Category: The New Daily

Australia needs to stop burning coal by 2030 if it wants to help limit global warming to 1.5 degrees, a new report warns. Climate Analytics says the government needed a national plan to phase out remaining coal-fired plants, and needed to take them offline faster than the existing timetable. Such

Job hunting has long been a daunting task, and these days the bar set by many employers is even higher. Where once a job-starter might have been required to complete a bachelor degree, now it might be a master’s. And research shows employers deciding between two equally qualified candidates increasingly

It’s a long way from the classroom to a disaster zone, but that’s the journey many Australian humanitarian workers take when they finish their studies and enter the workforce. For Melbourne aid worker Rachelle Coates, her first official deployment at the age of 34, was to the Philippines a week

Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese has outlined his economic vision for Labor, citing the need for an action on energy policies and the national broadband network. Mr Albanese used the second of his so-called vision speeches to pressure the Government to bring forward infrastructure projects in a bid to stimulate the

Former Queensland senator Fraser Anning’s travel records are being subpoenaed from the Department of Home Affairs, as bankers attempt to locate him overseas to serve him with bankruptcy papers. Bendigo Bank subsidiary ABL Nominees is seeking to bankrupt the former Queensland senator over an unpaid debt of $185,000, understood to

A devastated John Millman has shouldered the blame for Australia’s Davis Cup quarter-final defeat following his singles rubber defeat to Vasek Pospisil. The Queenslander was a late addition to the side to face the Canadians after Nick Kyrgios pulled out of the match due to a collarbone injury an hour

The NSW State Parole Authority (SPA) has granted parole to disgraced former NSW Labor minister Eddie Obeid after a private meeting. The decision means Obeid, 76, could be released from prison as early as December 14. He was in 2016 convicted of misconduct in public office and jailed for five

Law firm Slater and Gordon has announced class actions against ANZ and Westpac for selling “junk” insurance policies to unsuspecting customers. The firm claims the big banks sold worthless credit card insurance to customers they would never have been eligible to claim against. The action comes just two days after

The Westpac board is under increasing pressure to take responsibility for the money-laundering scandal that has engulfed the bank this week. The pressure is coming from the very top, with Prime Minister Scott Morrison stopping only just short of calling for heads to roll. “They have got to take the

Britain’s embattled Prince Andrew has reportedly been forced to cancel a weekend trip to Bahrain amid mounting pressure for him to give evidence to the FBI. British media is reporting that the prince had planned to fly to Bahrain on Saturday for an event for his pet project, Pitch@Palace, despite

A wealthy Queensland family defamed by a Nine Network report about the fatal Grantham floods in 2011 has been awarded a $3.6 million damages payout. Toowoomba’s Wagner brothers were defamed by a 60 Minutes report from May 2015 that incorrectly insinuated they were responsible for the destruction of the town

Exported Australian plastic waste may be “poisoning” villages in Indonesia, according to a new report which found eggs near dumping grounds had some of the highest levels of dioxins recorded in Asia. Dioxins are persistent organic pollutants which have been identified by the international scientific community as “the most hazardous