Kevin Rudd’s new book exploring Xi Jinping’s ideological mission warns the Chinese threat to the existing international order is peaking and a post-Xi world could see Beijing shift back to the political centre.
Anthony Albanese has been forced to deny he is contemplating life after politics just months before an election campaign, after paying $4.3m for a clifftop house on the NSW central coast where he will live with future wife Jodie Haydon.
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The Biden administration threatens to withhold arms supplies to Israel within 30 days unless it improves the ‘increasingly dire’ humanitarian situation in Gaza, in its toughest warning yet.
Australian Jews in Israel are defying new Albanese government warnings to get out of the country, saying they feel safer there facing Hezbollah rockets than anti-Semitism at home.
In a swipe at moves to rewrite national environmental laws and the consultation process to date, Rio Tinto has called on the Albanese government to embrace ‘different perspectives’ and ‘practical thinking’.
For dedicated followers of fashion, two coats and a jacket from the late style icon Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy are valued at more than $US50,000 in an upcoming Sotheby’s sale.
While it wasn’t quite the history the Socceroos were after, Tony Popovic’s men delivered a gutsy performance on Japanese soil, defying the odds to bring a point back to Australia. See how the action unfolded.
Australia’s colonial experience is a mixture of the good and the bad. We need to hold both truths in our mind and not succumb to polemical narratives of either the all-good or all-bad history.
There are two Indigenous projects on foot in Australia: ‘reconciliation’ and ‘closing the gap’. The former demands special rights for Indigenous people. The second demands equal opportunities for every Australian.
Here’s the vision: everyone living in high-rise apartments close to railway stations in the middle suburbs. Windows, sunlight, ventilation and carparking all optional. Current minimum size requirements to be scaled back.
During a cost-of-living and housing crisis, the appearance of a multimillion-dollar purchase is appalling.
Aussie sharemarket to back away from new highs after Wall Street sell-off. Oil prices dip. Investors await Thursday jobs data.
Telstra’s share price hasn’t performed well this year and one of the chief culprits is the drag from its enterprise business, the telco’s new chairman says.
The $1bn competition for Singapore Post’s Australian assets is now one only among private equity firms.
Hundreds of millions of dollars on the books of one of GFG Alliance’s Australian subsidiaries could be sheeted home to prop up the ailing parent company, which owes $950m to creditors.
The Albanese government is set to outlaw surcharges on debit cards, saying the fees are ‘unfair and excessive’ for Australians using their own money.
George Negus was made for TV. The pioneering journalist, one of the three original members of 60 Minutes and the inaugural host of ABC’s Foreign Correspondent, has died at the age of 82.
The Federal Court says judge Michael Lee did not approve his Lehrmann defamation judgment becoming a $36.99 book and warns publisher bears responsibility for any impact on appeals.
ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr has defended Labor’s power-sharing arrangement with the Greens, after a minor party candidate shared social media posts calling for politicians to be hanged ‘in the street’.
David Crisafulli has no plans to control public sector salary growth, despite the bureaucracy’s wage bill ballooning by more than 75 per cent in a decade under Queensland’s Labor government.
John Pesutto will continue as the Victorian Opposition Leader after a potential spill motion failed to eventuate.
Having just completed a year-long $37m Series B cap raise for her Sydney firm, Ada Guan is proof of the adage that it’s better late than never.
Artificial intelligence is helping businesses and scientists assess everything from carbon capture to taint from bushfire smoke and to explore new avenues to growth.
Governments of all stripes have tried to halt the seemingly inexorable decline of Australian manufacturing for two decades. The recent Olympics could have just been the clue.
A Nobel prize winner predicts the next big thing in Australian innovation — driven by energy, agriculture and mining.
Georgia Meloni warns against withdrawing UN peacekeepers from Lebanon after five were wounded by Israeli troops.
Their continued presence is dangerous to themselves, helpful to Hezbollah and prolongs the conflict by making it harder for Israel to clear out Hezbollah infrastructure near the border.
Kamala Harris will become the first Democratic Party presidential candidate to appear on Fox since Hillary Clinton in 2016, when she takes questions from anchor Bret Baier on Thursday AEDT.
Accusations of a third assassination attempt on Donald Trump in California this week were likely completely blown out of all proportion by a local Republican sheriff.
Cutting five minutes from each hour you spend seated is effective – but there are other tricks worth knowing, writes Peta Bee.
Love and wine can be a potent combination – just ask champion cricketer Ricky Ponting, whose new range is winning gold medals and features in this exclusive wine club offer.
Self-proclaimed ‘dance artist’ Tra Mi Dinh has her sights set on shaking up the stage she shares with contemporary dance veterans Rafael Bonachela and Stephen Page for Sydney Dance Company’s 2025 season.
Possibly the most magnificent Indonesian culinary export, this curry is fit for a king.
It’s off-grid and eco-friendly but that doesn’t mean guests are deprived of creature comforts at this new addition to the accommodation scene.
There is so much more than just driving this legendary road and we have found where to stay, eat, the best wineries to visit and even where to watch horses swim in the sea.
The Middle Eastern airline used to dominate the field but rival airlines are unveiling impressive reimaginings of the pointy end of the plane. We test it out.
The Italian holiday isle is a magnet for the rich and famous but there are still places to go for an authentic taste of la dolce vita.
Along with the Pill and the motor car, this design idea has been an agent of great social and cultural change.
Victoria’s per capita public debt now stands at $28,000 per man, woman and child – 40 per cent higher than that of the other major states. But the state’s looming fiscal disaster is merely one symptom of a state in much broader disarray.
If you’re willing to reverse the McLaren Artura Spider into your garage so you don’t see its one fault, then I think you should definitely spend $525,010 buying one.
Guesstimates about the most intelligent humans – the likes of Michelangelo, Da Vinci, Einstein, Faraday, Shakespeare and Newton – abound. But IQ doesn’t really matter these days.
For too long Brendan Cowell had been the life of the party. The actor, writer and dedicated hedonist needed someone or something to help him through. He needed a hero – so he created one.
Code-hopping superstar Joseph Suaalii’s rugby union mega deal has been the talk of the town – but what do his Wallabies teammates think of their high-profile recruit’s epic salary?
Bella Nipotina was the big drifter after the barriers allocated under the Big Top on Tuesday night for the $20 million The Everest at Royal Randwick.
Several GWS players face the prospect of match bans with the AFL launching an investigation into allegations of player misconduct at their recent post-season gathering.
Mal Meninga will unveil six debutants to face Tonga in a new-look Kangaroos team, headlined by two rival Origin playmakers set to start together in the halves. See the full line-up and analysis.
Dan Houston got his wish to be a Magpie, but it certainly wasn’t that simple, as the story that has dominated the trade period threatened to go off the rails. So how did they get it done?
A midfield of dreams. That’s what Blues fans are hoping for after their bold move up the draft order. And on paper it makes so much sense in their premiership chase, writes JON RALPH.
You can’t reach the Berkeley River Lodge by road. Instead, fly in and experience the Kimberley scenery at its most spectacular.
Vacancy rates are critically low and house prices continue to soar. We need a novel way of thinking to build the houses we need.
Samantha Cohen, who was first entranced by the royals when they visited Brisbane in 1977, became one of the most trusted royal aides.
Despite Anthony Albanese’s optimism for a second term, hard questions are starting to be asked about his leadership. There’s a sense within Labor that the party’s ‘good story’ won’t be heard.
The Australian and International Pilots Association, representing Qantas aircrew, says Qatar is exploiting a loophole and won’t pay any tax here nor be subjected to Australian industrial law.
Virgin Australia’s second consecutive year in the black has so delighted the airline that each employee is to receive 54,000 Velocity points and a $1000 travel voucher as a thank you.
Independent schools are preparing to launch a nationwide campaign in Greens and marginal electorates calling out the ‘relentless and baseless vilification’ of private schools.
The Greens narrative that Independent schools are somehow siphoning off money from government schools is simply wrong. In fact, the funding for Independent school students is far less than the government contributes to students in the public system.
Accenture Song’s Bronwyn van de Merwe and Matt Michael will replace Mark Green assuming the ANZ business lead and Droga5 chief executive role, respectively.
One of Nine’s senior managers has announced she is leaving the business just weeks before the company hands down its review into workplace bullying and sexual harassment.
The federal government wants to address the housing crisis with the construction of more than a million homes but its key plan won’t be made easy by data showing building costs are rising.
Two much loved family holiday destinations are on the block, with the Otway Fly in Victoria and Illawarra Fly in NSW now on the sales block.
Meet the Melbourne-raised son of an aircraft mechanic who’s in charge of Amazon’s global plan for using drones to deliver its packages.
Change is happening everywhere, and fast. Australia needs to pay attention and respond appropriately to ensure we can harness it to our own benefit, says entrepreneur Daniel Petre.
After receiving the Nobel Prize in Physics, British-Canadian AI pioneer Geoffrey Hinton, who shared the prize with John Hopfield, warned that the technology he helped create could lead to the subjugation of humanity.
Scientists curing cancer, a stargazing astrophysicist, engineers saving the planet and inspirational teachers have been honoured in the Prime Minister’s Prizes for Science. Discover more about the winners.
For this deceptively easy recipe, use a whole snapper or mackerel or two fillets, if you prefer.
From Celine Chun’s stir-fried noodles with beef to Hetty McKinnon’s aromatic laksa noodle soup, we have a noodle situation for every occasion and craving.
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