Today
‘I’m disgusted’: premier blasts pro-Palestine activists
Pro-Palestine protesters have stormed a Labor state conference in Melbourne amid heightened tensions over the Israel-Hamas war.
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- Callum Godde
Brookfield in advanced talks to buy Twiggy-backed Windlab
Both shareholders are active investors in renewables and keen to show it’s possible to make a motza in green energy.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
Israel recovers bodies of hostages amid fierce fighting in northern Gaza
The Israeli military says it has retrieved the bodies of three Israeli hostages from Gaza including Shani Louk, the 23-year-old German Israeli, who was pronounced dead last year.
- Nidal al-Mughrabi and Nataliya Vasilyeva
Lee and Day make big moves after dramatic Scheffler arrest
Magical Min Woo Lee and Jason Day have made big moves to revive Australian hopes at the drama-charged PGA Championship in Kentucky.
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- Darrn Walton
S&P 500 hovers near record high
US equities gave up early gains to close mostly modestly higher. Copper, nickel and silver surge. Gold, oil also rally. $A touches US67¢.
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- Timothy Moore
Transurban says drivers could pay more under NSW reforms
NSW’s proposed toll road reforms would hit some drivers with higher fares, create traffic congestion and would not necessarily be fairer, Transurban has claimed.
- Jenny Wiggins
- Exclusive
- Tourism
On Hamilton, a family dynasty bets there’s more money in islands
After showing potential buyers around last year, Sandy Oatley and his family are instead developing a new resort as they double down on the island.
- Primrose Riordan
BlackRock’s Rieder says rate cut would tame US inflation
High interest rates are generating more income from fixed-income investments for well-heeled Americans, the firm’s chief investment officer said.
- Carter Johnson
Yesterday
Paul McCartney is reportedly Britain’s first billionaire musician
The 81-year-old is the richest musician in the UK, thanks in part to superstar Beyonce.
Glen Le Lievre cartoons for 2023-24
See all of Glen Le Lievre cartoons for 2023 and 2024.
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- Glen Le Lievre
Sydney Uni wins appeal over academic dismissed over Nazi slide
Tough-talking university administrators are showing signs their patience is wearing thin, but police involvement is still a last resort.
- Julie Hare and Patrick Durkin
Why office worker Courtney became a tradie after watching The Block
Courtney Gibney wanted a hands-on job that didn’t involve sitting at a desk all day. The job security of being a licensed electrician fit the bill.
- Euan Black
Labor’s big budget gamble, BHP’s defining week & where your payrise really went
This week on the Chanticleer podcast James & Anthony dissect the federal budget with a special guest, look at BHP’s titanic takeover battle and hash out the new battle over housing.
Dutton’s housing fix ‘will worsen supply’
One of Australia’s biggest property developers says slashing permanent migration as a way to fix acute housing shortages will only exacerbate the problem.
- Tom McIlroy, Michael Read and Nick Lenaghan
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Budget kicks off a populist election season
The housing crisis demonstrates how both major parties insist there are easy answers where none exist.
- The AFR View
Bosses say budget assistance justifies smaller minimum wage increase
Employers have invoked former union chief Bill Kelty to back a moderate pay rise, saying budget relief ensures low-paid workers’ disposable income will rise.
- David Marin-Guzman
China unveils dramatic steps to rescue property market
China announced a slate of measures aimed at reinvigorating its ailing property industry and stabilising growth in the world’s second-largest economy.
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- Amanda Wang
RBA considers selling HQ as renovation blows out to $1.1b
The blowout, caused by large amounts of asbestos, makes the redevelopment of the RBA building one of the nation’s most expensive non-defence public works.
- Michael Read
Why Aesop is putting algae on its shopfronts
The upcoming Melbourne Design Week reveals ideas already in use that could change our world. But getting them to scale is no simple task.
- Michael Bleby
One in, one out: Dutton plan ‘risks $48b foreign student industry’
Peter Dutton’s promise to reduce temporary migration to 160,000 people would smash the country’s fourth-largest export sector, experts say.
- Julie Hare
