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Government-backed clean manufacturing gets public tick
1+ hour, 32+ min ago (362+ words) June 15, 2026 12: 49 | News Seven out of 10 Australians back government spending on renewable energy to power manufacturing facilities cheaply. Public support for energy infrastructure privatisation is much lower, the same polling commissioned by Renew Australia for All has found. The surveying follows…...
UK retail giant makes hostile bid for Hype DC owner
1+ hour, 39+ min ago (543+ words) June 15, 2026 12: 42 | News A British retailer has lobbed a zero-premium takeover offer at Australia's largest shoe store chain after their partnership went south, in hopes of at least gaining more influence over its board. Frasers Group is offering 65 cents a share…...
Businesses unite to fight capital gains tax changes
10+ hour, 51+ min ago (419+ words) June 15, 2026 03: 30 | News Changes to the capital gains tax will lower productivity and make Australia less competitive, business groups argue, as the contentious budget measures go under the microscope. A Senate inquiry into the tax changes will hold its first day…...
Putin, Zelenskiy chat with Trump on his 80th birthday
9+ hour, 37+ min ago (593+ words) June 15, 2026 04: 46 | News Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskiy each spoke by phone with Donald Trump, as he marked his 80th birthday and the war in Ukraine remained a flashpoint ahead of this week's G7 summit. Putin's call with Trump…...
Protesters smash windows, set Tesla ablaze in G7 march
12+ hour, 16+ min ago (323+ words) June 15, 2026 02: 06 | News Protesters have set fire to a Tesla and smashed the windows of a bank in Geneva "as they vented their anger at the Group of Seven summit about to take place just "across the border in France. The…...
Dead Certain. Australia's domestic violence system on trial - Michael West
23+ hour, 25+ min ago (1050+ words) by Andrew Brown | Jun 14, 2026 | Comment & Analysis, Latest Posts "Doreen Langham went to Queensland Police 16 times in 16 days." Then, she was burnt alive. Andrew Brown: Part Three in Dead Certain series: The System on Trial. Doreen Langham went to Queensland Police…...
'Taken a toll': rising Liberal star to quit politics
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (542+ words) June 14, 2026 12: 03 | News Declining poll numbers for the Liberals were not a factor in one of the party's frontbenchers deciding to retire from federal politics. Opposition home affairs spokesman Jonathon Duniam will not seek re-election for his Tasmanian Senate seat and…...
Geneva on high alert as 50, 000 G7 protesters expected
23+ hour, 59+ min ago (192+ words) June 14, 2026 14: 21 | News Up to 50, 000 demonstrators are expected to march through the Swiss border city of Geneva to protest against capitalism, exploitation and a range of other issues ahead of the G7 summit in the French town of "vian. The protest on…...
Minister accuses states of exaggerating NDIS criticism
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (479+ words) June 14, 2026 10: 42 | News Criticism of looming changes to the National Disability Insurance Scheme by states and territories is overblown, the minister who oversees the scheme says. Carve-outs from the reforms were unlikely despite disapproval from the disability sector and state and…...
The $54 B question. NDIS compliance looms - 247, 000 providers yet to be registered
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (882+ words) by Claudia Weisenberger | Jun 14, 2026 | Government, Latest Posts On July 1, unregistered NDIS providers will no longer receive their payments for legitimate claims on behalf of clients. Many are ill-prepared. Claudia Weisenberger reports. For thirteen years, the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA,…...