On February 16, 2005, Arik Sharon, Israel’s then Prime Minister, secured the approval of the Knesset, (Israel’s Parliament), for a unilateral withdrawal from Gaza of all Israelis, be they soldiers or civilians. Subsequently, by the following September, the 7,500 Israelis living in Gaza were compelled to return to Israel proper, abandoning in the ...
That extra 10c on your morning coffee. That $2 surcharge on your taxi ride. The sneaky 1.5% fee when you pay by card at your local restaurant. These could all soon be history. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has proposed a sweeping reform: abolishing card payment surcharges. The central
Australian Climate CaseThe Federal Court has handed down its long-awaited judgement in a four-year climate case brought by Torres Strait Islanders. Elders Uncle Pabai Pabai and Uncle Paul Kabai took the Australian government to court on behalf of their community, arguing the government has a duty of care to protect
At last, the government has found a use for that large pile of surplus money which has been causing it such a headache: it is going to bribe motorists with grants of up to £3,750 to buy an electric car. If that sounds familiar, it is because the previous, Conservative government had a similar scheme, offering grants of up to £4,000 before they were ...
We probably won’t see the return of shoulder pads, big hair, or yuppies swilling champagne in the bars around Liverpool Street. Even so, the Chancellor Rachel Reeves will promise a return to the go-go spirit of the 1980s in her Mansion House speech this evening, with a pledge of ‘Big Bang’ style deregulation to boost growth and get the financial ...
Chinese President Xi Jinping has told Anthony Albanese China stands ready to work with Australia “to push the bilateral relationship further”, in their meeting in Beijing on Tuesday. During the meeting, Albanese raised Australia’s concern about China’s lack of proper notice about its warships’ live fire exercise early this year.
When the truth of Raynor Winn’s The Salt Path was called into question, many commentators jumped in with both feet; as Sam Leith astutely pointed out in The Spectator, there is nothing the English like so much as a good disappointment.
‘So, we twisted our story.’ It ties in with the phenomenon of confabulation
Winn continues to contest the ...
Immigration is never off the news agenda these days, as Brits remain concerned about the influx of people to the country while the cost of living crisis and housing pressures only seem to worsen. Last week Sir Keir Starmer sealed a ‘one in, one out’ migrant returns deal with France’s President Emmanuel Macron which some number-crunching suggested is a ...
Perhaps we are living in the early sixteenth century. Think of the ideology of the West as a sort of religion. It needs a reformation, a purging, a back to basics movement. In a sense this is well underway: for many years now, countless thinkers have attacked the flaws and complacency of the dominant Western ideology. Yet a positive vision has not ...
Corona Borealis Studio/ShutterstockA person in Arizona has died from the plague, local health officials reported on Friday. This marks the first such death in this region in 18 years. But it’s a stark reminder that this historic disease, though rare nowadays, is not just a disease of the past.
A Voice For Members, the first challenger in 32 years in the Victorian Community and Public Sector Union, won around 70% of total votes cast. Conor Macleod reports.
As Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese stood beside Australia’s Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism Jillian Segal on 10 July 2025, the public was not merely dumbfounded as to the draconian nature of the plan the ASCECA unveiled, which is supposed to combat antisemitism, but this shock shifted to questions about how the PM had allowed this ...
On February 16, 2005, Arik Sharon, Israel’s then Prime Minister, secured the approval of the Knesset, (Israel’s Parliament), for a unilateral withdrawal from Gaza of all Israelis, be they soldiers or civilians. Subsequently, by the following September, the 7,500 Israelis living in Gaza were compelled to return to Israel proper, abandoning in the ...
That extra 10c on your morning coffee. That $2 surcharge on your taxi ride. The sneaky 1.5% fee when you pay by card at your local restaurant. These could all soon be history. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has proposed a sweeping reform: abolishing card payment surcharges. The central
Australian Climate CaseThe Federal Court has handed down its long-awaited judgement in a four-year climate case brought by Torres Strait Islanders. Elders Uncle Pabai Pabai and Uncle Paul Kabai took the Australian government to court on behalf of their community, arguing the government has a duty of care to protect
At last, the government has found a use for that large pile of surplus money which has been causing it such a headache: it is going to bribe motorists with grants of up to £3,750 to buy an electric car. If that sounds familiar, it is because the previous, Conservative government had a similar scheme, offering grants of up to £4,000 before they were ...
We probably won’t see the return of shoulder pads, big hair, or yuppies swilling champagne in the bars around Liverpool Street. Even so, the Chancellor Rachel Reeves will promise a return to the go-go spirit of the 1980s in her Mansion House speech this evening, with a pledge of ‘Big Bang’ style deregulation to boost growth and get the financial ...
Chinese President Xi Jinping has told Anthony Albanese China stands ready to work with Australia “to push the bilateral relationship further”, in their meeting in Beijing on Tuesday. During the meeting, Albanese raised Australia’s concern about China’s lack of proper notice about its warships’ live fire exercise early this year.
When the truth of Raynor Winn’s The Salt Path was called into question, many commentators jumped in with both feet; as Sam Leith astutely pointed out in The Spectator, there is nothing the English like so much as a good disappointment.
‘So, we twisted our story.’ It ties in with the phenomenon of confabulation
Winn continues to contest the ...
Immigration is never off the news agenda these days, as Brits remain concerned about the influx of people to the country while the cost of living crisis and housing pressures only seem to worsen. Last week Sir Keir Starmer sealed a ‘one in, one out’ migrant returns deal with France’s President Emmanuel Macron which some number-crunching suggested is a ...
Perhaps we are living in the early sixteenth century. Think of the ideology of the West as a sort of religion. It needs a reformation, a purging, a back to basics movement. In a sense this is well underway: for many years now, countless thinkers have attacked the flaws and complacency of the dominant Western ideology. Yet a positive vision has not ...
Corona Borealis Studio/ShutterstockA person in Arizona has died from the plague, local health officials reported on Friday. This marks the first such death in this region in 18 years. But it’s a stark reminder that this historic disease, though rare nowadays, is not just a disease of the past.
A Voice For Members, the first challenger in 32 years in the Victorian Community and Public Sector Union, won around 70% of total votes cast. Conor Macleod reports.
As Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese stood beside Australia’s Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism Jillian Segal on 10 July 2025, the public was not merely dumbfounded as to the draconian nature of the plan the ASCECA unveiled, which is supposed to combat antisemitism, but this shock shifted to questions about how the PM had allowed this ...