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Finance · 5 days ago

Reserve Bank's Unlikely Last‑Minute Rate Riffle Leaves Markets in a Tangle

Noor Hale, World desk

In a move that defies the usual prudence of central banks, the Reserve Bank announced a rate tweak days before the election, sending markets scrambling as investors try to parse the implications.

Science · 5 days ago

Bloody Mary Meets Art: How a Honolulu Museum Explores the Brain’s Ghostly Imagination

Candy Voss, Washington desk

On Halloween, the Honolulu Museum of Art highlights an exhibition on how art influences thinking, perspective and mood, linking the classic Bloody Mary mirror ritual to the brain’s tendency to fill in darkness.

Finance · 6 days ago

Fed Expected to Hold Rates Steady as Warsh Prepares ‘Explain‑Why’ Routine

Noor Hale, World desk

The Federal Reserve is expected to keep interest rates unchanged, leaving its spokesperson Warsh to field questions about inflation’s odd direction. With inflation still moving the wrong way and the labor market holdin…

Finance · 6 days ago

RBA’s Cup‑Day Rate Rumble: Inflation’s New Showstopper

Vera Chen, Sydney desk

The Reserve Bank of Australia, in a move as dramatic as a steeplechase, set to halt inflation once more on Melbourne Cup day, sparking speculation that interest rates might rise. Market participants are bracing for a sho…

Environment · 6 days ago

NSW Government backs off coffee cup ban, lets cafés serve disposable cups to dine‑in patrons

Doug Kettle, Sydney desk

The NSW government has reversed its recent plastic‑cup restrictions, now permitting cafés to serve dine‑in customers in disposable coffee cups.

Sports · 6 days ago

Raiders Players Find Contract Extensions Have Legs, Walk Off Table, And Perhaps Toward Rabbitohs

Frank Bollard, Melbourne desk

Sam Walker and Hudson Young are currently in search of new homes after their contract extensions were spectacularly withdrawn from the negotiating table.

Finance · 6 days ago

ASX Eyes a Modest Rise as Tech Stocks Roar, Boeing Takes a Swooping Detour

Vera Chen, Sydney desk

The ASX is set to edge up ahead of inflation data as AI‑driven tech shares lift Wall Street, while Boeing shares tumble.

Politics · 6 days ago

Greens unveil $1,000 worker rebate, but leave the resource sector clutching its ledger

Mabel Crowe, Sydney desk

The Greens have pledged a flat $1,000 tax cut for all employees, while explicitly excluding the mining and resource industries from the giveaway. The move mirrors the broader tax‑cut chorus from government and oppositi…

Entertainment · 6 days ago

HBO Takes Flight with ‘The Birds’ Limited Series Starring Sarah Snook

Candy Voss, Washington desk

HBO is developing a limited series starring Emmy‑winner Sarah Snook, re‑imagining Hitchcock’s classic and Daphne du Maurier’s novella, with Tom Spezialy, David Heyman and UGT attached.