Today
- Analysis
- International affairs
Washington can be a prickly and insecure great power ally
The Russell-Zoellick correspondence reveals an Australian government not afraid to talk truth to American power, an art largely lost over recent years.
- James Curran
Yesterday
- Analysis
- Media & marketing
REA’s success exposes shrinking Domain
The growth engine for Nine Entertainment, property classifieds platform Domain, has not been firing – and is losing ground to News Corp-controlled REA Group.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
- Analysis
- Paris 2024
Khelif gets her fairytale ending. The controversy’s far from over
‘I am a strong woman,’ says the Algerian boxer. The trouble is, not everyone agrees, and the fracas has now turned into an Olympic-level culture war.
- Updated
- Hans van Leeuwen
This Month
The PwC players, the blowback and why it could all happen again
Many current and former PwC partners still don’t believe the tax leaks scandals involved any serious wrongdoing, and regulators can’t be sure there will not be a repeat.
- Edmund Tadros
- Analysis
- Media & marketing
News Corp finally confronts the grim reality of Foxtel
After nearly 30 years as a shareholder, the media giant has gone public with a bid to offload the pay TV business. Any new owner will confront big challenges.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
- Analysis
- Interest rates
‘Hottest ticket since Cold Chisel’: Bullock returns home to Armidale
The RBA governor’s formative years helped make the country’s most high-profile economist a ‘tough’ leader.
- John Kehoe
- Analysis
- Russia-Ukraine war
Ukraine punches through Putin’s lines in surprise war tactic
A government in Russia’s Kursk region declared a state of emergency as Ukrainian forces advanced several kilometres across the border.
- Andrew E. Kramer
- Analysis
- CFMEU
CFMEU is a dirty word the industry doesn’t want to talk about
A construction industry conference billed as important as UN climate conferences barely touched corruption allegations roiling the sector.
- Aaron Patrick
- Analysis
- Inside China
Bad news for Australia: China’s steel crisis is set to deepen
Prices are tumbling, profits are dwindling, and there’s little relief on offer from a government focused on retooling China’s economy for the long term.
- Updated
- Hallie Gu
- Analysis
- Government Observed
Hybrid working mishmash for 1.7m government workers across Australia
The NSW government’s push for public servants to work from their offices has left a jumble of work arrangements for the nation’s largest employers.
- Tom Burton
- Opinion
- Property market
The maths justifying rentvesting has changed. Here are the numbers
It’s a popular strategy for building wealth but how does rentvesting stack up after 13 rate rises?
- Kelly Kennedy
- Analysis
- Interest rates
Is Japan ready for a ‘world with interest?’
An entire generation has grown up knowing nothing but yields near zero and mortgage rates that seemed to get cheaper by the year.
- Gearoid Reidy
Talks sanction more US bombers, fighter jets, spy planes in Australia
Annual defence and foreign affairs talks will see Australia deepen its role as the US’s “unsinkable aircraft carrier” in a potential conflict with China.
- Andrew Tillett and Matthew Cranston
- Analysis
- US election
Folksy attack dog: Why Harris chose Tim Walz as VP
The plain-speaking Minnesotan brings Midwestern colloquialism and progressive appeal to the Democratic ticket.
- Steff Chávez
- Opinion
- Retail
Pressure is on Domino’s boss to deliver a turnaround
US parent Domino’s Pizza Inc and local chairman Jack Cowin are each becoming more involved in how ASX-listed Domino’s Pizza Enterprises is run.
- Carrie LaFrenz
- Analysis
- GDP
Is the US heading for a recession?
Most analysts believe the world’s largest economy will make a soft landing, with inflation falling back to the Fed’s 2 per cent goal without a sharp rise in unemployment.
- Claire Jones, Delphine Strauss and Martha Muir
What’s the future for the Boomers without talismanic Patty Mills?
Australia, like many other basketball teams at the Olympics, relies on the outlier brilliance of one superstar. The coach admits it’ll be hard to replace him.
- Hans van Leeuwen
- Analysis
- The Breakdown
Google is a monopolist, but the egg can’t be unscrambled
The company paid tens of billions of dollars to become the world’s dominant search engine. Even Microsoft couldn’t compete.
- Nick Bonyhady
- Analysis
- National security
The politics of grievance has become something more sinister
Ever since 9/11, terror alerts and politics have been inseparable, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t substance behind them either.
- Phillip Coorey
- Analysis
- Media & marketing
Murdoch thinks Fox, News Corp worth more right wing
At the heart of Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch’s bid to change the family’s “irrevocable” trust is an idea Fox and News Corp are more valuable as conservative outlets.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
