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Rio Tinto cuts iron ore shipments target amid worker shortage
Australia’s top iron ore miner has lowered its full-year target for shipments of the steel-making raw material as WA’s tight labour market bites.
NSW scraps hotel quarantine for fully vaccinated returned overseas travellers
Hotel quarantine will no longer be required for people entering NSW, including those coming from overseas, from November 1.
Opinion
Climate policy
The ‘net’ in net zero offers a huge temptation to cheat
We won’t get to zero emissions without the ‘net’, but that’s hard and presents us with a great temptation to turn the whole exercise into a rort.
Ross Gittins
Economics Editor
Analysis
Mark McGowan
Yuppies, bikies and a billionaire: McGowan takes down trifecta of ‘enemies of the state’ in one day
It was a day that neatly packaged up Mark McGowan’s winning formula. It involves picking an adversary and going for the jugular.
ASX set to jump as Wall Street surges on upbeat earnings
Stocks rose broadly on Wall Street as the market builds momentum a day after breaking a three-day losing streak.
Clean dozen: The private Margaret River cellar doors open one weekend only
A Margaret River event that focuses on natural and organic wines from producers whose cellar doors are seldom open.
Treasury Wines warns key COVID-hit markets recovering slower than expected
Australia’s biggest winemaker has warned investors its performance in markets heavily impacted by the pandemic is running behind expectations.
Banksy painting, returned to scene of shredding, auctions for $34.3M
“I can’t tell you how terrified I am to bring down this hammer,” joked Sotheby’s auctioneer Oliver Barker after 10 minutes of bidding.
Breaking
Glasgow summit
The Queen condemns ‘really irritating’ world leaders for snubbing Glasgow climate talks
Audio reveals the 95-year-old monarch sharing her unguarded views about the COP26 climate summit: “they talk, but they don’t do.”
‘They will go into different careers’: Fears for lost generation of musos
Ninety per cent of 1000 festivals scheduled this year have been cancelled or postponed.
The stunning art at the heart of the COVID-19 virus
A new exhibition of art created by medical researchers reveals the beauty inside the diseases and parasites that assail us.
Western Australia
Analysis
Coronavirus pandemic
Try to cross your own nation’s state borders right now and you risk a stretch in the slammer
If this week’s jailing of two well-heeled Demons fans for finagling their way into Western Australia to attend the AFL grand final says something about the lunacy that footy engenders, what might it say to future historians about the nature of Australia’s federation?
Asbestos contamination concern at Curtin Uni and Perth building sites
Perth sites are being tested for possible asbestos contamination amid union calls for Border Force to keep the banned fibres out of the country.
Exclusive
Education
Squid Game is ‘starting to appear in the playground’, Perth primary school warns parents
A school in Perth has issued a warning on Wednesday, saying the level of violence in the show was “highly intense” and would have a negative effect on children.
Analysis
Paris Agreement
Why Woodside’s Scarborough LNG project could be a dud investment
Woodside’s $16.4 billion Scarborough LNG may be too expensive for its aim to “prosper in a low-carbon world”, according to International Energy Agency’s analysis.
Opinion
Climate policy
Climate zero to hero: Why it’s time for WA to reduce emissions now
Western Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions are rising – the only state in Australia currently on an upward trajectory. But a private members bill being tabled on Thursday will call for action this decade.
Dr Brad Pettitt and Dr Brad Hiller
Politics
Exclusive
Government grants
Department was unsure if commuter car park projects had merit: internal documents
Heavily redacted documents show the department was unsure if projects were worthy of funding just ahead of 2019 poll.
Business
Rio Tinto cuts iron ore shipments target amid worker shortage
Australia’s top iron ore miner has lowered its full-year target for shipments of the steel-making raw material as WA’s tight labour market bites.
World
BHP shareholders strongly endorse climate plan as chief says ‘it’s a step forward’
BHP shareholders have offered a resounding endorsement of the Australian mining giant’s climate transition strategy.
Opinion
From brandy to housing ... tax reform beholden to vested interests
Shane Wright
Senior economics correspondent
Australian business talks big on climate, but who’s walking the talk?
Andrew Charlton
Economic adviser to former Labor prime minister Kevin Rudd
The moral panic engulfing Instagram
Farhad Manjoo
Explore
Property bydomain
House price to continue to boom, but 'trickier territory' ahead
One of the big four banks has lifted its property price forecasts once again, but warns Australia is at the 'pointy end' of the property cycle.
From accidental buyer to a flipping success
Emmy and Sam Burrell were struggling to purchase in the outer suburbs and instead stumbled on a run-down inner-city terrace.
Life & Culture
As I was told in hospital you may not make it, I had only you to clutch onto
You brought us so much joy in your few short months. Long weeks stuck inside during an unrelenting pandemic became bearable. Until I felt your life slowly extinguish from within me.
Sport
Fan who caused Tour de France crash faces suspended sentence
On the same day that plans for a revived women’s Tour next year were unveiled, prosecutors called for a suspended sentence for the fan who caused a spectacular crash during this year’s race.
Opinion
Australian cricket
In all earnestness, Langer is a law unto himself and the end is nigh
We know Justin Langer’s a nice bloke. But after agreeing to rein in his intensity and earnestness to his senior players, he seems to have gone in the other direction.
Peter FitzSimons
Columnist and author
Former premiership Hawks take aim at Kennett board
Former Hawthorn premiership players are part of a campaign, including a website, GoFundMe page and a paid political operative, aimed at changing the composition of Jeff Kennett’s Hawthorn board.
Pucovski concussed again in training mishap
The star batsman is battling minor concussion symptoms after being hit on the head taking throwdowns in Cricket Victoria’s indoor nets last Tuesday.
‘Extraordinary’: Walsh hailed after claiming maiden John Nicholls Medal
Sam Walsh, already an All-Australian and the fourth-placed finisher in this year’s Brownlow Medal, has capped a fine season by claiming Carlton’s top individual honour.
Staff forced out of racing after refusing COVID-19 vaccine
On the eve of the Caulfield Cup, Peter Moody – the trainer of favourite Incentivise – is saying farewell to three of his staff who have chosen not to get vaccinated.
AFL trade period as it happened: Clark to Fremantle and ruckmen switch clubs at rapid rate
Jordan Dawson became an Adelaide player late on Thursday. Several ruckmen have switched clubs today. Follow our live blog on the final day of the AFL trade period.day.
Have Your Say
Why the WBBL is better than the BBL
Comparisons really should be made between the WBBL and the BBL: they reveal how the women’s tournament is superior
Daniel Brettig
The Age chief cricket writer
