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Crossbench senator Jacqui Lambie has called for the institution that trains Australian military officers to be shut down after the chair of the royal commission probing veteran suicide took aim at Defence leadership.Commissioner Nick…

Wall Street's main indexes have risen over progress in negotiations on raising the US debt ceiling, with investors shrugging off data pointing to slightly hotter than expected inflation.After several rounds of talks, President Joe Biden…

The wife of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has opened up about the harsh reality her husband experiences every day, as the threat of a 175-year prison sentence looms, and how their family manages to spend limited but quality time with…

British actor Hugh Grant's claims that journalists at The Sun used private investigators to tap his phone and burgle his house can proceed to trial, but his voicemail interception allegations were made too late, London's High Court has…

Planning approval has been given for a $182m upgrade of three 50-year-old berths at Port Kembla, which the NSW government says will support more than 14,500 jobs, plus 100 new jobs during the construction process.Operated by BlueScope…

Key eventsFull story: Brace for 5%-plus mortgage rates....Miles BrignallHouseholds looking for a new mortgage deal have been warned to expect 5%-plus fixed-rate deals in the coming weeks, after Wednesday’s inflation figures sent the…

Stocks were subdued on Friday, apart from standout gains in Japan, as an artificial intelligence rally took a breather and as time ticked out on high-stakes talks to avoid a US debt default.MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares…

Queenslanders are spending up at cafes and on takeaway food despite the cost of living pressures which have kept retail spending down.The Australian Bureau of Statistics on Friday revealed spending on food across the country was up 13…

Australians are buying big at cafes and on takeaway food despite the cost of living pressures that have kept retail spending down.The Australian Bureau of Statistics on Friday revealed spending on food was up 13 per cent year on year,…

Warren Buffett is not yet an investor in Elon Musk’s Tesla. Getty Images Warren Buffett and Elon Musk, two of the most successful and wealthiest businessmen on the planet, have a history of not liking each other very much. In the…