New York: Robert Mueller said almost nothing new when he addressed the American people for the first time about his investigation into Russian election interference. But it was an electric moment. The prospect of Donald Trump becoming just the third president in US history to be impeached is now more likely than it was a day…
Former foreign minister Alexander Downer has ridiculed the idea he was sent to spy on a junior Donald Trump campaign aide as part of an international conspiracy to kickstart the FBI's Russia probe. The US President has effectively embraced the wider conspiracy theory, asking his Attorney-General William Barr to investigate how the Russia probe got…
I came to the Youth to the People's cult Adaptogen Deep Moisture Cream ($87, Sephora), earlier this year through a friend. She, so deep in the cult that I give you permission to imagine her wearing a French braid and stockpiling cans in a bunker, told me it "seriously" works. It did and does: for…
An Australian navy vessel brought 20 Sri Lankan asylum seekers to the Christmas Island detention centre where they were held for a number of days before being sent home on Wednesday, according to a report. It marks the first time in five years that asylum seekers attempting to reach Australia by boat have been taken…
Tim Clipsham wasn't prepared for a phone call from Atlassian inquiring about buying his start-up. "I was really surprised, it wasn't something I had considered," the founder of analytics company Good Software says. "I had a 10-year vision ahead of what I wanted to achieve." The 31-year-old software developer launched Good Software just over two…
Hong Kong: Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam has told an Australian audience it was “speculation” and “absolutely untrue” that Hong Kong would lose its distinct identity as the Chinese Communist Party pushes ahead with an economic plan to link the former British colony with nearby mainland cities. Lam will travel to Australia to promote…
Alan Jones has re-signed with Macquarie Media after protracted contract negotiations that have dragged on for months. On Tuesday, Macquarie Media announced the Sydney shock jock had been given a two-year contract. Formal contract negotiations kicked-off in late February. Macquarie Media chairman Russell Tate said in a statement he was pleased that Jones would be…
Wellington: New Zealand's political opposition has denied hacking the Treasury department to obtain highly secure state budget documents and says the Ardern government is conducting a "witch-hunt". The country's centre-right National Party on Tuesday released what it said were details from the Labour-led administration's much-anticipated national budget, but refused to say how it got the…
I was in a café with a friend, and a well-dressed businessman approached. He told me he was a fan of my writing, and that he’d love to meet up some time. Later, he called me, and we chatted for half an hour. He said he was divorced with a child, and that he was…
Australia's greenhouse gas emissions in 2018 rose for a fourth year in a row, an increase at odds with the country's Paris climate pledge, according to a government submission to the United Nations. The National Inventory Report to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change showed emissions last year were 537 million tonnes of carbon…