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1 week ago | 
nzherald.co.nz | Shannon Molloy
Claire Austin died from “catastrophic” injuries after fleeing an alleged domestic violence attack in Sydney. An apprehended violence order application for Austin was due to be heard the day after her death. Her death has sparked outcry from domestic violence campaigners, urging systemic change and awareness. A woman died from “catastrophic” injuries sustained while trying to flee an alleged domestic violence attack days before her application for an anti-violence order was to be heard.
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2 weeks ago | 
news.com.au | Shannon Molloy
In Donald Trump’s “unpredictable” world, a lot can change in the span of 24 hours. Just yesterday, economists were tipping a super-sized interest rate cut when the Reserve Bank of Australia board meets next month. That significant expectation was based on the US president’s wild tariff war on much of the world, which was wreaking economic havoc. But overnight, Mr Trump blinked and there will now be a 90-day pause on his announced tariffs.
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3 weeks ago | 
news.com.au | Shannon Molloy
Donald Trump’s long-awaited plan to impose hefty tariffs on America’s trade partners has arrived and some of the world’s most vulnerable economies have been harshly punished. A number of economists have warned the president’s fiscal assault will spark a trade war, result in an economic downturn in the United States, and undermine longstanding diplomatic relations.
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3 weeks ago | 
news.com.au | Chantelle Francis |Shannon Molloy
Hundreds of new Teslas have been spotted seemingly collecting dust in a car park near Perth Airport. Paul Maric, founder of carexpert.com.au, estimated there to be about 500 of the Tesla Model Y vehicles that “they can’t sell in Australia” seen in a holding area last week. “They need to drop the price even more by the looks of it,” Mr Maric said in a video of the “crazy” sight uploaded to TikTok.
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4 weeks ago | 
news.com.au | Shannon Molloy
Australia’s rental market would crumble if generous tax perks for landlords worth tens of billions of dollars were rolled back, a top property investor believes. Community groups and affordable housing advocates have been left disappointed after last night’s federal budget maintained the status quo on negative gearing and capital gains tax (CGT) allowances.
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1 month ago | 
news.com.au | Shannon Molloy
Taxpayers will this year foot a mammoth $49 billion bill to help grow the nest eggs of largely wealthy Australians, the latest budget reveals – an “absurd” expense making ordinary people’s lives tougher. Social services groups have slammed the spend on overly generous tax perks delivered to property investors, with the projected cost to the public purse ballooning to a new high.
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1 month ago | 
news.com.au | Shannon Molloy
Fluorescent orange is the new black, with Treasurer Jim Chalmers splashing some serious cash on attracting new tradies in a bid to accelerate the government’s housing supply ambitions. Combined with other new initiatives in this year’s budget, the government’s total housing commitments now sits at $33 billion. In his speech to parliament, Mr Chalmers said the key to solving the crippling housing crisis is dramatically boosting supply with a hoped 1.2 million new homes by the decade’s end.
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1 month ago | 
news.com.au | Shannon Molloy
While Todd Ley was in the thick of it, rock bottom felt pretty good. He’d spent all of his short life focused solely on tennis, working all day, every day to be the best, at the expense of a normal and happy childhood. Child prodigies don’t get to have normal lives, he had discovered. So, when his tennis career crumbled, he did too – and he relished the opportunity to destroy that perfect facade others had forced him to build and maintain at any cost.
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1 month ago | 
news.com.au | Shannon Molloy
When it comes to election results, young Australians have long tended to be predominantly progressive and more likely to back Labor or the Greens over the Coalition. But the sudden rise of a new trend dubbed ‘the lad vote’ could smash that tradition when the country heads to the polls in May. Peter Lewis, executive director of research firm Essential Media, noticed an intriguing anomaly in recent data measuring the public mood as the election nears.
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1 month ago | 
cairnspost.com.au | Shannon Molloy
When it comes to election results, young Australians have long tended to be predominantly progressive and more likely to back Labor or the Greens over the Coalition. But the sudden rise of a new trend dubbed ‘the lad vote’ could smash that tradition when the country heads to the polls in May. Peter Lewis, executive director of research firm Essential Media, noticed an intriguing anomaly in recent data measuring the public mood as the election nears.
