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Despite being used by less than 1.06 million Australians (or 4.1 per cent of the population) in the latest available data, negative gearing is a hotly debated issue and seen by many as political Kryptonite for governments and oppositions…

Just about everywhere you look, there are worsening signs that Australia is no longer the lucky country.From record-high rents to skyrocketing mortgages, a cost-of-living crisis to the alarming emergence of a ‘working poor’ population, the…

So much for “go woke, go broke” — Aussie shoppers are still cheering for Cheer.When the iconic cheese Coon changed its “offensive” name in 2021, some outraged shoppers vowed to boycott the brand declaring it was “cancel culture” and…

Elon Musk has had the “w” in the Twitter sign hanging outside the company’s San Francisco headquarters covered so that it looks like the word says “titter”.On Sunday, the owner of the social media platform, who bought the company last year…

We’ve all heard of “quiet quitting,” one of the buzzwords of last year, when employees do the bare minimum to keep their jobs. But be warned, because there’s a new workplace word in town. And it’s not great if have you confidently embraced…

Two Australian mates have quit their jobs after an “embarrassing” orgasm confession sparked a “genius” idea. Claire Deeks, 24, was describing the “overwhelming joy” she’d experienced from an intimate sexual encounter while at dinner with a…

French billionaire Bernard Arnault announced Wednesday that his daughter Delphine would head his LVMH luxury empire’s Dior fashion house. The leadership shuffle also featured a new CEO at flagship brand Louis Vuitton.The shake-up at LVMH’s…

A US bank has been forced to sell off assets and cut staff after it saw $US8 billion ($A11.6 billion) worth of cryptocurrency withdrawn by customers.Silvergate, a bank which offers cryptocurrency services, revealed it had seen the huge…

US house prices will likely have to decline by as much as 20 per cent over the course of a multi-year correction before the housing sector can get back on track with historical trends, a research firm warned this week.The most recent…

For almost two years, Australia’s international borders were largely closed. International tourism more or less ceased to exist and net overseas migration went into reverse, as Australians and temporary visa holders left the country.Despite…