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State and territory health ministers are headed for a clash with their federal counterpart as tensions rise over a public hospital funding offer.

As a parliamentary inquiry prepares to sit and probe the fossil fuels sector, a climate firm says there are readily available cheap fixes to emissions problems.

More than $12 billion in program cost blowouts demand tighter spending in other parts of the federal budget, the treasurer is warning Australians.

Teen influencers are among the young Australians dealing with a new normal as a social media ban comes into effect, threatening their livelihoods.

The media pile-on over Anika Wells's excessive expenses has again underlined mass media and political hypocrisy. Andrew Gardiner exposes the triumph of politics over policy.

A senator's taxpayer-funded travel to a netball match is among the latest travel expenses of federal politicians to go under the microscope.

Westpac's agricultural customers were clear. Its stand against deforestation is of no value, so the bank dropped plans for a forest protection policy.

Beverage giant Coca-Cola has named its new CEO as chief operating officer Henrique Braun, a three-decade Coke employee who will take over from James Quincey.

Governments say the under 16 social media ban is about protecting kids, but the biggest winners are the billionaires and media empires that have been campaigning for it. In this episode we break down what the ban really does, why the Murdoch machine pushed it, and how it quietly hands more control to corporate media while doing little to regulate the platforms causing the harm. We look at the censorship creep, the data grab baked into the new rules, and why children will still find ways around it. Plus, we go inside the global push toward surveillance, free speech crackdowns and platform control Some good may come from less toxicity online, but this is another step toward a world where governments and corporate giants decide what you can read, watch and say. Support us ❤️ patreon.com/thewestreport Our Journalism 📰 michaelwest.com.au Newscorpse Merch 👕 lonelykidsclub.com/collections/michael-west Linktree 🌐 linktr.ee/michaelwestmedia.com.au

Christmas has come early for businesses with a months-long impasse on workers compensation resolved, ensuring insurance premiums do not surge.

Today's Joint Parliamentary Committee meeting examining the performance of the NACC made it abundantly clear that Commissioner Paul Brereton just doesn't get it.

Department store and brand owner Myer has had a positive start to the financial year and says all the signs point to it having been able to reset the business.

The US central bank has reduced its key interest rate for the third time in a row but signalled that it may leave rates unchanged in the coming months.

A jump in forecast business investment in the midyear budget update will be revealed by the treasurer, which bodes well for Australia's productivity growth.

Demand for Australian coal exports might dry up faster than first thought, underscoring the need for rapid action to help mining communities prepare.

Australia's teen social media ban has been likened to restrictions on smoking in public places in terms of how long it will take for attitudes to shift.

The latest data on Indigenous deaths in custody has revealed a grim picture, with the most fatalities recorded across the nation in decades.

If the unemployment rate holds below the Reserve Bank's forecasts, it could add to the case for the central bank to lift interest rates in coming months.

A self-driving minibus from Volkswagen is expected to be rolled out in the Norwegian capital Oslo.

The federal government will force retail and industry super funds to help compensate people who lose their retirement nest eggs to failed private schemes.