Today
- Opinion
- Federal budget
This budget sees the return of government as saviour
Two decades ago, Australia was poised to shed the hard done by battler mindset. Now it is more entrenched than ever.
- 4 mins ago
- Phillip Coorey
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Solar panels debunking makes case for critical minerals leg-up
Even in a world of geopolitical and supply chain risk, the old economic orthodoxies of international specialisation and comparative advantage still apply.
- 31 mins ago
- The AFR View
Dutton to slash migrant intake, ban foreign property buyers
The opposition leader has vowed to slash permanent migration by a quarter to 140,000 a year, cut refugee arrivals by a third, and ban foreign investors buying established homes for two years, in a bid to free up 100,000 properties. Watch live.
- 33 mins ago
- Phillip Coorey
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Why bad news has the ASX bulls running
Bad news from the job market turned a good day on the ASX into a great one. Investors are ploughing into market darlings in the firm belief that rate cuts are coming.
- 1 hr ago
- James Thomson
Police contacted over threats to eSafety chief: court documents
Australia’s e-safety watchdog went to police after commissioner Julie Inman Grant received threats and online abuse after telling X Corp to take down a video of a brutal church stabbing.
- 1 hr ago
- Miklos Bolza
NRMA snaps up Yamba holiday park for more than $40m
The association will add the Blue Dolphin Holiday Resort in Yamba to a tourism portfolio that includes Cradle Mountain Hotel and Freycinet Lodge in Tasmania
- 1 hr ago
- Larry Schlesinger
Lachlan Murdoch returns home to executives on the edge
The media mogul returns to Australia with global CEO Robert Thomson, grappling with another News Corp restructure.
- 1 hr ago
- Mark Di Stefano
Budget gives $1.7b boost for green aviation fuel but still no mandate
While the EU, Singapore and Japan have all signed on to sustainable fuel mandates, the Albanese government will study the idea for another two years.
- 1 hr ago
- Ayesha de Kretser
Directors welcome ‘no change’ report on disclosure laws
A review of continuous disclosure laws says the end of the no-fault regime for class actions has had no impact on “meritorious” claims
- Michael Pelly
PM tells Vic Labor to sort out Gaza split
Labor factional powerbrokers were ordered to an emergency meeting to make sure a split on the Palestinian-Israel issue +does not erupt at the Victorian Labor conference.
- Updated
- Patrick Durkin
- Updated
- Street Talk
Nauru Airlines flies in for a look at collapsed Air Vanuatu
The national carrier of Vanuatu collapsed into liquidation on Friday. Fiji Airways has already expressed interest in acquiring whatever is left of the airline.
- Updated
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
Xi tells Putin their nations’ ties should last ‘generations’
The Chinese president said his country was “ready to work with Russia as a good neighbour, friend and partner with mutual trust”.
- jing Li
‘End it now or we’ll call police’: Uni toughens up on protesters
Melbourne University says protesters ‘crossed a line’ when they occupied a building and warned they could be charged by police if they don’t leave immediately.
- Updated
- Julie Hare and Patrick Durkin
CFMEU blockade ‘drives up costs’ on state project
An allegedly illegal CFMEU blockade has cost a Queensland infrastructure project $300,000 and will cause weeks of delays, according to the principal contractor.
- David Marin-Guzman
Regal allegedly embroiled in South Korean securities investigation
The prominent hedge fund told investors in September it was shorting stocks in South Korea, saying it was focused on “one specific bank”.
- Joshua Peach
- Updated
- Gas
Labor slammed for offshore gas approval backdown
A deal with the Greens means Labor is close to passing Petroleum Resources Rent Tax changes and vehicle emissions standards, but it has shelved fast-tracked gas approvals.
- Tom McIlroy
ScoMo brings Rudd closer to Trump
At Washington DC in front of Republican dignitaries, Scott Morrison finally spoke to a room familiar with his cadence.
- Updated
- Myriam Robin
Not a home office: cafe finds coffee and laptops don’t blend well
The same reasons that drove19th-century writers from their garrets have led office workers to colonise café tables.
- Jane Shilling
Migration hit would ‘destroy’ $48b education export sector
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton’s plan to slash Australia’s annual permanent migrant intake from 185,000 to 140,000 would deliver a near fatal blow to the country’s fourth-largest export.
- Julie Hare
Crescent launches $43m block trade in ClearView Wealth
Stockbroker Morgans Financial was seeking buyers at 59¢ a share or a 1.7 per cent discount to the last traded price.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
