Australia
Geopolitics
Meta and YouTube Found Liable for Addictive Design in Landmark Child Safety Verdict
A California jury awarded $6 million to a plaintiff who argued that Instagram and YouTube's design features caused mental health harm, opening social media companies to a new category of product liability claims.
Work
ABC Staff Walk Out for First Time in 20 Years Over Pay and AI Protections
Close to 1,000 ABC workers struck for 24 hours after rejecting a 10% pay offer that fails to match inflation. Unions want safeguards against AI replacing journalists.
Geopolitics
Treasury modelling puts inflation at 5% as Chalmers seeks worse scenarios
The Treasurer says previously released Treasury scenarios are 'pretty conservative now' and has requested new modelling for a prolonged Middle East conflict.
Australia
Australia's hidden silica crisis: Why nine common chemicals are still killing workers
Safe Work Australia recommended lowering exposure limits for nine dangerous chemicals back in 2019. Seven years later, the limits haven't moved, and doctors are sounding the alarm.
Geopolitics
AEMO pushes gas shortfall forecast to 2030 as battery boom eats into demand
Australia's looming gas supply crunch has been delayed another year, with accelerating electrification and 30 GW of battery storage in the pipeline cutting deeper into gas consumption than expected.
Geopolitics
RBA Hikes Cash Rate to 4.10% as Bullock Warns of Recession Risk
The second rate rise of 2026 passed by a single vote, with the Governor pointing to sticky inflation and oil price shocks.
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.