Australians who hold their superannuation savings in a trust face a massive tax bill despite Labor’s Budget promising capital gains tax changes would not affect retirement assets.

Energy Minister Chris Bowen has declared nuclear as a power source for data centres as a ‘pipe dream’ and insisted renewables will be Australia’s pathway to become an artificial intelligence hub.

A controversial mega rail project is getting a $2 billion haircut, with major features axed as the Premier hunts for savings ahead of the election.

The trade war between Canada and the US has deepened with US President Donald Trump flagging a new wave of 50 per cent tariffs on cars, trucks, auto parts and steel.

The US Trade Representative told CNBC tariff talks between the US and Canada collapsed after Ottawa changed its demands at the eleventh hour.

THE ECONOMIST: America’s Treasury Secretary wants to be its top bond salesman. But his increasingly aggressive tactics could make the product harder to sell.

Lawyers for a group of teenagers charged with raping a 14-year-old girl have warned that the security of their clients' identities must be protected.

A birthday celebration has erupted into a fiery debate after a restaurant owner publicly called out a customer for refusing to pay a cakeage charge.

It comes one month after the first case was confirmed.

Mining giant Fortescue has stood down an unnamed executive at the centre of a sexual harassment investigation, backtracking on a previous call to keep him at work.

LATIKA M BOURKE: The energy chief says the winners in the fallout from the war on Iran and oil uncertainty will be coal, renewables and nuclear options.

Woodside has taken the monumental step to abandon its Scope 3 clean energy goals, cutting billions from its project pipeline.

The curious collision of devoted fans of a South Korean Netflix series and the show’s breakout star — a lakeside pier in small-town Switzerland.

Tony Armstrong returns to Ireland for a journey of family, heritage, Guinness and unforgettable countryside - discovering a deeper connection to the Emerald Isle along the way.

A new rail journey through the American west turns three days into an unhurried spectacle of ruby canyons, snow-capped mountains, ghost towns and railway lore.

GEORGIE PARKER: At what point do we stop treating these as isolated incidents and ask whether there is something fundamentally wrong with the drinking culture in elite sport?

One Nation, Labor and Andrew Hastie face a crucial test in an unlikely election battleground this Saturday.

ANDREW GREENE: For an apparent dead man walking, Angus Taylor has some pep in his step

A shocking US case has gone viral, with wild theories and fierce debate spreading across social media as the trial grips the world.

It has been decades since the heyday of the Voyagers but scientists want them to continue collecting unique observations about what lies between stars for as long as possible.

THE WASHINGTON POST: Long pauses between seasons can build viewer anticipation — or frustration.

While the original is regarded as a classic in the genre, fans are concerned about the revival.

Norwegian World Cup hero Erling Haaland has sent the internet into raptures after unveiling his drastic hair transformation.

THE ECONOMIST: Scientists are trying to figure out whether algorithms could one day wake up and feel

Leah Ramsey is bravely speaking out so no one else has to face the fear or trauma of her experience.

THE ECONOMIST: Once machines seem to think, feel and plead their own case, saying no to them could become dangerously difficult.

A birthday celebration has erupted into a fiery debate after a restaurant owner publicly called out a customer for refusing to pay a cakeage charge.

‘I thought Boxing Day hot cross buns was f....ed up enough.’

‘I was able to save more working as a cleaner in Australia than I did working as a teacher back in the UK.’

A pub has hit back over footage from Richmond’s Mad Monday celebrations, but critics say turning a serious AFL saga into apparent joke material risks losing sight of the women at its centre.

‘This thoughtful gesture by the Rabbitohs shows the true heart of our game.’

The San Francisco 49ers are less than three weeks out from landing in Melbourne.

New evidence has reportedly been discovered in the trial of the man suspected of the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, which exploded over Lockerbie, Scotland.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has claimed Iran had attempted to assassinate one of his two sons.

The Trump administration announced what it called its most comprehensive assault to date on Iran’s economy, unveiling a package of measures intended to isolate Iran from the rest of the world.