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Geopolitics

Qatar Gas Crisis: What Soaring Prices Mean for Your Bills
Geopolitics

Qatar Gas Crisis: What Soaring Prices Mean for Your Bills

Iranian missile strikes on the world's second-largest LNG exporter will hit UK households harder than most realise. Here's why your energy bills are about to climb.
Editor 6 min read 15 days ago
Australia's Last Two Refineries Get Subsidy Lifeline as Crude Hits $109
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Australia's Last Two Refineries Get Subsidy Lifeline as Crude Hits $109

Government extends fuel security payments to Geelong and Brisbane plants amid Middle East supply shock
Editor 7 min read 15 days ago
Best Gifts Under $200 for Dad in 2026: A Guide That Doesn't Suck
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Best Gifts Under $200 for Dad in 2026: A Guide That Doesn't Suck

Thoughtful, practical gifts that sidestep the usual boring routine of socks and ties
Editor 9 min read 15 days ago
Should tobacconists even exist? Minister poses radical question as illegal sales soar
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Should tobacconists even exist? Minister poses radical question as illegal sales soar

Assistant minister Julian Hill questions the viability of standalone tobacco shops as organised crime dominates the market and firebombings escalate.
Editor 10 min read 16 days ago
Cross River Rail boss tells inquiry CFMEU 'purposefully' disrupted $19 billion project
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Cross River Rail boss tells inquiry CFMEU 'purposefully' disrupted $19 billion project

Delivery authority chief Graeme Newton alleges union targeted critical works to maximise delays and cost blowouts on Queensland's largest infrastructure project
Editor 8 min read 16 days ago
Chalmers vows reform budget on May 12 as inflation hits 4.8 per cent
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Chalmers vows reform budget on May 12 as inflation hits 4.8 per cent

Treasurer promises tax reform, spending cuts and productivity push despite Middle East turmoil pushing oil to $100 per barrel
Editor 8 min read 16 days ago
Cyclone Narelle hits category 5 as Queensland braces for 'biggest system in living memory'
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Cyclone Narelle hits category 5 as Queensland braces for 'biggest system in living memory'

Winds near 315km/h as rare category 5 system bears down on Cape York Peninsula. Schools closed, evacuations underway.
Editor 6 min read 16 days ago
British Airways Returns to Melbourne After 20 Years, Routing via Kuala Lumpur
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British Airways Returns to Melbourne After 20 Years, Routing via Kuala Lumpur

The carrier's new daily service from January 2027 bypasses the Middle East entirely, connecting Australia's second-largest city to London via Malaysia.
Editor 5 min read 17 days ago
Top 10 Independent Settlement Agents in Western Australia 2026
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Top 10 Independent Settlement Agents in Western Australia 2026

A practical guide to WA's best independent settlement agents: boutique firms, family-owned practices, and local Perth specialists.
Editor 5 min read 17 days ago
Top 10 Independent Conveyancing Firms in NSW 2026
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Top 10 Independent Conveyancing Firms in NSW 2026

A practical guide to NSW's best independent conveyancers: boutique firms, local specialists, and family-owned practices from Sydney to the South Coast.
Editor 9 min read 17 days ago
Morocco declared 2025 AFCON champions after Senegal walkout forfeiture
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Morocco declared 2025 AFCON champions after Senegal walkout forfeiture

The CAF Appeal Board has stripped Senegal of the AFCON title after a 17-minute walkout in the final.
Editor 7 min read 17 days ago
Labor Signals CGT Discount Overhaul After Inquiry Finds It Fuels Housing Inequality
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Labor Signals CGT Discount Overhaul After Inquiry Finds It Fuels Housing Inequality

Parliamentary inquiry finds 50% discount 'skews ownership away from owner-occupiers' as Treasury models cutting rate to 33% for investors
Editor 5 min read 17 days ago
Trump Offers Afrikaners Asylum, But Thousands Are Already Reshaping the Mississippi Delta
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Trump Offers Afrikaners Asylum, But Thousands Are Already Reshaping the Mississippi Delta

Nearly 15,000 white South Africans arrived on agricultural visas in 2024, transforming rural communities and sparking uncomfortable questions about American immigration policy
Editor 5 min read 17 days ago
Woodside Names Liz Westcott as CEO in Internal Promotion
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Woodside Names Liz Westcott as CEO in Internal Promotion

Former ExxonMobil and Energy Australia executive steps up from acting CEO role as company executes $17.5B Louisiana LNG expansion
Editor 5 min read 17 days ago
BHP Names Brandon Craig as CEO in Surprise Succession
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BHP Names Brandon Craig as CEO in Surprise Succession

Americas president beats frontrunners to lead Australia's biggest company as Mike Henry steps down after six years
Editor 5 min read 17 days ago
Trump's Counter-Terrorism Chief Quits, Blames Israel for Iran War
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Trump's Counter-Terrorism Chief Quits, Blames Israel for Iran War

Gold Star husband who lost wife in Syria refuses to 'send the next generation off to fight and die in a war that serves no benefit to the American people'
Editor 6 min read 17 days ago
Albanese Calls Emergency Cabinet as Fuel Crisis Hits Regional Australia
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Albanese Calls Emergency Cabinet as Fuel Crisis Hits Regional Australia

Government releases 20% of reserves, doesn't rule out rationing as panic buying empties regional service stations.
Editor 5 min read 17 days ago
Australia's Cybersecurity Spending Hits $7.5B as AI Drives Both Attack and Defence
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Australia's Cybersecurity Spending Hits $7.5B as AI Drives Both Attack and Defence

Gartner forecasts 9.5% growth in Australian security spending. The talent shortage is getting worse, not better.
Editor 5 min read 18 days ago
One Nation's Polling Surge Is Taking Votes from Everyone
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One Nation's Polling Surge Is Taking Votes from Everyone

The major parties have spent decades ignoring voters who now have somewhere else to go
Editor 6 min read 18 days ago
How Much Super Do You Actually Need at 60? The Real Numbers for 2026
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How Much Super Do You Actually Need at 60? The Real Numbers for 2026

ASFA says you need $690,000 for a comfortable retirement. The average Australian has $252,000. Here's what that gap actually means.
Editor 6 min read 18 days ago
NVIDIA DLSS 5 Is the Biggest Graphics Leap Since Ray Tracing
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NVIDIA DLSS 5 Is the Biggest Graphics Leap Since Ray Tracing

Jensen Huang calls it the 'GPT moment for graphics' as neural rendering arrives this fall
Editor 5 min read 18 days ago
Australia refuses Trump's Hormuz warship request
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Australia refuses Trump's Hormuz warship request

Transport Minister Catherine King confirmed Australia will not send a vessel to escort tankers through the contested strait.
Editor 5 min read 18 days ago
Sydney Borrowers Face the Sharpest Pain as Banks Tip Multiple RBA Hikes
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Sydney Borrowers Face the Sharpest Pain as Banks Tip Multiple RBA Hikes

With oil above $100 and inflation refusing to behave, two major banks now forecast 2-3 consecutive rate rises. Sydney's stretched borrowers are most exposed.
Editor 7 min read 20 days ago

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