The Prime Minister’s revelation that he is consulting small business and big industry on CGT carve-outs, and not just tech start-ups as expected, created widespread confusion over how far he was ...

Former Fortescue chief executive Elizabeth Gaines has quit as a director, with the Andrew Forrest-led company moving swiftly ...

Spymaster Mike Burgess says his counter-terror teams were stretched but not under-resourced ahead of the Bondi massacre, and ...

SGH chief executive Ryan Stokes has made the same threat about where his conglomerate will invest – but his attention is on what the latest budget announcements will do to housing and construction.

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Attorney-General Michelle Rowland took less than two days to greenlight the prosecution of Victoria Cross recipient Ben Roberts-Smith for war crime murder, despite taking almost one month to approve ...

The devastated Daniher family have led a raft of heartfelt tributes to footy legend Neale Daniher, who died on Monday aged 65 after a courageous and public 13-year battle with motor neurone disease.

On the Protection of Human Dignity in the Age of Artificial Intelligence”, Pope Leo XIV presents himself as a modern Pope for ...

Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen has assembled an army of more 100 bureaucrats to help him with his COP president mission, and his department has billed taxpayers almost half a million dollars in ...

Experts in the charity sector warn the Albanese government’s 30 per cent tax on trusts will backfire and dry up philanthropy in Australia, and local sports clubs, social welfare groups and human ...

Winter crops have taken a significant hit in the wake of soaring fuel and fertiliser costs, as almost half of Australia’s grain growers face another round of high diesel bills for harvest.

Oh, that’s right: Peter V’landys already does. It’s why the game has never been stronger nor weirder. The ARL Commission chairman didn’t want to make the media conference confirming chief executive ...