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Berkshire cash hoard scores another record as earnings gain
The firm’s cash pile increased to $US189 billion ($290 billion) at the end of the first quarter, topping the record it set at the year’s end.
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- Lois Maskiell
Cash splash as Boomers hit the jackpot
After decades of saving, older Australians are spending up. But the wave of cash is causing headaches for the inflation-fighting treasurer and RBA. Can the good times last?
- Jacob Greber
Why Australia’s domestic violence problem is complicated
The hope is that targeted action, and policies to boost women’s economic security more broadly, can continue to deliver results.
- Tom McIlroy
David Rowe cartoons for May 2024
David Rowe is a multiple Walkley award-winning cartoonist. He draws a daily political cartoon and one for the Chanticleer column.
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- David Rowe
Albanese vows to tackle antisemitism after crisis talks with rabbis
Jewish Australians should feel safe in the classroom and in their neighbourhoods, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says.
- Andrew Tillett
PM blames DPP, bureaucrats for Perth couple bashing, detainee debacle
The Coalition has accused the government of duck-shoving accountability for its pledge to keep the community safe.
- Phillip Coorey
Opinion & Analysis
There is so much to be done on violence against women
Maintaining the momentum of this week’s announcements after decades of neglect is the biggest issue facing the anti-violence movement.
Columnist
Forget quantum, it’s billion-dollar briefs that our future needs
With fashion undies going for $1370 a pop, it’s clear what sector the Future Made in Australia policy must engage next.
Satirist
Labor election plans start blowing smoke
Labor is banking on at least one rate cut before calling an election. That scenario is no longer guaranteed.
Political editor
Nordic paradox: how male resentment fuels domestic abuse
Closing gender pay gaps fuels domestic violence, pointing to the deep challenges to stop the societal scourge.
Government editor
This Month
Australia, US, Japan, Philippines vow to step up military drills
Four way defence ministers meeting in Hawaii raise concerns over China’s clashes with Filipino ships in South China Sea.
- Andrew Tillett
- Opinion
- Domestic violence
There is so much to be done on violence against women
Maintaining the momentum of this week’s announcements after decades of neglect is the biggest issue facing the anti-violence movement.
- Laura Tingle
Foreign students flood appeals tribunal to stay longer
Many student hopefuls who have had their visa application rejected are appealing the decision, often as a means to extend their stay.
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- Julie Hare
Thousands of domestic violence victims hit by third-party data breach
Victoria’s largest public health service has been hit by an external data breach for patients between 1970 and 1993. NSW to deliver emergency domestic violence package in coming days. How the day unfolded.
- Updated
- Campbell Kwan
- Opinion
- Satire
Forget quantum, it’s billion-dollar briefs that our future needs
With fashion undies going for $1370 a pop, it’s clear what sector the Future Made in Australia policy must engage next.
- Rowan Dean
Macquarie profits fall; Adgemis’ tax woe; Bonza directors ‘blindsided’
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
- Opinion
- Canberra Observed
Labor election plans start blowing smoke
Labor is banking on at least one rate cut before calling an election. That scenario is no longer guaranteed.
- Phillip Coorey
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- Defence
Hanwha could face long wait for answer on Austal bid
The Albanese government is likely to prioritise picking a new frigate design over considering a foreign takeover bid for the Perth shipbuilder.
- Andrew Tillett
Housing focus as Pallas warns of horror Victorian budget
Economists warn that Victoria has no choice but to cut spending in next week’s budget, after slugging businesses and property investors last year.
- Gus McCubbing
Blow to China’s bid to join trade pact
New Productivity Commission modelling has found there would be little economic benefit to Australia if China was admitted to the trans-Pacific free trade deal.
- Andrew Tillett
Dutton calls on unis to shut down pro-Palestinian protests
Peter Dutton says vice chancellors are tolerating racist protests on their campuses and should shut the activists down.
- Julie Hare
PM, Chalmers mull go-it-alone power price discounts
The Albanese government is considering a second round of power bill discounts, on top of $1000-per-household credits promised by the Queensland government.
- Phillip Coorey
- Analysis
- Government Observed
Nordic paradox: how male resentment fuels domestic abuse
Closing gender pay gaps fuels domestic violence, pointing to the deep challenges to stop the societal scourge.
- Tom Burton
NAB’s ‘astonishing’ number; Woolies’ warning; Fed’s ‘confidence’ trick
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
Police move to take down website with Clubs NSW data
Cybercrime detectives are urgently working to have a site involved in a major data breach taken offline; Union warns data breach points to perils of offshoring IT jobs. How the day unfolded.
- David Marin-Guzman
Chinese investment critical to reach net-zero goals
Clean energy experts warn moves that limit Chinese investment in Australia could undermine the Albanese government’s green energy goals.
- Ronald Mizen, Elouise Fowler, Simon Evans and Ben Potter
Domestic violence rates fall over decades but one stat hasn’t changed
The rate of women killed by their partners has fallen by two-thirds over the past 34 years, but women remain twice as likely as men to be victims of intimate partner homicide.
- Tom Burton
Chalmers flags budget tax breaks
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has kept open the prospect of tax incentives in the budget as business warned that changes to foreign investment rules were not enough to attract needed capital.
- Phillip Coorey
Wong warns on foreign interference after Indian spies expelled
Revelations Indian spies were asked to leave Australia in 2020 suggest Western intelligence agencies are unhappy about New Delhi’s espionage tactics.
- Andrew Tillett and Emma Connors
Sims, Harris soften stance on Made in Australia Act
Two critics of the government’s Future Made In Australia Act have softened their views after Treasurer Jim Chalmers outlined five criteria for support.
- Phillip Coorey
