Coalition slams the billionaires’ budget as miners cheer

Coalition slams the billionaires’ budget as miners cheer

The likes of Andrew Forrest and Gina Rinehart’s companies will receive an indirect boost to mine and process critical minerals or develop green hydrogen.

  • byElizabeth Knight

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This Australian uni is considering expanding into Saudi Arabia. It’s caused a stir back home

This Australian uni is considering expanding into Saudi Arabia. It’s caused a stir back home

The institution was the first foreign university to be granted a licence to explore opening in the authoritarian kingdom.

  • byDaniella White
Do some countries deserve our tourist dollars more than others?

Do some countries deserve our tourist dollars more than others?

When it comes to choosing a country to travel to,no nation is without sin (even Australia). Where do you draw the line?

  • byLee Tulloch
Hope rises for new Gaza ceasefire talks as Israel scales back demands

Hope rises for new Gaza ceasefire talks as Israel scales back demands

For weeks,ceasefire talks have been at a standstill. Now,with the new proposal in hand,an Israeli delegation is on its way to Cairo.

  • byPatrick Kingsley,Edward Wong,Adam Rasgon andEric Nagourney
Seven promotes controversial editor accused of lewd,drunken behaviour

Seven promotes controversial editor accused of lewd,drunken behaviour

Chris Dore,the former editor of The Australian who resigned after allegedly making lewd comments to women,has been promoted in the post-Lehrmann reshuffle at Seven.

  • byKishor Napier-Raman andNoel Towell
How the US is exploiting the world’s oil cartel
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How the US is exploiting the world’s oil cartel

Saudi Arabia and the rest of the OPEC+ cartel have been desperately trying to prop up oil prices over the past 18 months. But they have paid a heavy price.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
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‘Massive reimagination’:Craig Tiley’s vision at the centre of tennis’ tour war

‘Massive reimagination’:Craig Tiley’s vision at the centre of tennis’ tour war

Tennis is amid a billion-dollar battle that is certain to change the sport regardless of who wins. On one side of the net are the cashed-up Saudis,while the grand slams are pitching for a new Premium Tour.

  • byMarc McGowan
A 170-kilometre-long desert skyscraper? A subterranean city? Inside MBS’s Saudi dream

A 170-kilometre-long desert skyscraper? A subterranean city? Inside MBS’s Saudi dream

Saudi Arabia’s sci-fi-style giga-project is bankrolled by a regime not known for supporting individual liberties,but it has the support of a surprising number of Australians.

  • byNick Bryant
Despot,radical … peacemaker? The millennial prince and the Middle East ‘moonshot’

Despot,radical … peacemaker? The millennial prince and the Middle East ‘moonshot’

Reformer,tyrant or both? Saudi Arabia’s crown prince is reshaping his kingdom. What does it mean for the world? And how might he be key to a ‘moonshot’ Israel-Palestine peace deal?

  • bySherryn Groch
Teenage Bearman roars on F1 debut in Saudi Arabia

Teenage Bearman roars on F1 debut in Saudi Arabia

At just 18 years old,Oliver Bearman is accustomed to watching Formula One races,not driving in them. But when he got his chance,he made quite an impression.

  • byPesha Magid
‘Arrogant powers’:How Iran takes aim at its sworn enemies

‘Arrogant powers’:How Iran takes aim at its sworn enemies

The regime usually hits out via proxies in the Middle East but now it has launched a direct attack. How did Iran get here – and can the era of the ayatollahs last?

  • byAngus Holland