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Trumped: $9B to US and UK shipyards … but wait, there’s more
An FOI release from Washington reveals Australia is pouring more $9B of taxpayers’ money into the US and UK submarine ...
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Independent grocery suppliers face supermarkets probe
Independent grocery stores outnumber all others in Australia but attract a fraction of the major supermarkets’ sales, a fact ...
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Airfares rocket, Rex gets parachute, Coldplay to blame. What’s the scam?
With Rex pulling capital city routes, ACCC says airfares have risen up to 95%. Meanwhile, Qantas blames Coldplay.
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US Senate Republicans pick insider Thune as leader
Senate Republicans have elected John Thune to lead the chamber next year, opting for a well-regarded insider and shrugging ...
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Big Four ‘under scrutiny’. Another committee, another report, and forty recommendations
The PwC scandal has led to a slew of Parliamentary inquiries, reports and much handwringing. But will anything change?
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Australian economy prepared for Trump: Chalmers
Australia faces slightly slower growth and additional inflationary pressures from a second Donald Trump presidency but the ...
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Australia in the Trumposphere: climate, trade, Asia and the new world order
Trump 2.0 could provide a less-myopic Australia a chance to get with the strength. No, argues Michael Pascoe, that doesn’t ...
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Class Actions: taxi drivers rail against ‘token’ Uber settlement
Some taxi and hire car industry members are furious with the proposed settlement of one of Australia’s biggest class actions. Zacharias Szumer reports. Uber’s agreement to pay over $270 million to ...
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Workplace culture at Parliament House has ‘a way to go’
Federal parliament’s workplace support service has handled 30 complaints of sexual assault, sexual harassment, stalking and assault in its first nine months of operation. Figures from the ...