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live:Australian shares up, Singapore Airlines apologises for traumatic flight and death of passenger
The ASX200 is trading higher after a positive session on Wall Street, while Singapore Airlines apologises for a traumatic flight and the death of a passenger. Follow live.
Analysis by Peter Martin
analysis:Peter Dutton has spelled out the maths on home ownership — and he might have done us a favour
In using his budget reply to rail against foreign investors buying up existing properties, Peter Dutton almost made a case that could really help first homebuyers.
Analysis by David Taylor
analysis:Is the Telstra mass sacking a worrying sign of things to come?
Whenever mass sackings are announced, like the one at Telstra, it's only natural to wonder if it's isolated to one firm or part of a growing trend within corporate Australia.
A nuclear power plant for Australia would cost at least $8.5 billion and take 15 years to deliver, new CSIRO report shows
Building a large-scale nuclear power plant in Australia would cost at least $8.5 billion, take 15 years to deliver and produce electricity at roughly twice the cost of renewable sources, the country's leading scientific institution has found.
Snowy 2.0 faces fresh problems, with tunnel boring machine Florence stuck yet again
It is unclear when the machine will be able to get moving again and if it will impact plans for Snowy 2.0 to begin operations in late 2027.
How an export ban could help 'clean up' the illegal scrap metal trade
Scrap metal dealers believe tougher enforcement of businesses paying cash for scrap, and processing the resource onshore, could help curtail unlawful activity.
Woolworths CEO says supermarket contributes 'very little' to food waste
Woolworths boss Brad Banducci has defended the amount of food the supermarket giant rejects with a top executive saying no one wants a banana that is "too big", a South Australian parliamentary inquiry has heard.
'I wonder if they understand the carnage': Landlord loses thousands in bid to evict tenants on expired lease
A Queensland landlord says he has been left thousands of dollars out of pocket trying to evict renters who refused to leave after their contract was up, delaying the sale of the house.
How single mothers face a 'triple whammy' in the housing crisis
Homeless services are seeing more employed people accessing their services and say single mothers fleeing domestic violence are particularly vulnerable.
Australians are still losing millions to this type of scam. Meng lost $80,000 and wants banks to do more
False documentation might be one of the oldest scams in the book but scammers are now able to fake being a company more easily — and Australians are falling for it.
Queensland is forecast to record a $3 billion budget deficit — and it could be due to three reasons
Queensland Treasurer Cameron Dick says cost-of-living relief is one of the reasons the state is forecast to fall billions of dollars into deficit. Economists say there could be three reasons for it.
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Analysis by Ian Verrender
analysis:The world is retreating from globalisation. What does it mean for us?
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'Risk to public safety': Raid reveals unregulated Ozempic made in filthy conditions
The government will ban compounding pharmacists from making replica versions of diabetes drugs like Ozempic and Mounjaro, widely used off-label for weight loss, amid public safety concerns.
Eight weeks after a ship brought down the Baltimore Bridge, it's finally tugged away
The recovery from the deadly Baltimore bridge collapse reached a significant milestone as tugboats escorted the ill-fated container ship Dali back to port.
ANZ online banking and app services beginning to 'come back online' after major outage, bank says
The bank says it is investigating a technology issue relating to a third party vendor.
Other birds would scatter when salmon farm workers shot at them — but not this bird species
Fish farm employees shot dozens of native seabirds which were taking salmon from Tasmanian pens in an effort to deter them, documents reveal — with the scare tactic failing in part because the cormorants were unfazed, even if the bird next to them was shot.
It would take almost 46 hours to read every privacy policy you agree to in a month. Here's why that's concerning
Many Australian consumers are unaware of the extent of personal data being collected about them on a day-to-day basis, says a new report.
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Analysis by Ian Verrender
analysis:The world is retreating from globalisation. What does it mean for us?
We've joined our global peers by embracing the new economic mood in pursuit of a Future Made in Australia. But it remains to be seen whether we've learnt anything from the successes and failures of globalisation over the past 30 years.
Analysis by Gareth Hutchens
analysis:What's the link between low rental vacancy rates, housing crises, and unoccupied home taxes?
Australia's rental vacancy rate hit a record low recently. But what is the vacancy rate actually signifying? And could an unoccupied home tax help to solve our housing crisis?
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