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Dutton has a ‘$40b hole in his budget’: Chalmers
Jim Chalmers says Peter Dutton’s budget reply is not properly costed; Israeli troops and tanks have pushed into parts of a congested northern Gaza Strip district. Follow updates here.
- 11 mins ago
- Lois Maskiell
- Opinion
- Productivity
Fear and crisis fatigue is holding back productivity
Our uncertain world is generating collective caution. This leaves economies experiencing too little change and bearing too little risk.
- 29 mins ago
- Andy Haldan
- Analysis
- AI
Google search is becoming Google answers. That is bad news for media
In a world where AI can browse the internet and paraphrase what it sees, users may find they never click on links again. That could be a big problem for many publishers.
- 1 hr ago
- Kevin Roose
Gantz tells Netanyahu: come up with a war plan in three weeks
A popular centrist member of Israel’s three-member war cabinet threatens to resign if the government doesn’t adopt a new plan in three weeks for war in Gaza.
- Updated
- Wafaa Shurafa and Joe Krauss
- Opinion
- Sharemarket
These stocks are primed for ‘tectonic-sized’ tailwinds
The magnificent seven are not the only way to play artificial intelligence, there’s money to be made in storage, energy and software on the ASX too.
- Jun Bei Liu
Yesterday
‘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.
- Updated
- 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.
- Updated
- 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¢.
- Updated
- 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 says.
- Carter Johnson
This Month
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
