April
Aldi pays mega $420m dividend to offshore parent
Newly released accounts reveal the discount supermarket chain made a hefty capital return to Austrian company Hofer KG in 2023.
- Carrie LaFrenz
- Opinion
- Social media
Surge of violence tests policy tolerance of social media
The Coalition in particular has to ask tricky questions of when enough is enough on social media platforms.
- Laura Tingle
Tax Office warns law firms over consulting push
ATO second commissioner Jeremy Hirschhorn said he was worried law firms would repeat the mistakes of the big four professional services firms with their push into consulting.
- Maxim Shanahan
Relief in Ukraine as US House approves $95b in aid
The vote marks a victory for Republican defence hawks against the more isolationist wing of the party led by Donald Trump.
- Updated
- Siobhán O'Grady
US can send fresh weapons to Ukraine ‘within days’
The Pentagon had already moved stockpiles of the most-needed arms closer to Ukraine’s borders before the passage of a crucial foreign aid bill in the US House.
- Tony Diver
- Opinion
- The AFR View
A traumatic week, and a need for calmer politics
Murder in Bondi Junction and terrorism in western Sydney have come to a country already demoralised by a cost-of-living crisis. Time for politicians and other opinion formers to put the hyperbole away.
- The AFR View
- Opinion
- Australian economy
Jobs numbers pose a sticky conundrum
The Albanese government can only publicly welcome the strength of the jobs market, but a receding horizon for rate cuts is always difficult for political leaders eyeing their election prospects.
- Jennifer Hewett
US House to vote on Ukraine and Israel aid, despite hardliners
Republican Speaker Mike Johnson says the long-awaited vote on aid for Ukraine, Israel and the Indo-Pacific should go ahead as soon as this weekend.
- Patricia Zengerle
Aussie resources ‘under assault’ from China: US ambassador
US ambassador Caroline Kennedy has warned state-owned Chinese companies in Indonesia were destroying communities “under the guise of economic development”.
- Tom Rabe and Andrew Tillett
Iran’s attack increases pressure on US Congress over aid
Speaker Mike Johnson has sat for two months on a $US95 billion supplemental package that would send support to US allies, and provide aid for civilians in Ukraine and Gaza.
- Stephen Groves
US sends Ukraine seized Iranian-made weapons
The weapons include 5000 Kalashnikov rifles, machine guns, sniper rifles and rocket-propelled grenades, along with half-a-million rounds of ammunition.
- Alex Horton
US pushes Israel to halt Rafah invasion in ceasefire talks
The US-Israel talks focused on the potential operation in the southern Gaza city that has exposed one of the deepest rifts between the two allies.
- Zeke Miller
March
US sends ‘desperate’ Ukraine $454m in weapons as further aid stalls
The US has put together a package of weapons and other aid even as President Biden’s request for billions of dollars more remains stalled in Congress.
- Dan Lamothe
Netanyahu warns Biden against undermining his rule
Tensions between Joe Biden and Benjamin Netanyahu over Israel’s war on Hamas have burst into the open as the two leaders bicker publicly.
- Updated
- Robert Jimison
US passes long-delayed deal to fund crucial Pacific Island agreements
Although the three island nations involved are tiny, they span 4000 km across the Pacific, providing critical access for the US to operate in the Indo-Pacific region.
- Demetri Sevastopulo and Kathrin Hille
- Opinion
- US election
The mystery of the ‘secret non-Trump voter’
Despite a near clean sweep of Super Tuesday, the former president continued to underperform the pollsters’ predictions. What’s going on.
- Peter Spiegel
Trump storms to Biden rematch in ‘conclusive’ Super Tuesday win
Donald Trump and President Joe Biden won early Republican primaries in Virginia, North Carolina, Oklahoma and Tennessee, while the latter also took Iowa.
- Updated
- Hannah Knowles
Powell to stick with ‘no rush to cut’ message
The Fed chairman is headed to Capitol Hill this week. He is expected to say the Fed can afford to be patient in deciding when to cut rates given the US economy’s strength.
- Kate Davidson and Craig Stirling
February
Zelensky says 31,000 troops killed as counteroffensive looms
The tally that President Volodymyr Zelensky revealed differs sharply from that given by US officials, who have said the number is closer to 70,000.
- Volodymyr Verbianyi and Daryna Krasnolutska
January
‘Honoured to have your back’. Biden wins key union backing
Union president Shawn Fain said the president had earned the endorsement, contrasting his obvious support with Donald Trump’s trash talk and anti-union stance.
- Tom Krisher, Fatima Hussein and Darlene Superville