Today
Victoria, South Australia exempt GPs from payroll tax
The Victorian decision represents a backflip by the Allan government that will cost the state budget $10 million a year.
- 42 mins ago
- Gus McCubbing
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
The Anglo mine BHP craves explains why a deal boom is coming
Investors expect the growing demand for copper and the surging costs of building new mines will spark a frenzy of big mining deals, regardless of the outcome.
- 42 mins ago
- James Thomson
Replica Ozempic ban could deny thousands ‘life-changing medication’
Healthcare start-ups say the ban is a step too far and risks leaving tens of thousands of Australians without the medications they need.
- 49 mins ago
- Euan Black and Paul Smith
Next Capital shops $40m-a-year remediation specialist Enviropacific
The business has been a beneficiary of heightened regulatory scrutiny around “forever chemicals” per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, known as PFAS.
- 53 mins ago
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Private capital not there for nuclear dream
There’s vested interests everywhere in the energy sector, but it’s hard to find a deep-pocketed investor interested in nuclear over renewables and gas.
- 53 mins ago
- Anthony Macdonald
Norway, Ireland, Spain recognise Palestinian state in ‘historic’ move
Israel’s foreign minister branded the three countries’ decision a “distorted step”, which shows that “terrorism pays” and immediately recalled its ambassadors.
- 56 mins ago
- Joseph Wilson
- Opinion
- Critical minerals
Critical mineral miners chase China’s tail
The sector has welcomed the 10 per cent production tax credits but the big question is where the additional investment to fund growth will come from.
- 56 mins ago
- Jennifer Hewett
The uni employers like most when hiring graduates
Curtin University ranked highest among bosses for the quality of graduates, but a survey found students who studied off campus lacked collaboration skills.
- 1 hr ago
- Julie Hare
Chairman swap at Plenary Group after arrival of Abu Dhabi wealth fund
The group is a significant player in public private partnerships, and has worked on projects including Gold Coast Light Rail and the Sydney Metro.
- 1 hr ago
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
- Exclusive
- Legal industry
Hedge fund betting on class actions banks on $135m profit a year
The fund behind largest litigation deal in history expects to make about $135 million a year from the deal, illustrating the huge profits up for grabs for investors.
- 1 hr ago
- Ronald Mizen
Dutton open to cutting ties with ICC over Netanyahu arrest warrant
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has floated cutting ties with the International Criminal Court amid a deepening political row over an arrest warrant being sought for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
- 1 hr ago
- Andrew Tillett
Bird flu fears put health authorities, farmers on edge
Two unrelated cases of the potentially deadly virus have been detected in Victoria.
- 1 hr ago
- Andrew Tillett
Nuclear power will be cheaper than CSIRO estimates, Libs insist
The Coalition agrees with the CSIRO about the construction cost of a nuclear power station, but not the price of electricity it would produce.
- 1 hr ago
- Phillip Coorey
Lithium giant says China will remain pivotal to local mining projects
Local miners are torn between their dominant customer and investor over two decades, and the lure of subsidies from the US, Australia’s biggest defence ally.
- 1 hr ago
- Elouise Fowler
- Exclusive
- Property market
Housing supply falls below demand in all states but WA
The Urban Development Institute’s new Housing Index shows supply is falling further behind demand, especially in NSW and Victoria. Only WA is performing well.
- 1 hr ago
- Larry Schlesinger
Costello backs Dutton on super for housing
Former treasurer Peter Costello has backed Opposition Leader Peter Dutton’s super for housing policy, saying members should be able to choose what happens to their money.
- 1 hr ago
- Gus McCubbing
The Star suitor and the fight over home in exclusive suburb
There hasn’t been confusion like this around casinos since “The Hangover”.
- 1 hr ago
- Liam Walsh
Glen Le Lievre cartoons for 2023-24
See all of Glen Le Lievre cartoons for 2023 and 2024.
- Updated
- Glen Le Lievre
UK inflation falls to 2.3pc, but rate cut hopes dented
While inflation is now at its lowest since 2021, evidence of lingering price pressures is likely to make the Bank of England reluctant to ease rates in June.
- Updated
- Tom Rees and Philip Aldrick
Florence, the Snowy 2.0 machine, is stuck again
Snowy Hydro does not know how long it will take to restart the Florence boring machine on its $12 billion Snowy 2.0 pumped hydro scheme after it stopped tunnelling.
- Jenny Wiggins
