence Inc as Libs bungle along to the end
Tasmania’s state Liberals are bungling to what increasingly looks like their very end.
Air NZ picks tech chief as new captain amid headwinds
Skyrail’s $85m lift for canopy cableway
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.
Revealed: Which frequent flyer program offers the best value?
New analysis aims to throw some light on one of the murkiest areas of airline loyalty schemes.
College ‘exceeding’ expectations in lifting Indigenous students
NAPLAN stars rise as strugglers marooned
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.
Student loans for short courses, grad start-ups: UA
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.
NY Times admits it published misleading picture of emaciated Gaza child
Woolworths to boost Everyday Rewards program with new agency
Woolworths has appointed creative agency TBWA to drive a new brand strategy to boost its Everyday Rewards loyalty program.
It’s the ABC of tackiness as Sarah solicits 7.30 Logies votes
Thought the ABC was above populist panhandling? Not it seems, when it comes to the Logies. Even its current affairs powerhouse host is spruiking for support in TV’s big popularity contest.
ISPT closes in on $230m offload
How do we turn around our shrinking heartland?
While coastal Australia booms, an area larger than India has quietly lost 3000 residents every year for two decades.
Shopping centre attracts big bidders
The shopping centre sale of the year is kicking off with a huge sum expected to be offered by the new groups dominating buying in the industry.
Farquhar serves up data centres, with AI on top
Albanese to spruik Labor’s child social media ban at UN
Anthony Albanese is calling on other nations to follow Australia’s lead as YouTube faces inclusion in the crackdown.
Billionaire Scott Farquhar’s solo turn takes a twist
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.
‘Major milestone’ as Aussie rocket flies for 14s in historic high
US scientists’ cosmic mystery: Is China building world’s biggest telescope?
Top American astronomers are hunting for clues about a giant that Beijing isn’t talking about.
This glowing quoll is a ‘first for science’
Benjamin Alldridge reckons this is the only photograph ever taken of a wild quoll fluorescing. How on earth did he capture it?
Secret Cellar offer: premium shiraz and cabernet deal
Dreaming of a European getaway? These Australian restaurants will transport you there
Escape winter with our guide to the top dining spots that will make you feel like you’re on a summer vacation.
Try this new way with meatballs
Substitute swordfish for beef in this recipe for a lighter flavour
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