Why RBA is being blamed for inflation
The RBA’s slow response to the post-Covid economic boom is to blame for Australians paying more on their mortgage today, a consulting firm has found.
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Aussie firms tricked into hiring North Korean IT workers
A global scam operated by Kim Jong-un’s cash-starved regime is stealing hard currency and Western trade secrets, while taking advantage of post-Covid remote work rules.
Biden announces largest single-day act of clemency in modern history
Joe Biden has commuted the sentences of nearly 1,500 people who were released from prison and placed in home confinement during Covid-19 and pardoned 39 others convicted of non-violent crime.
PVL’s bravest call: Why PNG expansion will define boss’ legacy
When looking at Peter V’landys’ legacy as NRL boss, Project Apollo, Las Vegas, the six-again rule and the Dolphins stand out. But the PNG expansion will go down as his bravest decision, writes DAVID RICCIO.
Biggest sign yet of turning point in economy
The men who hold the purse strings at Australia’s biggest businesses say the economy is improving and are the most optimistic about the future since Covid.
Huge number of working Australians revealed
The number of Aussies employed since Covid has ballooned by 1.5 million, with one sector in particular leading the way.
Public spending props up the weakening economy
The most alarming feature of the national accounts was that the very limited growth recorded was driven by sharply rising government spending, not growth in the productive economy.
Two-year Covid probe backs lab leak theory
A US congressional inquiry into the Covid-19 outbreak that killed 1.1 million Americans has backed the theory that the virus likely leaked from a Chinese laboratory.
Ash Barty: Rafa lived out my lost tennis dream
Ash Barty’s historic Australian Open victory was never meant to be her final tennis match. In a tribute to Rafael Nadal, she reveals how grateful she is that one of her favourites lived out his tennis dream.
‘Stay home’: Covid hits ahead of Christmas
Aussies are facing a sharp rise in Covid infections just ahead of Christmas, leading to a warning from health authorities.
Tunnel off track for 2025 opening
The project has been hit by ‘unpredictable events’ and has faced challenges such as a shortage of construction workers, supply chain constraints and disruptions caused by Covid.
Trying on try-hard as an insult? Try again, say these try-hards
In an irresistibly catchy single from his collaborative album with Lance Ferguson, You Am I frontman Tim Rogers offers this rejoinder: ‘Hell yeah, I’m a try-hard / I try harder than you.’
Covid forces Australia’s best young golfer to consider shock defection
Rising talent Josiah Gilbert could be lost to Australian golf, with the budding superstar at the centre of an international tug-of-war with the USA. And West Australia’s brutal COVID lockdowns are at the heart of it.
$5.5m win for Aussies battling Covid fines
One state has officially withdrawn all remaining 23,539 Covid fines, with affected Aussies set to be refunded $5.5m.
Remaining NSW Covid fines scrapped, $5.5m refund imminent
The NSW government will withdraw 25,000 fines issued during the Covid pandemic and refund about $5.5m after fresh legal advice.
Deficit disorder: spending blows budget
A pre-election burst in spending and a drop in company tax collections are expected to place further strain on the nation’s finances.
Australia’s grim economic outlook revealed
Australia’s grim economic outlook has been revealed, with the federal budget tipped to have its sharpest retraction since covid.
Trump’s picks will be agents of vital change
Many US voters see the pre-Covid Trump era as a time of prosperity and record employment of African-Americans. They are willing to give their new President a fair shot at the job.
Plunging living standards hit households harder than past recessions
Living standards in Australia during the inflation crisis have fallen more dramatically than in other OECD countries, with real disposable income down more than in the last four major recessions.
Big unis have a student problem
Education Minister Jason Clare is right to want to cap international enrolments, although the government’s formula is awash with anomalies.
Airline industry struggling to shake off long Covid
Qantas is flying at its pre-pandemic levels but the nation’s total capacity is still down 2.6 per cent because of sluggish demand from China along with global aircraft and crew shortages.
How science lost America’s trust and surrendered health policy to sceptics
The rise of Robert F. Kennedy from fringe figure to the prospective head of US health policy was fuelled by distrust of the medical establishment – views that went viral during Covid-19.
Grim reality for Aussie businesses
Aussie businesses have been hit with a grim forecast for the year unless consumers change their spending habits.
Rising costs, belt tightening drives surge in cafe failures
Business failures in the hospitality sector have almost doubled over the past year and are tipped to climb further as costs mount, tax debts grow and consumers tighten their belts.
Mundine’s court win after Covid stoush
NRL star turned champion boxer Anthony Mundine has celebrated the end of a years-long legal battle after being found guilty of flouting Covid restrictions.
Bumpy flight ahead for aviation’s biggest challenge
As well as costing trillions, decarbonising aviation fuel will require ‘bravery’, says Qantas CEO Vanessa Hudson. So is it possible or just fantasy that flights will one day be powered by farm waste and cooking oil?
HESTA to compensate members for revaluation failures
The super fund delayed downgrading unlisted assets at the height of the Covid crisis, leading more than 100,000 members to lose out, APRA says.
Why golf has returned to the fore for deal makers
Former Westpac executive Raj Narayan banked on a post Covid-19 thaw to return business dealing to the nation’s fairways when she set up Emajin Golf – and she hasn’t looked back.
Bannan backs travel stock to soar
A former darling of the Australian sharemarket has been tipped for a revival by one high profile fund manager at the Sohn Hearts & Minds conference.
Confused about Covid jabs? Hear from a top doctor
I am one of the country’s most senior doctors and I am facing the same questions as you about when and if I should have the next Covid-19 booster vaccine.
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