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Push to dump Attorney-General Dreyfus in factional carve-up
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Mark Dreyfus is to be replaced on the Victorian Right faction’s list of ministerial candidates by backbencher Sam Rae.
3h ago
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Why your kids will pay Chalmers’ 30pc tax on super
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While the plan to increase taxes on high super balances was touted as hitting only 0.5 per cent of savers, in 40 years’ time the average worker will be in the crosshairs.
on Wed, 8AM
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CFMEU lashed for ‘insultingly childish’ behaviour at Cross River Rail
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The Federal Court has reduced fines against the union for calling a manager a “pumpkin eater” after finding the slur was not homophobic but still insisted on $100,000 penalty to deter the union’s churlish behaviour.
on Feb 17
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‘Sad day for tennis’: Players slam Sinner’s three-month doping ban
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Three-time Grand Slam champion Jannik Sinner will not lose his No.1 ranking, will not miss any Grand Slams and will not lose titles or prize money.
#Doping #antidoping #cleansport #datajournalism
on Feb 16
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Oracle billionaire Larry Ellison is Network Ten’s new owner
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New documents reveal the billionaire will control 77.5 per cent of Network Ten’s ultimate owner. But this does not end the uncertainty for the home of MasterChef.
on Sep 6
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BYD selling six times more vehicles than Tesla in Australia
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Toyota’s HiLux ute is the top-selling vehicle in Australia for the first time since late 2023, while Elon Musk’s car company is on the slide.
on Mon, 1PM
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Antisemitism claims break out in dying days of race for Goldstein
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Jewish leaders say teal MP Zoe Daniel has a strong record standing up to antisemitism after the circulation of a letter claiming her campaign is antisemitic.
on Mon, 2AM
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Atlassian’s AI plans fail to stop $15b value plunge
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CEO Mike Cannon-Brookes has failed to convince investors on making its AI assistant free as they shaved billions of dollars off his wealth on Friday.
on Sun, 11PM
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‘Australia seems incredibly sane compared to almost any place in the world’
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Once known as the “homeless billionaire”, Nicolas Berggruen has been living in Sydney where he’s contemplating Australia’s position in a shifting world order.
on Sun, 1AM
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Albanese makes history, the Liberals have no soul to search
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This win is so emphatic, Labor is virtually guaranteed a third term. There is nothing anywhere for the Liberal Party to hold on to as encouraging.
on Sun, 12AM
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This is how far the Chinese car industry has come in 20 years
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In 2005, the Asian giant’s car companies were making shameless copies of Daihatsu hatchbacks. Now, China is home to the largest motor industry the world has seen.
on Sat, 2AM
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Why Labor won’t stop talking about nuclear power
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Peter Dutton has described the Coalition’s nuclear policy as ‘visionary and necessary’. So why are government MPs the only ones talking about it?
on Fri, 11AM
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The iPhone maker wants to diversify its supply chain beyond China. Can the world’s largest democracy deliver?
on Fri, 10AM
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ATO’s blitz on family trusts threatens ‘financial ruin’
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Wealthy families are being hit with bills for unpaid taxes and penalties worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
on Apr 30
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Comedy, conflict and Clive: how TV networks will cover election night
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The Betoota Advocate editors will be on Ten; Seven will roll out Bill Shorten and Clive Palmer. We look at the various election night line-ups.
on Apr 26
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China tells US to lift all tariffs as Trump blinks
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Beijing says the US must lift all tariffs against China if it “truly” wants to resolve the trade war after the US president flagged rolling back levies.
on Apr 24
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5 house price maps that show why voters are so angry about property
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Exclusive electorate-level data shows how the housing crisis is playing out among Australians nationwide, and what it means for the election and the future.
on Apr 24
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AEC launches probe after Wentworth flooded with anti-Spender pamphlets
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The Australian Electoral Commission has identified the source of 47,000 anonymous pamphlets claiming Allegra Spender has misled electors.
on Apr 22
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Critical ASX services upgrade hobbled by defect, leaving it delayed
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The exchange is working on a change that would allow all stocks to begin trading simultaneously. Instead, stockbrokers will have to wait for months.
on Apr 22
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Putin declares one-day Easter ceasefire, then breaks it
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Shortly after the announcement, air raid sirens rang out in Kyiv. Volodymyr Zelensky dismissed the plan as “yet another attempt by Putin to play with human lives”.
on Apr 20
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Labor open to equity stake in Whyalla steelworks
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Part government ownership of the Whyalla steelworks is one option not being ruled out to help lure a buyer.
on Apr 18
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Thousands of jobs face the axe as unis slammed again
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Universities are facing tough times as low demand, stricter migration measures and reduced funding hit their bottom lines.
on Apr 18
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China TikTok influencers mock US consumers over trade war
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The viral videos aim to “expose” how Western customers are paying too much for their Lululemons and Nikes given how cheaply they are made in China.
on Apr 16
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UTS to cut $100m and sack 400 despite surge in foreign students
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UTS is facing a staff backlash and questions over its governance as it pushes ahead with a cost-cutting plan triggered by the student cap legislation that never passed the federal parliament.
on Apr 16
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‘Reckless’ election on housing, tax and spending
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Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton unveiled almost $24 billion in spending on Sunday. Economists warn it will inflate house prices and damage the budget.
on Apr 16
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Trump’s tariffs: How China plans to cripple the US in trade war
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China’s decision to restrict exports of a wide range of critical minerals and magnets is a major blow to America’s security, forcing Donald Trump to retaliate.
on Apr 16
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UTS restructure fraught with risks
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The inner workings of a $100 million a year cost-cutting plan provide a timely case study of the enormous pressures on Australia’s $50 billion education export industry.
on Apr 14
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House prices to rise up to 15pc under either side’s policies
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Economists widely criticised the lack of policies to boost housing supply by both parties, even as they laid out plans to increase demand.
on Apr 14
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Lutnick says tariff pause on phones, computers is temporary
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The US commerce secretary has already dampened what China had called a “small step” towards easing its trade fight with America.
on Apr 14
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‘We’re saving like mad’: Dutton’s son rises for star campaign turn
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The opposition leader’s 20-year-old son Harry delighted Coalition strategists on Monday, offering himself up as proof of Labor’s failings on housing affordability.
on Apr 14
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Senator utters the four words threatening to upset the Coalition
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Jacinta Nampijinpa Price showed the Coalition is still trying to find the secret sauce that unites the conservative base with the moderate middle.
on Apr 12
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The day a market rout turned into something scarier for investors
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What looked like a standard and orderly sell-off – overpriced equity markets reacting to an economic growth shock or the prospect of a US recession – is starting to look leaky.
on Apr 11
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Trump’s chaos kills American exceptionalism
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Investor belief in US superiority drove Wall Street to sky-high valuations, but the president’s trade war is now eroding this conviction.
on Apr 10
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Bond markets smacked Trump’s tariff plan. He had to back down
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Markets are recovering, but the scars from Trump’s tariff saga will run deep.
on Apr 10
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‘Great time to buy’: Did Trump just manipulate the market?
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Less than four hours before the president announced he was pausing tariffs, he posted online telling his 9.4 million followers that it was a good time to buy.
on Apr 10
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Coalition to strip $14.5b from key Labor fund
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The National Reconstruction Fund was a centrepiece of Labor’s 2022 election pitch to revitalise local manufacturing, but the Coalition has other plans.
on Apr 10
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Trump cites Australia in his ‘beautiful clean coal’ energy overhaul
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US President and fossil fuel advocate Donald Trump has noted Australia’s sales to China when signing executive orders to turbocharge coal production.
on Apr 10
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Qld scraps renewables goal, backs coal, vows to hit net zero anyway
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Queensland has confirmed it will scrap legislated climate targets and burn coal plants for longer in a policy shift to focus on affordability and reliability over environmental sustainability.
on Apr 8
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Inside the Gen X career meltdown
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“It’s the end of work as we knew it”: When they should be at their peak, experienced workers in creative fields find that their skills are all but obsolete.
on Apr 8
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The real reason Trump is taking a whack at Aussie beef
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Local cattlemen say American ranchers don’t sell their beef in Australia because it is not economical to do so.
on Apr 7
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Oxford-educated renter brings Millennial edge to Kooyong battle
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Amelia Hamer, 30, is the former finance professional blue-blood that hopes to win back Kooyong for the Liberals.
on Apr 7
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AFR readers park US travel plans in wake of Trump policies
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Readers of The Australian Financial Review are turning off travel to the US due to the Trump administration’s approach to border control and diversity issues.
on Apr 6
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Norfolk Islanders overjoyed at brief elevation to tariff bad boys list
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News that Norfolk Island was “ripping off” the US so much it would face a 29 per cent tariff was unexpected, to put it mildly.
on Apr 4
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Trump open to tariff cuts in return for ‘phenomenal’ offers
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The president broadly defended his sweeping tariff program despite a massive sell-off in the sharemarket, saying the economic turbulence would settle.
on Apr 4
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How Labor is running rings around the Coalition with base politics
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Peter Dutton needs people around him to start getting their hands dirty as the government makes it all about him.
on Apr 3
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Put tech-savvy 20-year-olds on ASX company boards: HR boss
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Should companies add tech-savvy Gen Z workers to their company boards? Some HR professionals think they are missing a trick if they don’t.
on Apr 2
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My day inside the world’s most hated car
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Journalist Saahil Desai drove around Washington, DC, in a Tesla Cybertruck. In the town that Elon Musk is tearing apart, he didn’t go unnoticed.
on Apr 1
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‘Folly’: Littleproud brushes aside Qld LNP’s nuclear stance
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Nuclear energy was the elephant in the room at the LNP convention in Brisbane on Saturday, where Peter Dutton forged ahead with the pitch.
on Apr 1
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Dutton is winning the picture war, but that’s only half the battle
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“You win the images, you win the day,” says a former aide to Scott Morrison of election campaigns, but you also have to be brutally protective of your message.
on Apr 1
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Reports of WFH’s death greatly exaggerated
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New research from the Australian HR Institute has found major employers that have introduced stricter office attendance rules are swimming against the tide.
on Mar 31