Shane Wright
Senior Economics Correspondent at Sydney Morning Herald
Senior Economics Correspondent at The Age
National economics correspondent for The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald, and according to The Drum, "Australia's biggest Kate Bush fan"
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2 weeks ago |
theage.com.au | Amber Schultz |Miriam Steffens |Megan Gorrey |Shane Wright
Speaking in Canberra this morning, Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong has said that Australia needs to work with partners to oppose Israel’s humanitarian blockade and expansion of military cooperation in Gaza. Australia, the United Kingdom, Canada, Norway and New Zealand have imposed sanctions on two senior Israeli ministers following remarks which “incited extremist violence and serious abuses” against Palestinians.
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watoday.com.au | Paul Sakkal |Shane Wright
The NSW and Victorian state governments are trying to simplify planning rules, but have run into opposition from local councils, community groups and vested interests. Treasury has taken greater control over housing, bringing together elements that have been in other parts of the government, including social security. The change means O’Neil, rather than the industry ministry, will now take charge of federal-state ministerial taskforces to simplify building rules.
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watoday.com.au | Paul Sakkal |Shane Wright
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smh.com.au | Shane Wright |James Massola |Garry Maddox
By Shane Wright, James Massola and Garry Maddox June 8, 2025 — 10.00pm, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Former prime minister Scott Morrison, the nation’s most successful winner of Academy Awards and a scientist who rivals Charles Darwin for the number of animals bearing his name are among 830 Australians recognised in the King’s Birthday Honours list.
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smh.com.au | Shane Wright
, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Home buyers could be delivered a financial windfall just in time for Christmas as markets and economists grow increasingly confident the Reserve Bank will deliver a string of interest rate cuts to protect the economy.
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And further to this story ... https://t.co/ciA1UUXtf6 The recount in Bradfield increased the number of informal votes in its special hospital teams to a total of 112 (was 107). Last election, informal count was just 17. Informal rate was 16.8% in the three teams.
Australia's worst-timed trade surplus, with the US, came to an end in April.... https://t.co/5g5MrSeQ0r
Ahead of today's national accounts, here are the forecasts: AMP/JPMorgan/CBA - 0.3 for the quarter (which would be around 1.5 annual). NAB/ANZ at 0.2. Nomura and Westpac at 0.1. While the RBA's forecasts work out around 0.4-0.5. The Dec quarter result was 0.6.