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‘No one like him’: Trump, Netanyahu lead tributes after sudden death of influential US senator
1+ hour, 1+ min ago (809+ words) July 13, 2026 — 5:55am Washington: World leaders are mourning the death of a giant of American politics, Republican senator Lindsey Graham, who has been remembered for his humour, staunch commitment to the Israeli alliance and friendships across the political aisle. US President Donald…...
Mookhey faces not-so-hidden costs and hard calls to drive budget back into black
1+ hour, 57+ min ago (559+ words) July 13, 2026 — 5:00am When it comes to government spending, it is often a case of damned if you do and damned if you don’t. NSW Treasurer Daniel Mookhey is actively working to get the state budget back into the black after big…...
Budget squeeze: Minns government to halve health infrastructure spending rate
1+ hour, 57+ min ago (1251+ words) July 13, 2026 — 5:00am The Minns government will halve spending on health infrastructure as a percentage of the state’s economic output until the end of the decade, with education capital expenditure also taking a hit as Treasurer Daniel Mookhey grapples with rising debt…...
This futuristic nation can feel like a step back in time
1+ hour, 57+ min ago (488+ words) July 13, 2026 — 5:00am More than two decades ago in 2003, I was dancing on the Great Wall of China as DJ Paul Oakenfold played from an ancient watchtower. I recently returned to China, and there are some things you really need to know…...
Taxpayers funding ‘gold, grit and greatness’ conference for 300 bureaucrats
1+ hour, 57+ min ago (430+ words) July 13, 2026 — 5:00am A NSW government department is refusing to say how much taxpayers will spend for hundreds of bureaucrats to attend a three-night “gold, grit and greatness” conference in Bathurst, which is taking place as some staff at the agency fear…...
Our working lives are about to change. Time, and the PM, will tell if we’re better off
1+ hour, 57+ min ago (408+ words) July 13, 2026 — 5:00am In 2011, Justin Timberlake starred in a science fiction movie called In Time. In the bleak future of the film, citizens traded not money, but time. The logic of this dystopian economy was simple: if you accumulated more time, you…...
The $75 million upgrade transforming one of our most epic coasts
1+ hour, 57+ min ago (494+ words) July 13, 2026 — 5:00am More than $75 million is being spent reinventing the foreshore along Broome’s Cable Beach. Until recently, the area was dominated by a large bitumen car park, ageing amenities and steep beach access paths that did little justice to one of…...
Help or hindrance? GetUp’s gamble on fighting One Nation
2+ hour, 16+ min ago (1610+ words) July 13, 2026 — 4:41am Seventeen minutes into Pauline Hanson’s first address to the National Press Club, a yellow banner slowly unfurled behind the stage. “I opposed a pay rise for workers while I took a $100,000 pay rise for myself,” it read, alongside an…...
If Hanson fades, this four-week stretch will be remembered for the mistakes that brought her down
2+ hour, 40+ min ago (744+ words) July 13, 2026 — 4:17am After months basking in the warmth of poll success and byelection glory, Pauline Hanson had a choice as winter set in. All major polls showed One Nation ahead of not just the Coalition, but Labor as well. She could…...
Bitumen blitz: Coalition pledges billions to rural road upgrades
6+ hour, 56+ min ago (722+ words) July 13, 2026 — 12:01am Victoria’s crumbling roads will receive a $5 billion funding boost that will eliminate 1 million potholes under an election pledge by the Coalition to rebuild the state’s road-maintenance program. With less than five months until the state election, Opposition Leader Jess…...