Federal Labor MPs are concerned about the kind of public spending that could worsen inflation, with official data showing domestic and not overseas factors are the biggest driver despite the Middle East war.

AARON PATRICK: The reaction to the Prime Minister’s suggestion that a ban on card surcharges could lower coffee prices shows he tapped into a deep vein of cynicism — towards himself.

Migration agents who take on futile cases or encourage clients to game the system will be banned from the practice as part of a government overhaul.

The last US soldiers have left Iraq, ending a 12-year mission US President Donald Trump has called ‘a very expensive excursion into hell’.

Some Iraqis are celebrating the end of an American military presence that unleashed waves of bloodshed. Others fear what happens next for their country, trapped between Washington and Tehran.

THE WASHINGTON POST: The Trump administration has sought to reassure a skeptical public that it can embrace the technology — and trust the industry to police itself.

Homes swayed and residents were awoken when their beds started shaking.

Caleb Flynn wanted a new life with his mistress. Notorious Australian cases expose the same chilling pattern: wives recast as obstacles to money, children, control and freedom.

A man who allegedly filmed a woman inside a toilet cubicle has been charged and police are appealing for other possible victims to come forward.

Australia’s resources boom is about to end as official forecasts point to a sharp drop in export revenue over the coming years.

Oliver Curtis is set to become an AI billionaire when Firmus lists at a $43.7 billion valuation, but fund managers are questioning whether the company’s huge growth prospects justify its price tag.

With the $16 billion Scarborough LNG project off northern WA near complete, Woodside is now focused on a busy offshore development schedule in the US and Mexico.

Huddled beneath the pale limestone ramparts of the Dolomites, Aman Rosa Alpina is the most audacious edifice ever erected in the Alta Badia Valle.

‘Double Bay by the beach’ is the long-held missive aimed at Noosa — all linen shirts, resort loafers and people ordering the same long lunch since 1998.

The smarter way to use a chatbot for travel is to give it more, question it harder and never, ever assume it knows where dinner is.

BEN HARVEY: Brad Geersen has a brain injury. His family says he performs his job — sorting and hanging clothes on racks — as well as other workers, yet he is paid about one-eighth of the national minimum wage.

JUSTIN LANGER: It’s not the building, the size, or the history. It’s the stories we’ve lived here, the dreams we’ve chased here, the moments that have shaped us here. It’s all of us, talking for the walls.

AARON PATRICK: The reaction to the Prime Minister’s suggestion that a ban on card surcharges could lower coffee prices shows he tapped into a deep vein of cynicism — towards himself.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Employees and security researchers said that they had cautioned the company on safety testing, but that OpenAI ignored the advice.

Explosive allegations involving seven men at an elite US university have reignited a case that prosecutors previously declined to pursue.

Comic book superheroes specialise in saving the world, but they’re also proving to be the cinema industry’s saviour, fuelling a super-powered box office rebound that’s set to continue until the end of the year.

David Fincher was with Netflix at the start of its originals mission. With his exit and a plummeting stock price, does the streamer still know what it’s doing?

Convicted murderer Gypsy-Rose Blanchard has broken her silence after her former fiancé and the father of her child died suddenly on Thursday.

THE ECONOMIST: From saving lives to fearing human extinction, the little-known movement has found itself at the centre of the battle over artificial intelligence.

Huge investments in AI data centres are adding to inflationary pressures and competition for debt investors, potentially keeping bond yields, interest rates and mortgage costs higher for longer.

For WA’s mining crowd, Bindi Raye looked like the ultimate FIFO fantasy - but there was one big issue.

SARAH DI LORENZO: If you’ve noticed a persistent roll of stubborn fat around your middle that refuses to shift no matter what you do. here are some simple ways to bring it under control.

In the wake of the Lindsay Clancy case, experts explain why some mental health struggles can remain hidden behind a ‘mask of coping’. WARNING: Sensitive content

A painfully accurate impression of a certain type of male flirting has gone viral.

JUSTIN LANGER: It’s not the building, the size, or the history. It’s the stories we’ve lived here, the dreams we’ve chased here, the moments that have shaped us here. It’s all of us, talking for the walls.

Lachie Neale found himself the target of a savage parting shot at Brisbane’s best and fairest awards, as the club farewelled Collingwood’s newest recruit.

A string of huge Aussie acts will unite for an emotional NRL grand final performance after weeks of entertainment chaos.

Convicted murderer Gypsy-Rose Blanchard has broken her silence after her former fiancé and the father of her child died suddenly on Thursday.

US President Donald Trump has reacted to Tennessee’s failure to execute convicted murderer Christa Pike on Wednesday, after disturbing details were revealed.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says a flydubai copilot who stabbed his captain in an alleged attempt to crash the aircraft ‘underwent Islamist radical indoctrination.’