Yesterday
Political poison: Unions, the Labor Party and the CFMEU
With an election due within a year, the CFMEU scandal will be an issue that dogs Labor and the unions all the way to polling day.
- Ronald Mizen
Is the CFMEU the reason none of your friends can buy a house?
Experts say sheer union bargaining power has helped to push wages up across the entire construction industry, and that is filtering through to property prices.
- Lucy Dean
Why Jacinta Allan is so exposed by the CFMEU scandal
The Victorian premier’s deep roots in the union movement place her on the front line of fallout from the scandal enveloping the CFMEU.
- Patrick Durkin and Gus McCubbing
This delisted Sydney Swan is going to the Olympics
After his AFL dream was dashed by knee injuries at 19, Jackson Collins followed in his father’s footsteps kayaking for Australia at the Olympics.
- Gus McCubbing
- Opinion
- Satire
What does it take to protect a president in today’s Secret Service?
America’s Secret Service has been accused of excessive wokeness and red-tapery. Here is the evidence that is just not true.
- Rowan Dean
This Month
‘We won’t be lectured by Dutton on CFMEU’: Albanese says
The opposition leader has vowed to deregister the union and reinstate the Coalition’s union watchdog.
- Phillip Coorey
Revealed: Which super funds rate the best – and worst – for retirement
Superannuation funds are going backwards in terms of preparing their customers for retirement, new research shows.
- Hannah Wootton
- Exclusive
- Wine & spirits
Langtons eyes $1m sales from vintage Champagne auction
The Australian fine wine marketplace is partnering with expert Tyson Stelzer to offer rare European and wartime vintages.
- Carrie LaFrenz
What happens if you cross a CFMEU picket line
An urgent injunction has been upheld in Brisbane, imposing strict conditions on the militant union following claims of threats and intimidation.
- James Hall
Home building slowdown fuels Perth’s rocketing price rises
Dwindling housing completions have helped fuel major increases in Perth’s property prices as developers warn most projects are not viable because of rising costs.
- Tom Rabe
‘True giant’ Kevan Gosper, Olympic veteran and businessman, dies
The Olympic silver medallist, who was planning to go to next week’s Paris Games, gave Australia’s fledgling Olympic movement business-like governance.
- Michael Bleby
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Trump sets out his flawed vision for America
Donald Trump’s policies will bake inflation in, and isolate America while weakening it. The Democrats need to field a credible challenge quickly.
- The AFR View
- Opinion
- Federal budget
Why powerless workers are now a potent political force
The rise of hillbilly J.D. Vance and an Australian mega-union that is famous for all the wrong reasons have more in common than you might think.
- Laura Tingle
Not an outlet store: how fashion brands are making discounting cool
With the opening of a new “luxury discount” precinct in Sydney, local retailers are trying to make sales fashionable.
- Lauren Sams
- Opinion
- US election
Second subprime crisis more likely with Trump in the White House
Investors need to start preparing for how a re-elected Donald Trump will shape inflation, interest rates, and hence asset prices.
- Christopher Joye
Has the CBA share price peaked?
After the Commonwealth Bank’s latest record, analysts and fund managers are wondering whether the hyper-rally in bank stocks can be sustained.
- James Eyers
- Opinion
- US election
Democrats know that this fight is done
No matter how much Joe Biden points to falling inflation and violent crime rates and rising real wages, too many voters are looking in the other direction.
- Jennifer Hewett
A triumphant Trump seizes control of rollercoaster race
There’s a sense that a newly energised Trump needs an equally dynamic Democrat to take him on as polling increasingly favours a Republican victory in November.
- Matthew Cranston
- Exclusive
- Luxury property
Society couple settle on $20m Bellevue Hill home
Anabel and Andrew de Saxe have settled on their six-bedroom, four-bathroom mansion, following a string of hefty sales linked to their extended family.
- Bonnie Campbell
Do you know this week’s news? Answer these 10 questions
Have you been paying attention this week? Test your knowledge across politics, business and world news.
- Daniel Arbon
