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‘Very slowly, then all at once’: how David Jones collapsed – Full Story podcast
Guardian Australia’s business editor, Jonathan Barrett, joins Reged Ahmad to unpack what went wrong
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There’s more than a whiff of politics to the sudden call to slash Labor’s green energy subsidies
EVs and home batteries are in Treasury crosshairs despite a better economic case for scaling back nuclear-powered submarines and diesel fuel rebates for miners
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When I became unemployed I expected to find a job in no time. As months passed, I realised I was being shunned
The jobless are the sacrificial lambs of Australia’s monetary policy. I remain shocked that the lucky country actively excludes so many from a chance at its luck
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International
HungryPanda rider Feng ‘worked in the rain, delivering from morning until dark’ – until he was allegedly murdered
As Melbourne mourns the death of food delivery rider Feng Jianming, questions are being asked about the safety of the city and its gig workers
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International
French PM brings forward 1.6% increase in minimum wage in bid to calm protests
French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu announced on Monday that a planned 1.6% increase in the minimum wage would be brought forward from January to December after holding talks with trade unions and…
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Finance
‘Obvious risk of further tragedy’ at rail crossing type at which Amazon driver died, inquiry finds
Call for overhaul of manually operated level crossings after delivery worker was killed by passenger train in Kent An Amazon delivery driver was killed by a train after he drove his van on to railway tracks at a manually operated level crossing, apparently without realising he needed to open the exit gate first, an official investigation has reported. Safety inspectors said there was “an obvious risk of further tragedy”, with a second similar fatal event still being investigated, and called for an overhaul of this type of crossing. Continue reading...
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Finance
Why is Nvidia’s Jensen Huang at the centre of a US-China row?
Donald Trump praised the chipmaker’s CEO despite reports he had an affair with a suspected Chinese spy Nvidia’s board needs to do some succession planning – sharpish Nvidia has launched an investigation into allegations that its chief executive, Jensen Huang, has been the target of a Chinese espionage operation. Huang has admitted to having an affair with a suspected Chinese spy who was reportedly central to the “foreign intelligence effort”. Continue reading...
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International
Sudan teachers go on strike over meagre salaries and dilapidated schools
Teachers across the country say their pay no longer covers basic living costs.
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International
The rise and rise of the family farm
As prices go up but grain prices stagante, more farming families are turning to ‘agritainment’ to make a living
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International
Ukraine: Donors pledge half funding for Chernobyl arch repair
Donors committed at a conference in Paris to a little more than half of the 500 million euros needed to repair the arch of the sarcophagus of the former Chernobyl nuclear power plant,…
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Business
Actual test of Seedream5.5, Doubao wants to integrate AI mapping into the entire workflow
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Finance
Insurance industry workers: how is climate-related risk managed in your company?
Whether you’re a modeller, actuary or underwriter, we’d like to hear how the insurance industry is dealing with climate risk With more frequent storms, floods, wildfires and drought, caused by climate change, having a huge impact on property around the world, we’d like to find out how the insurance industry is managing climate change risk. There have been reports of insurance workers, who analyse risk around a natural disaster, coming under pressure to downplay losses in order to keep premiums affordable for customers. The practice of underestimating risks to keep insurance premiums down could
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