Australia
Work
Qantas Bets on AI for On-Time Performance as Project Sunrise Nears
CEO Vanessa Hudson says technology is already improving reliability, while confirming Singapore stopovers will stay.
Geopolitics
Victoria Park to close as Brisbane's $3.8b Olympic stadium build begins
Queensland's government has issued closure notices for Victoria Park, with early site preparations set to begin on June 1 ahead of the 63,000-seat Brisbane Olympic stadium.
Finance
Philip Lowe's new job: rewriting the rules for how ASX companies are run
The former RBA governor is chairing a panel that wants to simplify corporate governance rules for 2,200 listed companies by the end of the year.
Geopolitics
Food bills set to spike as diesel crisis leaves farmers stranded
Diesel topped $3 a litre in every capital except Darwin last week. Farmers in Queensland, Western Australia and Victoria say they can't get enough to run their machinery.
Geopolitics
EU and Australia seal trade deal worth $6.9 billion a year after eight years of talks
The deal eliminates 98 per cent of EU tariffs on Australian goods. Wine, dairy, wheat, barley and seafood all get duty-free access.
Work
Your commute just got $150 more expensive this month
As petrol hits 220 cents per litre and diesel crosses 245, ordinary families are being forced to choose between filling the tank and filling the fridge.
Geopolitics
China's $120 Billion Critical Minerals Play Is About Security, Not Hostility
A new report reveals China has invested $120 billion USD into global mining since 2023. Australian headlines call it a threat. Beijing calls it risk management.
Geopolitics
Southeast Asia's Energy Scramble and What It Means for Australia
As dominoes fall across the region, Australia sits at the end of a broken supply chain
Geopolitics
Super Contribution Caps Rise July 2026: A Four-Month Window Worth $510,000
Higher caps create a rare opportunity to contribute $510,000 in under four months. Here's how the numbers work, and what you should do before 30 June.
Geopolitics
Sydney's Property Market Turned in a Week
After two rate rises and geopolitical chaos, buyer FOMO has become seller panic. The numbers tell the story.
Geopolitics
Australia's China Trade Surplus Shrinks to $19 Billion as Import Dependence Deepens
The bilateral surplus has collapsed from $45 billion to $19 billion in four years. Australia keeps buying Chinese manufactures while China quietly diversifies its iron ore sources.
Geopolitics
IEA Chief: World faces worst energy crisis in decades
Fatih Birol tells National Press Club the Hormuz closure has cost 11 million barrels per day, more than both 1970s oil shocks combined