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Business owner Casey O’Hare has mixed feelings about the upcoming changes to superannuation payments, known as Payday super. Payday super reforms take effect from July 1, 2026, where businesses will be mandated to pay their staff super at the same time as their salaries, rather than quarterly. “From a social justice point of view, I…
Trent Leen grew up on the banks of Lake Connewarre and has been hunting ducks on the wetlands since he was first allowed to fire a shotgun. But these days, the area looks very different. The golden sunsets that once fell over farmland to the west of the lake now shine through the golden arches…
The deeply unpopular British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is widely expected to resign or lay out a timetable for his departure as early as today, after pressure built steadily over the weekend for him to go. The Labour leader and his allies have been adamant for weeks that he would fight for his job…
It’s a freezing, foggy morning as the Searoad Mersey II docks at Melbourne Port. We’ve had a tip off that the truck we’re looking for is on board. Hours later, it appears, loaded with Tasmanian logs. We chase it. Trees from Tasmania’s public forests are not meant to leave the island. But two years after…
Chances are you’re seen at least one ad for an “EFOY” sale already today. EOFY, an acronym for end of financial year, is a time when businesses offer discounts on products and sometimes encourage shoppers to buy items to write off as deductions on their upcoming tax returns. The combination of a discounted price and…
Locals on Fiji’s Komo Island have a saying: the place is so beautiful that every day is like Christmas day. The remote islands, a full three days’ sail from the capital Suva, are like a tropical postcard, with the small population of 200 people living a simple life. But even on these islands, so far…
If you want to work out where the next frontier of political and social conflict will come from, it’s often worth listening to what politicians on both the hard left and hard right are saying. Last week, while everyone was focused on Pauline Hanson calling for a monoculture, railing against mainstream media, and branding Australian…
When Stacey Bennett came out at 14, she felt alone. “It was terrifying given there were no lesbian role models for me to look up to,” she says. Today, the Geelong-based portrait artist is making sure future generations don’t ever feel like she did. Bennett, who lives in Victoria with her wife and two children,…
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The 2026 World Cup continues with Spain looking to get its tournament up and running against Saudi Arabia in Atlanta. La Roja was held to a shock scoreless draw by Cabo Verde in its opening match, while Saudi Arabia fought to an admirable 1-1 draw with Uruguay. Then, we head to Los Angeles for Belgium…