Today
Economic populism clashes with Trump’s pitch to donors
Even as the former president leans into populist themes that make some Republicans wary, he has told major donors he is the only bulwark against higher taxes.
- 3 mins ago
- Josh Dawsey, Rachel Siegel, Jeff Stein and Laura Vozzella
Struggling bitcoin miners seek deals with AI companies
They now hope to benefit from a surge in demand for powerful but scarce chips which are used in both crypto mining and AI processing.
- 8 mins ago
- Nikou Asgari and Tim Bradshaw
ACCC urged to investigate CFMEU-John Holland ‘damning document’
Competition experts are shocked at a secret side deal between John Holland and the CFMEU to only use three-CFMEU-backed labour hire companies on a major state project.
- 13 mins ago
- David Marin-Guzman and Gus McCubbing
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Don’t put all energy transition eggs in one green basket
The energy revolution is producing militant evangelists and sceptics of individual technologies. Andrew Forrest’s hydrogen retreat shows policymakers need to be more open-minded.
- 27 mins ago
- The AFR View
Labor urged to include tax havens in profit shifting crackdown
About 50 per cent of large US companies and multinationals from China, Japan, and Germany will be covered by the rules.
- 36 mins ago
- Tom McIlroy
Green hydrogen too ‘expensive and inefficient’: Finkel
Former chief scientist Alan Finkel – who devised Australia’s first clean hydrogen strategy – now says we are “unlikely to use hydrogen for storage of electricity”.
- 43 mins ago
- Angela Macdonald-Smith, Peter Ker and Jessica Sier
David Dicker still hasn’t found what he’s looking for
The tech hardware CEO and chairman lashed Australia’s mindset towards the wealthy.
- 49 mins ago
- Mark Di Stefano
David Rowe cartoons for July 2024
David Rowe is a multiple Walkley award-winning cartoonist. He draws a daily political cartoon and one for the Chanticleer column.
- 49 mins ago
- David Rowe
New Quantum weighs its options as Keystone pulls funding
Should it land in receivership as expected, the company’s majority owner – Beaconsfield Capital – is understood to be preparing to buy back the business.
- 51 mins ago
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
Star was warned of lack of executive experience before NSW inquiry
A report from special manager Nick Weeks blames regulatory and financial pressure as reasons for a lack of good quality candidates on Star’s board.
- 52 mins ago
- Zoe Samios
- Exclusive
- China relations
New swipe at China over trade as lobster exports remain on ice
China should give up the favourable treatment it receives as a developing nation in the global trading system, the Albanese government says.
- 1 hr ago
- Andrew Tillett
- Updated
- US election
Two top Democrats tell COVID-struck Biden he won’t win
The two top Democrats in Congress have privately told Joe Biden that he can’t beat Donald Trump in November, as the president, now isolating with COVID-19, conceded he would give up the race if a doctor told him he had a problem.
- 1 hr ago
- Matthew Cranston
Albanese sticks to hydrogen despite Fortescue retreat
Andrew Forrest ditching plans to produce 15 million tonnes of green hydrogen by 2030 has sparked questions over the government’s climate policies.
- 1 hr ago
- Andrew Tillett and Brad Thompson
Singaporean billionaire brings Hilton to Hobart
Koh Wee Meng’s Fragrance Group has ditched Accor’s Novotel brand and has instead appointed Hilton to run its new Hobart Hotel as a DoubleTree.
- 1 hr ago
- Larry Schlesinger
Will Vicars and Caledonia are still deep in the red
Financial year results from the fund manager show a 6.3 per cent gain in the month to June 30. Elsewhere, it’s a sea of woe.
- 1 hr ago
- Myriam Robin
- Opinion
- CFMEU
On CFMEU, Albo must emulate Hawke
Anthony Albanese has the opportunity to follow the example of Bob Hawke, who knew a thing or two about trade unions and industrial relations, and grasp the nettle of deregistering the corrupt union.
- Roger Gyles
Forrest says Element Zero execs burned bridges ‘like Nazis’
Fortescue chairman Andrew Forrest has distanced himself from surveillance tactics used against former employees, but fully supported the IP lawsuit against them.
- Peter Ker
- Updated
- Employment
Rate rise chances grow as employment jumps
The market is pricing in a one-in-five possibility that the RBA will increase the cash rate when it meets next month, after strong jobs numbers in June.
- Updated
- Michael Read
The Trump family: who is up, who is down, and where is Melania?
Ex-president’s wife and daughter Ivanka fade into the background as Republican National Convention chair Lara takes the limelight.
- Lauren Fedor
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
What Guzman y Gomez can learn from the Domino’s disaster
Domino’s’ latest downgrade tells a story about long-term growth plans that investors in Guzman y Gomez should take note of.
- James Thomson
